F2F Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

reach out/connect/network with clients – have a relationship with/keep in contact

proof/evidence – 证据；证物

ex. You need to provide them with the COVID-19 test results/proof/evidence.

time-consuming – take time

ex. Travelling here is time-consuming.

Chinese New Years Eve – day before first day of CNY

reunion dinner – 团圆饭

ex. I will have this year’s reunion dinner with my friends.

hotspring – 温泉

approve – 认可，认同

ex. government-approved hotel

ex. I will not approve of this project.

once/one time/day

twice/two times/days

Grammar

some + plural (+s/es)/countable

ex. Some people are busier than others.

ex. I have some jobs to finish.

ex. I won’t have some time to speak today.

compare with + sth/sbd 

ex. Homemade food cannot compare with takeaway food.

It’s normally, I need to prepare some document to our client and make a phone call

The normal/usual. I need to prepare some documents to our client and make a phone call

It will affect my work

It will affect my job 

The quarantine hotel is government proof

The quarantine hotel is government approved 

It’s not the 5-star hotel

It’s not a 5-star hotel

The price will change each 3 days

The price will change/adjust every 3 days 

Single life is not compared

Single life cannot compare with married life 

One day a week you can go out with your friend

You can go out with your friend once a week/one day a week  

Keep fitness
My shoulder was injured last year.
When I stretched my arm behind my back, I heard a sound form my shoulder.
I try to hot compress my shoulder and some yuga, rest and recover that in six months,
I think it’s batter.
Getting start work out at home, jump rope, push up, crunch.
This year I set a goal challenge continuous thirty push up in 1 minutes, it’s a NYFD fireman minimum requirement.

Revised: 

Keep fit
My shoulder was injured last year.
When I pulled my arm behind my back, I heard a sound from my shoulder.
I try to put a  hot compress on my shoulder and do some yoga, take a rest and recover in six months,
I think it’s better now. 
Get started with working out at home, do some jump rope, push ups and crunches.
This year I set a goal to challenge myself to do thirty continuous push ups in 1 minute, it’s a NYFD fireman minimum requirement.

Read more books
This is always a goal on my list, reading is something that lightens me up.
Novels, about management, history and business are all Chinese books. Maybe I can read some English books this year.

Wake up earlier
I am always amazed by people who get up at 5am.
I always turn it off and go back to sleep on working days.
My bedtime is around 1130pm and I’m generally up by 7am.
But when I have an appointment for Golf, I can wake up at even 3AM.
I’m thinking of challenging myself to waking up at 6am for a month.

Learning English
I realize it’s more of a lifelong goal/aim. 
Practice every day for 10 to 30 minutes.
Open my mouth and speak out loud, it’s helpful to becoming fluent.
Maintain and update my vocabulary list on Excel.
Note the phrases, sentences and uses by searching online, it’s a lot of work.