VIP Class Notes (Mason)[S] [W]

Homework

Write (5) sentences, using each of the vocabulary words at least once.

Vocabulary

Demoralized – To become sad or discouraged
eg. She became demoralized after losing her job

Frivolous – Unnecessary or silly
eg. He was tired of her frivolous spending.

Disenchanted – To lose faith
eg. He became disenchanted with the catholic church after the pastors sermon against same sex marriage.

Manifest – clear or obvious
eg. The fever manifested over the course of three days.

Litigious – Overuse of litigation
eg. America is a overly litigious society.

Recourse – a way out of a situation
eg. Working many hours of overtime was her only recourse to make up for her mistake.

Grammar

Because I just get a promotion next year – Because I just got a promotion last year.

They also have this kind of background – We share the same background.

This place is very seldom to see the snow – Snow is very rare here/ It seldom snows here.

Speaking exercise

Three parts form job. The first is that we have the monthly closing. Basically its like every month work accounting department for all the registration of sales and expenses. Our responsibility is to make sure those sales and expenses are current. and then we try to find out if any problems from a financial prospective. – My job is composed of three parts. Firstly, we have the monthly closing. This is basically working with the accounting department to register all sales and expenses for the month. Our responsibility is to make sure those sales and expenses are current, and then we try to find out if there are any problems from a financial perspective.

Writing exercise

On may, i went to the laundries to have my clothes to be washed. After one month i still didn’t get any information about my clothes. I called the laundry and they explained to me that  -they were explaining their factors– they said i had to wait wait some weeks. Then i called them again and they said they lost my clothes. The problem was that the clothes is very expensive. I called an association called the customers service association. They mediate issues between customers and business. They called me back and said the laundry will not accept mediation. so they will only give me half the price of the clothes. So finally i decided to sue them. Right now i am preparing documents to deliver to the court.

In May, I went to the laundromat to get my clothes washed. A month passed and I hadn’t received any information about my clothes. I called the laundromat and they explained that I would have to wait a few more weeks. When I called them again they informed me that they had lost my clothes. The issue was these clothes were very expensive. I called the Customer Service Association, which mediates issues between customers and businesses. They called me back and told me the laundromat was refusing mediation, and would only reimburse me half of the total cost of the clothes. So I decided my only recourse was to sue them. As of now I am preparing document to deliver to court.