F2F Class Notes (Tony) [W]

Jimmy is a very kind person who always overworks and work overtime. So his colleagues give their own work to him very often. One day, his supervisor found a little fault to his task which isn’t belong to his. Jimmy finally couldn’t bear the critizion and shouted to his boss. Much worse was he got amnesia so that he couldn’t differentiate people around him even his parents.

His boss and colleagues realized they require too much from him at ordinary times. The company placated him by promising that if he will be cured and back to work , he will be payed by increased wage to 30%. Each of his friends think it is just sugarcoated ,they hope he can get a fairy end .

Jimmy is a very kind person who always (overworks himself/ works too hard) and works overtime. So his colleagues give their own work to him very often. One day, his supervisor found a little fault with his work(finished task) which didn’t belong to him. Jimmy finally couldn’t bear the criticism and shouted at his boss. Even worse was that he got amnesia so he couldn’t differentiate people around him, even his parents.

His boss and colleagues realized they ask too much from him usually. The company placated him by promising that if he will get cured and back to work , he will get a 5% raise. Each of his friends thinks they might be leading him on, they hope he can get a fairy tale ending.

Vocabulary

I seldom initiate (V.) to speak communication/ a talk / conversation.

start a conversation

start talking to me

nod – to move your head slightly, usually to acknowledge something or someone

eg: He nodded in approval.

Sugarcoat (V.) – 1. to make something sound, not so bad. Make someone think it is less worse.   2. make something seem more positive, but it is really the same.

eg: Man, I don’t wanna take this 6 hour flight to Singapore.

eg: Well, at least you can have some time to read and sleep a little.

eg: Don’t sugarcoat it, everyone hates flying.

Grammar

Each person thinks = He or She thinks

talks

looks

finds