F2F Class Notes 12th July (Harmony)

Review:

Employ:  to use/ to hire

Commence:  to begin/ to start

Voila (v woh –lah!)

Lagoon (lah –goon):  where land shapes like a ‘c’ around water.  Usually good for swimming/ and boating.

Respectively:  in the same order.

Scavenger: a type of animal that hunts for scraps/food.

Eg.  Raccoon

Scavenger hunt:  searching for things.

Original:

I had a long conversation with my manager this afternoon, it always lasted more than half an hour, shall I say he was poor at time management. Why I said so? Because he never direly aimed to the question or problem, but talked about lots of irrelevant things. I found I have less and less patience to talk with him.
However, I can just say, let get it to the point and complete the conversation ASAP, because he is the boss. Then I have to endure the process and him:

Edited:

I had a long conversation with my manager yesterday afternoon, it always lasts more than half an hour, shall I say he has poor time management skills. Why do I say so? Because he never directly aims to the question or problem, but talks about lots of irrelevant things. I find I have less and less patience to talk with him.
However, I cannot just say, let’s get to the point and complete the conversation ASAP, because he is the boss. So, I have to endure the process and him.

ASAP – “A-S-A-P” — save time. “asap” (ay – sap)

I hope he can directly to the point or the problem – I hope he can directly get to the point or the problem

He is not a young people – he is not a young person

If the employee doesn’t satisfied with his manager – if the employee isn’t satisfied with his manager.

Chit and chat – chit chat

Quite rate – turnover

Pronunciation:  Fan/foam/phone

“lunch & learn”: a seminar type meeting during lunch time, and they either offer lunch, or you just bring your lunch.

“no news is good news” = no feedback is usually a good thing.