SEP 23,2016

Hello everyone,

Based on our theme "Social Interactions," write a two-three paragraph reflection on the above picture.
Make sure to include the following thoughts:

• Describe the picture;
• What do you think the painter want to say?
• What do you personally think it is?
• Give a title to that drawing.

we live in CLoud compute

                                                       

 Many peoples on this picture,they all have no face.They have deference screen.But they are controlled by Cloud compute.     

 This painter want to say that we live in this word,how ever we are active or passive,we couldn't get rid of the influence of the computer.

 I think computer technology in brings convenient also influenced our life.

Job Interviews

Task 1: Watch this video and answer the following questions. 

      1. Match the words with their definitions.

A	B
commit	do everything to achieve a task within a time frame
prompting	make/obligate
specifics	details to the point
goal-oriented	support with examples
back something up	encouraging

 commit     = make/obligatedo

prompting  = encouraging

specifics = details to the point

goal-oriented = everything to achieve a task within a time frame

 

back something up =  support with examples

2. What is the main advice that the presenter has mentioned?

Don’t commit the fatal interview sin, you have to back it up with specifics.

Task 2:  Watch this video and answer the following questions. Underline the most suitable expressions from a), b) and c).

1. As an answer to the first question, which of the following three that the   interviewee does not do?

a)  She says that she has five years’ experience in administration and two

years in phone sales.

  

b)  She focuses much on her personal life, her studies and enthusiasm in

travelling.

   

 c)  She says that her strengths lie in advance computer skills and excellent

     customer service.

 2.  According to the second question that the interviewer asks, you should

   

a   a) have researched on the company's history and its products before

      going to the interview.

     b)   do a research on the company and the job details immediately after the

            job interview.   

c)  apologize for not being able to do any research.

    3. According to the interviewer, the interviewee

     

      a)    impressed him by revealing her truly personal weaknesses.

      b)   explained really well her suitability to the role that she had applied for.

      c)    told him her grave personal weakness and then developed from negative to positive.

    4.  Write down five new words and put them in sentences from your own.

administration       daunting    people person   weakness

Sep 6

Good morning everyone,

Hope that everyone has enjoyed your summer vacation. Have a look at the above drawing and think how you can relate to it. Try to consider the following questions and then write one paragraph as a quick reflection on that picture. 

1. How do you see it?  
2. What do you think the artist wanted to say? 
3. What caused this situation from your point of view?
4. How can it be solved? 

On this picture, we saw a man and a woman stand on the ice heart. The artist wanted to tell people that how to broke the ice about differences between people.From my point of view that if the conflict between family members or friends and you want not dispute, you need to compromise first. It's a good way to solve the problems.

AUG 9

Tuesday's assignment

Good morning all,

Task 1:

I hope that everyone had fun yesterday on our field trip. Let’s reflect here a bit!
Write one paragraph as a reflection to our ROM field trip yesterday and try to include the following thoughts:

Why did you join this trip?
I joined this trip cause I very like visit the Museum, I like to know the history of different country.
What did you like the most?
Chinese cultural relics were my like the most.
What was the  one thing that was completely new to you?

Yesterday I known  about Djedmaatesankh,
Djedmaatesankh was an Egyptian woman from the city then known as Waset (known to the Greeks as Thebes, now natively known as Luxor) who died in the middle of the 9th century B.C. She was an ordinary middle-class woman and musician. ^[1] Her cartonnage coffin is thought to have been buried on the west bank of the Nile about 2,850 years ago.^[2]The coffin and mummy of the lady Djedmaatesankh are part of the permanent collection of the Royal Ontario Museumin the Galleries of Africa: Egypt. The coffin was collected and brought to the ROM by Dr. Charles Trick Currelly, the Museum's first director, in the early 20th century.^[3][4] Notably, the cartonnage of Djedmaatesankh is one of the best preserved of its period
Her cartonnage lists her husband's name as Pa-ankh-entef, which translates to "Life belongs to him (or "his)".[3] In 2009, (at Scholars’ Colloquium Days on November 7), Gayle Gibson, Rom Teacher & Egyptologist, and Stephanie Holowka, Technician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, presented evidence to support a theory that Paankhemamun, a mummy on display in the Art Institute of Chicago, is the husband of Djedmaatesankh. Gibson cited that the iconography on the two coffins are very similar and that Pa-ankh-entef would be an acceptable short form of Pa-ankh-en-amun. Holowka noted that scans that she performed showed that there were "peculiarities in the mummification process that the mummies also shared."
CT-scans performed on the body of Djedmaatesankh (in 1978 and 1994) have shown that she likely died of a dental abscess, which upon erupting, may have led to a fatal blood infection. The results of the scan as show a swelling of her left upper jaw, and a 3-D image inside her skull revealed a dental abscess, approximately one inch in diameter, which was caused by a diseased upper left incisor. It is likely that the abscess was there for several weeks prior to erupting and that the infection had spread to her upper left jaw bone, as the scan indicated that the bone was pitted with small holes. Additionally, high-resolution scans show tracks on the jawbone that are believed to be a result of unsuccessful attempts to drain the abscess.
What was/were the thing(s) that you did not like?
Nothing.

