Online Class Notes (Jesse)

4. Nuts Conflicts

5. English – Career

Vocabulary

i had a craving for pancakes

shrimp (not countable)

blade – the part you cut yourself on

blender – the whole appliance that cuts things and blends things

it sliced my hand – cut open

stitches
eg. I got 3 stiches in my hand

nerve – shen jing

traumatic / trauma – long lasting negative effect on you (PTSD)
eg. it was a really traumatic experience

i feel myself has a strong immune system – I feel I have a strong immune system 

grasp / hold 
eg. If I use too much force to hold the weight / if I hold the weight too tight

if I put too much pressure on the wound

it might open the wound

asap – at your earliest convenience (more polite and soft)

he might reject our request

out of 5
eg. how would you rate his English writing out of 5?

You’re amazing in that you are so honest and brilliant!
You’re amazing in that you can jump really high.

Grammar

i hope if we could – I hope we can / if we could…. that would be great 

Pronunciation

you / woo / shoe / do
woo nd

could / would / should / stood

1. i’ll also be taking PLENTY of long, unscheduled (unplanned, random) breaks, so responses will be delayed

2. Hello Chee Teong,

Thank you very much for taking (the) time to meet us on Tuesday, we really appreciate the insights you shared.

In order to further solve the Ads problems, we would like to / please let me share our / here are our next steps, as follows:

– As we discussed during the meeting, we would appreciate it / it would be great if the gTech team could provide us with the self-checklist for the clients’ own diagnosis.

– As for / Regarding / Re: the Ads setting tags, could we meet next week to go through and learn the key / the main / the most commonly used tags for SSC, prior to sharing / before sharing knowledge with the team.

Thank you very much in advance for all the support.

3. Thank you all for participating in the Mentorship Program last year! We’ve heard so much positive feedback, that we had to bring it back in 2021. Click here to learn more about last year’s program and best practices / instructions. 🙂

Program Period
6-month program: May – November 2021
Meeting Frequency: Weekly / Bi-Weekly / Monthly / Bi-monthly – it’s totally up to you two / it’s totally your call

Why do you want to (join) this program?
This is an annual mentorship program so we welcome the engagement of all FTEs to apply and participate in it.
2021 is special in that we’re growing rapidly as a team and an increasing number of XFN collaboration opportunities will take place. Now is the best time to get to know how different teams function / operate, what your career path could look like, and learn from our inspiring leadership team.

Of course, don’t let our examples limit you – you can tailor the program according to your own goals / to achieve your own goals!

How does the Program work?
We are going to have kickoff sessions for mentors and mentees after finalizing pairings with your chosen mentors.

To ensure the program‘s quality, we would like to ask you to proactively reach out to your mentor in the first 2 weeks to discuss with your mentor on the below / following 3 things and arrange at least 3 meetings within the 6-month-period.
Meeting format
Meeting frequency
What you’d like to attain and how you two would like to achieve from the mentorship

As the mentors are contributing their time and expertise, please cherish this opportunity and don’t waste this scarce resource / we hope that you cherish this opportunity and don’t waste it. We will have checkpoints / We will check in with you at various stages throughout the process as well, to ensure everything is running smoothly 🙂

Get to know more about your future mentor(s) here.

Click here to apply by April 26th if you are interested. Please answer all questions / please fill in all fields / all details so we can / to help us better understand your needs and expectations. We will try our best to pair you up with your preferred / chosen / favourite mentor!

4. Nuts Conflicts

5. English – Career