F2F Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

hassel: trouble

hinder: 阻碍; 妨碍; 阻挡

proper: 正确的; 恰当的; 符合规则的; 真正的; 像样的; 名副其实的; 符合习俗(或体统)的; 正当的; 规矩的;

Grammar

to do sth 
– don’t use “to +verb” unless you’re trying to connect 2 verbs ie. want to, need to..

Speaking exercise

Can you give me an example?
Can you specify?
Could you say it again please?
Sorry, I didn’t get that.
Could you be more clear?
What does that mean?

I can think about the order of the sentence. (that one sentence)
… order of the words.

I would feel conflicted and struggle.
I would feel conflicted(adj) and in a struggle(v or n)/and I would be struggling.

always makes me confused
always causes a confusion

Q: Tell me about a difficult work situation
A: Sometimes communicating with my boss is a hard thing. because I need to prepare some data and report, and express myself by the results or the analysis. Sometimes the boss ask me situation of loan. I need to express what’s the situation of the loan, what’s going on in the future, and how we will handle it, what problems we might face. After I express myself, they have no feedback and no reaction. I’m not quite sure if I expressed myself clearly.

A: Sometimes communicating with my boss is a hard thing/painful task/makes me feel painful/is/can be difficult for me. In my work, I often need to prepare data and report, and present (to my boss and coworkers) results or the analysis. Sometimes the boss asks me about our loans. I need to express what’s the situation of the loan, what will/might happen in the future, and how we would handle any problems we might face. After I express myself, I would get/they would give no feedback and no reaction, so I always doubt myself.