F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Carina

work related : how to send emails/ invoice …. (written)
communication : what is the brief

day to day communication: news

Im an editor for a marine named urban planning review. I am now 32 yo. and I have a baby, she is only 8 months.
I majored in urban planning. I worked as an editor for 5 years. My daily work is about paperwork.
I don’t have much opportunities to contact with people.
I like singing pop songs. When Im in high school I did it a lot but now I don’t have much time.
My husband majored in music, he can play 8 kinds of music, including piano violin.
Many people liked my videos/songs.
I’m here for my baby. I hope she can have a good command of English.
Another reason is my husband runs an advertising company. sometimes I should help him since his English is not very well.
Speaking and writing are what I should improve but listening is very important which I didn’t realize before.

I’m an editor for a magazine named urban planning review. I am now 32 yo. and I have a baby/daughter, she is only 8 month old.
I majored in urban planning. I have been working as an editor for 5 years. My daily routine/ is mostly about paperwork. / Daily, I deal with paperwork. My daily work is mostly administration related.
I don’t have much opportunities to be in contact with people. / I wish I could be in contact with people more often.

I like singing pop songs. When I was in high school I did it a lot but now I don’t have much time.
My husband majored in music, he can play 8 different instruments, including the piano , the violin and so on,
Many people liked my videos/songs.
I’m here for my baby. I hope she can have a good command of English./ I hope to teach her English / I hope I can talk to her in English.
Another reason is that my husband runs an advertising company. sometimes I need to help him since his English is not very good./ is relatively poor/ is not good enough.
Speaking and writing are what I should improve/are the areas I need to focus on but listening is also very important although I didn’t realize it before.

sometimes I reply emails. once I went with him to a shoot.the client talked to him and I helped him to translate.
Actually last time I misunderstood receipt and invoice./ I was confused about the difference between receipt and invoice.

Vocabulary

a shoot: when you shoot a video / photos
My husband has a shoot with Ferrari last week.

Photographer: someone shooting photos
I work as a photographer.

videographer: someone shooting videos
My husband is a videographer.

administration : how to run something smoothly
I gave the bill to the administrative department to get a refund.

routine : what you do everyday
My morning routine is to have a coffee, a shower, a dumpling and after that I go to work.

instrument : a device used to make sounds.
My husband can play 8 different instruments: guitar, piano,…..

to like: enjoy something / press the like button on social medias
10 of my friends liked my post.

Grammar

to contact people : to call/ send email / WeChat message….
I contacted John about the meeting yesterday.

to be in contact with people : to be in touch / in active communication
I was in contact with many of the colleagues from London during the annual party

how to use a/the:
use a to talk about one thing out of many. / when you first mention something
I bought a new phone yesterday.

use the to be specific about one thing in particular / mention something you talked about previously.
I bought the iPhone Xr yesterday

I went to an Italian restaurant yesterday.
the restaurant was really nice.

the plural form (s)
add s to a noun when there are more than 1.
I have a bicycle.
We have 3 bicycles at home.

general statement – use the plural form
I like cats
I enjoy listening to Chinese songs.

present continuous: to show you are still doing something
I have been working as an editor for 5 years.
I have been living in Shanghai for 10 years.