Online Class Notes (Joe)
Homework
Using ‘hope’ and ‘expect’ can completely change the meaning of your sentence.
Please write about what you expect to happen in the next week and what you hope will happen in the next year.
Remember that when we “expect” something it means that we believe it will happen for some reason, while “hope” means that we want it to happen but we don’t have certainty about what will happen.
Writing exercise
It depends on whether I am buzy.
When I am busy, I would prefer to go to the office. There are two reasons. Firstly, it is more effective to work at the office, as I can communicate with my colleagues face to face. That’s very convenient especially when I need to show my colleagues how to using some tools in the work, and that saves a lot of time for contacting them and getting a feedback. Secondly, working at the office can help me to seperate my personnel life from my work, as when I leave the office, I won’t pay attention to the work any more. But when working from I have to work day and night.
But if I am not so busy with my work, I would prefer to work from home, because that can save travelling time and I could have more time for myself.
Grammar
I have just finished my work about 1 hour ago
I just finished my work about 1 hour ago
For these days, I work at home because of the COVID-19
These days, I work from home because of COVID-19
It has been about 2 years I haven’t spoken English
It has been about 2 years since I spoke English
I haven’t spoken English for about 2 years
I have just changed my job this June.
I just changed my job this June.
the company’s policy required us to go to the office every day
the company’s policy requires us to go to the office every day
we can apply for working from home
we can apply to work from home
we can apply for permission to work from home
Note: Use “apply for + noun” and “apply to + verb”
We even don’t need to clock in and clock out every day
We even don’t need to clock in or clock out every day
I hope the candidate to be fast-learning.
I expect the candidate to be fast-learning.
I hope the candidate will be fast-learning.
Vocabulary
EC – European Commission; European Community; Enterprise Collaboration; etc,
Saying “I work for an EC agency is confusing”. It’s better to say “I work for an e-Commerce Agency”.
familiar (adj)
I’m not very familiar with my new boss
familiarize (v)
I want to familiarize myself with the new office
Pronunciation
change – /tʃeɪn(d)ʒ/
prepare – /prɪˈpɛː/
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