F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Magazine (n): 1- a type of thin book with large pages and a paper cover that contains articles and photographs and is published every week or month.
E.g.: She has written articles for several women’s magazines.
E.g.: I bought a magazine to amuse myself while I was on the train.
E.g.: She buys all the latest fashion magazines.

Specialization (n): 1- a particular area of knowledge or the process of becoming an expert in a particular area:
E.g.: Specialization (= limiting study or work to one particular area) usually doesn’t occur until PhD level.
E.g.: The lawyer said that he was unable to help us because our case fell outside his specialization.

Restrict (v): 1-to limit the movements or actions of someone, or to limit something and reduce its size or prevent it from increasing. (adj: Restrictive)
E.g.: Having small children really restricts your social life.
E.g.: The government passed a law to restrict the sale of guns.
E.g.: He is self-employed because he finds working for other people too restrictive.
E.g.: The college is not able to expand because of restrictive planning laws.

Humanitarian (n): 1- involved in or connected with improving people’s lives and reducing suffering.
E.g.: The prisoner has been released for humanitarian reasons.
E.g.: The United Nations is sending humanitarian aid (= food and supplies to help people) to the areas worst affected by the conflict.

Remote (adj): 1- far away in distance or time, or not closely related.
E.g.: It happened in the remote past, so no one worries about it any more.
E.g.: They take little interest in a conflict far from their homes and remote from their everyday problems.

Inaugural (adj): 1- An inaugural event is the first in a series of planned events.
E.g.: The inaugural meeting of the new political party happened last Saturday.
E.g.: The Titanic sank during its inaugural trip.

Criticism (n): 1- the act of saying that something or someone is bad:
E.g.: The designs for the new mosque have attracted widespread criticism.
E.g.: I have a few criticisms to make about your speech.

Dub (v): 1- to give something or someone a particular name, especially describing what you think of it, him, or her:
E.g.: She was dubbed by the newspapers “the Angel of Death”.

Inhabitant (n): 1- a person or animal that lives in a particular place:
E.g.: The Aborigines are the native inhabitants of Australia.
E.g.: The city of Ely has about 10,000 inhabitants.
E.g.: Many of the immigrants have intermarried with the island’s original inhabitants.

Beset (adj): 1- having a lot of trouble with something, or having to deal with a lot of something that causes problems:
E.g.: With the amount of traffic nowadays, even a trip across town is beset by/with dangers.

Plastic Surgery (n): 1- 整形手术

World’s ‘Most Useless’ Airport Opens
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1710/171017-airports.html)

The first scheduled commercial airplane has landed on the remote British island of St Helena in the middle of the South Atlantic. The SA Airlink service from South Africa touched down at Saint Helena Airport on Saturday with 68 passengers on board. One passenger, Libby Weir-Breen, a British travel operator, had flown from Scotland especially to be on the flight. She said: “I’ve never felt so emotional in all my life. I never thought I’d see this day.” The inaugural flight marks a new era of accessibility for the island, which is 1,900 km west of the African nation of Angola. Previously, the only way of getting to Saint Helena was by a ship that sailed once every three weeks from Cape Town, South Africa.

Despite the positive social and economic effects the airport will have for the island and its tourism, the British media have dubbed it as “the most useless airport in the world”. The airport was built with $380m of British taxpayers’ money. That’s $80,000 for each of the island’s inhabitants. It was beset with delays and was due to open in 2016, but dangerous wind conditions delayed the launch. The Governor of Saint Helena, Lisa Phillips, dismissed the criticism. She said: “I’ve seen the headlines about the world’s most useless airport, but for St Helena, this has already been the most useful airport. It’s priceless.” She added: “I for one am getting really excited about the new chapter in St Helena’s history.”

Vocabulary

We learn how to feedback to our colleagues. – We learn how to give feedback to our colleagues.

How to leading your staff – How to lead your staff

In China people think hot water is benefit to your stomach. – In China people think hot water is benefitial to your stomach.

Pronunciation

Magazine: /ˌmæɡ.əˈziːn/

Specialization: /ˌspeʃ.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Humanitarian: /hjuːˌmæn.ɪˈter.i.ən/

Excellent: /ˈek.səl.ənt/

Police: /pəˈliːs/

Please:  /pliːz/

Crime: /kraɪm/

Audio: /ˈɑː.di.oʊ/

Audience: /ˈɑː.di.əns/