Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Assignment 8: Listen to ESL Podcast 528

Title: ESL Podcast 528 -- Negotiation Salary
Date: 12/01/2009
Time: 9:20 to 10:20 ( one or more than one hour )

Note: (something I know or I don't know)

impress -- to cause (someone) to feel admiration or interest
The candidate impressed us with his qualifications
delight -- something that makes you very happy
The trip was a delight.
appreciate -- to understand the worth or importance of (something or someone)
The company strives to make its employees feel appreciated.
salary -- pay by month
wege -- pay by hour
constrain -- limit what you can do
She believes that too much instruction constrains an artist's creativity.
a compensation pakge -- a combiation of all the things that you get is in changed for looking at your job
what you receive by doing something
be open to something -- willing to do something
The university library is also open to the public.
to be comparable = to be similar
Their salaries are comparable with those of other managers.
jump at -- to decide to do something immediately without thinking before making a decision, because it's so good or so attractive
She jumped at the chance/opportunity to show her boss what she could do.
close the gap
We hope to close the gap between well-funded suburban schools and the struggling schools in poorer communities.
His work bridges the gap between popular fiction and serious literature.


Reflection:
I think it's more useful than Studio Classroom, because it's very close to us.
It don't have the article, this thing makes me more concentration.

1 comment:

Sally said...

Right, without anything (the transcript) to look at, you will concentrate better.
Also, the topics are related to our daily life, therefore, we might be able to use language learned here in our daily life, at work or at school.