F2F Class Notes (Li)

Find and watch videos on British slang. Discuss with the teacher next class.

Vocabulary

freebie – sth that is free

ex. Sign up now, and you’ll get a bag of freebies worth 100 yuan.

tea – can mean dinner in the uk

Are you alright?/you alright – how are you?

ex. I’m alright/I’m fine

Every time I meet with them, after meeting I feel frustrated because of their speed or their accent or my poor English.

Whenever I have a meeting with them, I feel frustrated because of their speaking speed, their accent or my poor English.

They will adoubt my English or my ability.

They may doubt my English skills or my work ability. 

Sometimes I can jump a phrase or sentence.

Sometimes I can skip a phrase or a sentence.

A story about digging my own grave

The phase of dig somebody own grave usually makes people to link a negative incident. Today I’d like to tell you a story about myself for a positive incident with it. When I graduated from university, I got my junior accountant certificate. I had the honor being hired by an Australia foreign company, which doing business in Chinese. After working with them 2 years later, some day, I was chatting with my line manager and asking him if he could give me some advice on my career plan. He asked me if I had held any certificate of a professional accountancy organization. “definitely not “ I answered, “would you mind to introduce some to me” I asked. He is a straightforward person and he said “you might to try ACCA course, that might help you not only improve professional skill, but also your English in finance. It might be the way for boarded your horizons.”
Without doubt, I adopt his advice and took part in the ACCA courses. What surprise me, looking back all journeys, is it takes me 7 years to complete all course and exams. During the time, I got married and had a lovely daughter, but ultimately I overcame all different horrible situations and got my very first professional certification.
If I didn’t resistant to complete all the courses, you could say I am digging myself own grave. As its course are costly and time-consuming. When I got the certification, I would say it’s totally worthwhile. It cultivated me a learning habit and gave me the resilient spirit.

Revised:

The phase “To dig somebody’s own grave“ usually makes people think of a negative incident/experience. Today, I’d like to tell you a story about myself which has a positive outcome. When I graduated from university, I got my junior accounting certificate. I had the honor of being hired by an Australia foreign company, which is doing business in China. One day, 2 years after working with them, I was chatting with my line manager and I asked him if he could give me some advice on my career plan. He asked me if I have held any certificate from a professional accountancy organization. “Definitely not. “ I answered. “Would you introduce some to me/Do you mind introducing some to me.” I asked. He is a straightforward person, so he said, “You might like to try the ACCA course, this might help you to not only improve your professional skills, but also your English in finance. It might be the way for you to broaden your horizons.”
Without a doubt, I took on his advice and took part in the ACCA courses. What surprises me when looking back at my journey is, it took me 7 years to complete all courses and exams. During this time, I got married and had a lovely daughter, but ultimately, I overcame all different horrible situations and got my very first professional certification.
If I didn’t persevere to complete all the courses, you could say that I am digging my own grave. As the courses are costly and time-consuming. When I got the certification, I believed that it’s totally worthwhile. It cultivated my habit of learning and gave me the resilience spirit.

Pronunciation

cartoons – ka-toons (long sound)

colleague – co-leek