2 Online Class Notes (Ally)

try 1 picture question + review 1 bar graph question

2 writing questions

Vocabulary

stationary

mood: temporary emotion

mood swings: emotion fluctuation
ie. She’s not very mentally stable – she has mood swings all the time

bloated: zhong

silver lining: good thing in a situation of bad things

Is it common to get a line graph question?

Speaking tips:

• FACT + FEELING

1. Greetings:
   – I’m fine. And you? how are you?
   – As you can see on my application form
   – I go by/All my friends call me
2. Openers
   – It depends. (for a yes/no/maybe)
   – It’s a long story. I want to start by telling you about (for a long story)…
   – I don’t know much about this topic/I don’t have much exp with this topic, but…
   – I immediately thought of ….
   – This topic reminds me of …
   – I would definitely/undoubtedly choose ..
   – I would have to think about this… After some consideration, I think …
   – When I think about …., I would have say…

1. When you don’t understand?
   – Pardon?
   – Sorry, could you repeat that?
   – I didn’t get the question.
   – I didn’t catch that.

make an appointment with a friend
call a friend

I joined/am part of 

Have you …
Yes I have/ No I haven’t

It’s a topic to remind me of Messi. – I will undoubtedly choose Messi.

I have … He just bring the team of Argentina to win the World Cup. The reason why I like him is his hardworking spirit. … I get emotionally attached with the scenery that he brought his family…

• think about the matter at hand in your writing right NOW. S of what you’re talking about right now. Do not change this S unless you’re bringing up a new point / an important point.
• punctuation

task one

• 1. general trend 2. specific point
• general statement to introduce the graph
• Always use condition to mark location of your graph (ie. For people who study for interest… in year 1950 … )
• think about what order you want to organize the info in
• use “degree” words: significantly, drastically, dramatically, gradually, skyrocketed, exponentially, slowly (other ones?)
• use the right digits/currency (millions, yuan, %, number… )
• evidence/info/outliers can be part of general trend as a little tail
• specific info: start with clause (conditional? time? ie. In the year 1920, ….. )
• categorized into// according to *age group

The graphs provide information about the number of the marriage and divorce rate and situation of marriage of American adults from 1970 to 2000.

For every year, the number of marriages significantly outweighs the divorce numbers. However, the marriage numbers show a slightly declining trend, starting at 2.5 million to 2 million. The divorce numbers, on the other hand, remains steady except for year 1980, when there was a boom in divorce numbers that peaked to nearly 1.4million. In addition, the marriage numbers are about two times as much as the number of divorces.

There are sharp differences between the martial status of adult Americans in the period of 1970 to 2000.  The number of people who are married is a lot larger than the number of people in other marital status. The people who never got married rises from 15% to 20%. The number of windowed decreased slightly from 8% to 7%. However, the people who decide to get married dropped nearly 10%, from 70% to 60%. The divorce rate rise from 2% in 1970 to 8 or 9% in 2000.

The graph illustrates the number of the students who choose to study for their career or their interest as well as their employee’s support rate, according to different age groups.

There are sharp differences between the number of students who choose to study for their career and who choose for their interest. People who choose to study for career dropped significantly as they age, from nearly 80% for people under age to only 19% when people reach the age of 49. For people who choose to study for interest, the numbers rose significantly from only 10% when people are under 26 to nearly 70% when they age over 49. The percentage of people who study for interest and those who study for career are almost the same in the 40-49 age group, which had nearly 40%.

The support rate of the employers who decide to give their employees time off and help with fees changed dramatically for different age groups. The employees who are aged 26-29 gained most of the support from their employer, reaching above 50%. The number declines to the lowest when employees are in 30-39 age group. However, the support rate saw a small increase and reached above 40% when employees are over 49. This shows that employees get the more support when they are under 26, from 26-29 and when they’re over 49, and the least support when they’re 30-39.