2020-03-17
8 分钟Hi there.
This is Harry, and welcome back to my podcast where I try to help you to get a better understanding of English, how to use it, particularly looking at different aspects of grammar, expressions, phrasal, verbs, all sorts of collocations that you can use that will help you to be understood and to understand.
Okay, so what do I have for you now?
So we're going to look at some phrases, and a lot of these phrases are connected with making presentations or giving in a document or something important that we hand into our boss.
And we're looking for some feedback, or we're looking for some indication as to how it was received.
Okay, so the first expression I have is instant feedback.
Instant means immediate.
Okay.
Feedback is when somebody gives you some opinion, honest or otherwise.
So when we give in a document, when we prepare a presentation, we like to get some feedback, get some feedback from the audience, get some feedback from our colleagues, get some feedback from our boss.
Sometimes we're not always happy with the feedback that we get, but that's another day's work, as they say.
But instant feedback is something that happens immediately.
The boss looks at it and says, oh, I don't like that, and throws it back at you across the table.
That's one type of instant feedback.
The alternative is, gee, that looks really good.
Wow, that's very impressive.
Thanks for that.
That's just what I was looking for.
So, immediate gratification, instant feedback, something that you got immediate and something that makes you happy.
Okay, so instant feedback, harsh criticism.