Profile Update Class (Jesse)

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Next update January 2020

Previous Levels

Listening: 3.5
Speaking: 2.75
Pronunciation: 3.5
Writing: 3.5

New levels

Listening: 4.5
Speaking: 3.25
Pronunciation: 3.5
Writing: 3.75

Class Notes from today:

Speaking exercise

i think the most popular work is to work in the IT companies, i think because first the young people think the job is more creative and there are a lot of things they can learn from the it companies and also the salary is higher than traditional companies but at the same time the young generation make money so easy and they dont want to do the job from the basic, they just want to learn something new and make quick money and they are easy to quit the job because they are not prepared to face difficult times.

i think the most popular work is to work in the IT companies, i think because firstly the young people think it is a more creative job and there are a lot of things they can learn from the it companies and also the salary is / salaries are higher than traditional companies but at the same time the young generation make money so easily and they dont want to work from a / the basic level, they just want to learn something new and make quick / easy money / get rich quick and it’s easy for them to quit because they are not prepared to face difficult times.

Grammar

you take a long time to learn something – it takes a long time to learn something 

Vocabulary

a quick buck
get rich quick

1 dollar = 1 buck  

tangible (measurable) – tactile (physical)

quarantine – a ward of a hospital that is isolated for the sake of limiting spread of disease

it’s the problem with the system – systemic 

bad circulation – bad cycle / vicious cycle 

former < > latter

dose – the amount of medicine you take each time

get a 2nd opinion – to go to a 2nd doctor for advice to check the first advice you got

tinnitus – ringing in your ear

dizzy – tou yun