F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Review some of the prepositions from this class.

Vocabulary

Inflation – when money becomes less valuable over time
e.g. In the 1950’s, a dollar could buy a nice meal. Today, it won’t get you a candy bar. That’s inflation.

General Manager – GM

Idea – one thing that you think about
e.g. I had a great idea today! You can eat your hotdogs with mustard!
Ideal – the way that you think something should be if it is going to be as good as possible
e.g. His ideal is to have a house with three bedrooms and a big garage.
e.g. The ideal result would be to win this game, but if we can tie we can also go on to the playoffs.
— What you believe, in a positive sense
e.g. He has very high ideals (he tries very hard to be a good person, and expects others to act in the same way)

Segment – a part of some length
e.g. We will need to do repairs on this segment of the road soon, because it receives heavy use.
Sector – a part of some area
e.g. In this sector of the city, there are lots of factories.

Grammar

After – used to relate to actions
— In the middle
e.g. I will eat this baozi (ten minutes) after I finish this bowl of noodles
Action + (time) + After + Action 2
— At the beginning
e.g. (Ten minutes) After I finish this bowl of noodles, I will eat this baozi.
Since is not usually used with a period of time, except in the past
e.g. It has been ten years since he left the company.
e.g. Since he left, two weeks ago, we have been trying to find another good engineer.
— Since + Action 1 + (time) + Action 2

Our company has a new GM who has a lot of fresh ideals. He changed the sales system after just four or five months since he joined our company, and my job / responsibility is still changed from in charge of the Eastern China’s market to industrial segment. So, I have to travel all over the country to visit new industrial customers. Presently I didn’t need to travel all over the country, I just need to travel all over the east of China. So I just came back from a trip in Guangdong province last Friday.

Our company has a new GM who has a lot of fresh ideas. He changed the sales system after just four or five months since after he joined our company, and my job / responsibilities has been still changed** too from being in charge of the Eastern China / Chinese market to [being in charge of] the industrial segment sector. So, I have to travel all over the country to visit new industrial customers. Presently Until recently, I didn’t need to travel all over the country, I just needed to travel all over the east of China. So I just came back from a trip in to Guangdong province last Friday.

** I am still getting used to the changes in the system.

Pronunciation

v – w
— V is like “f” with voice; you put your bottom lip under your top teeth
— W is opening your lips while you are making sound
e.g. Visit