Online Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework

read the document active voice / passive voice

Today we focused on:

refining expression  / why you should use the active voice most of the time

Speaking exercise

everyday I work and prepare something for my education. I register some lessons including English study. I try to put a lot of things in my schedule everyday.
sounds boring but it is my normal life. I just finish that everyday.

It is not from the virus. Once the coronavirus didn’t break out I also have several lessons but I changed some studying ways such as online lessons. Maybe it will prevent me or let me slow down. The speed of learning some new knowledge will slow by the virus because we couldn’t face to face or sit in a big classroom to study the knowledge.

If I have a choice I prefer to face to face because it looks like more natural and more truth

on the other hand my current cust0mers  they also don’t to make some changes because it is a big risk for them so it is half and half. 50% is safety and 5o% a dangerous way because I am just waiting some orders
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everyday I work on my education / I study several things to improve my skills.
I registered for some lessons including English. I try to put a lot of things in my schedule everyday.
It sounds boring but it is my normal life. I just do it everyday.

It is not from the virus. Before the broke out I also had several lessons but I changed the way I study and I use technology more  such as with online lessons.

Maybe it will prevent me from improving quickly .

I will learn slower because I can’t have face to face classes.

If I have a choice I prefer to study face to face because it looks like more natural and more true on the other hand my current  customers  also don’t to make changes / don’t change anything because it is a big risk for them so it is half and half.
50% is safety and 5o% uncertainty

Vocabulary

cost (n) 成本
We need to reduce our costs they are too high.

give a discount : give a reduction on the price
customers often ask me to give them a discount

truth (n)
He is not telling the truth

true  (adj)
It is not true

(un)certainty (n) : situation in which you are (not) sure about things
There is a lot of uncertainty right now  so people want to keep a lot of cash.

(un)certain (adj): sure/ unsure
I am uncertain about buying a house this year.

Grammar

prevent someone from doing something
The virus prevents us from getting new clients
My daughter prevents me from cooking because she wants me to play with her instead

such as : to give an example about something previously mentioned
We have many electronic products such as computers , phones …

active voice: (Someone does something) [natural way of speaking 90% of the time / show responsibly ]
Tom opened the door
Tom made a mistake

passive voice : (Something is done (by someone)) [ technical documents / interdiction / avoid responsibility ]
The door was opened (by Tom)
Smoking is forbidden
A mistake was made

A vaccine was created (passive) -> We (general subject ) created a vaccine / scientists (general term) created a vaccine