Profile Update Class (Nick)

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Next update December 2019

Previous Levels

Listening: 2.75
Speaking: 2.5
Pronunciation: 2.75
Writing: 2.75

Class Notes from today:

Write about the situation with your coworker using the new vocabulary we talked about today.

Vocabulary

Face-to-Face – when you are in the same place as the person you are talking to
Online – when you are doing a class

语言环境 – Language Environment – a place where you can use a language you are learning
e.g. Evelyn is worried that she doesn’t have a good language environment for learning English.

Compare – to see which of two things is better 比较
e.g. I bought two small pieces of pizza so that I could compare and know which one to buy for my friends.

Perspective / Point of view – what you think or believe 视角
e.g. My perspective is important,

Obedient – to listen and to follow instructions without asking too many questions
e.g.  Evelyn’s co-worker expects her to be obedient, but Evelyn has her own ideas.

to Spy – to watch something you aren’t supposed to
e.g. Evelyn’s coworker looks through the glass and spies on her work. She doesn’t trust her!

Busywork – simple things that take lots of time
e.g. Evelyn’s boss gives her lots of busywork, and none of it is good for career experience.

Career – the area you work in, including getting better and better jobs
e.g. I am looking for a career in the radio industry. I started as an assistant and now I am a manager.

Tense / Stressed – when you have a problem you don’t know how to solve and it makes you feel anxious, makes your heart feel tight
e.g. Having a bad coworker can make work very tense.
e.g. I feel stressed at work because I can’t work with my coworker.

Grammar

The study not let me improve my English – The studying doesn’t help / The studies don’t help me improve my English

My idea is different than my boss’s – different from / different to

We can’t talk each other – we can’t talk to each other

She tell me – tells