VIP Class Notes (George) [W] + [S]

TPo7 Task 4

Vocabulary

Up Close, close to you.

Afar, far away

TPo6 Task 1

Original 

I will never forget the famous picture of Hope Project twenty years ago. It was a black and white picture of a little poor girl in a classroom and she was heading up at the photographer with her big innocent eyes. Everybody can see through these eyes and feel her emotions of willing to study and despite the poor circumstances, this picture inspired many people to support hope project ever since. This is my most memorable picture.

Corrected

I will never forget the famous picture of Hope Project twenty years ago. It was a black and white picture of a little poor girl in a shabby classroom and she was looking up at the photographer with her big innocent eyes. Everybody can see her willingness to study in her eyes despite the poor circumstances. this picture inspired many people to support the hope project ever since. This is my most memorable picture.

TPo6 Task 2

Original

I think the experience of different work is very important to a man and that is what I did. Everybody can live only once but there are so many different things in the world. I cannot give the right of experience different work and lives for any reason. I want to work as a teacher, I want to work in a big company, I want to work in an NGO but if I stick in only one job I will never experience the beauty of any other jobs.

Corrected

I think the experience of different kinds of work is very important to a man and that is what I did. Everybody can only live once but there are so many different things in the world. I cannot give up the right to experience different jobs for any reason. I want to work as a teacher, I want to work in a big company, I want to work in an NGO but if I stick to  one job I will never experience the beauty of any other jobs and whatever that might bring with it.

TPo6 Task 3

Original

She thinks Tim’s proposal doesn’t make sense at all because Tim is a party animal. He goes to parties even in the weekdays so he cannot concentrate in the history seminars that’s why the seminars are too long for him. Besides, the history seminars are interesting for most students the third hour is usually the best part of it. So she is totally against Tim’s proposal.

Corrected

She thinks Tim’s proposal doesn’t make sense at all because Tim is a party animal. He goes to parties even during the week/on weekdays so he cannot concentrate in the history seminars that’s why the seminars are too long for him. Besides, the history seminars are interesting for most students the third hour is usually the best part of it. So she is totally against Tim’s proposal.

TPo6 Task 4

Original

Implicit memory is the unconscious memory that is something you cannot recall exactly but indeed your brain . In the example of the car advertisement , some people have seen panthers on the billboard or highway they cannot recall at all but when they are asked to give the name of an animal starting with P most of them will give the word panther. This indicates panther is already stored in their memory as implicit memory.

Corrected

Implicit memory is the unconscious memory that is something you cannot recall exactly but indeed your brain does. In the example of the car advertisement , some people have seen panthers on the billboard or highway they cannot recall it at all but when they are asked to give the name of an animal starting with P most of them will give the word panther. This indicates panther is already stored in their memory as an implicit memory.

TPo6 Task 5

Original

The woman’s problem is her study group has a very low efficiency and they are totally behind schedule.  I think the second solution from the professor will be very helpful that they should have a team leader who can set agenda and assign homeworks for the team members and make them more efficient. A group well organized will be much more efficient that a group not organized.

Corrected

The woman’s problem is her study group is not very efficient and they are totally behind schedule.  I think the  professor’s second solution will be very helpful. They should have a team leader who can set  an/the agenda and assign homework for the team members and make them more efficient. A group well organized will be much more efficient that a group not organized.

TPo6 Task 6

Original

Active attention means people pay attention to something actively on the contrary is passive attention we are giventtwo exmaples from the talk teacher tries to explain what frog is. The students must tell themselves  they must pay attention to the lecture and pay attention to the teach But if the teacher can pull our a frog, they  just automatically notice what the teacher talk.

Corrected

Active attention means people pay attention to something actively. the opposite is passive attention we are given two examples from the talk. the teacher tries to explain what a frog is. The students must tell themselves  they must pay attention to the lecture and pay attention to the teacher. But if the teacher can pull out a frog, they  automatically notice what the teacher is talking about. 

TP07 Task 1

Original

I would suggest my foreign friend to visit Beijing. If this is the only place they can visit in China because they can find typical ancient consttructiers like hutong or sihe yuan. Since this is their only chance to visit a city in China. I think sihi huan and forbidden palace will satisfy them.

Corrected

TPo7 Task 3

Original

She doesn’t agree with the unis plan at all. First she thinks the students who enrolled the sculpture courses are getting fewer and fewer because they get too much required work to do. The second one is the university doesn’t need to hire a full time prof to teach sculpture, they can hire a part time professor or ask another professor who has sculpture skills to teach this course.