Would you like to go there again? Why?
I'd like to there more times, because there are so many things are I intresting in.
How this trip has added to your

“Canadian experience,” knowledge, learning … etc.?

AUG 3

Task 1:

List the 10 sectors that the first digit of the NOC code refers to. In small groups, brainstorm three occupations for each sector.

0  Management occupations	6  Sales and service occupations
1  Business, finance and administration   occupations	7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations	8  Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations
3  Health occupations	9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

Task 2:

Think of an occupation you would like to enter in Canada (either as a survival job, or in the occupation you are trained for). Which of the above sectors is this occupation in?

5122 Editors ; copy editor

Task 3:

Find the NOC code for an occupation that interests you. Read the NOC description for this occupation.   

    1.How many Major Groups are listed in this sector? What are they?

1. 5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

       There are 2 Major Groups listed in this sector. 

1; Major Group 51

Professional occupations in art and culture.

2; Major Group 52

Technical occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

2.What types of occupations are within this Major Group (represented by the three-digit code)?

511 Librarians, archivists, conservators and curators

512 Writing, translating and related communications professionals

513 Creative and performing artists

521 Technical occupations in libraries, public archives, museums and art galleries

522 Photographers, graphic arts technicians and technical and co-ordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts

523 Announcers and other performers, n.e.c.

524 Creative designers and craftspersons

525 Athletes, coaches, referees and related occupations

1. Read the example titles in the NOC description. Do you think knowing these titles can be useful in your job search? How?

1. Read the main duties in the NOC description. List the duties you think are most relevant to this position.

Task 4:

Prepare a short presentation for the class about this occupation. Include related job titles, main duties and employment requirements.

July 28

Please go back to yesterday's handout. There are two to three writing tasks that we have postponed. Each one of you is required to pick one of these tasks and write an email or letter to a friend.

After that, get a partner to edit it for you, following the system we had before. 



Hi Lily,

How  are you feel better today? Yesterday we had an orientation meeting.  We talked about new hire training and our co workers' working condition.You know, a lot of new comers in our department.In our meeting, we discussed the problems of new hires and maybe we can share  much more our experience to them.For new hires, they need to learn the ropes. However, we found most of them do not fit in very well. Maybe we will provide help  to them. But you know two new persons adapted in our company very well. And Jack,you know he is very funny gay. He always say many jokes. sometimes he is a little slacking-off.  But we all like him. For Jane, she is also very humor and articulate, and she worked hard so far. Other people are still so quiet. I just don't know them well yet. Our manager assigned supervisors to them,   Whatever, we hope you feel better now.

best regards,

Asheley



Edited by Lucy:

Hi Lily,

How  areDo you feel better today? Yesterday we had an orientation meeting.  We talked about new hire training and our co-workers' working condition.You know, there are a lot of new comers in our department. In our meeting, we discussed about the problems of new hires, and maybe we can shared  much moresome our experience to them. For new hires, they need to learn the ropes. However, we found most of them do not fit in very well. Maybe we willcan provide help  to them. But you know there are two new persons who adapted in our company very well. And you konow Jack,you know he is very the funny gay., Hewho always says many jokes., sometimes he is a little slacking-off.  But we all like him. For Jane, she is also very humorous and articulate, and she worked hard so far. Other people are still so quiet. I just don't know them well yet. Our manager assigned supervisors to them, .  Whatever, we hope you feel better now.

best regards,


Asheley

July 25

Good afternoon everyone,

In order to get familiar with the Canadian workplace, there are a lot of things we need to consider. 

Here is a list of business idioms that are taken from this website. Please go over them and try to understand each one’s meaning and then follow the tasks below.

Task one: 

Pick five to six of the following idioms and use them in sentences of your own.

Task two:

Compose a short story about any event/meeting that has happened to you at your previous workplace. Use at least five to six from these idioms n your story.

Take three:

Request two from your peers to check and edit your work before you publish it on your blog.

Task one: 

get /have one's foot in the door
My sister sent her resume to an new company then she received an offer , she was very happy to get her food in the door at the new company.

up in the air
I want pass the Seneca test,but I have not been decided yet.  Everything's still up in the air.

white collar
I look for a white collar job.

under the table
Don't make any transactions under the table.

yes man
Every one all like partner who is a yes man.

 Task two:

My friend Rose who came to Canada three years ago. She was a teacher before she came to our company. She is upper hand now.In our company we have a meeting every morning. She get used to have a small talk before meeting. She usually told us about her story and She was a good teacher.She want to be a white collar and want not to be a blue collar. We all know if she talk about this her hands are tied.