F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

condense V. – 1. to come together and make it smaller and denser 2. To reduce or make smaller, by removing some words.

1. eg: When I make yogurt, I use condensed milk.
2. eg: I condensed the key points while I listened to his seminar.

condensation – water drops on the surface, when there is a temperature difference

eg: There’s so much condensation on the window, I can’t see outside.

Pronunciation

listen to = listened to

can -Ken    I ken do that

can’t – kAn(t)   I kAn(t) do that.

Today I am talking about good result since I came to china.

Before I came to china, I never eat Kimchi and Soybean paste soup cause I didn’t like strong smells. But now l like to eat kimchi and soybean paste soup. These foods are most representative of Korean food and these are very good for health. Also these are good for preventing cancer. But There are containing a lot of salt so I don’t eat much.

Most Korean people like to drink alcohol. Usually they go to drink with colleagues after work and when they meet someone in the business, they request to drink alcohol each other. I am a middle manager in head office but I am boss in china so I can decline politely their request if it isn’t very important to business. Working is for my good life, so I have a reason to keep my health. Stay healthy, you can work well.

Korean people like to use “hurry hurry hurry” in their daily lives. Since I came to china, I had to learn to slow down in the every situation. I couldn’t see someone walk quickly in the street. I couldn’t see coworker handle work immediately. There is a big gap of time concept between Korean people and Chinese people. I found out middle point after. Therefore my stress from work more less than before obviously. I had extreme worries at work often in Korea because Korean society is vertical structure and have too much work time.

Now I just worry that I become lazy, once in a while we need some tension.

Today I’d like to talk about good changes that happened since I came to china.

Before I came to china, I’d never eaten Kimchi and Soybean paste soup because I didn’t like strong smells. But now l like to eat kimchi and soybean paste soup. These foods are most representative of Korean food and they are very healthy. Also these are good for preventing cancer, because they have a lot of anti-oxidants. But they contain a lot of sodium so I don’t eat that much.

Most Korean people like to drink. Usually they go out to drink with colleagues after work and when they meet someone for business, they invite them for a drink. I am a middle manager at the head office but I am the boss in china so I can decline politely if it isn’t very important to business. I work to live, not live to work, so I want to stay healthy.

Korean people like to use “hurry hurry hurry” in their daily lives. Since I came to china, I had to learn to pace myself in every situation. I don’t see anyone walking quickly in the street. I don’t see coworkers handling work immediately. Koreans and Chinese have a different concept of time. I found a compromise later. So my stress from work is obviously less than before. I had extreme worries at work often in Korea because Korean society is a vertical structure and emphasizes too much time at work.

Now I just worry that I will become lazy, once in a while we need some tension, to keep things interesting and push yourself forward.