F2F Class Notes 26th March (Tony)

What is your major?   My major is tourism.

What are you majoring in?  I’m majoring in Tourism.

Vocabulary

schedule – a plan of things that will be done and the times when they will be done

eg: “My schedule is not so full.”

communicate – any way to share a message or idea with another person

eg: “Some people think they can communicate with dogs, I think they are crazy.”

Original –

Hello everybody. My name is xuesijun. I’m 21 years old. I’m from Shanghai. Shanghai civil aviation college is my university. My major is tourism. I am the class leader for my class. I have a part time job is teach children arts and crafts so l have some work experience and patience. Why I choice this company because l think I can learn a lot and help me develop. If you give me this opportunity I will work hard and grow with the company. Thank you.

Correction –

Hello everybody, my name is xuesijun. I’m 21 years old and I’m from Shanghai. I go to Shanghai Civil Aviation College where I major (V.) in tourism. In my class I’m the leader. I have a part time job teaching children arts and crafts, so l have some work experience and patience. I chose this company because l think I can learn a lot and it can help me develop. If I get this opportunity I will work hard and continue to grow with the company. Thanks for your time.

Grammar

Irregular verb, will have a different spelling in a different tense.

choose (present)

chose (past)

have chosen (past participle)

Pronunciation

civil – Sih vull

aviation – Ayy vee-ayy-shun

College – Kall lej

experience – Ecks peer-ree-yunce

patience – Pay shunce

thanks – sanks    TH anks

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