F2F Class Notes 20th April (Tony) [S]

Vocabulary

change a frog into a prince, (transmute)

exchange this shirt for a pair of pants   (trade)

uh huh – yes

uh uh – no

Gender – the sex of a person, male or female

eg: We should use gender neutral vocabulary, don’t say waiter or waitress, say server.

exchange rate – the rate at which foreign currency is exchanged

eg: The exchange rate of USD to RMB is 1 to 6.9.     I need to exchange 500 USD for RMB.

swamped – extremely busy

eg: I was so swamped with paperwork today.

no longer – to not continue with something

eg: I can no longer stay in Shanghai.

Original –

One day I was sitting in my office, writing emails in front of the computer. My colleague who is a saleswoman ask me to help her to collect the sales sheets. I was thinking is it my work? But I responded, “I will help you when I’m free.” Then my boss ask me to withdraw money from the bank and change the rmb into the Euros, I found out that I didn’t have time to help her. And I sent a message in our wechat group, that I was really busy today, I don’t have time. She replied immediately, I’m busy too. She refused to collect the sales sheets, and I didn’t want to help her, at last our leader collect those sheets.

Correction –

One day I was sitting in my office, writing emails in front of the computer. My colleague, who is a salesperson, asked me to help her to collect the sales sheets. I was thinking is it my duty? But I responded, “I will help you when I’m free.” Since my boss asked me to withdraw money from the bank and exchange rmb for Euros, I realized that I didn’t have time to help my colleague, even though I reluctantly agreed to. So I sent a message in our wechat group, that I was swamped today, I don’t have time. She replied immediately, I’m busy too. Eventually she refused to collect the sales sheets, and I no longer wanted to help her, at last our manager collected them.

Pronunciation

colleague – Kall-leeg  (ge)

college – Kall lej