Joining an Online Meeting
I seldom have a chance to attend an international meeting abroad which requires at least a round-trip flight ticket and registration fee. They are not cheap, so sponsorship determines if a trip could happen. However, the sponsorship is like national resources, so it’s allocated by the top few powerful people in my field. Furthermore, even though I do join one, it’s hard for me to fully understand what the speakers say because of my poor English listening comprehension or their accents.
Due to the pandemic, several meetings are held on the Internet. Last week, I had a chance to join one. Several professors spoke about skills and tricks to perform some procedures. Even though I didn’t know how to do all of them, learning something new was exciting. Besides, when I missed a point which seemed to be important, I went back to watch the playback several times to catch it. Joining a meeting like this is both informative and educational.
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Joining an Online Meeting
I seldom have a chance to attend an international meeting abroad which because it requires at least a round-trip flight ticket and registration fee. They are not cheap, so sponsorship determines if a trip could happen. However, the sponsorship is like national resources, so it’s allocated by the top few powerful people in my field. Furthermore, even though if I do join one, it’s hard for me to fully understand what the speakers say because of my poor English listening comprehension or their accents.
Due to the pandemic, several meetings are have been held on the Internet. Last week, I had a chance to join one. Several professors spoke about skills and tricks to perform some procedures. Even though I didn’t know how to do all of them, learning something new was exciting. Besides, when I missed a point which seemed to be important, I went back to watch the playback several times to catch it. Joining a meeting like this is both informative and educational.
orange: small, but I think necessary, grammar changes.
green: also a small change, but making a slight change in meaning.
purple: style change: I'm sure there is a better verb than join. Attend is the obvious one, which you already used. Of course, you use "join" again, and again, too. "Join" is good for an internet meeting - the word fits that purpose. But it doesn't fit so well (in my not so humble opinion) for a conference. Join the navy. Join a company. Even join a train (get on the train). But joining a conference just doesn't quite work for me.
blue: more style changes, getting less important. "by" could be replaced by "to" (with a change in meaning. I am just guessing what your meaning is.) "to perform" sounds just slightly awkward to me. I don't think it's wrong, but I might say "... tricks for some procedures." OR "... tricks involved in some procedures." OR "... tricks for performing some procedures."
Finally, I can't let you use "join" three times. "Viewing" is a quick change.
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