F2F Class Notes (Mason)

Phrases to review:

I am an administrative assistant. Mostly I work on organizing the policies of the different departments within the hospital.

OBGYN – Pregnancy or newborn medical care

Vocabulary

Office Atmosphere – The mood of your office

eg. My job doesn’t pay well, but the office atmosphere is great!

Fascinated – to be very interested

eg. I have a morbid fascination with zombie movies.

Morbid – to do with death, darkness, or sadness

eg. The funeral was very morbid.

Introduce – To let two people meet

eg. My best friend introduced me to my boyfriend.

Genre – A type of movie/book/music

eg. My favorite genre of film is romantic comedies.

Commute – Traveling between work and home

eg. I have to take two trains to get to work. I have a terrible commute.

Grammar

I like travel but I am not go traveling much – I like to travel, but I’m not able to travel much.

An hour and a quarter – An hour and fifteen minutes.

Pronunciation

Resume (Work history) – REH – ZE – MAY

Resume (To continue after stopping) – REE – ZOOM