Online Class Notes (Joe)

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Homework

Using ‘hope’ and ‘expect’ can completely change the meaning of your sentence.
Please write about what you expect to happen in the next week and what you hope will happen in the next year.
Remember that when we “expect” something it means that we believe it will happen for some reason, while “hope” means that we want it to happen but we don’t have certainty about what will happen.

Writing exercise

Going to the office vs working from home：
It depends on whether I am buzy.
When I am busy, I would prefer to go to the office. There are two reasons. Firstly, it is more effective to work at the office, as I can communicate with my colleagues face to face. That’s very convenient especially when I need to show my colleagues how to using some tools in the work, and that saves a lot of time for contacting them and getting a feedback. Secondly, working at the office can help me to seperate my personnel life from my work, as when I leave the office, I won’t pay attention to the work any more. But when working from I have to work day and night.
But if I am not so busy with my work, I would prefer to work from home, because that can save travelling time and I could have more time for myself.
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Goings to the office vs Working from home:
It depends on whether or not I am busy.
When I am busy, I prefer to go to the office. There are two reasons. Firstly, it is more effective to work at the office, as I can communicate with my colleagues face to face. That’s very convenient, especially when I need to show my colleagues how to use some tools for work. That saves a lot of time because I don’t have to contact them and wait for feedback. Secondly, working at the office can help me to seperate my personal life from my work life, as when I leave the office I won’t pay attention to my work anymore. But, when working from home, I have to work day and night. But, if I am not so busy with my work, I prefer to work from home, because that can save me time on commuting and I could have more time for myself.

Grammar

I have just finished my work about 1 hour ago
I just finished my work about 1 hour ago

For these days, I work at home because of the COVID-19
These days, I work from home because of COVID-19

It has been about 2 years I haven’t spoken English
It has been about 2 years since I spoke English
I haven’t spoken English for about 2 years

I have just changed my job this June.
I just changed my job this June.

the company’s policy required us to go to the office every day
the company’s policy requires us to go to the office every day

we can apply for working from home
we can apply to work from home
we can apply for permission to work from home
Note: Use “apply for + noun” and “apply to + verb”

We even don’t need to clock in and clock out every day
We even don’t need to clock in or clock out every day

I hope the candidate to be fast-learning.
I expect the candidate to be fast-learning.
I hope the candidate will be fast-learning.

Vocabulary

EC – European Commission; European Community; Enterprise Collaboration; etc,
Saying “I work for an EC agency is confusing”. It’s better to say “I work for an e-Commerce Agency”.

familiar (adj)
I’m not very familiar with my new boss

familiarize (v)
I want to familiarize myself with the new office

Pronunciation

change – /tʃeɪn(d)ʒ/

prepare – /prɪˈpɛː/

brand – /brænd/