What did we learn on thursday? (up-int 14.06.07)

Hi all,

 We read an article form The Guardian, about a girl who gets into trouble because of a word that she used on TV. Here are some vocabulary from it.

naive = unaware, innocent

cool = relaxed

to pay price = to suffer the consequences of something that has been done

“Phyrric victory means paying a high price for a victory.”

race = ethnicity

body = organisation

“Equality Bodies are organisations that promote racial equality.”

“Greenpeace is an ecological body.”

If something is “axed”, it is ended suddenly.

to reel = being dizzy from a shock

to damn = to send to hell

“Damn it!”

to mishandle = to mismanage, to deal badly with something

indie = independent 

ignorant people = people without culture

“The Commision for Racial Equality is a government organisation that investigates cases about racial inequality.”

footage = the part of a film that shows the event

highlights = the most interesting and exciting parts of an event or activity

to summon = to call for (by the authority, usually when you do something wrong)

censorship = controlling what people see ( eg. on TV)

maliciously = to do to harm

to hung out to dry = to abandon somebody when he/she is in trouble

endearment = lovely things that you say to someone you love

street culture = popular culture

legitimate = legal

to denude = to change in meaning

savage = violent

“cash cow” = cow that gives cash instead of milk

“there is no stereotype” means “there is no over-generalization”.

home counties = the area surrounding London

The homework is reading about race relations and popular culture in Britain / Turkey. How is popular culture marketed? Morals and ethics of reality shows like “Big Brother”.

Let me give you another homework, which is writing the blog this week, while I am in Egypt

What did we learn on 17th May (up-int)

Hi all,

In our last lesson, we learned the negotiating skills which are signalling, checking understanding and  summarising. We listened some expressions (ex. 4.3) and finded which ones were signalling, checking understanding and  summarising. Then we did a role play and tried to use these skills. Alptekin was a very persuasive retailer

Secondly, we started the unit 5 - Job Satisfaction and talked about on that subject. We listened an inteview with HR director at Procter and Gamble (ex. 5.1-5.2).

Now, some vocabulary about the new unit:

praise = express approval or admiration for sb/sth

appraisal = assessment

perks = fringe benefits = money or goods received as a right in addition to one’s pay

remuneration = pay

autonomy = independence

golden handshake = severence package = money paid to an employee whose contract is terminated

burn out = ruin one’s health due to hard working

devil’s advocate = who speaks against sb/sth simply to encourage discussion

 Lastly, we have an exam on wednesday and unit 5 will not be included.

Banu 

What did we learn yesterday? (up-int 03.05.07)

Hi,

Yesterday we listened to the second part of the interview with Agnes Chen and read the article “AIG knows everyone in Asia”.

First, some vocabulary about them:

a promise is a verbal contract.

capitalisation is the total value of a company’s shares on a stock exchange.

a benchmark is a level of quality which can be used as a standard when comparing other things.

“benchmarking signal level”

to tap into = to get into, to exploit

to lobby = to appeal to a company to do something   

pioneer is a person or a company who is first at doing something.

an entrepreneur is a business pioneer.

a quest is a journey that involves travelling to find something.

to court a person is to win him/her.

a deputy is an assistant.

to thrill is to make somebody very happy.

to forge = to make shapes from metal

to pursue = to chase

Lastly, this week’s homework for those who were absent:

1.  Do a psychometric test and write about 250 words about the uses of psychometric tests in large companies.  Include possible problems, possible advantages in using them and ethical issues.

2. “A foreign company is opening a branch in your country. What factors should it consider?”(Market Leader Course Book, p.24, H-2)  Write a list of bulletpoints.

Gaye.

What did we learn yesterday? (up-int / 02.05.07)

Here are some vocabulary describing relations:

networking is creating social contacts for own benefit.

to change back to : to become something that was before.

what is a sycophant?

to be let down : to be disappointed 

to cement : to stick together, to make strong

to encourage : to give support, confidence or hope 

to foster : to encourage

to disrupt : to interrupt,  to make difficult

to establish : to start building

to jeopardize : to endanger

to maintain : to keep, to continue

to promote : to encourage

to restore : to rebuild, to make new again, to refresh

to resume : to start again

to break down : to finish, to fall down

to sour : to become unpleasant and unfriendly

“sour is the opposite of sweet”

to undermine : to make less strong than before

“an intermediary is someone who carries messages between people.”

“psychometric testing is used to profile people.”

Gaye

New Vocabularies – 26.04.2007

campaign 1 : a connected series of military operations forming a distinct phase of a war
2 : a connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result <election campaign>

volatile evaporating easily; rapidly changing; fickle

Cenk

What we did today?

Here are some vocabularies,I learnt today(19.04.2007)

demographics:study of the statistical characteristics of a population

monetary:pertaining to money, fiscal

domestic:pertaining to home, pertaining to family; loving home and family

PS:I will not be present next wednesday,see you later on thursday…

 

 

Monday 16.04.07

What did we last lesson ??

* Not Enough–too much

Example sentences

 *Capital Letter

*Adjectives–Opposites

Black-White

*Listening Practice

*Problems–Reasons

Evren

What we did today

Hi everybody.

Today ( 11 April )

We checked  homeworks.

We learned that how we write an email and how many chapter there are in email.

VOCABULARY

to dub : to give a new name

lavish : Luxury venue. wedding  where in luxury. ( opulent is  synonym of lavish )

to struggle : to try hard to do something or to fighting

nuptial : the things related to getting married

pile : a number of things lying one on top of another

purity: not dirty

donate: to give without return

hakan

Write about Lesson Week_15

We talked about  mail between Liz and Steve in last week and  how  the mail write to response mail.  first  arrange the problems and  then  suggest the solutions about that and finaly  expactations about subject. 

Talk about  meaning new words :

to stand it up :  smth/smb   is diffrerent from the others in a group.

don’t give false hope :  about smth

to break a promise :  smb gave a promise about smt. but  haven’t  got it yet

to keep a promise :  smb gave a promise about smt. in past and got it 

Saturday and Sunday;

Saturday 

My partner and I went to Bornova.Because we just to do shopping of my friend’s wedding. My friend name is Volkan and his partner name is Arzu.They are very happy… 

Sunday  My partner, I and our friends went to Güzelbahçe for the breakfast at ten o’clock. We arrived home at four o’clock.I watched Fenerbahce-Vestel Manisa football match in the TV. Match score is 1-1 

Evren 

Good Days…