EU4-11: Giving feedback

Adjectives to describe an employee

[PETER] Leo's my best friends.[PETER] We've been friends for years.[PETER] We went to the university together.[PETER] I graduated from the university, and he didn't.[PETER] He's worked at a pet shop since last year.[PETER] That's one year of feeding animals, walking animals, cleaning animals.[PETER] In the past,he's been A waiter, a gardener...[PETER] I mean, there's nothing wrong with that, but Leo' really clever.[PETER] he's reliable, outgoing, honest. He could do anything he wants.[PETER] The problems is, he wants to do nothing.[PETER] He's totally disorganized. He's just not ambitious. [PETER] I'm the opposite.[PETER] I graduated from the university and been working hard for the last five years.[PETER] I am ambitious. I have goals.[PETER] Leo's never had a good job.[PETER] He's never tried to find one.[PETER] I don't understand it.[PETER] I'm gonna find him a real job.

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Vocabulary

• clever - stupid
• reliable - unreliable
• outgoing - shy
• honest - dishonest
• organized - disorganized
• ambitious - unambitious

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Grammar

1. Fast、hard和good使用

Fast, hard, good作为形容词和副词的用法许多形容词加-ly，可以作为副词使用，例如：

He’s clever.
He managed the project cleverly.

Fast, hard和good都是例外。这里使用fast作形容词放在名词前面为例进行说明。

She’s a fast leaner.

用fast作为副词放在动词之后。注意一点，它没有-ly的后缀。

She learns fast.

用good做形容词放在一个名词的前面,但是使用well放在动词后面做副词，例如：

He’s good guy.
I work well with the team.

• 语言点：guy一词在非正式场合可用于指代男性。它也在口语中指代一群男人或者女人。

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2. 用for和since表达持续时间

用for谈论一段时间。例如：

Dave met with us for an hour.
Laura will work in Munich for three years.

用since 谈论强调从过去某一个时间点起至今的一段时间。例如：

Lindsey and Carol have worked here since Wednesday.
He’s been our customer since last year.

• 注意： Since 通常与现在完成时使用。

Expressions

在评估员工表现时，经理可能找你了解一位同事或你的下属的信息。你可能会听到以下问题。

How long has she been on your team?
In general, how’s he doing?
Can you give me some details?

经理在了解一位员工的优缺点后，可能会马上询问你他怎样才可能改进。注意提问和回答中 could 一词的使用。

A: How could she improve?
B: Well, she’s sometimes late to work. She could take an earlier train in the morning.

A: What could he do better?
B: Umm, he could pay more attention to deadlines.

使用表达 working on it 和 getting better，谈论正在进步的员工。

He’s often disorganized, but he’s working on it.
She’s sometimes a bit shy in meetings, but she’s getting better.