F2F Class Notes (Li)[S/W]

Topic: living in a big city vs. living in a small town

Vocabulary

happy/overjoyed/delighted/ecstatic

criteria: a standard by which you judge, decide or evaluate something

eg. This service seems to fulfil all of our criteria.

eg. We’re looking for a very specific sort of person and this woman seems to fulfil all of our criteria.

evaluate: to judge whether something is good or not

eg. We need to evaluate whether this product is safe to use.

eg. Her new book looks at how we can evaluate intelligence.

at the end

region: area

eg. Asia-pacific region

let go of him/let him go/make redundant – when your employer no longer needs you

appalling/poor/bad/not very good

Grammar

a house/an honest person

I think every day is her birthday. It is not easy to buy toys now.

In the end of last year, we picked up four travel agency to decide which one will be our business partner in the future.

He is the director in the Asia area in this company. He wrote a email to our line manager. I think he is waiting for our feedback.

The intern in our team he decided to take IELTS exam this year, but it’s cancelled so he had no job. He graduated in France last year and he come back in SH last year. Then we resigned him in February. He told me he found a house in CN district which cost 4000 RMB a month.

I worked with him every day and I need to teach him to do some jobs.

Although he was graduated in France last year, his ability is not very good. He can speak a little French but his English is not very good.

Revised: 

I think every day is her birthday. It is not easy to buy toys now.

At the end of last year, we selected four travel agencies to choose between them to see which one will be our business partner in the future.

He is the director of the Asia-Pacific region in this company. He wrote an email to our line manager. I think he is waiting for our feedback.

The intern in our team he decided to take the IELTS exam this year, but it’s cancelled so he lost his job. He graduated in France last year and he came back to SH. Then we let go of him/make him redundant in February. He told me he rented a house in CN district which costs 4000 RMB a month.

I worked with him every day and I had to teach him to do some jobs/tasks. 

Although he graduated in France last year, his ability is not very good/not up to standard. He can speak a little French but his English is not very good/poor. 

I bought my daughter a Cinderella doll as a gift which wears blue dress and glass shoes last week for her three years old birthday. This reminded me of a toy that I received when I was a child. I received a nice Barbie doll as a gift from my mum which she bought the toy from the shop. I played with doll almost every day. I begged my mum to make clothes for her and dressed her like a princess. She was my favorite toy for a long time. I always put her besides my pillow. I felt super happy when I received this Barbie doll. When I was a child, Barbie doll was very pricy and my mum spent her one month salary to buy it. So the doll had been a dream gift for me. I saw it as a valuable gift and tried to keep it in a good shape. I felt thankful for mum who brought this happiness to me.

Revised: 

Last week, I bought my daughter a Cinderella doll as a gift which is wearing a blue dress and glass shoes for her three years old birthday. This reminded me of a toy which I received when I was a child. I received a nice Barbie doll as a gift from my mum which she bought the toy from the shop. I played with the doll almost every day. I begged my mum to make clothes for her and dressed her like a princess. She was my favorite toy for a long time. I always put her beside my pillow. I felt super happy/overjoyed/ecstatic when I received this Barbie doll. When I was a child, Barbie dolls were very pricey and my mum spent her one month salary to buy it. So the doll had been a dream gift for me. I saw it as a valuable gift and tried to keep it in a good shape. I felt thankful for my mum who brought this happiness to me.