Online Class Notes (Alex) (S)

Homework

Do some writing and focus on the grammar you learned in class today.

Topic: What do you think will be your biggest challenges in your new job?
(try to use synonyms of “very” instead of “very”: greatly, significantly, extremely, fairly, considerably, hugely, immensely…)

Speaking exercise

E-sport is getting more and more popular in modern society. The influence of the e-sport is increasing. As far as I know, the population e-sport fans is larger than any other sport worldwide. For example China has a large population. Many of Chinese people ove football or basketball, but you know what? The e-sport fan is more than basketball and football. You can’t imagine that even 10 years ago. E-sport get very big improvement these years. And e-sport also is a big market. It is creating many demands for fans, for the consumers. For example, e-sport fans would like to watch the e-sport match, the living match. They would like to pay the tickets. Also, professional equipment for e-sport like mouse, the keyboard. Those demand have formed a very big market which will help the economy of the world to grow. But on the other hand, the e-sport industry is facing some challenges as well. I think the most important is that e-sort has many kind of game, not just one game. Football, basketball, they only have one rule, but e-sport developed with the game industry. Some new gams come, some old games go. The new game instead of the old one. So that means the industry change very quickly so it’s a little difficult for the fans to catch up with the new games sometimes. For me, I love e-sport’s games in PC version but the young people in China love other new games that I’m not familiar with. So maybe I will quit, I’m not a fan anymore. There’s another challenge. I think there should be an Olympic game in e-sport. The e-sport also needs an organization which will be recognized worldwide. That will help to increase the influence of e-sport.

correction

E-sport is getting more and more popular nowadays. The influence of the e-sport is increasing. As far as I know, the population of e-sport fans is larger than any other sport worldwide. For example China has a large population. Many Chinese people love football or basketball, but you know what? There are more e-sport fans than basketball and football fans. You couldn’t imagine that even 10 years ago. E-sport improved a lot over the past few years. And e-sport also is a big market. It is creating a lot of demand on the part of fans, on the part of consumers. For example, e-sport fans are willing to pay to watch live e-sport games, and  to buy professional equipment such as mouses or keyboards. This demand has formed a very big market which will help the world economy to grow. But on the other hand, the e-sport industry is facing some challenges as well. I think the most important is that e-sport has many kinds of games, not just one game. Football, basketball, they only have one set of rules, but e-sport developed with the game industry. Some new games come, some old games go. The new games replace the old ones. So that means the industry change very quickly so it’s a little difficult for the fans to catch up with the new games sometimes. For me, I love e-sport’s games in PC version but the young people in China love other new games that I’m not familiar with. So that made me quit, I’m not a fan anymore. There’s another challenge. I think e-sport needs to have a world competition, like the Olympics or the World Cup. E-sport also needs a unique organization which will be recognized worldwide. That will help increase the influence of e-sport.

Grammar

A is more than B – there are more A than B
A is more pretty than B (this is okay)

many demands – much / a lot of demand (when talking about economy, offer and demand are singular and uncountable, not plural)

the demand for the fans – the demand on the part of the fans (demand is not given to the fans, it comes from the fans, so then say: on the part of…)

the new games instead of the old ones – the new games replace the old ones (instead of is not a verb)
I sent the book to my boss instead of my colleague.