Open F2F Class Notes 22nd June (Harmony)
Original:
Yixi , it is a study organization, who invite some different kind of successful people. And they will do a presentation about their major or life story. It is similar with TED.
Last time, I saw a story by fangli, who is a normal person , but he has much more life experience. His objective is following your heart and do anything you are interested in. Once one work is boring for him, he will resign, which was proved by him in least twice work. His major is about ocean. He helped to save people’s live in an air disaster by his major knowledges,which device can find people’s location in the sea. After that time, he moved his focus to movie. Even if it isn’t his major, but he are interesting in.He takes director, takes scriptwriter and tries to in charge of anything about completing one movie. Eventually, his movies won the rewards.
His experience told us that spent your time on suitable things what you want and enjoy the feeling of delightful.
Edited:
Yixi is a study organization, who invites some different kind of successful people who will give a presentation about their major or life story. It is similar with TED talks.
Last time, I saw a story by fangli, who is a normal person , but he has much more life experience. His objective is following/to follow his heart and doing anything he is interested in. Once his work is boring for him, he will resign, which was proved by him quitting his last two jobs. His major is about the ocean. He helped to save people’s lives in a plane crash with his major knowledge, he used devices which can find people’s location in the sea. After that time, he moved his focus to movies. Even if it wasn’t his major, but he is interested in. He is the director, scriptwriter and tries to be in charge of anything about completing one movie. Eventually, his movies won some awards.
His experience told us that we should spend our time on suitable things which you want and enjoy the delightful feeling.
Reading:
She lose his leg – she lost her leg
She got some learning from this disaster – she learned from…
Suicide (sew – ih – side)
Bomber (bom-mer)
Unknowingly (un – no – ing – lee): to not know. unaware
Eg. I unknowingly bought the wrong laundry soap.
Presume: assume
Eg. I presume that you are …..
The tube: british for the subway.
Hover: to be right above sth. (not touching)
Eg. I hovered over the desk.
Eg. The helicopter hovered over the ground.
Enemy (enn – eh – mee): your rival/ the person you are against.
Eg. My boss is my enemy.
Opposed (ah – posed): to be against
Eg. I am opposed to people smoking inside.
Carriage: a section of a train
Twenty-six precious lives were taken in my carriage alone, and I was almost one of them.
= twenty six people died in just my carriage, I was almost killed/ I could have died.
He could have killed her, but she lived.
Wading: walking through liquid, usually up to your knees or so.
Eg. When we got to the lake we went wading in the water.
Commuter: a person who is on their way from point a to point b.
Commute: your daily travels between work and home.
Eg. My daily commute is one hour each way.
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