Five lovely tasks

1, Five antonyms from ''So this is Christmas''
 old and  young; weak and  strong;  rich and  poor;  black and r white; over and begin


2, Find words in the songs that mean:

Battle: fight; Terror; fear; Beloved: dear; Wish: hope


3,  (1) boughs of holly; The bough of holly was hung on the front of door by Canadian marks Christmas iscoming.
apparel; I need to buy a suit of thick sport apparel for skiing.
troll: We practiced this song by trolling and switching with man and woman.
blazing; I dreamed a wolf was looking on me with blazing eyes, so I woke up from this scared   dream.
(2) Yule-tide carol is a traditional discretion for Christmas carol.
       As a instrument, Harp can be used with Chorus.

Meetings

Task 1:

 Now answer the following questions:

1.What type of meeting is the agenda for?

School meeting

2. Who are the participants?

Parents

3. What is the purpose of the meeting?

To plan fundraising activities for spring term

4. How long do you think it is going to be?

2 hours

5. How can the participants prepare for the meeting?

 Prepare the fundraising activities

Task 2:

To: Jessie, Human Resource Department

From: Iris, Accounting Department

We are going to have a meeting about budget of graduation ceremony this year at 9:00 am, December 11^th in the conference room.  We are going to discuss the participant range, ceremony decoration spending and consumption in the ceremony. This is the mandatory meeting, please attend on time.

Dec 10

Meeting Agenda

Accounting Department of Micro skill

When: Thursday, December 11^th, 9:00am

Where: Conference room

Objective: Budget discussion of annual graduation ceremony in Link School

1, Discuss the participant range for the graduation ceremony

2, Discuss the decoration spending for the graduation ceremony

3, Discuss the consumption in the graduation ceremony

Report of Employment Standards

This report  a part of employment standards include minimum wage rates of Ontario; Hour of work in Ontario; Public holidays and pregnancy leave, parental leave in Ontario.


 1, The general adult minimum rate of  Ontario is $11.00 per hour; The student minimum wage is $10.30 per hour; The Liquor Servers Minimum Wage is $9.55 per hour.


 2, The maximum daily hours of work is 8 hours a day; The maximum weekly hours of work
is 48 hours a week..


 3, Ontario has nine public holidays: New Year's Day; Family Day; Good Friday;   Victoria Day ; Canada Day; Labour Day ; Thanksgiving Day ; Christmas Day ; Boxing Day (December 26). Most employees who qualify are entitled to take these days off work and be paid public holiday pay. Alternatively, they can agree in writing to work on the holiday and they will be paid.


4,Employees are entitled to two weeks of vacation time after each 12-month vacation entitlement year. Ordinarily, a vacation entitlement year is a recurring 12-month period beginning on the date of hire.


5, Pregnant employees have the right to take pregnancy leave of up to 17 weeks of unpaid time off work. In some cases the leave may be longer. Employers do not have to pay wages to someone who is on pregnancy leave. New parents have the right to take parental leave--unpaid time off work when a baby or child is born or first comes into their care. Birth mothers who took pregnancy leave are entitled to up to 35 weeks' leave. Birth mothers who do not take pregnancy leave and all other new parents are entitled to up to 37 weeks' parental leave.




Iris.Wang
Dec.9. 2014

Presentation skills

Similarities: Proper dressing; appropriate  gestures; The topic is very specific, not too wide and complicated.

 Differences; First one seems more formal than the other, there was board behind the presenter, presenter showed information on the board, she informed to audiences what she wanted to talk about at the beginning and presented the topic step by step directly  and clearly. All the words she used that around professional field. The presentation style was very formal and seriously. The second one came with interaction first to attract audience with asking questions and gave suggestions. Presenter picked up a personal story to explain the main thing he would like to talk and impress the audiences. The presentation style was very inform and humorous and used so many slang and idiom.

Five things that you have learned:

From the first presentation: Direct shows main contain on the board that you want to present on the board and divide them to different group; Put them in order, explain step by step; Using simple words and sentence to explain professional Vocabulary in order to make audiences understand clearly; Have brief summarization and conclusion, makes audiences follow the topic easy; When explain the similar vocabulary, give some example to compare with and distinguish the differences.

From the second presentation; Sense of humours; Interaction; Use so many gestures to impress audiences; Change different tone of voice to attract audiences; take about personal live story to show resonance.

Grammar in Context: Prepositional Collocations

Task 1:

Complete the sentences below with the correct verb or adjective followed by an appropriate preposition (e.g., for, to, with, about).

thank	apply	inform	respond
inquire	upset	interested	complain
invite	sorry	concerned	apologize

1. I would like to .........apologize for......................my absence at the meeting.

2. I am ..concerned about......................the lack of supervision in the playground.

3. I am writing to .......complain to.........................the poor service I received at your store.

4. I am very ...sorry about...................... not being able to meet the deadline.

5. We would like to ......invite..............you........to......... the ABC Company’s open house on Saturday, June 16 at 1:00 p.m.

