F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Homework

Read the article: http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/thousands-of-us-teachers-strike-to-demand-higher-pay-78525.html

Prepare some speaking for the next class.

Answer the following questions:

What does the author think about the teachers decisions?
What do you think about the teacher’s decisions?
Is this an effective way to make demands at work? Or will it have some negative long-term repercussions?

what means petulant – what does petulant mean?

you can’t judge a book by it’s cover.

These questions help prompt the student to practice the word in their own sentence.

It will bother me if my coworker is idle (ADJ) at work

bicker (V.) – to argue over something small and not very important

eg: They’ve been bickering whether sporks or forks are better, for over an hour. What a ridiculous waste of time.

eg: They’ve been bickering about the project start time.

negligent (ADJ) – not doing the things they should be doing, like: part of your job, safety, protocol.

eg: People should be punished for the degree of negligent behavior, not just any negligent behavior.

there are no omissions (N.)

there are not any omissions (N.)

I did not omit (V) anything

It will bother me if my coworker is idle (ADJ) at work