SHARE A WORD

Assignment: Choose one of the new words from your PVL (Personal Vocabulary List) that you would like to share with your fellow classmates. Explain why you chose this word, and how it might be helpful to you or others in the future.  This word will be posted on the class blog.

DEAN
In my PVL, my favorite word is achievement.

We use this word in many ways, for example,” I hope

I will have a great achievement in future.” It is a noun.

The other form of this word is “achieve”.

To achieve is a verb.  For example: “He achieved success.”

I deem this is a writing word, it is often used in essay and is a professional word.

 PANDA

My word is “threat”’

“ There is a threat of rain.”(noun)

Another form:    threaten-(verb) . For example:

“ He threatened Tim not to play computer game and to finish his homework”.

 This word is from  the newspaper.

 I chose this word because this word is interesting and useful.

LULIU

I opt for the word: sophisticated.

I believe that this word is both interesting and instructive as we Chinese people always emphasize that experience is the most important thing in man's life. For example, we prefer a doctor with rich experience rather than a youthful one when we go to the hospital. And I think this word reflect our faith to the experienced appropriately.

This word is an adjective, and it means having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire. And its verb form is sophisticate, it means make less nature or innocent.

I confronted with this word in the book <Cambridge IELTS 7> when I was preparing IELTS test last year. At that time I was eager to expand my vocabulary so I memorized this word quickly.

I think this word is useful when I want to describe a man with rich experience or good skill in some respects. For example, we say “he is a sophisticated socialite” when we want to praise a celebrity. Also we can describe a complex but aesthetic electronic tool as “a sophisticated electronic tool”.

JOAN

Interactive：(Adjective)

Interactive advertisement is the new form in the Internet that uses the software of Flash and After Effect . When people see an advertisement  on line they can use the mouse by clicking on it and is interactive.

Interaction(Noun)

I first saw this word in my professor’s office and I have never heard of  this new art form.The word interactive is my major word. My major is Interactive Media Art. So when I saw it first time, I liked it a lot.  It is an interesting word, and we can learn a new modern art form from here. It  includes  art’s new images. In the future, I will work with interactive art, so it will be my good friend.

My new paper talks about the interactive art; where it will develop, how to develop it, and which form it will develop in the future. I like interactive art that it is  a multitudinous form to show art. In my new paper I propose a new direction about interactive art that can be useful in psychotherapy. This is a new direction in the interactive art history. I want to research it from the color feel, audition sense, vision sense and tactile sense. My professor encourages me to do it in the future. However, it is important to me, I believe I can give it new meaning.

JUN

Eerie (adv. eerily) – If you describe something as eerie, you mean that it seems strange and frightening, and makes you feel nervous.

Example: “The book 1984 was an eerie prediction of the future.”

I encountered it in a text.

The word is interesting because it has not only an advanced meaning,

but a unique form, so it could be utilized in life or test.

MIN

●Esteem (vt.)

1.  To regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.

2.  To consider as of a certain value or of a certain type; regard.

-The President of the South Korea isn’t esteemed by the people.

●Estimable (a)

1.  Worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration.

2.  Capable of being estimated.

-I know a professor who is estimable.

I encountered “Esteem” in my Hackers TOEFL Vocabulary book. I have seen this word in other fingerprints many times, but I have always forgotten the word’s meaning,so when I saw this word this time again, I thought I shouldn’t forget anymore! That’s why I included in my PVL. And I can use this word, when I need to express the idea of ‘respecting ’ someone.

Final PVL                                                         Andy

Significant adj.

Your success today may be significant for your whole future.

Significance n.

I found this word in a TOEFL reading test.

I think this word is as significant as the word “important” in my writing. It is not so good to use just one word that defines something important. So I remember this word and the word “vital”, or “central ” to replace “important” which is used in my writing.

Wallace

Word: Capitalism –Noun

Definition: An economic system based on private ownership of capital.

Adjective form- Capatalistic

Sentence: The United States is a capatalistic country.

Another form: Capital

Definition: Wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value.

Sentence: Capital means money.

I found this word from my economic book.

Capitalism is one of the economic system in the world. Capitalistic countries are almost developed that called Western Countries in China. Capitalism is a different kind  of system between China's which is socialism. So it is very interesting for me, and I work hard in my economic class.

 Barry

Share a word Directly (adv.)

Another form: Direct (v.) (adj.), Direction (n.),

The sentence of speech:                                        

While many people want to donate clothing, the Salvation Army says monetary donations help them buy supplies that directly match needs - what storm victims need, Birmingham Business Journa,Monday, May 2, 2011, 5:26am CDT

Why did you include this particular word in your PVL?
I have listened a lot of times from academic speech, TV show and conversation. It is frequently used in the conversation. So I am impressed with this word.

