F2F Class Notes (Raph)[S][W]

Vocabulary

Split (v): 1- to (cause to) divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line.
E.g.: The prize was split between Susan and Kate.
E.g.: Split the aubergines in half and cover with breadcrumbs.
E.g.: The teacher split the children (up) into three groups.

Acronym (n): 1- an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word. 2- 缩写
E.g.: UN is an acronym for “United Nations”(è”åˆå›½).

Speaking exercise

Original:

Today I receive a WeChat message from my friend. It says: if you are teacher you can get a free calendar about fair trade projects from me. If you or your family are teacher, you can get a free calendar from me. Just send me the contact information as soon as possible. Early come, early get. 500 gifts only. Also, I receive a link for a video about fair trade project. This video is about fair trade project who held by Shanghai women union and they encourage the student to learn about fair trade business in poor area. From this video, the students and parents share their feedback about this project  It is meaningful and meaningful and educational. This project help the students know a lot of handcrafts business that includes hand embroidery and batik. The commit for this project is the Shanghai women union want to support poor people from poor provinces and solve the society problem, such as give people job opportunities in their hometowns in order to avoid migration.

Edited:

Today I received a WeChat message from a friend, which  said: “If you or anyone in your family is a teacher, you can get a free calendar with information about fair trade from me. Just send me the contact information as soon as possible. First come, first served, 500 gifts only”. He also sent me a link for a video about a project held by the Shanghai Women’s Union, which encourages students to learn more about fair trade business in poor regions of China. On this video, students and parents share their feedback about this project, and say that it is meaningful and educational to them. This project helps students know more about the handcraft business, which includes hand embroidery and batik. Through this project, the Shanghai women union wants to support people from poor provinces in China and help solve social problem by, for instance, giving people job opportunities in their hometowns, in order to avoid migration.

Writing exercise

Original:

Attached is the invoice for Mary’s QC job in Oct. She worked for us for 8 days but we still need to pay her xxxxrmb due to the minimum monthly salary policy term, which was started in Oct 1st, 2017.

Also this time she qced this order independently without Paula’s involvement (in her own). Therefore she had extra hotel expense except normal transportation expense.

Kindly arrange the payment in the total amount of 6011rmb for her this Friday. Any questions pls let me know.

Edited:

Please find attached Mary’s QC work for the month of October. Although she has worked for 8 days during that month, we still need to pay her xxxxrmb due to the minimum monthly salary policy, which started on October 1st, 2017. This time she QCed this order independently, without Paula’s involvement, so she had extra hotel expenses, in addition to her normal transportation expenses.

We should arrange her payment, in the total amount of 6011rmb, by this Friday. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Pronunciation

Traveler: /ˈtræv.əl.ɚ/

Province: /ˈprÉ‘Ë.vɪns/

Encourage: /ɪnˈkÉË.ɪdÊ’/