Online Class Notes (Jesse)

have done / had done / have been doing

Continuing the lifestory in the UK:
The day before yestarday, I went to the restaruant and asked the boss that what time I can get the salary, he replied that at the beginniing of April. I was not worries, but after that my colleague told me that do not believe him because his reputation is not good in food industry. OMG!!! My heart was ups and downs. The boss looks like very extermerly nice, but his stories were hobbries. I think I will cry if I can not get the salary.
Because of this job that they required we should put black shoes and then I bought the new one. I experienced stood up to work for 10 hours. It was very tired as well as servied on customers. One day, I made a mistake that I spilled the wine and the customer and our colleagues were not happy. My colleague yelled me all day. I was so sad, but I didn’t blame them because I thouth that was my fault. I chose this job because I can touch with forgeins and I learn that western people habbits in restaurant (haha). When clenits ask me something, I can not understand because of their accent. I am trying to follow BBC news to practies. I will be going to work tomorrow.

Vocabulary

combine them

Grammar

I off work – I finished work / I was off work

my choose is limited – my choices are limited

why I choose it, because – the reason I chose it.. 

so do that I will find my problems – so by doing that, I will find my problems / so if I do that, I will find my problems

12, I have arrived in the UK for 3 months which is very different, the culture is a big problem because the Chinese like describing something indirectly, but foreigners like saying directly. Communication is highly difficult. I found a thing that while foreigners say yes or no to you they don’t have emotions and I saw this sentence from books that “we just use nouns and verbs to talk do not use adj” I realized that this sentence is powerful.

12, I have arrived in the UK for 3 months ago / I have been in the UK for 3 months and it is very different from China and the culture is a big problem because the Chinese people like describing something indirectly, but westerners like saying directly. Communication is highly difficult. I found a thing that while westerners say yes or no to you they don’t show emotion and I saw this sentence from a book that said “we just use nouns and verbs to talk do not use adj” I realized that this sentence is powerful.

I ate pasta today and I talked with my neighbors who are from Malaysia. They have been studying music. It is extremely interesting.
I see them cook dinner every week. I really want to take part in them because their food looks very delicious! Compared with the price list of food between in China and UK where is experience, I have missed these foods in China.

I ate pasta today and I talked with my neighbors who are from Malaysia. They have been studying music which is extremely interesting.
I see them cook dinner every week and I really want to take part in them because their food looks very delicious! Compared with China, food at restaurants is expensive in the UK. I have missed / I miss these foods in China.

Restaurant food in the UK is expensive, compared to China.
In the UK food at restaurants is expensive, compared with China.
Compared with China, food is expensive in UK restaurants.

I woke up at 7 o’clock and then I brushed my teeth as well as cooked breakfast. I had attended a class when I finished my breakfast that was a conversation with my tutor who was asking me some questions about submitted report.

I woke up at 7 o’clock and then I brushed my teeth as well as cooking breakfast. When I finished my breakfast I had attended a class which was a conversation with my tutor who was asking me some questions about submitting my report.

1, Relationships between Campbell and his mentees have been highly interdependent (adj).
work has been busy
work has been super busy
I have been happy in the last 2 years

2, He would give a speech to the whole company, imploring us, “we are going to do this”

He gave a speech and the speech was imploring us…
I saw a man, running in the park
I saw a man, and he was running in the park

3, Then we would go in his office, shut the door, and he would say “I’m worried. Do you think the team can do this?” I saw a vulnerable human being and was able to support him when he was down (unhappy / not in a good situation).

vulnerable – “vuln reh bul”

we would go = we went 
he would say = he said
eg. when I used to live in Australia I would go out to the park and have a bbq with my friends and we would always play together…

human being = human

4, By being vulnerable and making subordinates his advisers / By making ourselves be vulnerable, we can …

I go to work by car = I use the car to go to work
By taking the car, I can get to work faster
By studying at SE, I can learn better
If I study at SE, I can learn better, but if I study at another place, I will learn more slowly
By studying at SE I can learn better, but by studying at EF I will learn more slowly
I have fun by playing with my friends
I travel by plane whenever I go overseas

5, in which

I had a class which I learned grammar in.
I had a class in which I learned grammar. – “correct” English

6, Nor can you figure out what’s going to happen.

You can’t figure out what’s going to happen either.

7, As language teachers we also have to guard against assuming that communication necessarily requires the use of language.

As my friend, I will always help you when I can
As my student, I will always teach you when I can

Guard against = be careful / remember / try to avoid

8. Nor will you be able to achieve a perfect balance between all aspects of your life.

You won’t be able to achieve a perfect balance …. either.

9, For authentic leaders, being true to themselves by being the same person at work that they are at home is a constant test.

For authentic leaders, it is a constant test for them to be true to themselves by trying to be the same person at work that they are at home…

10, Donanoe stressed that being authentic takes continuous efforts.

He stressed that if you want to be authentic, it will take a lot of continuous effort.

11, I love Xerox and I would kill for it, but it is not even on the same scale as my family.

I love Xerox and if you asked me to… I would kill for it.