Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Elevator speech

Good morning, Madam.

 My name is Sam. I graduated from university with a bachelor degree of application mathematic. The job listing on your website states you are looking for a data analyst. I am very interested  to submit my application for this position because I possess all the qualities and experiences you mentioned in the job description. As an individual with over seven years hands-on experiences in data analysis and strong problem solving skills, I'm confident that I would be a successful addition to your professional team.

Working for a famous BI company for over seven productive years as a data analyst , I have acquired considerable experience in designing, developing and maintaining data models and reports in financial sector. Most of these models and reports have high impact on the customer's business decisions.

I am confident that I am the perfect candidate for this job and will be happy to answer any questions regard my qualifications.


My over seven years data analysis experiences and the solid understanding of banking and insurance business make me can contribute a lot to your company's business. If you give me a chance, I'll give you a big surprise.

Could you please give me a phone number or e-mail address.

Thank you, bye.

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

An Ideal Living City

Hi Mark,

Winter was gone and spring comes back in Toronto, because the temperature here goes up day by day and I can't feel cold anymore.Although the snow hasn't been melted totally, but the city is clean. It gives me a deep impression for I haven't worried about being splashed with mud.

Most people want to live in a clean environment, breathe fresh air and drink clean water everyday. Unfortunately, for some special reasons, so many people have to drink polluted water and eat poisoned foods everyday.

I can see blue sky and white clouds often here. There are so many parks scattered everywhere of the city, people lived in here can enjoy parks conveniently. People who live in here don't worry about pollution problems. All of above show Toronto's environment is better than many cities in China.

Best regards

Sam



Yu and You

Yu is  my family name, I'm used to hearing it in my language, but it has been changed in Canada.

On the third day after I arrived in Toronto, I went to a driver licence examination centre to take G1 test. After a written examination, I waited for my mark with more than thirty people in a room.

When the examinator gave a mark , he called names one by one. In a approximately 20 minutes waiting, I heard a lots of names, such as Jack, Mary, Peter etc, however, I haven't heard my name and kept on waiting. Suddenly the examinator called the name "you", I looked around, nobody stood up. It should be my turn, but my name's pronunciation  is very different as you, maybe the name was mine.  I walked to him and found that's my examination paper then made sure he called me.

I realized my name has been changed from Yu to You that day, because  english native speakers can't pronounce my chinese name.



Monday, 18 March 2013

A Visit to the Toronto Reference Library

Last Friday with the guidance of my LINC teacher, my LINC classmates and I went to the TRL which is the biggest library in Toronto . The TRL is located downtown which is far from my home. In order to arrive at the TRL on time, I got up earlier. At approximately 9:40 am, we met on the first floor of TRL.

Although I learned some information about the TRL on website several weeks ago, I was still amazed by the TRL, for its clean, bright, silent, convenient environment.  I haven't seen a library like this ever.

After about ten minutes rest, we all went to the ESL centre where a nice librarian  introduced it to us, mainly focusing on how to use books, CDs/DVDs to study English, how can we borrow some books to take home, how can we read some books at library. In a word, ESL may do a great favor to a non-native English speaker.

On the ground floor, we saw two kinds of interest things. One is all kinds of newspapers come from all over the world include Chinese newspapers. Another is an old type microfilm which I've seen about ten years ago.

As a newcomer, I enjoyed this kind of field trip, for it not only helps me learn the culture of  Canada, but helps me adapt to the new life.







Friday, 1 February 2013

New words learned on Feb-1


venue

showcase

renaissance

excise

prune

fag

paraplegia

condense      condensed

mediums

phlegm

weld

sewer

avid

ardent

check  & thug

home opener

home game       &  away game

inquest

vehement

profoundly

verify

cure

in remission

invade

bimbo

legacy

surplus

villfy

pundit

mea clupa

rthetorical

pomp

suffrage

gay rights

forebears

right-wing  & left-wing

escarpment

sarcastic


Links in TPL

1. Tense Buster
2. Oxford English Dictionary
3. Encyclopaedia Britannic
4. technical journals
5. MAP locations
6. eBooks
7. latest DVDs
8. free courses
9. ESL resources

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

New words on Jan-30-2013

occifer

slur    slurred

bloodshot

headlight

pull over      & pullover

disturb

weigh in on sth

flak

prime

trick

dose

fern

hoard

porpoise      dolphin

leaner

bluebeard