F2F Class Notes 9th March (Tony)

Grammar

Uncountable words: use the singular form, NOT the plural

eg: is there water on the floor.     are there water on the floor

eg: clean up that coffee on the table       clean up those coffee on the table         clean up those coffee cups on the table

eg: give some water   (correct grammar)      give me a water (incorrect grammar, but common usage)

Vocabulary

practice

Original –

Capitalism is a very common way for the government to rule the business. Some people believe it does work, while others hold an opposite opinion. To me I don’t really think that it could be defined as  good thing or bad. It needs to be judged in various aspects.

First of all since capitalism will lead to better and cheaper products, no matter what negative effects it has, it lowers the product’s price anyway. And it benefits both the citizens and the governments. Cheaper and better products will definitely enhance the life quality of citizens. Because they could use their salaries to buy more things they need or they want, and also, those stuffs are produced with a higher quality. For the governments, we can tell that cheaper and better products will attract more customers. Both from the nation and the foreign countries. Therefore the companies earn more money as well as the governments, due to the tax. This is one reason why the capitalism does work.

Part 2:

In addition, capitalism means to handle the right to control the market to citizens, but not the governments. Therefore officers couldn’t just control the market as they wish, that profits them the most. The only group to have the power to change it should be citizens. Market should be the state as what citizens like, what they need, which kind of life they would like. Also as I mentioned before the cheaper and better the products are the more tax the governments could earn, as a result the governments would try their best to help companies make better and cheaper products. According to the point upon citizens will have good and cheap quality more quickly. This is another reason for why the capitalism does work. But anyway it’s not a good thing for the governments to be too powerful.

On the other hand there are also some negative or even harmful effects of capitalism. First some people claim that capitalism checks and balances an anti-fragile system. Indeed the system it creates is not easy broken. This system, however, would result in the fact that some really really huge companies would occupy the whole market and leaves few chances for the small companies to survive. When the wealth are owned by only a small amount of people it’s a really horrible situation for the society to develop. Secondly capitalism could also lead to a more terrible situation-planned obsolescence. If all the companies are planning to obsolete after two years the products are made, people are forced to buy new products and develop of technology would undoubtably be blocked. Due to the fact that all the companies are forcing the customers to buy their new products, by planned obsolescence instead of trying to improve the products “technology level.”

All in all, whether capitalism does work or not depends on the actual situation of the country. It should work on the developed countries, but not on the developing countries.

Correction – 

Capitalism is a very common form of government. Some people believe it does work, while others hold an opposing opinion. It really could be defined as good or bad thing. It needs to be judged through various aspects.

First of all since capitalism may lead to better and cheaper products, no matter what negative effects it has, products should have lower prices. It benefits both the citizens and the government. Low-cost and better products will definitely enhance the quality of life for citizens. Citizens could use their salary to purchase more necessities or use their disposable income as they like. Also, that stuff is produced with a higher quality. We can tell that cheaper and better products will attract more customers. Domestic and International customers allow companies to profit more, as well as bringing in more tax revenue for the governments. This is one reason why capitalism does work.

Part 2:

Original –

In addition, capitalism means to handle the right to control the market to citizens, but not the governments. Therefore officers couldn’t just control the market as they wish, that profits them the most. The only group to have the power to change it should be citizens. Market should be the state as what citizens like, what they need, which kind of life they would like. Also as I mentioned before the cheaper and better the products are the more tax the governments could earn, as a result the governments would try their best to help companies make better and cheaper products. According to the point upon citizens will have good and cheap quality more quickly. This is another reason for why the capitalism does work. But anyway it’s not a good thing for the governments to be too powerful.

On the other hand there are also some negative or even harmful effects of capitalism. First some people claim that capitalism checks and balances an anti-fragile system. Indeed the system it creates is not easy broken. This system, however, would result in the fact that some really really huge companies would occupy the whole market and leaves few chances for the small companies to survive. When the wealth are owned by only a small amount of people it’s a really horrible situation for the society to develop. Secondly capitalism could also lead to a more terrible situation-planned obsolescence. If all the companies are planning to obsolete after two years the products are made, people are forced to buy new products and develop of technology would undoubtably be blocked. Due to the fact that all the companies are forcing the customers to buy their new products, by planned obsolescence instead of trying to improve the products “technology level.”

All in all, whether capitalism does work or not depends on the actual situation of the country. It should work on the developed countries, but not on the developing countries.

Read the article and prepare for a discussion about it.

http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/new-drones-made-of-cardboard-paper-can-make-deliveries-then-disappear-74132.html