VIP Class Notes (Joe)
Today we focused on:
Focus on asking questions to confirm that someone has listened and understood your explanations. Try to stop your explanation after about 2 or 3 major points and then ask a question like ‘are you with me?’ or ‘does that make sense?’
Grammar
It has been quite busy week for me
It has been quite a busy week for me
It’s still bit far away
It’s still a bit far away
Pronunciation
Suburban – emphasis on the second syllable
Succinct – si sinkt
Considerations – kon si di ray shins
Mulled – same vowel sound in ‘under’ and ‘up’.
Soup / soap – soap rhymes with rope. Soup rhymes with group.
Vocabulary
There is a check balance system (a check balance system sounds like an accounting term)
A system of checks and balances (a system of different departments that have the power to overrule each other to prevent too much power being in the hands of any department)
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