F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Staff (n): 1- a person or the group of people who work for an organization.
E.g.: There is a good relationship between staff and pupils at the school.
E.g.: The staff are not very happy about the latest pay increase.

Reasoning (n): 1- the process of thinking about something in order to make a decision.
E.g.: The reasoning behind her conclusion is very flawed.

Disconcert (v): 1- to make someone feel suddenly uncertain and worried:
E.g.: The whole experience had disconcerted him.

Figure sth/sb out (phr v): 1- to finally understand something or someone, or find the solution to a problem after a lot of thought:
E.g.: I can’t figure out why he did it.
E.g.: I find him really odd – I can’t figure him out at all.
E.g.: Can you figure out the answer to question 5?

Original:

Recently, actually in the recent days I have some questions confused me. Because I’m 24 years old and I don’t know what to do in my future. I have ask some of my friends and talk with them about my  confusions. I have no plans about future, but they just told me focus your work and don’t think too much. But I still feel disconcerned because I think I didn’t do some meaningful things everyday, so I want somebody to give me some advice. But I dare to tell this to my parents. Because I live alone in Shanghai I don’t want they feel worried about me, so I just tell this with my friends, but my friends can’t give me any advice about this, so I always think about this problem by myself. And I know what I want and I maybe have some objectives, but I don’t know how to achieve my goal. But I think this phenomena maybe most the youngs in the city they also have.

Edited:

Recently I have been feeling confused about some questions. I’m 24 years old and I don’t know what to do in the future. I have asked some of my friends, talked with them about my  confusion, and explained that I have no plans about the future, but they just told me to / that I should focus on my work and not think too much/ but they told me “just focus on your work and don’t think too much“. I still feel disconcerted because I think I don’t do anything meaningful everyday, so I want somebody to give me some advice. However, I don’t dare to tell this to my parents, because I live alone in Shanghai and I don’t want them to feel worried about me. So I just tell this to my friends, but they can’t give me any advice, so I always think about this problem by myself. I know what I want and I have some objectives, but I don’t know how to achieve them. The good news is that I think this is a phenomenon  that affects most of the young people in the city / most of the urban youth.

Pronunciation

Deteriorate: /dɪˈtɪr.i.ə.reɪt/

Doomed: /duːmd/

Woman: /ˈwʊm.ən/

Women: /ˈwɪmɪn/