6. I am writing to ...inform ......................you about the new budget proposal.

7. I would like to take this opportunity to ........thank............you .....for...........  being a loyal customer over the years.

8. I am ................interested in............ finding out about the training programs that you offer.

9. I am very ........upset about...........................the way I was treated by one of your admin staff.

10. I am writing to .........inquire about..................... the position you have available.

11. I am ............responding  to.. ........................your advertisement in the Globe and Mail on June 3, 2009.

12. I would like to .........apply .for....the position of Sales Manager that was advertised in the Kingston Whig Standard on September 31, 2010.

Task 2:

Write six sentences of your own using prepositional collocations.

 1, I blame my son for making the mess at home.
 2, I will come over to your place around 2 pm.
 3, After settling down in Canada, the first thing that I have to do is to pass drive license.
 4, Please pay attention about your class.
 5, I can not agree with you.
 6, I would like to contribute to my all energy on this project.

Task 3:

Errors in Letter-writing Conventions

This letter has nine errors relating to proper business letter conventions. Underline the mistakes and correct them.

Mrs. Lucinda Minto, Manager

Bright Star Lighting Store

11 Glendale Ave.

Oshawa, ON 
L1H 8K9

Monday, September 12, 2009

Dear Lucinda:

I am writing to you to explain a situation happened on me. I purchased a floor lamp in your store on August 25th, 2009,. Unfortunately, I was not able to use it, because it did not work properly. Every time I switched it on, it switched off by itself after about 30 minutes. I took the lamp back to the store, but the salesgirl refused to refund me my money back. I had a telephone conversation with you about it and you confirmed that your store’s policy is to exchange faulty merchandise rather than refund the money. Unfortunately, the lamp that I am looking for is no longer available at your store. After giving these circumstances, I would like to request to refund the money back to me. I will so appreciate about it.

I am looking for reply from you.

Sincerely,

Peter Wu

Marisa Romer

Task 4:

Answer the questions.

1. What is the purpose of the letter? explain the problem and ask for refunding money.

2. What is the problem? he bought a lamp didn't work, but there wasn't the some one in the store that could be changed.

3. What is the customer requesting? refunding money.

4. Is it a reasonable request? Why? Yes, it is. Because he can not find the same lamp in the store.

Degrees of Formality

Task 1:

Rewrite the sentences below, replacing the words in italics with their formal equivalents from the box. Make sure you use the correct form of the verb.

review	concerned	angry	ensure	receive
purchase	complete	assure	request	would like

1. I can assure this will never happen again.

2. We will ensure the computer is repaired by one of our technicians.

3. The book I purchased online was damaged.

4. I would like you to give me my money back.

5. I hope you received the package I sent last week.

6. He’s really angry about the service he received at our store.

7. The work will be completed by the end of the month.

8. The manager is concerned that they won’t meet their deadline.

9. Please review the proposal and make any necessary changes.

10. She requested  the information a long time ago.

Task 2:

Read the sentences below and decide whether or not they use the degree of formality appropriate for the given situation. Revise the sentences if necessary.

1. a note to a co-worker: The meeting is at 10 sharp. Don’t be late. Change to please be on time.

2. a letter to a Member of Parliament: Thank you for your help in this matter Change to I’m so appreciate your help in this matter

3. an email message to a friend: I am looking forward to seeing you there :) 

4. a note to a child’s teacher: I would greatly appreciate it if you could inform me when I could meet with you.

5. an email message to a superior: I’ll let you know about the time of the meeting ASAP. Change to I would like to inform you about the time of the meeting.

6. a manager to her subordinates: Thanks for your hard work, guys! Change to thanks to your hard work, everyone!

7. a letter accompanying your résumé: Here is my résumé. Change to please enclosed find my resume on the attachment below.

8. a note to the office cleaner: I would appreciate it if you could kindly clean under my desk in a timely fashion change to may i ask you to clean under my desk when you come to my office.

Education in your home country and in North America

Education in China and in North America totally shows different concepts and ways. Education in China force on follow, but education in North America force on creation.

First of all, Chinese teachers teach students only from textbooks. They just tell students what you need to know, you must remember knowledge only, do not need to understand why these exist and it is not supposed to be doubt and advanced. North America teaches always teach students methods and reasons. They encourage students to create their new idea in the class and daily life.  Student’s individual developments are respected in there educated stages.

Secondly, Education System in China controlled by Chinese government, purpose of education by Chinese government is domination of people’s minds. Government does not allow different opinion result from people educated deeply. In deeded, government scared about instability from people knows more things by educated. By contrast, Education runs in North America in according to people’s requirements and society’s progresses. Government severs education and put its position higher than political power.

Furthermore, different education makes different result between China and North America. Youths in China have strong ability to copy and follow, but their creativity have been destroyed under their educational environment. Youths in North America have the totally opposite features. They confident to create, they brave to show up, they aspire to change world better.

To sum up, I prefer to education in North America. It is much more suit for generations’ growth, because I do not want my kids become a “copy machine”. In stand of, I would like they keep their original characters and abilities to live with them free and comfortable in their life.