LE @ Bukit Merah TMC online meeting 11/12/2020

 Word of the Day

rollicking (adjective)
- carefree and joyous
e.g. We spent one rollicking week in Hawaii, running from one gorgeous beach to the next.

e.g. The music was so merry and rollicking that within no time everyone was on their feet, swaying to the beat.

Speakers who used the WOTD: (I might have missed out a few)
Jennifer/Flaming: "rollicking good time."

Jennifer: "rollicking speech segment" / "rollicking good speaker" 

Sonia/Kat: "rollicking good evening" 

Peter: "creating a rollicking experience" / "rollicking season"

Jackson: "all for a rollicking good time"

Mary: "rolling and rollicking across the field" / "rollicking fellow"

Ching Nee: "rollicking speech"

Brickbats

Pronunciation

1. opportunity      [op-er-tyoo-ni-tee]

2. clothed            [klohthd]

3. virtually            [vur-choo-uh-lee]  

4. demonstrating [dem-uhn-streyt-ing]

Plural

1.Toastmasters Club 

2. Table Topics Master

3. all these experiences

4. guests

Vocabulary

1. She will be doing her Icebreaker speech => She will be presenting her Icebreaker speech

2. Chapter two, my teenage  => Chapter two, my teenage years

3. I have friends to hang around => hang out with 

4. What the hell are you doing? => What on earth are you doing?

5. Explain in the body part => explain in the body of your speech

6. The machine you do is not working => The machine you repaired is not working.

Grammar

1. We've gone through things that we've never expect.  ✖️
    We've gone through things that we've never expected.  ✔️

2. That contribute to her comfort level. ✖️
   That contributed to her comfort level. ✔️

3. Peter always deliver his speech with vocal variety. ✖️
   Peter always delivers his speeches with vocal variety.✔️

4. She is with Toastmasters for five years. ✖️
   She has been with Toastmasters for five years. ✔️

Sentence Structure

1. I'll hand over the meeting now to J. ✖️
    I'll hand over the control of the meeting now to J.  ✔️

2. May I ask the evaluator to read out the project's objectives?  ✖️
    I shall now invite the evaluator to read out the project's objectives.  ✔️

3. I easily make friends. ✖️
    I make friends easily.  ✔️

Bouquets

Alliteration

1. pursue her passion

2. rolling and rollicking across the field

Simile / Metaphor

1. He is like an architect. (simile)

2. You're in hot soup.

3. hot mama in hot soup

4. There's no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

5. He stepped on my toes. (offended me)

Rhyme

1. unconstrained, unrestrained

2. Facts tell; stories sell

Contrast

1. I was born in a small town with big dreams.

2. cajole him or tell him off

3. It's not wasting my time! It's wasting your time!

4. Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.

Repetition

1. We fail together, we grow together.

2. I'm not a Twerker, I'm not a Facebooker, I'm not nothing, I'm old school.