F2F Class Notes (Nick)

Watch the TED talk we found and prepare to present a summary of it:

Or

Pick a section of questions and I will ask you some of them next class: http://iteslj.org/questions/

We will do a speaking section.

Vocabulary

Bridge (v) – to connect two things that are not the same in some way, or are separate
e.g. We like to travel to talk with locals and try to bridge cultural gaps.

2.0, 3.0, etc. – say these as “[number] point [number]”
e.g. two point oh = 2.0
e.g. seven point six = 7.6

Puzzle – something difficult to find an answer to, hard to understand
e.g. This product is very good, but no one is buying it. This is a real puzzle.

Hypocrisy – when you say that you value something, but your actions show that you do not; when you say one thing and do another
e.g. Donald Trump supports family values, but he has had three wives, and cheated on the first two.
e.g. Why are you saying he can’t drink Coke when you always do?

Criticize – to tell someone what they are doing wrong
e.g. Donald Trump was criticized for his policy on China (people said that it was bad).

Fluent – when you can do something easily, without having to think too hard (usually for language)
e.g. I came to Smart English to make my English more fluent.

Stress – the feeling of having too much to do
e.g. I have too much stress at work right now. I’m going shopping to relax.

Window-Shopping – to go shopping without any goal, or purpose, just to look around and see if you find anything nice
e.g. I don’t need to get anything specific, I just want to go window-shopping with a friend to relax.

下课 – Finish class, Class is over

Need to migrate data from 2.0 to 3.0. There are some gaps, so we need to discuss how to bridge them.

Presentation Suggestions:

1. Practice beforehand so that you have an idea not only of what you want to say, but also how you want to say it.
2. Maybe write down the transitions you want to use between slides or between topics.
   e.g. We need to migrate from 2.0 to 3.0. This will create a number of problems, which are… (go to next slide)
3. Think about the structure of the problems.
   A difficult problem may need many slides to be explained
   Other problems are short and similar to each other, so they can go on one slide
4. Remember, you audience should be able to read the slides as you are talking. You don’t need to read everything, just the parts where you can add more information, or to make them focus on something important.
5. Similarly, slides serve as notes, not something you need to read every word of.

Pronunciation

Soup vs. Soap – soop, sope

Hypocrisy – “ih” hip – ah – crih – see