Demo Class Notes (Niki – Tibo)

 

Speaking exercise

I walk here probably in 5 mins,
I would like to improve my spoken English because my leader’s boss is come from HK and she work in Paris in many years and back to China last year so she always speaks English in the meetings and I am not a word so I never have an environment to speak English and I don’t have enough vocabulary to support me to communication so I would like to improve my English for my work and my business career in the future.

I graduated from East China normal university and I studied design so my major is design for online like social platforms and sales platforms.

we are a beauty company. for skin care.
I was design before, my last work is design but now we have agency to support us to design so I am not design now.
Now mostly to communicate with other teams. Our team is the DMI for local beauty brands so we would build the brand visuals and mailing different visuals in online.

(DMI) development / management / innovation

less speaking and more listening.
My leader speaks English in the meeting and I sometimes cannot understand everything.
She speaks very fast.
she uses words I don’t know.
topics : work recap and next step work

I want I can presentation more easily and if I have a meeting with a foreigner leader or partner I would like I can speak more easily and clearly

I like watch the exhibitions and I have a cat he is 3 years.
In week ends I would like to shopping and have dinner with my friends and sometimes stay at home all the weekend and relax because work is really tired.
Actually I don’t have lots time to study English and I think it is not efficient study English by myself.

Because I need an environment to exercise


it takes me 5 mins to come here (on foot)

I would like to improve my spoken English because my leader’s boss comes from HK and she has worked in Paris for many years and went back to China last year so she always speaks English in the meetings.
I don’t have an environment to speak English and I don’t have enough vocabulary to support me when I communicate / during communication so I would like to improve my English for my work and my business career in the future.

I graduated from East China normal university and I studied design so my major was e-visual merchandise for online platforms like social platforms and sales platforms.

we are a beauty company. we do skin care products / we work in the cosmetic industry
I was a designer before / I worked as a designer before. My last job was design but now we have an agency to support us and we simply confirm their work so I am not a designer now/anymore.
Now I often communicate with other teams. Our team’s code is DMI for local beauty brands so we build the brand visuals and work together  / collaborate with the marketing team

(DMI) development / management / innovation

less speaking and more listening.
My leader speaks English in the meeting and sometimes I cannot understand everything.
She speaks very fast.
she uses words I don’t know. / she uses vocabulary I am not familiar with.
topics : work recap and next step work / work planning

I want to be able to make presentations / present more easily and if I have a meeting with a foreign leader or partner I hope I can speak more easily and clearly.

I like go to the exhibitions and I have a cat he is 3 years old,
In week ends I like to go shopping and have dinner with my friends and sometimes stay at home the whole day and relax because work is really tiring.
Actually I don’t have lots time to study English and I think it is not efficient study English by myself, I need an environment to exercise.

Vocabulary

industry (n) field 企业
I work in the beauty industry

efficient (adj)效率高的
I want to be efficient when I present in English

efficiency (n)
We need to increase our efficiency

cycle (n)series of event
We manage the product cycle

foreigner (n)
We work with many foreigners

foreign (adj)
She works in a foreign company

swipe (v) movement from one side to the other
I swiped my credit card to pay
I swipe some lipstick on my lips

precise (adj) exact  / in a clean way
Tom said he was in Xujiahui but he didn’t tell me where in Xujiahui. He didn’t give me a precise place.

even (adj)平整的
My make up was not even and my left eye looked bigger than my right eye

uneven不平整的
The make up was uneven

to shine (v) create light 发光
the stars shine at night

shiny (adj)
I like shiny lipsticks

Pronunciation

plan

plane (飞机)

Grammar

someone is tired
I am interested in music

something is tiring
music is interesting

take time 
It takes me 10 mins to go to work in the morning
Going to SZ takes 3h by plane

use the present tense for habits
I like to travel on week ends
I like to eat Chinese food

for to talk about duration (how long)
I have been in SH for 7 years
I waited for you for 10 mins