2xOnline Class Notes (Mike)

加粗的部分有语法错误，看能不能找出来并纠正。

Starting in the 1850s, hundreds of thousands of Swiss children were taken from their parents and sent to farms to work. Now, thousands of people in Switzerland, who were forced into child labour, are demanding compensation for their stolen childhoods.

When children became orphans, when parents were unmarried, or when families were very poor, sometimes the children were taken from their families and placed in foster families. The children were often sent to farms, as agriculture in Switzerland was not mechanized, and so child labour was needed. They were called ‘contract children’.

“They wanted to take these children out of the poor family and put them somewhere else where they could learn how to work,” says historian Loretta Seglias. If the children’s parents objected, they could be sent to prison too.

The use of contract children declined in the 1960s and 70s.

Last year an official apology was made to contract children – and now, campaigner Guido Fluri is trying to get them compensation.

He hopes for about 500 million Swiss Francs (£327m) for the 10,000 contract children estimated to be alive today. However, there could still be many more years of discussion in the Swiss parliament before this becomes a reality.

But Fluri says it is important to remember these “people who suffered for decades.”

In last year,We traveled to SuZhou.We went to the anient street and the anient city wall in the morning.
In the afternoon We went to the museum.We know SZ’s phylogeny.SZ is a anient city.It’s very beautiful.
We ate SZ food,but I don’t like it.I like spicy foods. After went home, I bought a gift at the mall for my cousin.
Then we drove back SH.

In last year, we traveled to SuZhou. We went to the ancient street and the ancient city wall in the morning.
In the afternoon, we went to the museum. After visiting, we knew SZ’s history better. It’s very beautiful.
We ate SZ food, but I didn’t like it. I like spicy food. Before going home, I bought a gift at the mall for my cousin.
Then we drove back to SH.

Finn

What advice would you give to someone who is preparing for an interview?
I would give advice to …. 

你通知谁准备面试？你会给他（他 = 那个正在准备面试的人）什么样的建议？

Craig

Prep is absolutely key. I’ve always said ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’. Make sure that you’re re-searching the company, by looking on their website and getting any information that you can, make sure that you research the job description and the person specification, and think about real-life examples of where you’ve done things in the past, and how you can apply those to the potential questions that might come up.

fail to do sth: sth 做得不好，sth 没成功，做某事失败
I failed to call him last night. 我做完给他打电话没成功

准备是觉得感觉的。我总是说“准备做得不好，那就准备好失败吧”。通过在网上找并得到任何你能够得到的信息来确保你详细地了解公司，考虑你过去工作的真实生活案例来确保你了解工作描述和个人技能/专长，你能够应用这些发现潜在的问题。你如何能够把这些东西应用到潜在的、可能会出现的问题中

apply sth to: 把 … 应用到…

Also, if you can practise with a family member or friend that’ll give you a real head start as well, because you can get their feedback on how you’re doing.

head start: 先发制人，领先优势，头部优势，

如果你能和家人或朋友练习/模拟面试，这样你就会在开始的时候有一定优势。因为你能得到他们对（你做的怎么样 = 你的表现的）反馈

Finn

What advice would you give for people during the interview, especially if English is not their first language?

在人们面试期时你有什么建议，特别/尤其是如果英语不是他们的第一语言。

Craig

Yeah, so I think, first and foremost, the interview process is a nerve-wracking experience for absolutely everybody, whether English is your first language or not.

因此我认为最重要的是面试过程对每个人来说都是非常伤脑筋的经历，无论英语是不是你的第一语言。

So, when you go into the interview you can always use your body language and non-verbal communication. Whether or not English is your first language, you can smile, you can give eye contact, you can nod when the – you know, when the interviewer is asking you the question.

因此当你进入面试的时候你可以用你的身体语言（动作）和非言语沟通方式（坐姿，语调，表情）进行交流。无论英语是不是你的第一语言，你可以微笑，你可以进行眼神交流，你可以点头——当面试官问你问题的时候

会：
1。能够，可以 I can drive.
2.  将来时态：明天我不会去 will – I will not go tomorrow.

Whether or not English is your first language = Whether English is your first language or not 

Finn

What about if someone asks you a question you don’t understand: what’s your advice?

如果有人问你一个你不懂的问题：你的建议是什么？

Craig

Ok, so if someone asks a question that you don’t understand, always have the confidence to ask them to repeat the question. It doesn’t make you look like you’re unsure, it just shows that you’re assertive and that you’ve got confidence.

保持自信让他们重复一遍问题。问第二次不会让你看起来犹疑，它只表明也展示你是信誓旦旦的而且你有自信。

Finn

And what about if you’re in the middle of an answer that you’re giving, and you think ‘hmmm, this isn’t very good.’ What should you do then?

in the middle of: 做…做到一半，在… 的中途/半路，正在做…
My boss is in the middle of a meeting.

