Demo Class Notes ( Gin – Tibo )

Gin

– needs to be reminded of some vocabulary, needs some pronunciation work, grammar is good. Needs more practice and correction of mistakes to get more comfortable and native sounding English.

Vocabulary – some words are forgotten, need to refresh
Can only use basic vocabulary for expression

reading aloud – check words and correct pronunciation

need to cover a wide variety of subjects to refresh + learn new words + to refine the expression

I’m 25 yo. I studied in Spain. I know a little Spanish so my accent is weird I want to improve my Chinese accent.
Now in my work I don’t have many opportunities to practice my spoken English but I want to prepare for the future. Maybe we are going to expand the foreign market. I think we will start the South Asia market.
In these countries people don’t speak English.
Spanish It is so much difficult than English . the grammar

it is too crowded so its not easy to happen an accident

For me I didn’t have any trouble but my coworkers, people stole their iPhone

My coworker was sitting in a car and the window was closed. A man drove scooter hit with his elbow, he used this instrument to break the window and rob his iPhone in 2 seconds.

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I’m 25 yo. I studied in Spain. I know a little Spanish so my accent is weird / got messed up / was changed slightly. I want to improve my Chinese accent.
Now/ currently in my work I don’t have many opportunities to practice my spoken English but I want to prepare for the future. Maybe we are going to expand  to other countries / to expand internationally . I think we will start with the South Asian market.
In these countries people don’t speak English.
In Spanish the grammar  is so much more difficult than  in English
it is too crowded so its not easy to avoid an accident / it is too crowded so accidents happen easily
It is too crowded but accidents don’t often happen.
My coworker was sitting in a car and the window was closed. A man drove a scooter, he used his elbow to break the window and  robbed a / my coworker’s iPhone in 2 seconds.

Vocabulary

cosmopolitan / multicultural
NYC is a cosmopolitan city.

tolerant / where you can get accepted easily
People in China are very tolerant.

How do you find it? / how do you feel about it?
I head you tried xiaolongbao, how did you find it? Oh I loved the taste.

to steal / you don’t notice it
My iPhone got stolen on the subway.

to rob / to take with violence
I got robbed on the subway, it was very scary.

window / chaohu
I open the window to let some air in.

to break / to fracture
He threw a stone at the window and it broke.

motorbike / a 2 wheel vehicle
People in south east Asia like to ride motorbikes

scooter / a light two wheeled vehicle
a lot of people in China use e-scooters.

to escape / to run away
The thief escaped from the police.

alley / small road
I was walking in a small alley when I got robbed.

Grammar

talk about something for the first time use a /an
when you talk about it again use the

I went to a nice restaurant for new year eve, the restaurant was on the 25th floor.

Pronunciation

scooter – ‘skoo ter’