Open F2F Class Notes November 2nd (Ben)

Corrections

She was getting stuck at work. –> She is stuck at work.

Vocabulary

to put up with = tolerate

She has to put up with that situation.

“No offense” = I hope you are not offended by what I say.

I want to be alone. No offense.

willpower 毅力

Her magazine contains only art and nothing commercial like ads or anything about luxury goods. She had tremendous willpower.

captivating 有吸引的

The first TED talks I witnessed were absolutely captivating. But the quality of speeches has dramatically dropped in the last years.

Every other = 1 out of 2

I go to work every other day (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)

Every other speech is about a “never give up” story.

I did see him but I don’t know where he is now.

They did do something different but it still was pretty commercial.

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There are some people who are doing something different. They do what they think is right.

ORIGINAL

Damon’s new job

Damon has joined in her new company for about two weeks and she has worked over time three days in a row. She is pretty pressured because she feels that she can’t control her life. Before that, she could regularly work out, have English class and do what she wanted to do. However, her life is full of work, she can’t even relax for a while.

As she said, the reason led to her working over time is because her boss’s endless meeting. Her boss was always in a meeting. If she wanted to discuss something about her work, she had to wait her boss getting back from her business.

That’s not an efficient way of work. She should waste most time on wait, but it seems that there is not a solution for this issue so far. All she can do is just to stand this kind of status quo as hard as she can.

EDITED VERSION

Damon’s new job

Damon has worked in her new company for about two weeks and she has worked overtime three days in a row. She is pretty pressured because she feels that she can’t control her life. Before that, she could regularly work out, have English classes and do what she wanted to do. However, her life is full of work and she can’t even relax for a while.

As she said, the reason THAT led to her working overtime is because her boss’s endless meetings. Her boss is always in a meeting. If Damon wants to discuss something about her work, she has to wait for her boss to get back from her meetings.

That’s not an efficient way of working. She should wastes most of her time waiting, but it seems that there is not a solution to this issue so far. All she can do is just to put up with this kind of status quo as hard as she can.

/!\ stand is usually used in the negative: “I can’t stand it anymore.”

DO: exception 例外

All I can do is + verb

All she does is wait.

All I can do here is work.

ALL OTHER VERBS: TO

All I want is to work.

All I try is to be nice.