Where and how do you think this word may be useful to you or other in the future?       
This word I can many sentence when I want to persuade people or describe something is immediate and necessary. The word is used can strengthen sentence power. So I recommend people to use this word in writing.

                                                                               Jamie

1. I choose 'alacrity' because this word is useful but it's difficult for me. 

2. 'Alacrity' means doing something quickly. For example, "my grandfather still moves with alacrity." 'Alacrity' is a noun.

3. 'Alacritous' is another form of 'alacrity' and it is an adjective.

4. I encountered this word in a grammar question in our textbook.

5. I didn't know this word but sometimes I want to use that meaning when I use English.

6. I can use this word when I speak English fluently because it is used instead of 'quickness' or 'fastness'. 

Joan

Yes I agree with it that I think the employees should be penalized at work for posting negative or off-putting comments,statuses, etc. on socical networking sites (Facebook, MySpace,Twitter, etc.) about their company. My argument is that I don't feel this situation is an invasion of privacy on the employer's part. By the way, in what
I'm saying if you put something on the Internet that depends on your level of risk tolerance because the Internet is
a shared space, and people should think of the consequences that other people can see it. The company is right. I think Doreen is worried. Since she doesn't like this company, why doesn't she just leave? I think she isn't good.
She is so hateful towards her manger and wrote something bad about her manger on line. Houston's was  justified in their actions against Doreen Marino.

Wallace

More than half of people in a recent survey disagree with the opinion that employers are able to punish employees for posting negative comments about their employers online. The workers are the important members of the company, as are the employers. Everyone has a duty to do something for the company. When a person works somewhere, and the boss pays money, he or she just wants employees and employers to be cooperative partners and to improve the company in a happy environment. Secondly, several negative comments and suggestions from employees can help the company improve in a positive way. Employees' comments might be helpful to the company, such as in promoting personnel. An employer should use the employee in the area what he or is good at. Thirdly, it is unfair. For everybody, getting a job is a difficult thing. Firing a worker over a nonsense complaint means employers have no foresight. Making a big deal out of nothing is pretty stupid. You know posting comments online is a great way for workers to relieve their feelings; also, some online space is private. In addition, the comments were just part of these workers' personalities. All in all, a smart employer knows what is good for the company and for their country. It is said unpleasant advice is good medicine. 

Andy

I think the employers should be able to penalize the workers who make negative or off-putting comments, statuses, etc.on social networking sites about their company. There are four reasons for my support. First, the restaurant workers made derogatory remarks about the company. I believe these workers are not happy with their boss, but they can figure out this problem in a right way like: talk to the boss peacefully.  Second, the employers have the right to know about what the employees do to the company. This right is necessary to employers, because employers need to know what is going on their business, and make sure that their employees keep the secrets of their company. Thirdly, the negative comments can affect the company and other workers. These unhappy workers say something bad about the company to feel happy, but these words make people who working for this company or owning this company feels sad. What’s more, people will remember this company is not good after reading their negative comments.  Lastly, if all the workers act like this, how will the company succeed? If you do not love it, leave it. It is wrong to hit who or what makes you feel unhappy. Even if the employers did something wrong, you cannot do something wrong else to resist them, it just makes things worse. So I believe the employers should be able to penalize the workers. Maybe it is cruel to them, but this is business! 

Jamie

  I think employees should be penalized for posting negative comments on social networking sites about their company because a lot of social networking comments can affect many people, even though it is a personal space. For example, I can see some friends on my friends’ Facebook pages so that the page is not just personal space, even though it requires passwords. Therefore the derogatory comments depreciate the reputation of the company. Also, it is not an invasion of privacy because the owner should know the employees’ quality of character, for example, whether the employee is honest or not. The reputation can fall due to the workers’ behavior.  If I were the employer, I would also have fired the worker in order to ensure my company’s success. 

Min

In my opinion, it was heartless to fire an employee for such a thing.  Of course, negative comments could affect that restaurant’s name and reputation. But she didn’t leave her message on the company’s website; she just voiced her thoughts on her private space. The U.S.  is a free nation so she can express her feelings or views. Employers should have respected her privacy, or they should have given her a chance to have an occasion to mention it to her before firing her. Why did she comment like that? And to pay attention to the workers’ opinions is really important. Because workers are the closest people to their company, therefore they know the company’s situation well. I think the bosses’ reaction was very heavy-handed and abused their power. They needed to have considered her comments.

Luliu

Yes, employers should be able to fire an employee who posts negative comments online.

First, the employee exposed the secret of their company. This action not only encroaches on the company's privacy but breaks the company's rules.

Then, the employee couldn't give effective suggestions to the company; on the contrary, she didn't work hard and complained about the company.

Finally, the employee is not a good person to be employed by the company. She didn't work hard and wasn't loyal.