如果你正在回答的话说到一半，然后你突然觉得：“嗯，我没回答好”，那你怎么办？/你应该做什么？

Craig

Ok, so if you’re in the middle of an answer as well, and you’re not happy with the way that you’re answering the question, always have the confidence to go back to the top and rephrase that answer. Again, this shows confidence and assertiveness.

你不满意这个方式来回答问题，一直有自信，回到源头，

Also make sure that you take time with your answer. The nerves can make you give a speedy, a speedy response, and what you want to do is be aware of that and just slow your answer down.

确保你的回答次数。神经能够使你快速反应，你想去做意识到的仅仅使你的回答满下来

确保你在回答上花了时间。你最好意识到这一点，然后慢下来。

I would say one final tip is just to have a couple of questions prepared for the panel, which you can ask at the end of the interview. Because that just really shows that you’ve, you’ve thought about the position.

我说一个最后的提示是为面试准备两三个问题，你能够在面试的为生问这些问题。因为那仅仅表明你对这个职位有过思考。

2.

For young people in Ghana, in West Africa, it’s not easy to learn the necessary skills for work and life. The school system has many problems: the quality of teaching is variable, and sometimes teachers don’t come to work at all.

对于在非洲西部加纳年轻的人们，为了工作和生活学习必要的技能不容易。学习系统有许多问题：教学质量是多变的，有时老师没有都来工作。

It’s particularly difficult for Ghanaian girls to get a good education. Normally, they’re expected to leave school when they are young, and get married.

加纳女孩得到好的教育是特别困难的。通常，对她们的预期是在年轻的时候离开学校/不再接受教育，并且结婚。

A new education project, called Making Ghanaian Girls Great, is trying to improve girls’ education, by offering extra lessons in English and maths.

一个新的教育项目，叫制造伟大的加纳女孩，尝试通过提供额外的英语和数学课程，来改善女孩的教育。

The project provides lessons on television, from a studio in Accra. Teachers in the studio can talk to pupils in their classrooms, and the project also offers after-school lessons – called Women lessons – designed to increase girls’ confidence. In these lessons, girls can ask questions about health, education or careers – and they can also talk to role models.

这个项目在电视上提供来自阿克拉工作室的课程。在工作室的老师们能够和在教室学生们交流，这个项目也提供课后课程——叫奇迹女孩课程——计划增强女孩的自信。在这些课程中，女孩们能够回答关于健康、教育或者职业的问题——他们也能够和榜样交谈

The project was launched by Nana Ogyedon Tsetsewah, a local leader in central Ghana. Nana says that young people in Ghana are frustrated, and they don’t want to work as farmers any more.

not any more: 不再

Nana Ogyedon Tsetsewah是一个位于加纳中部的领导人，她发起了这个项目。Nana 说年轻人在加纳是沮丧的，他们不想再当农民了。
I work as a teacher.
我是当老师的。

Head teacher Vanderwell Augustt Gordor welcomes the extra lessons. It’s a much more active style of learning, he says, and the pupils like joining in.

校长Head teacher欢迎额外的课程。学习的风格更积极，他说学生们喜欢参加。

Ghana has invested in education, in order to increase national income. “Education is the key to development,” said Anthony Klopka, a local politician. But until now, he says, girls’ education has not received enough attention.

Because of projects like Making Ghanaian Girls Great, perhaps this situation is starting to change.

为了增加国家的收入，加纳有教育方面的投资。“教育是发展的关键”一个当地的政治家Anthony Klopka说。但是直到现在，女孩的教育没有得到足够的关注。由于像Making Ghanaian Girls Great的项目，也许这个情况开始改变了。

Grammar

定于从句：

修饰语 + N

adj. /一个完整的句子 + N

someone who is preparing for an interview?

N + who/where/when/which/what/THAT + V + O
A person who/that likes to eat apples. 

A man who wears a red T-shirt  = S
S is my brother
S likes traveling.
S has two books.

S      V          O
I   teach    English.

I teach Tom English.
I teach A man who wears a red T-shirt English.
I give my book to a man who wears a red T-shirt.
I give advice to someone who is preparing a book?
A man who wears a red shirt gives me a book.

o:

直接宾语：a book 
间接宾语：I give you a book.

A kid who is talking with my dad under the tree. 一个在树下正在和我的爸爸说话的孩子

一个每天吃4次饭的人

A person who eats 4 times a day.

吃饭：I an eating

开车：I am driving

看书：I like reading

the tennis racket (that) I borrow from you last week

将来进行时：will be + Ving (future time)

在将来的某一个时刻/：
I will be having a coffee with my friend at that time.
I will be watching a movie at 7pm tonight. 

will: 将来做
I won’t come tomorrow.

我明天不来了： I won’t come tomorrow
我明天来不了： I won’t be able to come tomorrow/I can’t come tomorrow.