VIP Class Notes (George) [S]

Homework

Type these questions and post them as homework, and write answers as bullet points.

Next Class Focus

Go over interview sheet and questions

Vocabulary

Abroad- Something outside of your own country.

e.g. I want to study abroad so that’s why I’m preparing to take the TOEFL.

Broad- When something is very wide or varied.

e.g.  The TOEFL covers a broad range of topics.

Cockroach- A brown insect that runs fast, sometimes flies, and looks disgusting.

e.g. When I opened the drawer, I found many cockroaches living inside.

Surrounding- Things that are around you

e.g. Jing an and the surrounding areas all have a lot of traffic right now

Eliminating- When you get rid of something

e.g. My favorite person was eliminated from the competition because he didn’t have a good performance.

Pronunciation

Broad

Approach

Speaking exercise

TPo2

Original

I think I would choose

The society is a huge world, where you should learn as much as possible. If you have a comprehensive study, we can communicate to the people more easily, and get your circle bigger and appoach more goals

The society is a huge world, where you should learn as much as possible. If you have a comprehensive study, we can communicate with people more easily, and enlarge your social circle  and accomplish more goals.

the university cancelled the free bus plan for students

if you know you are being watching

If you know you are being watched

Talk about a challenge you faced and how did you overcome it?

I think the biggest challenge I’ve ever faced was when I joined the choir:

  • Talk about difficulty in pronunciation
  • discuss why you find it difficult
  • discuss the steps you took to resolve this
  • discuss how it finally ended

What is you favorite way to relax?

Finding some music that I like

My father likes to listen to vinyls on a record player

He introduced me to this, even though it might seem a bit out of date, it sounds better than just listening to music on an ipod.  Talk a bit more about how your father introduced this to you.