F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Read the article: http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/many-us-states-struggle-with-teacher-shortages-79905.html

1. What is a shortage?
2. How could this apply to your work?
3. Find one other word from this article that you could use to talk about your job.

exfoliate – to remove the dead skin cells or other things from the surface

eg: We have a lot of exfoliating(adj) creams on sale right now.

allotted – to give or set (an amount of something) to use or have

eg: We have allotted 40 minutes for this class.

eg: We’ve been allotted some more shelf space for exfoliation cream.

middle easterners – people from the middle

Vocabulary

they didn’t do their job – they might not have checked

The ingredients on cosmetics are listed in descending order from most to least.

checking to see if…

the manufacturing was going smoothly.

I have to pass this on to

I couldn’t get a straight answer – Honest or Direct, details are changing

They couldn’t keep their story straight – Direct or Honest

eg: I haven’t gotten a straight answer about my salary from HR.

eg: Their story kept changing. To be honest this is not the first time they couldn’t keep their story straight.

are they behind? – they have been delayed, or simply not on time, not enough progress.

eg: Are they behind on production or they just haven’t started yet?

irritate – to bother or upset

eg: My eye is a little irritated, I think something flew in it.

abrasive – something like sand particles or steel wool, very rough and can scratch the surface

eg: Most exfoliating products have an abrasive ingredient.

eg: Her personality is a little abrasive.

Pronunciation

banned – band

eg: That was banned in China.

allowed -Uh Loud

allotted  – a lot ted

.1 % – Zero POINT one percent

Grammar

it was challenge challenging

after I hang up the phone

I feel regretting

reading is challenged challenging for me. I always read slowly.