F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S][R]

Vocabulary

Collaborate (v): 1- to work with someone else for a special purpose:
E.g.: Two writers collaborated on the script for the film.
E.g.: A German company collaborated with a Swiss firm to develop the product.
E.g.: The British and Italian police collaborated in catching the terrorists.

Bias (n): 1- the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment.
E.g.: The senator has accused the media of bias.
E.g.: There was clear evidence of a strong bias against her.
E.g.: There has always been a slight bias in favor of/towards employing engineers in the company.
E.g.: Unconscious bias (= that the person with the bias is not aware of) can influence decisions in recruitment, promotion, and performance management.

Impartial (adj): 1- not supporting any of the sides involved in an argument:
E.g.: A trial must be fair and impartial.
E.g.: Reporters must be impartial and not show political bias.

Patio (n): 1- an area outside a house with a solid floor but no roof, used in good weather for relaxing, eating, etc.:
E.g.: In the summer we have breakfast out on the patio.

Escort (v): 1- to go with a person or vehicle, especially to make certain that he, she, or it leaves or arrives safely:
E.g.: Several little boats escorted the sailing ship into the harbor.
E.g.: Security guards escorted them from the building.
E.g.: The police escorted her to the airport, and made sure that she left the country.

Handcuffs (n): 1- 手铐

Original:

I’ve been working in current company for almost four months and it’s the third company I’ve been there. I like it best, cause I like the working environment and I like working with team members. And I think my boss is the kindest one I’ve met. The other reason I like this job best because I think it’s the most interesting work, cause I have to work with lots of different KOLs and different medias to think out lots of different ideas. Unlike previous works, this one is more about social media. It’s what I want to learn and have a further development in this industry.

Edited:

I’ve been working at this current company for almost four months. It’s the third company I’ve worked for, and it’s the one I like best. I like the working environment and collaborating with my team members. I also think my boss is the kindest one I’ve had. Another reason I like this job best is that the work is the most interesting I’ve done so far. I have to work with lots of different KOLs and media representatives to come up with lots of different ideas. Unlike previous jobs, this one is more about social media, which is a field I want to learn more about and have further development in.

No purchase needed to sit in Starbucks cafes
(Source: breakingnewsenglish.com/1805/180522-starbucks-cafes.html)

The cafe chain Starbucks has made a new policy about who can use its cafes. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has announced that anyone can enter a Starbucks cafe in the USA without needing to make a purchase. That means people are free to sit in the cafe or use the restrooms. Mr Schulz has asked all Starbucks staff to treat every person entering the cafe as a customer. He said: “Any person who enters our spaces, including patios, cafes and restrooms, regardless of whether they make a purchase, is considered a customer.” This means people can simply use Starbucks to sit down, relax and use the Internet. The new policy applies to more than 8,000 cafes in the United States.

The new policy will also make it easier for store managers and baristas to do their job. There have been high-profile cases recently of managers asking real customers to leave a cafe or telling them they cannot use the bathroom. On April 12, two black men were arrested and escorted out of a Philadelphia Starbucks in handcuffs for waiting for a friend to arrive before they ordered. A week later, another black man was told he could not use the bathroom because he hadn’t bought anything. He posted a video online of a white man using the bathroom in the same cafe without buying anything first. Mr Schultz said he didn’t want to make Starbucks a public bathroom, but the new policy was “the right thing” to do.

Pronunciation

Bias: /ˈbaɪ.əs/

Impartial: /ɪmˈpɑːr.ʃəl/

Patio: /ˈpæt̬.i.oʊ/

Considered: /kənˈsɪd.ɚd/

Barista: /bɑːrˈiːs.tə/

Escort: /esˈkɔːrt/

Handcuffs: /ˈhænd.kʌfs/