VIP Class Notes (Li)[S/W]

Homework

Find a news article and summarise it. Write no more than 6 sentences.

Today we focused on:

How to cut down on your sentences. Try to use the active voice.

Vocabulary

I want to improve my speaking/oral English

benefits of eating insects

livestock: animals that are kept on the farm

give sth a try/have a go at sth

food regulation – food rules

shell: the hard outer covering of some animals and nuts

eg. nut shell/crab shell/snail shell

when you were born

brain: the organ in your head

potential: ability to develop, achieve or succeed

eg. He loves his current job because it offers a lot of potential for development.

eg. She doesn’t feel she’s achieving her full potential in her present job.

opportunities for development/career development

and so on/etc.

interpreter – person

thought process – how your brain processes information

I’m not used to doing this in my daily life/daily/every day

Grammar

s no s – singular/plural

this topic – singular

these topics – plural

Is the subject singular or plural?

there is a person 

there are some people 

One of the children – singular 

Some of the students – plural 

Speaking exercise

I want to stay in the retail industry and move to a position more close to marketing. It’s just 4 years. It’s very difficult in this kind due to the economic change not that good. It’s just I think it’s more global and more challenge in the marketing in China. I didn’t choose company actually. I like more challenge position if I can join. I think the job I currently do is limited and the potential is very low. At first, I joined this company as Japanese interpret. My major is Japanese and it’s my first job and I want to use my skills. After 2 years, I get the chance to change to Sales Operation Assistant so I start to get the chance to do something different. I spend most of my time doing data management and promotion planning and so on.

Revised: 

I want to stay in the retail industry and find a position closer to marketing. It’s just 4 years. It’s very difficult in this time/now due to the economic situation. I think it’s more international and challenging in China’s marketing sector. Actually, I didn’t choose the company. I would like a more challenging position. I think the job that I currently do is limited and has a low potential. At first, I joined this company as a Japanese interpreter. My major is Japanese and it’s my first job so I want to use my skills. After 2 years, I had the chance to work as a Sales Operation Assistant so I started to do something different. I spend most of my time managing data, planning promotions and so on.

Pronunciation

grasshopper – grass – hopper

ingredients – ingre-dients

Writing exercise

NEWS IS AS FOLLOWS:
The world’s population is projected to reach 11 billion by the end of the century.

Feeding that many people will be a challenge, and it is further complicated by the impact of climate change on agriculture.

That is why some people advocate an unusual way to boost the food supply and feed people sustainably by eating less meat and more insects.

About 2 billion people already eat bugs.Mexicans enjoy chilly-toasted grasshoppers. Thais tuck into cricket stir-fries and Ghanaians snack on termites.Insects are slowly creeping on to Western menus as novelty items, but most people remain squeamish.

Yet there are three reasons why eating insects makes sense.
First, they are healthier than meat.There are nearly 2000 kinds of edible insects, many of them packed with protein, calcium, fiber, iron and zinc.A small serving of grasshoppers can contain about the same amount of protein as a similar sized serving of beef,but has far less fat and far fewer calories.

Second, raising insects is cheap, or free. Little technology or investment is needed to produce them.Harvesting insects could provide livelihoods to some of the world’s poorest people.

Finally, insects are a far more sustainable source of food than livestock.Livestock production accounts for nearly a fifth of all greenhouse-gas emissions, that’s more than transport.By contrast, insects produce relatively few greenhouse gases and raising them requires much less land and water.And they eat almost anything.

Despite all this, most Westerners find insects hard to swallow. One solution is to use protein extracted from bugs in other products such as ready meals and pasta sauces. Not having to look at the bugs and emphasizing the environmental benefits might make the idea of eating insects a bit more palatable.

My thoughts:
Why i want to talk about this topics is because my company has started to sell snacks and curry sauce made by grasshoppers recently,and It has became a hot topics in some extent.
In China,it has a long history to use insects to make medicine.And there is also some people in some area like Yunan province , eating insects as common food as usual as meat .Since eating insects rather than meat could make a big different to our environment, I think it is meaningful to have a try for everyone and let more people know the benefits.
However,for the people who might feel uncomfortable about eating them,like myself,it really needs courage.Therefore,to make people to take the first step ,creative food product is needed.

Revised: 

My thoughts:
Why I want to talk about this topic is because my company has recently started to sell snacks and curry sauce made by grasshoppers. It has become a hot topic to some extent.
In China, there is a long history in/of using insects to make medicine. And/Also/In addition, there are also some people in some areas like Yunan Province , eating insects as commonly like eating meat. Since eating insects instead of meat could make a big difference to/impact on our environment, I think it is meaningful for everyone to give it a try and let more people know of the benefits.
However, for people who might feel uncomfortable eating them like myself, it really needs/requires courage. Therefore, to make people take the first step, creative food products are needed/necessary.