F2F Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Vocabulary

the gist of it – the basic details

eg: Just give me the gist of it.

eg: I’ve got the gist of the position. I’m pretty sure I know what to do.

This afternoon I watched a video that about people always work overtime. In Japan. They work a lot of time every week, even more than, 80 hours. Some people have been to an alcoholic they would like drink a lot of alcohol when they finish work everyday. You know Japan’s economic is not good, so people need to compete with other colleagues. On the other side, every year Japan have a lot of people die in Karoshi, and you also can find a lot of people on the street that they take a break or sleep on the ground. Just want people to know here is a guy or girl is very tired. They need to lose pressure, so they drink something or take a break and get rest. The filmmaker of this video who use something like white chalk to draw a circle around some people when they take a break. She thought Salaryman have a lot of competition in his life, everything have a high cost in them life, but their salary is not increase, so a good job is really important for them, I think that is important reason for them to work overtime everyday.

This afternoon I watched a video that about people always working overtime in Japan. They work a lot of time every week, even more than 80 hours. Some people have become alcoholics, they would like drinking a lot of alcohol when they finish work everyday. You know Japan’s economy is not good, so people need to compete with other colleagues. On the other side, every year Japan had a lot of people die from Karoshi, and you also can find a lot of people on the street that they take a break or sleep on the ground. They need to lose pressure, so they drink something or take a break and get rest. The filmmaker of this video uses something like white chalk to draw a circle around some people when they take a break. She thought Salarymen have a lot of competition in their lives, everything has a high cost in their lives, but their salary does not increase, so a good job is really important for them. I think that is an important reason for them to work overtime everyday.

UPGRADED VOCABULARY:

This afternoon I watched a video that about people constantly working overtime in Japan. They work an excessive amount of hours every week, even more than 80. Some people have become drunks(N.), they would like drinking a lot when they finish work everyday. You know Japan’s economy is not doing so hot, so people need to compete with other colleagues. On the other hand, every year Japan had a lot of people pass away from Karoshi. You can also come across a lot of people on the street that they take a break or sleep on the ground. They need to release pressure, so they drink something or take a break and get some rest. The filmmaker of this video uses something like white chalk to draw a circle around some people when they take a break. She thought Salarymen have a lot of strife in their lives, everything has a high cost, but their salary does not correlate, so a good job is really important for them. I think that is an important reason for them to work overtime everyday.

Pronunciation

economics – ehh, kuh nah miks

economy – Eee Kah nuh mee