F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Vocabulary

business casual 
The party dress code was business casual.

divide the garbage
division of the garbage
how to classify the garbage
the classification  of the garbage

beach made by people – man-made beach

emojis – 😳

Original 

I think Japan is a very small country. The street is very small. The hotel is very small. And also I think it is crowded for you to take a subway, to buy some goods, I don’t like this situation. And it’s very noise although the Japanese also can keep order / keep the rules / follow the rules and don’t speak on the subway, but the feeling is very bad. I think they are not friendly to Chinese. Also they express very nice, but I think maybe in their heart they don’t like Chinese.

Corrected  

I think Japan is a very small country. The streets are very small. The hotels are very small. And also I think it is crowded for you to take the subway or to buy some goods, I don’t like this environment. And it’s very noise although the Japanese also can keep order / keep the rules / follow the rules / are orderly and don’t speak on the subway, I still get a bad feeling. I think they are not friendly towards / to Chinese people. Although they outwardly express kind words, I think maybe in their heart / inwardly they don’t like Chinese.

Original 

Maybe 10 years ago most foreign company they set their head office of greater China in HK but now most of the head office has been moved to SH SZ and BJ – so before they were more advanced than us, they were the leaders of the company  but now the situation has totally changed. I think maybe they don’t feel happy for this change and can’t accept this change.  10 years ago HK maybe is the biggest hub in Asia, they have most important and export volume, but now SH is the biggest one.

Corrected 

Maybe 10 years ago most foreign companies they set / moved their head offices of greater China to HK but now most of their head offices have been moved to SH SZ and BJ – so before they were more advanced than us and they were the leaders of industry / their companies but now the situation has totally changed. I think maybe they don’t feel happy about this change and can’t accept this change.  10 years ago HK maybe was the biggest hub in Asia, they had the highest / largest import and export volume, but now SH is the largest one.

Grammar

who sell house
who sell houses

about 2 hour if you drive by yourself
about 2 hours if you drive by yourself

you can easy to go back by the shuttle bus
you can easily go back by the shuttle bus

Pronunciation

the they

were are

volume – VOL-YOU-MUH