VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Pronunciation

abroad

photograph

photography / FUH-TOG-RA-FEE

Vocabulary

have = possess

better = superior

Talk about a place you enjoyed going to or visiting when you were a child; describe the place explain why you enjoyed it.

That was my first to been abroad and I was with my family, my father, a couple of my cousins, and my grandma. Bangkok and Pattaya. Almost teenager, 12. Everything was so different to me because – it’s totally brand new experience for me, and that was my first time to Southeast Asia, because my hometown is far away from SE Asia so the death is extremely hot and humid, and I met a lot of people from all around the world, had eat/eat some food I’ve never had before. Most enjoyed part it was – I would say when I went to the beach – this was also my first time to been to beach and I actually really loved the ocean and the view is pretty amazing.

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That was my first time going abroad and I was with my family including my father, a couple of my cousins, and my grandma. We went to Bangkok and Pattaya which is in Thailand. I was almost a teenager, I was 12 years old. Everything was so different to/for me because – it was a totally brand new experience for me, and that was my first time visiting Southeast Asia, because my hometown is far away from SE Asia so the weather was extremely hot and humid, and I met a lot of people from all around the world, I ate some food I had never had before. The most enjoyable part it was – I would say when I went to the beach – this was also my first time visiting the/experiencing the beach and I actually really loved the ocean and the view was pretty amazing.

Some people have one career throughout their lives, other people do different kinds of work at different points in their lives, which do you think is better, explain why.

I definitely would say have different kinds of job is better – because you only live once and one job throughout your life is kind of boring – and like me, people always say I’m a multifunctional – like me I’m a makeup artist, I’m doing dancing, sometimes I’m doing singing, so always say that I’m multifunctional. You could try a lot of different things. Having different kind of job – you can meet a lot of different people when you having different kinds of job – to have different lifestyles.

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I definitely would say having different kinds of jobs is better/superior. Remember, you only live once — you only have one life —  and if you have only one job throughout your entire life it’s kind of boring. Take me for example, people always tell me/say that I’m a multifunctional person — I [possess]/have many different talents…why should I only use one of them for my entire life — there’s no personal growth there. I’m a makeup artist, a dancer, sometimes I even sing. I think this a better approach to life. Everyone should try a lot of different things. Also/Finally/To wrap things up/Additionally/And don’t forget when you have many jobs, you can meet a lot of different people and learn about different lifestyles.