Demo Class Notes (YanQing / Cyan – Tibo)

I don’t like my English name before. I am 25 I have already graduated 4 years now I am doing a job about fashion buyer and opening a brand collection store in Shanghai. Most is for women and most brand is foreign brands.
Improve my practice English and writing because I will use English in emails and talking.
Talking about brands, the product introduce and the materials and the price but I am not good at math. I studied French.
So when I learned French my pronunciation of English has changed a little. When I see a word I will pronounce as French.
besides I think my listening is not very good, a little slow. I cannot understand you very quickly or maybe I am a little nervous.
by email and WeChat. How to say…maybe I will ask the brand how long it will take and the price and the materials about this.
I will use the phone after.
I like to shop for clothes, bags.
I went to the Sahara desert last year. I travelled with my friends 3 girls. we went to Morocco first about 2 weeks.
lives in desert for one night. Even a little cold in the night, I like there, nobody in the desert.
They speak French as usual. This year I think it is impossible , next year I want Iceland. I like travel because first when I was young I like to travel to the cities for shopping but now I have already buy a lot so I want to travel to the place where there is beautiful nature to see more there is no in China.

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I didn’t like my English name before. I am 25 I have already graduated for 4 years now I am working as a  / I am a fashion buyer / I am working in fashion and opening a brand collection store in Shanghai. Most products are for women and most brands are foreign brands. / we mostly target women
I want to improve my English speaking / my oral English and writing because I will use English in emails and communication.
I need to talk about brands, introduce product and the materials and the price but I am not good at math. I studied French.
So when I learned French my pronunciation of English changed a little. When I see a word I will pronounce as in French. / as a French word
besides I think my listening is not very good, a little slow. I cannot understand you very quickly or maybe I am a little nervous.

I communicate by email and WeChat. how can I say that / 
..maybe I will ask the brand how long it will take to send the clothes and the price and their materials
I will use the phone in the future / later
I like to shop for clothes, bags.
I went to the Sahara desert last year. I travelled with my friends 3 girls. we first went to Morocco for about 2 weeks. / and we stayed for roughly 2 weeks.
We lived in desert for one night. / camped. It was even a little cold in the night, I like the Sahara / I liked it there / I enjoyed the trip. There is nobody in the desert/it is very quiet in the desert. / I like the quietness.

They usually speak French in Morocco  / Most people in Morocco speak French  This year I think it is impossible , next year I want to go to Iceland. I like to travel/ I like traveling  because when I was young I enjoyed to travel (to the cities )for shopping but now I have already bought a lot so I want to travel to the place where there is beautiful nature to see things that I cannot see in China.
/ when I was young I travelled to big cities mostly for shopping but now I am more interested in nature.

Vocabulary

exercise (n) : something done to make sure you understand something
I didn’t like math exercises

to exercise (v) : to do sports 运动
I exercise to keep fit

target (n/v) : something you try to hit / someone you try to sell to / goal
we target (v) young fashionable women with our clothes
Our target (n) are 20-30 young women.
My sales target (KPI) are higher than last month

it is pretty much the same / about the same / roughly the same 差不多

roughly / about : to talk about approximation
The price is 0.9967 , that is roughly 1
We will finish the project in about 3 days

luxury (n) : high end
Hermes is a luxury brand

Iceland (n) 冰岛🇮🇸
I want to travel to Iceland

industry (n) : field 行业
I work in the fashion industry

factory （n) 工厂
Clothes are made in the factory

agriculture (n) : farms 农业
In the past many people worked in agriculture

industry (n) : factories / manufacturing
Industry is important

services (n) 服务行业
Most companies in Shanghai work in services

word (n) 单词
There are many words

waiter (n) : someone working in a restaurant and providing service
When I was in University I also worked as a waiter to make some money.

company (n) : 公司
I work for a fashion company

Morroco (n) : country 摩洛哥
I enjoyed my trip to Morocco

to introduce  (v) 介绍
I introduced our brand to them

introduction (n)
I gave a product introduction to the client

Grammar

work as + position
I work as a sales manager

work in + industry
I work in agriculture / I work in fashion

to say : focus more on the message
He said he was tired

to speak: focus on the action / communication with others
I spoke to John about this
He spoke during the meeting

past simple : for something that is already over
I worked hard yesterday

present perfect : for an action in the past that has a result now
I have studied French  (result = I can speak French now)

use after with a point in time to talk about the future
I will talk on the phone after I become more experienced

use later when you don’t have an exact time
I will do it later

use articles (a/the) with nouns
I went to the hospital
I travelled to the United Kingdom (UK)
I went to the United States

do not use articles with names
I went to Huashan hospital
I travelled to Japan
I went to America
I flew to Chengdu last month