Demo Class Notes (Melissa-Ally)

Melissa

– Melissa wants to sound more natural when she’s talking to foreigners. She works in a Japanese company and has a lot of meetings with Japanese colleagues. She has a good grasp of grammar, but can’t use it very well in real-life situations. She also needs to upgrade her vocabulary base and find a more natural way of expressing her thoughts.

推荐课程（每周）/ Your Recommended Course (Weekly)

F2F: 2

Writing: 2

Think about a more natural self intro.

Vocabulary

oppose (v):  disagree/against
ie. My dad is really opposed to me coming to China.
ie. The opposition (enemy/competition) is not very strong so I’ll win for sure.

sweatpants: gym pants

baggy: oversized

flipflops: tuo xie
ie. In Vancouver, Ally wears baggy sweatpants and flipflops.

jargon/lingo: professional words
ie. Jargon/lingo is hard to understand unless you’re a professional in the field.

ownership: rights to have something (v) own
ie. I have ownership of the company. = I own the company.

fulfilling: (adj) meaningful+satisfactory (v) fulfill
ie. It’s really a fulfilling experience. I feel fulfilled after it. (adjs)
ie. I want to fulfill my goal of getting promoted to …

Grammar

SVO
– only one VERB per idea
– V must match the S and O

LOGIC

because+sentence/idea
because of + noun

I’m spend more thoughts on talking, so may not focus on grammar.
I spend(v) more/too much time on thinking about the sentences/the topic, so I may not focus on grammar.

More and more meetings will have in the future.
I will have more and more meetings with Jap people in the future. (focuses on what I’m going to do in the future)
There would be more meetings with the Jap… (description)
More… will be happening <– meaning is slightly different

When I have a meeting with Jap people, I will nervous about listening and speaking. <— fact about you, not an EVENT
I’m nervous about …

I want to increase some opportunities.
I want to create more/get more opportunities for me to ….

Because of nervous and also more difficult and professional words and more longer sentence
Because I’m nervous and there are also more difficult words and words that belong to a certain profession and longer sentences.
Because I’m nervous and the jargon/lingo, as well as the longer sentences, are harder for me.
Because of being nervous/how(=how much) nervous I am…

I can’t understand what(=the thing) you mean.

Not very much.

Pronunciation

isolate your sounds

a the (sometimes you have an extra “err”)

advantage, not adventage

fulfill  (fulfill *o*, not *er*)  fulfear fulfill (no U)

milk (no U sound)

mi+l+k (not Miuk)

Bill (like bit) = fi +ll (like fit)

fill feel fuel

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