Open F2F Class Notes 18th July (Harmony)

Review:

Rock sleeper – sleeps like a rock

Congee (con – gee)

Oatmeal:  made with oats.  (breakfast food similar to congee)

Carnivore:  a meat-eater

Herbivore:  plant eater.

Vegan:  doesn’t eat meat including no cheese, no eggs, no dairy at all.

Probiotic: good bacteria for your stomach.

bliss:  extreme happiness/perfection.

Half half – half and half

A real people show – a play

Improv (improvisational) show:  when the actors don’t have a script and just act on the spot.

Improvisational:  you have to make it up.

They act different kind of bosses – they acted out different kinds of bosses/ they acted as different kinds of bosses.

My another certification – prepare for another examination of one certification.

The first of my class – the top of my class

Make best friends with them – I don’t want to be best friends with them.

Astrological sign:  the month you were born according to the stars.

Original:

I joined a TMC meeting this Sunday, and met lots of excellent people, who are good at English and public speaking. To my surprise, there were several students, and some of them have gotten CC and AL titles, which means that they have completed 10 speeches and all the required roles according to the handbooks. It let me think about my student time, I almost spent all my time on study, what a nerd. While current students already build up their all kinds of competence now, and in some certain they do pretty well than us. I feel a big pressure after that meeting. Run is not enough, I need to jump.

Edited:

I joined a TMC meeting this Sunday, and met lots of excellent people who are good at English and public speaking. To my surprise, there were several students and some of them have gotten their CC and AL titles.  This means that they have completed 10 speeches and all the required roles according to the handbooks. It reminded me of my time as a student, I spent almost all of my time studying, what a nerd. Meanwhile, current students already build up different kinds of competences now, and in some situations they do much better than us. I feel a big pressure after that meeting. Running is not enough, I need to jump.

Competences:  skills or capabilities.

Current:  now/happening now.

Meanwhile, current students already build up different kinds of competences now, and in some situations they do much better than us

Re-write:  Students nowadays are already building up different kinds of skills, and sometimes they do much better than us.

Let — someone is letting you do it.  (you had to ask.) allowed.

Eg.  My boss let me go home early.

Eg.  My boss made me work overtime.  (you have to/forced)

Eg.  My boss asked me to do overtime, but I refused.