strategies+in+taking+notes

Taking notes is very necessary in listening-based speaking, so the following part will be of much help to teach you to do so. SAMPLE FOR DIALOGUE
 * orginal text || notes ||
 * ** W: The girl’s statement is clear, She believes that **


 * the school cafeteria should never offer snacks, simply **


 * because students must eat healthy food. **


 * M :I can’t stand her opinion ,I think most of the dining **


 * hall offers is healthy ,and the snacks are only a small **


 * portion. We need both regular meals and snacks **


 * because we may feel hungry when spending too much **


 * time on group discussions or writing papers. Sometimes, **


 * after sitting at a desk for a while, I can’t concentrate any **


 * longer without a chocolate bar. **


 * W: You are absolutely right! But those snacks are pretty **
 * expensive, though. What’s your opinion about this? **


 * M: That’s true. The candy bars are not cheap, and we **


 * have to save money for other important things .But we **


 * do have another way out :we can buy snacks from the **

hlthy(=healthy) fd
 * stores close to out campus. It will be much cheaper. ** || W: √ blv: café × snck, ∵stu →

M: × most fd → hlthy, snck↓

Stu need meal + snack, ∵ hungry when↑

tm → study, × if no snck (chocolate)

W: √ but snck $↑ ,ask opinion?

Cndy bar $↑, stu↓ $ → $ !

But other way: buy snck ← store, ∵$↓ || SAMPLE FOR ACADEMIC SITUATION network of business organizations. The models created for networking activity allow the businesspeople to meet each other and build up new business relationships and friendships at the same time .The network has two major benefits ,It makes people benefit from each other’s expertise, and it allows them to meet new partners. || Biz net wk → create op (=oppotunity) ← grp Biz → net wk.
 * orginal text || notes ||
 * Business networking is a marketing method that creates opportunities through a group of businessmen joining a

Md(=model) allow biz men ↔ & rela (=relationship) & fri↑

Md = 2 bnft (=benefits) : pp (=people) bnf meet new pp ||
 * The following two exercises are provided for you to practice and at the same time help you gain XPs in pilgrimage. Each proper answer will earn you 5 xps. Your answers should be handed in the discussion post in the right above corner of this page. **

EXERCISES 1

（1） Hi, Mark ,Did you hear about the “Table Talk” program with the professors ?That’s so cool !I think it’s a great program.

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（2） Yeah, I totally agrees. I think the school is on the right track by giving us opportunities to talk to our professors.

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（3） Hmm, that’s the thing I want to talk about. I am always eager to have a good discussion with our professors, but normally they’re so busy and hardly have time to chat with us .This program will definitely provide students a better chance to talk to their professors.

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（4） That’s right. The school is providing a good service with this.

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（5） Yeah, the new program allows psychology majors to get to know each other ,Also students might have different perspectives on the assigned topic .New ideas are most likely to come up through discussion, and students can help each other out on a variety of subjects.

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EXERCISES 2 （1） Welcome to my class ,everyone .You’re in Macroeconomics. We’re going to learn about an important economic concept known as opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is the process of choosing one product or service over another. The item that you don’t pick is the opportunity cost .It is assessed in not only monetary, but also material terms.

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（2） Even though people might not realize it, they use opportunity cost every single day .Here is an example :many years ago ,the school had two options in developing school infrastructure.

NOTES: （3） One choice was to build a new swimming poll ,because the school lacked one and students had to go all the way to the public pool downtown. NOTES: （4） The second option was the construction of a new library, because the existing one was too small. In the end, the school decided to build a swimming pools. While making this decision the school considered both cost and the opportunity cost of building the swimming pool. NOTES: （5） The opportunity cost in this case was the benefits the school would have received from building a new library .For instance, many students mat not prefer a swimming pool and would have wanted a good environment fore learning or doing research, The school would have to forego their interests if it wanted to build a swimming pool. NOTES: