1. 기본정보

  • 일정
    • 2022년 9월 8일 20:00 (40분)
  • 튜터 정보
    • 튜터 이름: Jaspreet
    • 튜터 대학 / 전공: University of California, San Diego / Communication

2. 사전 준비

1. Article: Practice Office Small Talk With Your Tutor


2. Key Expressions

  • hold your tongue

    잠자코 있다, 참다

    to not say something when you would otherwise like to

  • lighten up the mood

    분위기를 띄우다

    to make the tone or emotions of a conversation more positive

  • benign

    상냥한, 양성의

    irrelevant, unimportant, not harmful, generic


3. Questions

Q14. Where did you work before you started there?

Q15. Where did you go to college?

Q19. If you have a question or questions that you’d like to discuss during your class, please write them down.


3. 복습

  • I experienced three companies in total and all of them are in IT industry.

→ (Correct) I have worked at 3 companies in total and all of them are in the IT industry.

→ (Correct)I have experience working at three different companies in the IT industry.


→ (Correct) administrator = ud-mi-nis-tray-dur


  • And then I have work as a presale at the same company and a technical consultant at a SaaS implementation company.

→ (Correct) Following that job, I worked in the presale department at the same company and then as a technical consultant at an SaaS implementation company.


  • Actually, I didn’t think about moving company but one day a recruiter from Amazon Korea contacted me.

→ (Correct) To be honest, I never considered moving to a new company but I was contacted by a recruiter from Amazon Korea.


  • I mean my supervisor not prevent me from moving company.

→ (Correct) My supervisor did not discourage me from switching companies.


  • Even I have an opinion to do something, I couldn’t tell my boss directly because if my opinion is was different from his thought , he seems like taking my opinion as a challenge for him.

→ (Correct) Even if I had an opinion about something, I was unable to voice it out loud as my boss may take it as challenging his authority.

→ (Correct) Even if I had an opinion about something, I couldn’t tell my boss because if it was different from his thoughts, he would take it as I was challenging him.


Q15:

  • It locates located in Shinjuku area which is the most crowded area in Tokyo, capital city in Japan.

→ (Correct) It’s located in the Shinjuku neighborhood of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan.

→ (Correct) It’s located in the Shinjuku area of the capital city Tokyo.


  • The reason I got into went to Japanese university because first of all, I wanted to study abroad and second, I wanted to study a new language except for English.

→ (Correct) I attended university in Japan because I wanted to study abroad and learn a new language besides English.


  • I quite adapted to Japanese culture.

→ (Correct)I became accustomed to Japanese culture.

→ (Correct) I adapted to Japanese culture.

  • 참고: Accustomed: to be used to

    Adapted: to adjust to new situations


  • I found Japanese people don’t talk in English. I think they feel scary. They found English is scary. Like there are scared to make a mistake in English, I think.

→ (Correct) I realized that many Japanese people didn’t like speaking English because they were afraid to make mistakes.


Q19:

  • I joined Amazon Korea…

→ (Correct) I recently joined the [team name] and I’m [feeling].

→ (Correct) I recently joined the marking team and I’m ecstatic to be starting my journey at Amazon Korea.


  • As I learned fast about my previous job, I will learn fast about technology that Amazon has.

→ (Correct) I consider myself to be a fast learner and I think I will be able to catch up quickly at Amazon as well.