[모임공지] 9월22일 M-PIS 229th Meeting and Topic Notice

[ben~]

한주 즐거이 보내시고,

9월22일 월요일에 다시 만나요^^

topic pre-inter.doc

[Time table]

7;30~7;55  Greeting and small talk             8;00~8;50   Topic1  Conversation

9;00~9;50  Topic2  Conversation               9;50~10;00  Wrap up the study

Small Talk

 1. How often do you order fried chicken?

 2. When do you normally order it?

 3. What kind of drinks do you have with fried chicken?

 4. Do you like fried chicken with marinated sauce or just plain fried chicken?

Topic1.  Food crime

  There is a new and growing danger with the food we eat. Criminal gangs are selling billions of dollars of fake food to supermarkets around the world. The food could be very dangerous. In the past few years, there have been some high-profile scandals. In Britain, tons of horse meat ended up in products that were labeled as beef. British police recently found a product that used cheaper peanut powder instead of almond flour. This could seriously harm or kill people with peanut allergies. In 2008, six babies died in China after gangs made and sold fake milk powder. Gangs can make a lot of money from fake food. It is also safer than selling drugs for the gangs because the penalties are lower.

The assistant director of Interpol, Michael Ellis, told the BBC that food crime is very similar to the drugs trade. He said: "In my experience, the patterns used by criminals involved in counterfeiting are very similar to those used in the dealing of drugs." He said police in 33 countries showed that food crime is a serious international problem. The police found children's candies that were dyed with a poisonous chemical, 430,000 litres of fake drinks and 22 tons of long-grain rice that was labeled as high-quality basmati rice. The British government said it was a difficult problem to tackle. It said that using technology might be the only way to beat the criminal gangs.

Questions

1. What food crimes do you know about?

2. How is the drugs trade similar to food crime?

3. Have you ever eaten something that made you ill?

4. What would you do if you ate fake food and became very ill?

5. How can we use technology to fight food crime?

6. What do you worry about when you buy food?

7. How can we eat food that we know is safe?

8. How much do you trust the food safety system in our country?

9. Do you have any allergies?

Topic2.  The friendliest countries in the world.

    A new report shows which are the friendliest countries in the world. The HSBC bank conducted the Expat Explorer Survey to find out which countries offered the most comfortable lifestyles. Researchers questioned people in one hundred different countries between May and July 2013. They asked 3,385 respondents to assess how willing they would be to make different countries their second home. The questions were based on how easy it is to make friends with the local people; learning the local language, fitting in with the new culture, and integrating into the local community. The top-ranked country was New Zealand, followed by Australia, South Africa, Canada and the United States.

Head of marketing for HSBC, Lisa Wood, said: “As the largest global survey of expats, Expat Explorer allows us to capture invaluable insights into expat life and how it differs from country to country, continent to continent and from an expats’ home country of origin.” The lowest ranked country was the United Arab Emirates, which is surprising as around 80 per cent of the whole population comprises of expatriates. Most of these are poorly paid labourers who are unlikely to be eligible for HSBC’s survey. India finished second bottom. Danish expat Pia Mollback-Verbic said the country “is simply a minefield of relentless mental, emotional and practical daily challenges for most non-Indians.”

Questions

1. Would you like to live in another country?

2. What’s our country like for foreigners to live in?

3. Do you think it’s important to make friends with the local people if you live in another country?

4. Do you think you’re good / would be good at fitting in with other cultures?

5. Can you understand why the top country in the survey was New Zealand?

6. Do many people in our country go to other countries to live and work?

7. How do lifestyles in our country differ from those in countries around you?

8. How comfortable is your lifestyle?

우리반을 처음 찾으시는 분들을 위한 안내의 글입니다. 

 초중급반이란?

   - 마이존엔 초급과 중급이 나뉘어져 open class로 운영되고 있습니다.(정원제가 아니라는 뜻입니다^^)

     그러나, 별다른 인터뷰도 없고 오로지 본인의 판단만으로 반을 결정해야 하는 문제점이 있네요..

     초급과 중급사이에서 모호함을 느끼는 분들~은 초중급반에서 부터 마이존 경험을 시작해 보세요.

     색다른 즐거움과 motivation이 기다리고 있습니다.

    우리반은 매주 신입멤버를 모집합니다.

  스터디 운영 방식은요?

     7;30~7;50  greeting and casual talk

     8;00~8;50  Conversation 1

     8;50~9;00  tea time

     9;00~9;50  Conversation  2

     9;50~10;00 wrap up the study

   스터디가 끝난 후엔 친목도모 혹은 허기를 달래고자 하는 목적으로 거의 매주 개더링이 이뤄집니다.

           한시간 남짓한 시간이 가져다 주는 활력과 즐거움을 이루 표현할 수가 없네요 ㅎㅎ

 참여대상은?

  - 기본적인 생활영어 표현이 가능하신 분들 (본인소개,취미,미래의 꿈등 가벼운 주제의 토론에 큰 어려움이 없으신 분들)

  - 초급 10pass member ,중급 10pass member 모두 참석 가능합니다.

  - 예습 없이도 topic을 5분이내에 파악하실 정도의 능력은 되셔야 겠죠?!

  Topic 과 참여방법

  - 토픽은 스터디 3일전(금요일)까지 게시판에 Upload 됩니다.

  - 참여는 게시판에 매주 게시되는 모임공지에 꼬리말을 다시고 스터디 당일 마이존 현장에 와서 pass를

    구입하시면 됩니다.

  - 참여 댓글을 달지 않고 참여하시면 토픽 hand out을 100원에 구매하셔야 하니, 번거로우시더라도 반드시  참여댓글을 다셔야 합니다.

  - 패스는 한달 4회<우리반만 사용> 이용하실수 있는 Monthly pass를 구매하시거나 10times pass를 구입하시고 참여하시면 됩니다.

우리가 스터디 모임 하는 공간 

마이존은 English cafe 우리가 스터디 하는 공간입니다.

각 스터디에 관한 궁금한 사항은 스터디 게시판에 질문을 남겨 주시기 바랍니다.

스터디 전체적인 것에 대한 궁금한 사항은 운영자 Michelle (미쉘)  jae-ryeon@hanmail.net 에게 문의 바랍니다.

장소 & 위치에 관한 문의 사항  ☎ 02-556-0719 문의 주세요.

 

[Jamiee2]

1st/ Jamiee/ 뒷풀이로 유혹하는 토픽 선정 기술 b

[Jimmy,Jeong]

2nd /Jimmy/ 즐거운 시간이 되리라 예상됩니다~^^

[Jamiee2]

저도 그렇게 예상합니다 ㅋㅋ

[MAYA]

3rd /Maya /soon to be (?) comming jja

[Jamiee2]

오예 언니 어서오세요!

[Arena]

4th/Arena/ 안녕하세요 소문듣고왔습니다

[Jamiee2]

네 어서오세요. 그런데, 어떤 소문을?!

[Arena]

죄송합니다 오늘 못가게 되었습니다ㅠㅜ

[moningu]

suna-갈수있을지 확정할순없는데 2부에만 참여하는 것도 가능한가요?

[ben~]

확실히 오신다고 하면 그룹핑에 반영하겠습니다~

[[Greg]]

5th/Greg/참석해요~

[Jamiee2]

넵! 스터디에서 뵐께요.

[elisha3]

6th /elisha~ on my way ^^

[Jamiee2]

저도저도 ㅎㅎ 언니 만나기 한 시간 전?!

[uncle]

7th/uncle/갑니닷!

[Eric Yoo]

8th / Eric Yoo / 월욜은처음가는듯합니다~~

[일신우일신]

9th / james / 참석~