VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
Vocabulary
sufficient = enough
eg. we don’t have sufficient water in Australia
self sufficient = i can get enough by myself
attitude – tai du
eg. my boss’ attitude has changed a lot
professional – polite, respectful, work hard
eg. she’s really professional
professional – this is how I make money / career
eg. I’m a professional teacher
profession – career (job)
eg. My profession is teaching
staff / employees
eg. my company has many staff that can speak Chinese
colleagues – relationship between staff
eg. I have many colleagues that can speak English
real estate agent – fang chan zhong jie
stereotype – a common idea about a group of people that is often wrong
discrimination – treating sb worse because of something
eg. if you treat me differently because of my religion, that’s discrimination!
racist – discrimination based on race / nationality / skin color
eg. you’re racist!
generalization
eg. girls like makeup is a generalization
smuggler -” a people broker” to move from 1 place to another secretly
misogynist – a man who thinks men are better or higher than women
eg. he’s a misogynist
united – yuan jie
eg. they are not united
Speaking exercise
A Person who has an Interesting Job
Describe someone you know who has an interesting job. You should say:
who this person is
how you know this person *
how he/she (they) got this job
what job they do
and explain why you think this person’s job is interesting.
The person who i want to talk about is the job who is running a coffee shop, the coffee shop is near the … ying yue xue yuan. He opened the coffee shop with his best friend. I think it’s very good cause they have the same thinking, goals. I think it’s interesting because in that coffee shop most of the coffee beans are mixed themselves and they bought the different coffee beans from other countries when they had trip in the country.
The person who i want to talk about is the boss who is running a coffee shop, which is near the ying yue xue yuan. He opened the coffee shop with his best friend which I think is very good cause they have the same thinking, and goals. I think it’s interesting because in that coffee shop most / the majority of the coffee beans are mixed themselves and they bought the different coffee beans from other countries when they had trip in the country.
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