F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

Vocabulary

introvert-内向者, someone who is shy, quiet, and unable to make friends easily
introverted (adj)
E.g.: an introverted child

extrovert-性格外向的, an energetic happy person who enjoys being with other people:
E.g.: Most sales people are extroverts.
extroverted (adj)
E.g.: an extrovert personality

racist (n,adj)-种族主义者, someone who believes that other races are not as good as their own and therefore treats them unfairly:
E.g. N: Two of the killers are known to be racists.
E.g. ADJ: He furiously denied being racist.
E.g. ADJ:They were the victims of a vicious racist attack.
E.g. ADJ: racist remarks

racism (n): 1- the belief that people’s qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races:
E.g.: The authorities are taking steps to combat/fight/tackle racism in schools.
E.g.: He fought against racism.

chauvinism (n): 沙文主义 1-the strong and unreasonable belief that your own country or race is the best or most important:
E.g.: The war stimulated an intense national chauvinism.
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emancipation (n): 1-the process of giving people social or political freedom and rights:
E.g.: women’s/female emancipation
E.g.: black emancipation

acquainted (adj): 1- knowing or being familiar with a person:
E.g.: “Do you know Daphne?” “No, I’m afraid we’re not acquainted.”
E.g.: I am not personally acquainted with the gentleman in question.

be acquainted with sth-to know or be familiar with something, because you have studied it or have experienced it before:
E.g.: Police said the thieves were obviously well acquainted with the alarm system at the department store.

acquaintance (n): 1- a person that you have met but do not know well:
E.g.: a business acquaintance

People in the world have different kinds of characters. Some are very conversational while others are farouche.
I’m not a conversationalist so when I need to do some presentation or meet someone I don’t know, I will be nervous. But doing a presentation is easier than talk with somebody I’m not really know about. Because I can prepare for my presentation and practice it at home. I will be confidence after my full preparation. Meet and talk with a stranger is a normal situation in our life. Maybe when you on a plane or train, you will talk with the person who sit next to you, or when you get a new job and have a lot of new colleagues, you need to integrate into that new group as soon as possible, so you may try to talk with others. Some people can do it easily, but for me, it is not a easy work. I don’t know what to talk and it makes me nervous. Nothing can make me have more topics before I know that person well.
That’s the things which can make me nervous but I think I will be more calm after I have more experience about them.

People in the world have different kinds of characters. Some are very conversational while others are farouche/introvert/closed/shy.
I’m not a conversationalist so when I need to do some presentation or meet someone I don’t know, I will be nervous. But, doing a presentation is easier than to talk with somebody I’m not really know about acquainted to. Because I can prepare for my presentation and practice it at home. I will be confident after my full preparation. To Meet and talk with a stranger is a normal situation in our life. Maybe when you‘re on a plane or train, you will talk with the person who sits next to you, or when you get a new job and have a lot of new colleagues, you need to integrate into that new group as soon as possible, so you may try to talk with others. Some people can do it easily, but for me, it is not an easy work. I don’t know what to talk about and it makes me nervous. There’s nothing that can make me have more topics to talk about with a complete stranger, it only can change once I start knowing that person well.
That’s the thing which can make me nervous but I think I will be more calm after I have more experience/knowledge about them.