F2F Class Notes (Whitney) [W]

Use “on”, “at” and “in” to write a diary entry about a day of your choice.

diary: 笔记

Example:

Dear Diary,
I will be leaving Shanghai on the 18th of December and I will be taking a break from work at Christmas time. On Monday, I have to do a handover for my colleagues so that they can continue to work whilst I am gone. I will come back to Shanghai in 3 months time.

Try watching Modern Family, Season 1, Episode 1.

Review in/on/at
Start from more basic discussion topics: family, friends, hobbies/interest to build confidence, listening skills and expand vocabulary.

Grammar

In: In a particular time
e.g. In December, I will graduate from college.
I will graduate from college in December

On: On a particular day
e.g. On December 13th, my sister was born.
My sister was born on December 13th

At: At a particular time
e.g. Let’s meet for dinner at 6PM

Today I had a test at 12PM.

My favorite class is international finance, the course has three part : Global Financial Environmen，Foreign Exchange Markets and Foreign Exchange Exposure.GFE presentation about international Monetary ,Teacher tell us about Monetary history ,such as “The gold standard，1876-1914”，“Bretton woods and the International Monetary Fund,1944”.important is Calculation formula of exchange rate .why i like it because i feel it was interesting,the course let me know about history,about The forerunner of the trade body ，like GATT is the predecessor of WTO and exchange rate,that was very practical,when i go aboard,I know how to Exchange. Anyway the course sounds like pretty cool.

Corrected
My favorite class is international finance, the course has three parts: Global Financial Environment, Foreign Exchange Markets and Foreign Exchange Exposure. One part of my class is about international monetary ___  my Teacher tell  told us about Monetary history,  such as The gold standard，from 1876-1914. “Brettonwoods and the International Monetary Fund,1944” is important to the Calculation formula of the exchange rate. Why I like it is because I feel it was interesting, I learnt a lot about the history and the processes of exchange rates. This is useful because when I go abroad, at least I know about currency exchange. So far, this course is pretty cool. 

the course lets me know about history, about the forerunner of the trade body ，like GATT is the predecessor of WTO and exchange rate,that was very practical,wheni go aboard,I know how to Exchange. Anyway the course sounds like pretty cool.

Vocabulary

particular [adj] refers to one specific thing/person
par-tick-que-lar

risk：风险

global [adj] 全球 the whole world (世界)
glo-bal
financial/finance [n] 金融 the management of money
fi-nan-shel
environment [n] 环境 the conditions or surroundings

Part 1 – Global Financial Environment: how the world manages its money
I learn about how the world manages its money.

foreign [adj] 外国 from a different country other than your own
for-rign
exchange [n] 汇率 changing one currency to another
markets [n] 市场 a place for trading

Part 2 – Foreign Exchange Markets: how other countries trade and exchange

Exposure [n] 接触 being in contact with something

Part 3 – Foreign Exchange Exposure: the risk that companies take when making financial transactions in foreign currencies. 

Pronunciation

finance – fy-nan-si
global – glo-bal
environment – en-vy-ron-ment
foreign –