F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Read the article and be ready to discuss the difference between Generalize and Specialize

http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/which-is-better-for-your-career-specializing-or-generalizing–80607.html

Vocabulary

I tolerate studying English every week. Thankfully I have Tony as a teacher because he makes it tolerable.

His attitude is intolerable, you can’t speak to my family like that.

a huge amount of money

give preferential treatment to locals

put up with – to deal with or handle/tolerate something you don’t like

eg: She put up with her annoying brother because she loved him.

eg: To work in customer service you have to put up with a lot of shit.

Workaholic – addicted to work, can’t stop working, maybe love working, maybe hate

eg: Are you a workaholic?

Shopaholic – addicted to shopping

Alcoholic – addicted to drinking

Gamblaholic – addicted to gambling

Casino – a place for gambling

eg: A strange law in America allows some casinos to be built, but only if they are on a river. This is only in some parts of America.

Ethnicity -min zu

eg: China has 56 different ethnicities.

Native American – used to be called Indians, these people are Ethnically from North and South America, the continents.

eg: Native Americans have special land in USA called reservations. They can have some different laws, but must follow all federal government laws.

Tibetan – people or things from Xi Zang

Uighur – the ethnic group of people in China’s Northwest region.

affirmative action – when a company must employ a certain amount of minority people

eg: Affirmative action has been extremely controversial.

Pronunciation

Uighur – Wee Gerr

Knife  – N'(o) eye F