F2F Class Notes 8th May (Raph)

RaphSherry J

Vocabulary

Exhausting (adj): 1- something that makes you feel extremely tired.
E.g.: I’ve had an exhausting day.

Effective (adj): 1- successful or achieving the results that you want.
E.g.: It’s an extremely effective cure for a headache.

Etiquette (n): 1- the set of rules or customs that control accepted behaviour in particular social groups or social situations.
E.g.: She is doing a course on business etiquette.

Privatization (n): 1- the process of selling companies or organizations that are owned by the government to private investors.
E.g.:People are protesting over the increasing privatization of public resources.

Privatize (n): 1- If a government privatizes an industry, company, or service that it owns and controls, it sells it so that it becomes privately owned and controlled:
E.g.: The company British Gas was privatized in 1986.

Grammar

To talk some topics. – To talk about some topics.

It’s the best long class. – It’s the longest class.

The class was about a article. – The class was about an article.

Details information. – Detailed information.

Writing exercise

Original:

In the past two months, I have studied in SISU. After those classes, I noticed a question that when I tried to learn new word, I should focus on the different types of that word. Take a word of private for example, if I learn this word, It may better I learn related words, like privatization, privateer and privatize, instead of just remember one word.

The company want to privatize for some reasons

Edited:

In the past two months, I have been studying  at SISU. After starting those classes, I noticed that when I learn a new word, I should focus on different words that are related to it. Take the word “private“ for example: if I learn this word, it may be better if I also learn related words, like privatization, privateer and privatize, instead of just remembering one word.

The company wants to be privatized, for some reason.

Pronunciation

Privatization: /ˌpraɪvɪtəˈzeɪʃən/

Privateer: /ˌpraɪ.vəˈtɪər/

Privatize: /ˈpraɪ.və.taɪz/