Online Class Notes (Olivia)

Vocabulary

embarrassing /embarrassed

tiring/ tired

exhausting / exhausted

movie theater/cinema

stereo system – sound system

sore throat/fever/body ache – symptoms of a cold.

Type A/B influenza – seasonal flu

vitamins

Chinese medicine – enhance/boost your immune system

elderly’s college

purring n.the purring sound of a cat is very soothing for me.

purr v.  the cat purrs

coincidence n. coincident adj.

what a coincidence!

age-appropriate

be in the spotlight

exposure n.  – behind the scenes/backend

communication, coordination

governance – structural change – pilot project

adj –  robust and stable,

subjective. adj

objective adj – fact-based, data-driven

conflict – conflict of interest/view

out of thin air – caught you by surprise

bright side/silver lining – good thing out of bad

sufficient to get by

mommy’s girl/boy

daddy’s girl/boy

life priorities:

family, friends/fun, work.

fun/funny

land/implement/execute

repetitive. adj – repeat v.

kills the joy

Chef – /sh/

food critics – criticize other’s food

dessert – pastries, cakes, cookies

desert

stick to v. – obey

your exercise schedule

swimming posture

stay afloat – stay on top of water

thoroughly

comprehend

educational

Reflect on 2023 and share your proudest moment on one of your achievements:

I helped to organize an event for my department, for more than 100 people, to show off muscles to other departments

After many meetings, we got 4/5 plans to choose from. During this, I was working on IT coordination as we wanted to thoroughly show IT information to the public, which I needed support from other IT colleagues.

During the preparation, we realized due to the complex nature of the IT systems, it was hard to make it attractive. So we designed games to give a lively demonstration so it was easier to comprehend.

At the end of the preparation, we wanted to decorate our showroom. The vendor of the shipment didn’t receive the payment so they were prevented from supporting this event. So we urgently needed to switch vendor.

Given COVID, we didn’t have any large offsite IT event in the past 2 years. So this year was very important. After the event, we received great feedback, saying it was very educational and interesting.