Week 3 - Courtesy

This week, we welcome Tun Tun Win as a new member.

Words of the week
- Refinement: politeness/ change which improve something
- Ethos: moral ideas and attitude that belong to a society
- Bigotry: the state of feeling or act of expressing strong and unreasonable belief or opinions
- Zephyr: a gentle, mild breeze
- Illicit: illegal
- Clairvoyance: the supernatural power
- Zealot: enthusiast, fanatic
- Courteous: having or showing good manners
- Shroud: cover or hide

Phrasal Verbs:
- Stand up for: defend something one believe in
- turn out: end up being
- chip in: contribute or donate
- run into: meet by chance
- fizzle out: enthusiasm fading away
- beef (smth) up: spice up (e.g. you need to beef your presentation up)
- pan out: happen as expected
- fork over/up/out: hand over/deliver/pay
- kick in: to begin to have an effect

Quote/Proverb
- “Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.”
- “Death makes everyone equal” “Death is a great leveler”
- “All’s well that ends well”
- “Stolen fruit is the sweetest”
- Barking dog seldom bites.
- Discretion is the better part of valor
- Love is blind.
- You never know what you can do until you try.
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

Sponsored Program: Courtesy by Ah Nge Ma and Ma Saint (7:35 – 7:55/8 pm)
- Definition and explanation of courtesy
- Examples of courteousness
- What is behind Courtesy and what can challenge one’s courteousness?

Some example of people losing courteousness was also given:
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/03/24/pap-mp-grace-fu-organizing-water-festival-is-a-way-of-telling-foreigners-that-we-respect-them/
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/03/23/netizens-up-in-arms-over-bukit-batok-grassroots-organizations-plan-to-organize-water-festival-for-foreigners/
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/04/02/pub-water-festival-is-similar-to-charity-car-wash-events-and-does-not-require-its-prior-approval/
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/03/29/unhappy-singaporean-writes-in-to-st-forum-to-complain-about-water-festival-organized-by-bukit-batok-grassroots-organizations/


Listening: The Road to Rwanda
It was about the Rwandans going home years after the genocide. What amazed me was the ability to stay together (again) after the massive man slaughter. I wonder this comes from the real RESPECT to each other or simple mindedness.

Journey Entry for Week 3
What does Courtesy mean to you. Is it important to be courteous or just get the job done? Tell us about your own act(s) of Courtesy or lack of Courtesy or shift of pattern in response to the people's behaviors.


For the next week, we need to make some changes to fit into 2 and 1/2 hr. We will do listening exercise only half of a podcast i.e. 12 min.