Corrected

She doesn’t agree with the unis plan at all. First she thinks there are fewer and fewer students who are enrolling in the sculpture course because they get too much required work to do. The second one is the university doesn’t need to hire a full time prof to teach sculpture, they can hire a part time professor or ask another professor who has sculpture skills to teach this course.

TP07 Task 4

Behavior modification is the learning process where people learn to adjust their behavior according to their consequences. Like teacher and student, if a student gets positive response from a teacher, he will tend to repeat what he did last time to get more and more rewards and praise. On the contrary, if his behavior leads to punishment from the teacher, he will do it less. That is my understanding of behavior modification.

Original

The salt level in the lake is so high that the fish and birds population are facing great danger. In the lecture here solutions are given, however, none of them is realistic or practical.
First, even we don’t consider the expense, desalination will produce solid materials include chemicals. They are toxic and could be spread by wind and harm people’s health.
The second solution is to build a pipeline or a canal to carry the sea water to the lake. Since the nearest coastline is 100 kilometers away, the expenses of building such a pipeline or canal will be a great fortune that the local government can’t afford.
The third solution is to build a ‘wall’ to separate the lake into different sections, so we can reduce the salt level of a small section more easily. Unfortunately the lake is located in a region where earthquakes often happen. No wall will survive through a major earthquake, which is obviously going to happen in the future. When the wall is destroyed in the earthquake, the water of different sections will be mixed again and the work we do will be in vain.

Tpo 54 writing 2

Both arts and athletics are helpful and important to the society. However, between spending more money in support of the arts and in support of the athletics such as state-sponsored Olympic teams I will definitely choose the first option- the arts!
When we facing an important issue and need to make a choice, we need to make sure which option is better for the whole society. If we spend more more money in the arts, we will be able to acquire more arts products and build more galleries which will be opened to the society with no entry fees or very low entry fees, which will allow much more citizens including children to have more chance to see the master pieces in a close distance. The esthetic education is very important in forming people’s character and moreover it will form society’s character, make the society more peaceful and elegant. So it is an option which can benefit the whole society and contribute to the civilization.
As to the athletics such as state-sponsored Olympic team I have different opinion. The nation should give the Olympic team support in a limited range. The athletes In such a high level competition should be professional, which means they can make money by their performance and sponsorship from the society like companies or organizations. Governments should not spend too much money in such a small group of people. Instead, governments are supposed to think more about the society and all the people.
Compare the two ways of spending money we will easily out the first option is for the society’s good and the second one is for a small group of people’s good. The answer is also obvious. Governments’ responsibility is for all the people’s good, and leave some jobs for the society, such as sponsoring the Olympic team. That is the right decision of this question

Corrected

The salt level in the lake is so high that the fish and bird populations are facing great danger. In the lecture here, solutions are given, however, none of them are realistic or practical.
First, even if we don’t consider the expense, desalination will produce solid materials including chemicals. They are toxic and could be spread by wind and harm people’s health.
The second solution is to build a pipeline or a canal to carry the sea water to the lake. Since the nearest coastline is 100 kilometers away, the expenses of building such a pipeline or canal will be unaffordable for the local government.
The third solution is to build a ‘wall’ to separate the lake into different sections, so we can reduce the salt level of a small section more easily. Unfortunately the lake is located in a region where earthquakes often happen. No wall will survive through a major earthquake, which is obviously going to happen in the future. When the wall is destroyed in the earthquake, the water of different sections will be mixed again and the work we do will be in vain.

Tpo 54 writing 2

Both arts and athletics are helpful and important to society. However, between spending more money in support of the arts and in support of athletics such as state-sponsored Olympic teams I will definitely choose the first option- the arts!
When we are facing an important issue and need to make a choice, we need to make sure which option is better for the whole of society. If we spend more and more money in the arts, we will be able to acquire more art products and build more galleries which will be opened to society with little or no cost.This will give many more citizens, including children, the chance to see the master pieces up close. The aesthetic education is very important in forming people’s character and moreover it will form society’s character, making  it more peaceful and elegant. So it is an option which can benefit the whole of society and contribute to civilization.
As to the athletics such as state-sponsored Olympic team I have different opinion. The nation should give the Olympic team support in a limited range. The athletes competing at such a high level  should be professional, which means they can make money by their performance and sponsorship from  companies or organizations. Governments should not spend too much money on such a small group of people. Instead, governments are supposed to think more about society at large.

If we compare the two ways of spending money we will easily find out that the first option is for the society’s good and the second one is for a small group of people’s good. The answer is also obvious. Governments’ responsibility is for all the people’s good, and leave the sponsorship of Olympic Teams to the private sector. That is the right decision a responsible government should make.