LE @ Cairnhill CC TMC Online Meeting 27/5/2020

WORD OF THE DAY

assiduous (adjective); 
assiduously (adverb); 
assiduousness (noun)

Meaning: 

• constant in application or effort; persevering; attentive
• e.g. an assiduous student

(from Dictionary.com)

Uses of Word of the Day

• I hope all of you will be assiduous participants. (Sean)
• We need to assiduously work at the solutions (Zaid)
• I was assiduous in class. (SK)
• I hope everyone is assiduously paying attention to the speakers. (Sean)
• We should assiduously contribute to a zero waste nation. (Eli)
• Everyone has become assiduous workers. (Anh Linh)
• We need to do this (reflect, learn, improve) assiduously. (Melvin)
• I am so impressed by the assiduousness of all the participants. (Sean)
• We need to dream assiduously. (Sean)
• Shiwah is an assiduous problem-solver. (Raymond)
• an assiduous worker (?) (Jenny)

BRICKBATS

Pronunciation

• memorable [mem-er-uh-buhl]
• Wednesday[‘wenz-dey]
• eulogy [yoo-luh-jee]
• opportunity [op-er-tyoo-ni-tee]

(from Dictionary.com)

Plural

• Toastmaster(s) Club 
• guest(s) [a consonant cluster]
• these initiative(s)
• electronic(s)
• most nation(s)

Grammar

1. to be possessed of such powers => to possess such powers

2. the chance for every of our speaker to showcase themselves
=> The chance for our speakers to showcase themselves.

3. Everyone can hear me or not? => Can everyone hear me?

4. I will ask a question to the audience. =>  I will ask the audience a question

5. 1 min is the green card, 1 and ½ minute is the amber card, 2 min is the red card
=> At the first minute, the green card will be shown, at the 1 and ½ minute mark, the orange card and at the second minute mark, the red card.

Vocabulary

1. I was a robotics lecturer before the virus
=> I was a robotics lecturer before the pandemic

2. Set up a rocket that can go to the moon
=> Build a rocket that can reach the moon

3. We can connect back to the audience
=> We can connect to the audience

4. Omitted out the information
=> omitted the information

5. I would like to hear from you guys
=> I would like to hear from all of you

6. Remember about the Newater?
=> Remember the Newater?

7. Grasping for his last breath
=> gasping for his last breath

8. always look very beauty
=> always look very beautiful

9. How we can do to help?
=> What can we do to help

10. You have a leadership way of speaking
=> You speak like a leader

11. People can see your full bodies
=> People can see your whole body

12. Hopefully to hear you again
=> I hope to hear you speak in future.

BOUQUETS

Vocabulary

1. stoked
= exhilarated, excited

2. epiphany
= a sudden, intuitive perception or insight into something, usually by some simple or commonplace experience

Alliteration

• complicated, complex, chaotic problems

• perplexed and perturbed

• sustainable and self-sufficient

• smash and slash

• deep, dark ocean

• fun and funny       

Simile

• be shapeless like water - Bruce Lee

Metaphor

• a fluid communication style that builds bridges between people

• Hammer your way to the hearts of the audience

• He was grasping for his last  breath in a deep, dark ocean

• submerged in work

Triads

• Reflect, learn and improve

• hack, smash and slash

• reduce, recycle and upcycle

• listen, learn and laugh (also alliteration)

• macho, muscular, mighty (also alliteration)

• excited, elated and enlightened (also alliteration)

• short, subtle and succinct (last two words are alliterated)

Repetition

• Connect our hearts and connect our minds

• What if the problem was a screw? What if the problem was a bolt? (also a metaphor)

• Recycle and upcycle

• Headlight, spotlight

• Forget to pick up the bill, forget to pick up the laundry, or even forget to pick up the children

• A wishbone, a backbone, a funny bone (also a triad)