Online Class Notes (Jesse)

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58145808

Vocabulary

their personalities are polar opposites – when 2 things couldn’t be more different

contrarian – people who always say the opposite to you

moody – often gets in a bad mood

she has anger management problems / she has a temper

she’s a control freak

mediator / intermediary – sb who is the voice or reason and sits between 2 people to help communication

coordinate – arranging things and people

quantitative / qualitative

empirical – based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

measurable
eg. your performance needs to be measurable

hermit – sb who hates socialising and likes living alone

be social / socialise
eg. she loves socialising / she socialises on the weekend
eg2. I try to be social during lunch time / It’s hard for me to be social

talent show (big / small) – gala (big)

Grammar

back to my age – back to when I was a kid / back in my day / back at that age

a certain kind of exams – certain exams 

bring the effect to the kids – have an effect on the kids / influence the kids 

they have a preference about for a certain personality

it’s not that thing – it’s not like that 

i signed up for the talk show

improve my public speech ability – public speaking