F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Common (adj): 1- the same in a lot of places or for a lot of people:
E.g.: It’s quite common to see couples who dress alike.
E.g.: “Smith” is a very common name in the UK.

Prioritize: to put the most important things first.
E.g.: You must learn to prioritize your work.
E.g.: He prioritizes his family over his professional life.

Routine (n): 1- a usual or fixed way of doing things. 2- 常规
E.g.: There’s no routine at work – every day is different.

Violin (n): 1- 小提琴

Original:

I always get up at 7AM o’clock and I need to live my home at 7 and 45 minutes, and I need take subway, I need to take 5 stations. I take subway line 9 first, and transfer to line 7. Our company needs us to get work before 8 and 30, and I need do contract review and OA approve, and other case, for example arbitration case, some training case. This month we case a lot of work to do because our arbitration case is heard on this month. We need provide a lot of evidence, even though we have a external law firm, but there were still a lot of work to do. I nee communicate with the business department to get some evidence and deliver the evidence to the law firm. Maybe we need have a lot of meeting to discuss this case. The account of the case is huge. The arbitration claim money is huge, so it’s very important, so I feel pressure.

Edite:

I always get up at 7:00AM / seven o’clock and need to leave my home at 7:45 (=seven forty-five). I take the subway, and my office is 5 stations away. I take line 9 first, and then transfer to line 7. At our company we need to get work before 8:30 (=eight thirty). When I get to work I need to do contract reviews, OA approvals, and other cases, such as our arbitration case, and some other training cases. We currently have a lot of work to do because our arbitration case is heard this month and we need to provide a lot of evidence. Even though we have an external law firm, there is still a lot of work to do, because I need to communicate with the business department to get evidence and deliver it to the law firm. We need to have a lot of meetings to discuss this case. There is a lot of money claimed in this case, so it’s very important and I feel pressured / I feel a lot of pressure.

Grammar

My company is close this building. – My company is close to this building

It only needs take two minutes. – It only takes two minutes.

Last class I’m late too. – Last class I was late too.

Last last class. – The class before last. / Two classes ago. 

Pronunciation

Profit: /ˈprɑː.fɪt/

Career: /kəˈrɪ.r/

Bass: /beɪs/

Mindset: /ˈmaɪnd.set/

Prioritize: /praɪˈɔːr.ə.taɪz/