Online Class Notes (Ally)

question and answer

Topic: Humour

1.  What types of programs do you find funny on TV?
2.  What types of programs are most popular in your country? Why do you think this is the case?
3.  What kind of things make you laugh? Why?
4.  Do you like to make people laugh? How?
5.  Do you think it is important to have a sense of humour?

Vocabulary

maximum: 上限

topic: 题目

Q: Which city in the world would you like to visit?
A: Tokyo is my favorite city, because this city is very clean. And many
A: I would definitely say Tokyo. Even though I’ve been there before many times, I still want to go again and again. This is because I feel Tokyo is a very clean city. and ….

Q: What would you say to a tourist who’s travelling in your country?

I come to here

I’m going to GZ and flying GZ to here

“is this in order?”

maybe exam only 5

how =
1. how is …. : ….怎么样了
ie. How is your mom? How is the exam preparation coming along?

I don’t like all of topics

“pick a number between one to ten.”

please give me one moment to think about this

Some people opine that increasing office hour is a reason for many social and personal problems and that is why it should be reduced to 35 hours in a week. What are the advantages and disadvantages of reducing the working week to 35 hours?

P1: Introduction (general statement -> lead in sentence -> topic sentence)
ie. Work hours is most controversial problem/topic in our society today/modern-day society. There are both undeniable advantages and disadvantages to reducing work hours./Some think A, others think B. Actually/However/In fact … B.

P2: advantages
ie. Reducing work hours to 35 hours per week will definitely/obviously bring some advantages.
a. have more free time to share their lives with friends and family
b. Also/secondly/in addition / … people should feel relaxed and happy -> promote them to work harder/increase work efficiency

P3: disadvantages
ie. If we reduce work hours to 35 hours, there are 3 main disadvantages.
a. if people have short time to work, they wouldn’t finish their work.
b. if work hours are limited, people could waste time in the work.

P4: Conclusion (summary + general statement)
summarize P2 and P3. In my opinion … / Reducing work hours is a question that needs further discussion.

Pronunciation

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