F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [s]

once/twice/ x times a ……..

need to do something
Have to do something

this afternoon I have so much work to do.

I’m Laura and I work around this / near this company. and the reason why I come to there is my boss is Japanese and my English is not good so I want to have more communicate with my boss and so I get there. And so I am a legal consul and I have 7 years work experience. My former is cosmetics and now my company is pharmaceutical company. This is my first time in this industry so there is a lot of challenges but also opportunities. I think I have a lot of things to learn and my former company was local company/ But my company now is Japanese company. so I think I need improve my English.
I think I need more exercise. Especially in my pronunciation and vocabulary and the grammar. all of this.
I’m from Lioning province, it is a city far away from Shanghai and I got to Shanghai in 2007 because my university is in East China Uni of political science and law. My major is law, I like yoga. I have 3 times a week to yoga. Just this several weeks started because I think I am a little fit. I think the reason is I have a daughter 18 month. she is 18 month. I’m a mum so I am fat. so I think I need some exercise to make me fitness.
I like singing and dancing but I am like but not very good at it. In my University I attended some performances and I the group.

we usually kind of handling some contracts and some disputes like arbitration or IP disputes. we just have 2 persons to do this thing.

I’m Laura and I work around this place/near here/around here/ near this company. The reason why I come here/ I come to SE is that/because my boss is Japanese and my English is not good enough  so I want to communicate more with my boss and so I come here. And so I am a legal consul and I have 7 years in-house work experience. My former industry was cosmetics and now my company is a pharmaceutical company. This is my first time in this industry/ it is the first time I work in this industry so there are a lot of challenges but also opportunities. I think I have a lot of things to learn and my former company was a local company/ But now It is a Japanese firm. so I think I need to improve my English.
I think I need more exercises. Especially in my pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. all of these
I’m from Lioning province,I was born in a city far away from Shanghai and I came to Shanghai in 2007 because my university is East China Uni of political science and law. My major is law, I like yoga. I do yoga 3 times a week / I have yoga classes 3 times a week.I started yoga several weeks ago because I think I am a little fat. I think I am a little fat is because I had a daughter 18 months ago. / I had a daughter a little more than a year ago./ I have an 18month daughter.
so I think I need some exercise to stay fit.
I like singing and dancing but I am not very good at it. In my University I attended some performances and I was in a group.

Vocabulary

Intellectual Property rights 知识产权
IP disputes
I studied Intellectual property rights in University.

company / firm
I work in a Japanese firm.

frequency : how often you do something
At which frequency do you go to Beijing?

specialty: What you specialize in, domain in which you are very knowledgeable
I am a lawyer, my specialty is IP disputes

improve 提高
I want to improve my English.

former: the one before.
My former company was a local company.

to communicate (v)
I need to learn how to communicate better.

communication (n)
I want to improve my oral communication

literature : related to writing and books文学
My classmates studied literature

art  艺术
I wanted to study art in university.

performance 表演
The singing performance last night was amazing

club: a group of people doing something together (usually in Uni)
I was a member of the art club.

Pronunciation

fat

fit

grammar

vocabulary

cosmetics

sing /think

Pronunciation

thinking

singing

cosmetics

Grammar

this (one)/ these (several)
that (one)/ those(several)

it is not good= it is bad
it is not good enough =it doesn’t reach the requirements

……..enough
You do not work fast enough.
The coat is not beautiful enough.

once/twice/ x times a ……..
I do yoga 3 times a week.
I go to Beijing twice a month.
I travel abroad once a year.

need to do something
Have to do something
I need to improve my English
I have to finish this contract before Friday.

Here/There

there: to talk about far away places
Have you been to Beijing, yes, I have been there many times.
use here to talk about where you are now:
Have you been here before? Sure I come here every Sunday.

talking about the past using ….ago:
I started yoga 3 weeks ago.
I came to Shanghai 12 years ago.