VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S + W]

Correct the speaking from George’s class (copied below) (20 minutes).
Do a “mock interview” speaking section with the prepared questions (20 minutes).
Have a conversation: work on sentence order, fluency, and vocabulary upgrade (20 minutes).

Pick a few interview questions to start next class for a speaking section (1-2 each class).
Find topics you want to talk about (what would be most useful for you?)

interview questions

Vocabulary

Experience vs. Experiences
— “An experience” is one event, or one story that happened.
e.g. We had the craziest experience the other day, where we were stopped by the police and then….
— “My experience” could be what you thought about something you did.
e.g. My experience in China was that the people were very friendly and the food was very tasty.
— Professionally, you speak of “experience” as the all of the things you did and learned from all of the relevant jobs.
e.g. I have ten years of experience in the legal field.

Aggregate – a bunch of things grouped or added together
e.g. Your professional experience is the aggregate of everything you did and learned on the job in related fields.

Ambiguous – unclear
e.g. This sentence is ambiguous. Do you mean x or y?

Along the river vs. along the riverside
— Along the river seems more general, while “riverside” seems rural, pastoral

Grammar

For many times – I have been there many times

I went there because of the job – I went there for work
— If you said: “I went there for the job” it would mean that you moved to a new place to accept a new job
— “Because of the job” is unclear between the too alternatives.

Innovation company – innovative

Handle – “handle,” when it means “deal with” can go directly next to its object
e.g. How do you handle pressure?
e.g. How do you handle toxic materials?
— If you want to talk about the tool you use or the way you approach the handling, then you can use “with”
e.g. It’s hot! Handle it with chopsticks, not your hands.
e.g. It’s hot! Handle with care!

Self-introduction
I have eight years of professional experiences in sport and athlete/instructor management field, from a specialist to a senior manager. I have solid training and working experiences in structured and lucrative company, Nike. In addition, I founded the department of teaching and curriculum at SpaceCycle which is a brand new concept in fitness industry. I love fitness and dancing and truly believe the active lifestyle makes me feel positive

How do you handle with your pressure?
I am used to going workout, riding a bike or running along the river side when I’m under pressure. It’s a time for me to have a conversation with myself which I called meditation in action. I encourage myself if I can run 15K or burn 400+ calories for a class, why can I face and conquer challenges in my daily life or on work?

Self-introduction
I have eight years of professional experience s in the sport and athlete/instructor management fields, moving from a specialist to a senior manager.** I have solid training and working experiences in a structured and lucrative company, Nike. In addition, I founded the department of teaching and curriculum at SpaceCycle which is a brand new concept in the fitness industry. I love fitness and dancing and truly believe the in living a positive and active lifestyle makes me feel positive.

How do you handle with your pressure?
I am used to going to work out*** / workout classes, riding a bike or running along the river side when I’m under pressure. It’s a time for me to have a conversation with myself which I called meditation in action. I encourage myself by thinking: if I can run 15K or burn 400+ calories for a class, why can’t I face and conquer challenges in my daily life or at work?

** moving from junior (level) to senior level

*** I am used to working out

Last Sunday, I took part in a Nike event and after that event I feel sore of the whole body, probably I’m going / i fell dizzy im going to fell down so I ran to my apartment and take the pills and going to be sweaty and think i got a fever, that night I thought I recovered. then the Monday I went to work, as usual, then I start to feel I had a cough, runny, headache, but I have no fever at the time, when I went back home, I started to get fever, so i repeat this situation around three days. last moment I decide to go see a doctor, the payment was very high. Before I went to see the doctor, I ate any kinds of pills I had. Then, on Thursday I felt better but still felt dizzy but no strength and feel very weak, and I think I can probably take one class and sweat it out and it started getting.