F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Speaking exercise

Original

I think maybe it’s totally difficult. For female leader they are more careful than male leader, usually they are detail-oriented, they focus on every small step of a project. Whereas…Sometimes I think it’s a not good things because they pay a lot of attention – and ignore the direction and result of the project. Compared with the male leader the female leader has better communication skills than male; they are more sensitive to any changes. In our company the top management — just two female — and I think they are good at observation, listening, flexible.

Corrected

I think maybe it’s totally difficult. For female leaders they are more careful than male leaders, usually they are detail-oriented, they focus on every small step of a project. Whereas men focus on the big picture. Sometimes I think it’s not a good thing because they pay a lot of attention – and ignore the direction and result of the project. Compared with male leaders,  female leaders have better communication skills than males; they are more sensitive to any changes. In our company the top management — has just two females — and I think they are good at observation, listening, flexible.

Vocabulary

sharp – dressed handsome
e.g. You look sharp.

hope – wish – desire

some changes / [restructuring] for the whole organization

sabotage – 破坏
e.g. The woman claimed that other women were trying to sabotage her career.

divisive – 分裂
e.g. Her book claimed that more than half of women in the Brattish work force were acting divisive / divisive. 

penning / to pen – to write
e.g. I penned an article.
e.g. I penned a letter to my boss.

“idea person” / “idea people” – these people tend to think about the big idea and “vision”, not the small details

rivals – 对手
e.g. The women were rivals in the company.

male (noun) = men / masculine (adj) / masculinity (noun)
e.g. Alan and I are males.
e.g. Alan is very strong and masculine. I am masculine.
e.g. Some women believe strong masculinity is a problem.
e.g. That guy acts really feminine.

toxic masculinity – when men act too violent, and rude, and make society bad

female = woman / feminine / femininity 
e.g. Judy is female, she acts feminine, and she believes femininity is important.
e.g. Makeup and dancing are typically considered feminine / female hobbies.

Grammar

collect a lot of idea from my team member
collect a lot of ideas from my team members

a lot of training related process
a lot of training related processes

the third meeting is about my personal role
the third meeting was regarding my personal role

because I have been worked in my current role
because I have been working in my current role

I had been worked for this company for 3 years
I had worked for this company for 3 years

Pronunciation

competing

rivals – 对手

reality

feminine / femininity / woman

reveals