Online Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

commemorative: 有纪念性

compass: 指å—é’ˆ

censor: 打马赛克

eg. His tattoos were censored when he appeared on the TV show last week.

ear piercing: 耳洞

eg. I have 3 ear piercings.

earring: 耳环

eg. I am wearing 3 earrings today.

impulsive: 冲动

eg. People can do stupid things when they become impulsive.

eg. Don’t be so impulsive – think before you act.

Speaking exercise

My boss think now is not very busy and a lot of events were cancelled so they think we can use this period to take our leave. Once it gets better we will not be able to take leave. For my team, me and my line maanger are taking our annual leaves. I have to do some work like plan the calendar etc.

My younger brother has a tattoo and I asked the reason why he has a tattoo and he said: “the tattoo has a discount so he decide to have one”. If you only got the black and white tattoo, it’s only to draw the shape of the tattoo. Maybe if you have a tattoo, some companies will not that acceptable for employees to have tattoos. You will have difficulties when you interview. If your tattoo is very obvious, maybe you will have problems. If the tattoo is around the waist, or around the ankle, maybe not easy to be found, I think it’s okay. But, the Chinese government forbid the stars to show tattoo on TV, they will censor the tattoo. If the male stars have earring, they will have to censor the ear.

Revised: 

My bosses think now is not a very busy time and a lot of events were cancelled so they think we can use this period to take our leave. Once it gets better, we will not be able to take leave. For my team, my line manager and I are taking our annual leaves. But, I have to do some work like plan the schedule etc.

My younger brother has a tattoo and I asked him why he got a tattoo and he said: “the tattoo has a discount so I decided to have one”. If you only got the black and white tattoo, it’s only to outline the shape of the tattoo. Maybe if you have a tattoo, some companies will not be accepting for their employees to have tattoos. You will have difficulties passing the interview/when you attend the interview. If your tattoo is very obvious, you might have/experience problems. If the tattoo is around the waist, or around the ankle, where it is not easy to be found/noticeable, I think it’s okay. But, the Chinese government forbids celebrities from showing their tattoos on TV so they will censor the tattoos. If male stars have visible ear piercings, they will have to censor the ear piercings. 

Pronunciation

parlours – par-loors

commemorative – com-mehmuhra-tive