01.I has reached the peak of my career.
02.The weeked IT development session will be held in the conference room.
03.There are not any sport facilites on my company.
04.Older staff are planning what they will do in retirement.
05.My company never made a complete assessment of each employee's contribution to the organisation.
06.My company failed because of the chairman's mismanagement of capital assets.
07.The applicant was pleasant and had the right qualifications, but unfortunately he did not have any relevant experience.
08.All good companies main recruitment objective is to have well-qualified staff.
09.The dispute was ended through the mediation of union officials.
10.Employees showing leadership potential will be chosen for management training.
11.He took over the job from his predecessor last May.
12.She is very experienced and can be left to work without any supervision.
13.What ceiling has the government put on wage increases this year?
14.The contract has a stipulation that the new manager has to serve a three-month probationary period.
15.I am going for a interview for a new job next week.
16.We need to draw up a budget for salaries for the coming year.
17.We believe that the sales manager's forecast of higher turnover next year is a bit optimistic.
18.I think our sales staff lack motivation. They don't seem very keen and haven't been working well recently.

Only a novice writing a first work is ignorant enought to take on task of this magnitude.

They are always there when I need them,and they reqularly display character that few have in the world today.

The manager managed the entire effort of the book and kept us on pace.

The IronKey contains it own web browser that channels internet activities through the IronKey's Secure Sessions Service.
This almost virtually prevents Internet Service Provide (ISPs) and network operators from monitoring users' footprint/trace/evidence by tamperproof session encryptions.

Avoid cramming all nighter , as it will hinder your ability to concentrate.

Don't let the job interview stress you out , hand in yourself with confidence then it will be half the battle and you will ace it.

To budget your time throughly , skimming through all jobs ,
if you get stuck , maybe you misread the situation , then ask your instructor or leave it .

Hand in yourself with confidence , resist /fight the tempatation to change your decision.

2008-06-03 A Day for Doughnuts

These sweet treats are a reminder to give.

In August 1917, World War I raged in northern France. American soldiers gathered their camps, trying to keep warm in the cold rain. Nearby female volunteers from the Salvation Army friend doughnuts in steel helmets for th soldiers. More than just a hot snack, the doughnuts was a sweet reminder of the comfort and safety of home.

Putting a sweet tooth to good use
Jump to 1938. To raise much-needed funds at the end of the Great Depression, the Chicago Salvation Army named the first Friday in June "Donut Day" On that day, free doughnuts were handed out on the streets of Chicago. With each doughnut came the chance to donate money to those who are less fortunate. This special day also honored the "lassies" who had served doughnuts to thousands of American soldiers during World
War I.

Seventy years of charity
Today,June 3, is the 70th anniversary of that first Donut Day! And you can still get free doughnuts at locations worldwide on the first Friday in June. With each treat comes an opportunity to contribute to the good work of the Salvation Army.

5/23 entertainment : summer movie magic

Chat Room
No laughing matter => serious
take a joke
can't take a joke
play the joke on someone

Word
animate animated
* The animated movie is excepted to be a blockbuster this summer.
animation
* Computer animation is widely used in many movies.

pampered pamper
* She doesn't want to be labeled as a pampered rich girl.
* He's just a pampered child who thinks everyone around him servicing him.

encounter
* She encounter her high school teacher in the train station.
* He encountered many difficulties while he was writing his thesis.

5/22 entertainment : summer movie magic (1)

Chat Room
villainess
at odds 爭吵不合
protagonist 主角 man charactor
antagonist 反角
foil -> prevent someone success
foiled again!!

Word
villainess
villain
* She played villainess in one of James Bond movies.
* The villain in the story kidnapped the heroine(主角).

on the edge of your seat
* The movie day after tomorrow really kept me on the edge of my seat.
* The bank's performance kept everyone one the edge of their seats.

exiled
* The exiled president lived in Hawaii for years before he return to his country.
* The exiled general was accused of many crimes.

5/21 Beautiful Auckland and beautiful people

Chart Room:
enthusiast 愛好 => baseball enthusiast = baseball fan
enthusiasm 熱心

Word:
rivalry
rival 對手
*The friendly rivalry between the two departments encourage the employees work hard.
*There was a fierce rivalry between all the contestants competing to win the title.
sibling rival 手足競爭

screeching
*We all heard the sound of the screeching tires when the car stop.
*The police-officer was trying to calm down the screeching woman.

ripe 成熟
ripen 使成熟 vt
*The grapes was ripening nicely. They'll be a good harvest this year.
*The sweet smell of ripe strawberries wafted from the garden.

5/20 Beautiful Auckland and beautiful people

Chat Room :
smog => smoky fog 霾害
brunch => breakfast lunch 午晚餐
biopic => biographical picture 傳記影片

Word Time :

strike struck struck
*The interviewer was struck by Kate's air of confidence. (self-confidence)
*How did the movie strike you.

overlook
*The cottage on the hill overlooks the whole valley.
*Our hotel room overlook the lake.

dormant
*The kind of bear remains dormant during the winter.
a dormant volcanoes
an extinct vocanoes
an active vocanoes

* alphabetic = alphabetical
Nonqutoed names must begin with an alphabetic character from your database character set.

*estimate
The initial design, the need to be properly estimated.
The original design need to be appropriately expected.

*deprecate => discourage
The LONG data in Oracle is deprecated(2GB); use the large object (LOB) instead.

*venue , facility , stadium , gymnasium
Olympic venue.
The school is planning to build a large facility to play sport in.
When the Olympics were finished , the stadium was used for soccer game.
Groups of gymnasts are having their physical training in the gymnasium

1-1 Perpetual 永久 a.
constant a.
constantly adv.
incessant a.
incessantly adv.
continuous a.
continuing a.
unending a.
unceasing a.
unchangeable a.


1-51 Lasting 耐久

3-12 Persisting 持續