Demo Class Notes (Olivia Z – Tibo)

Last time I was with Jesse.
My job in the bank, long time no need speak English in my work but now my bf is from Switzerland. before stay in Shanghai 3 years. he lets me need to learn English.
Communication together.
And my daughter stay in America 8 years. so maybe my life moves to America.
Before I want living there.  I can living in America.
Went to America a few times.
Last time is 2 years ago. Just see my daughter
in America if life , eat it is no problem.

so I learn English important.
Now is better because everyday speak so it is little better but I think hear is no good, if you fast speak sentence I no understand and sometimes I say sentence is long sentence cannot hard.
I need remember words. sometimes you say words I don’t know.
I think need a long, some months or day you cant remember . need spend a long time

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Last time I was with Jesse. / I met Jesse last time I came to SE.
My job is in the bank/ I work in a bank / I work in the banking industry.
I haven’t spoken English for a long time at work / I never use English at work.
but now my bf is from Switzerland / I have a Swiss bf.
He stayed in Shanghai for 3 years and he wants me to learn English. / he gave me the idea to learn English.
We communicate in English  / we talk in English because he doesn’t speak Chinese very well. / we need English for our communication.
And my daughter has been staying in America for 8 years. so maybe my life will move to America in the future / I may move to America in the future
Before I wanted to live there.  I thought about living in America. / I was considering living in America.
Went to America a few times.
Last time was 2 years ago. I went to see my daughter

I didn’t have problems/issues in America in my daily life  or to order food

so learning English is important.
Now my English is  better because I speak everyday so it is a little better but I think my listening is not good.

if you speak too fast I can’t understand .
I find it hard to make long sentences  / making long sentences is hard for me
I need to remember words. sometimes you say/use words which I don’t know.
I think it takes time to improve my vocabulary because it is hard to remember the words

Vocabulary

accent (n): way of speaking 口音
I couldn’t understand his accent

daily (adj) : for everyday
This is my daily life
I read the newspaper daily

to consider (v) : think about something carefully / think about something/someone in a way 考虑 / 认为
Buying a house is a big investment so I need to consider for a few days.
Tom is not my brother but we have stayed together for a long time so I consider him as a brother
I consider ICBC as the biggest bank in China.

topic (n) : what something is about 题目/话题
The topic of the meeting is how to organize our wedding
I listened to him speak about this topic

industry (n) : domain 行业
I work in the banking industry
He works in the health industry

to get listed (in a stock exchange )
The company was/got listed in the Nasdaq

stock (n) 股票
I bought airline stocks and lost a lot of money

beard (n)  胡子
Jesse has a long beard

volatility (n) :price movement
Stocks have more volatility than government bounds.

volatile (adj) : moving up and down
The price is very volatile

Pronunciation

doctor (k)

daughter

2005 : twenty o five / two thousand five
2014: twenty fourteen / two thousand fourteen

Grammar

want somebody to do something
I want my daughter to study well at school
I want him to carry heavy boxes

maybe + subject
Maybe it will rain tomorrow

may / might + verb
It may rain tomorrow