Online Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Speaking exercise

the problem i met in the work is always like you do not recommend some stocks but it’s price performed very good, because some stocks is price is rising but you do no recommend this stock before so you will feel very unhappy but you cannot predict the problem before you can only know you met some problems after the things happened. I will feel very unhappy and my company will lose a lot of money because you do not get that money.

the problem i met at work is always like you do not recommend some stocks but it’s price performed very well, because some stock’s price rises but you did not / failed to recommend this stock before so you will feel very unhappy / feel like a failure / you regret not recommending it but you were not able to / didn’t predict the problem before / previously / in advance / prior to it rising, you can only know / discover / realise you met / had / encountered / came across some problems / issues after the things happened / after the fact. I will feel very unhappy and my company will lose a lot of money because / since / as / due to the fact that you did not get that money.

Grammar

at home
at work
at school
here / there
outside / out

remember: always put the most important thing first 

Vocabulary

one or 2 years onceonce a year

let / get / make

let = you want to do / allows you to do – says OK you can do it
get = you should do
make = you don’t want to do / effect

repercussion – sth negative that happens as a result of sth else
eg. the repercussions for not going to work are that you don’t get paid

sorry? what are the re…..what? – say this if you don’t understand a word

what does penalize mean?

penalize – punish