F2F Class Notes 10th January (Raph)

Vocabulary

Pollution (n): 1- damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances or waste
E.g.: The company claims it is not responsible for the pollution in the river.

Acronym (n): 1- an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word.
E.g.: AIDS is an acronym for “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome”.

Sense (n/v): 1- an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. 2- a general feeling or understanding:
E.g.: I could sense the tension between them.

Intuition (n): 1- (knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts.
E.g.: Often there’s no clear evidence one way or the other and you just have to base your judgment on intuition.

Improvise (v): 1- to invent or make something, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it.
E.g.: I hadn’t prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.

Perceive (v): 1- to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something.
E.g.: How do the French perceive the British?

Therapy (n): 1- a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after an illness
E.g.: Have you had any therapy for your depression?

Stigma  (n): 1- a strong feeling of disapproval that most people in a society have about something, especially when this is unfair.
E.g.: There is still some stigma to being divorced in China.

Original: 

Today I got blamed by my boss because we got a couple boxes of magazines in the afternoon then I called my boss to see if she needed us to give them to all the employees and she said yes. Then I and my partner gave the magazines to them. After that we found a box of calendar. We thought that was for employees too, so we also give the calendar to them. Before I was off my boss gave me a phone call and asked me “Why did you give these calendars to the employees? Why didn’t you ask me? They were for our dealers. Just take these back before you go.”. And actually I was a little disheartening.

Edited: 

Today I got blamed for a problem by my boss. We got a couple boxes of magazines in the afternoon, so I called my boss to see if she needed us to give them to all the employees, to which she said yes, so me and my partner did just that. After that, we found a box of calendars and we thought that they were also for employees, so we also distributed them among the workers. Before I was off my boss called me and asked: “Why did you give the calendars to the employees? Why didn’t you ask me? They were for our dealers. Just take them back before you go.”. Actually it was a little disheartening.

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