F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

I’m Mark, 41, obviously I’m a man.I’m married I have a daughter who is 8yo. She is in her primary school and everyday her mother pics up her. And I am working in a German company. Our company are sales construction material products and mostly our products are imported. I am a sales person and I have been in this company 9 years.
Maybe I haven’t been ready to go for a new job. but my responsibilities have been changed this year. I was the sales manager of East China but now I am in charge of industrial sector. I only need to contact with customers who are from industrial factories. But this kinds of buildings are not made of concrete. Concrete elements are made in factories.
Actually I studied English for a long time but I didn’t learn English well in school because I liked to play football, video games. watch movies…. so my English was terrible bad a few years ago. I couldn’t understand what you said. even though they were very simple words. I was regretted when I came Shanghai. I found that I had low opportunities to find a good job if I couldn’t say fluency English. So I tried to study English again, in the beginning I learned new words on my phone. because on that time that wasn’t a smartphone. Maybe 15 years ago but it still had a dictionary.
Maybe 2007 I joined this company in the first time and I applied for a English course in a English training center.

In 2012, I applied for a business English major in Shanghai …. A uni for adult students who can only go to there in part time.
It took my money I made it by myself so I had to work hard. I didn’t want to waste my money.
After 2 and a half year I graduated and I got a bachelor.
I spent 3 years in a college in my hometown but it was just a college and I got.
Maybe 5 years ago I knew that I had to a bachelor degree. But now I already get it but I still like to improve my English. Maybe I want to try an MBA. Yesterday I thought that maybe I try do it.
I deleted a few of apps on my phone. I think those would waste my time. For example Weibo. Actually I haven’t play video games since I married.

I’m Mark, 41, obviously I’m a man.I’m married I have a daughter who is 8yo. She is in primary school and everyday her mother picks her up. And I am working in a German company. Our company sells construction material products and most of our products are imported/ and our products are mostly imported. I am a sales person and I have been in this company for 9 years.
Maybe I haven’t been ready to go/to look for a new job./ to switch jobs. but my responsibilities have (been) changed this year. I was the sales manager of East China but now I am in charge of the industrial sector. I only need to contact with customers who are from  the industrial factories. But this kind of buildings are not made of concrete. Concrete elements are made in factories.
Actually I studied English for a long time but I didn’t learn English well / I didn’t pay much attention to English in school because I liked to play football, video games and to watch movies…. so my English was terribly bad a few years ago.

If I had had this class with you 10 years ago, I wouldn’t have understood what you have just said.

 I regretted when I came Shanghai. I found that I had low opportunities to find a good job if I couldn’t speak English fluency. So I tried to study English again, in the beginning I learned new words on my phone. because at that time that wasn’t a smartphone.It was 15 years ago but it still had a dictionary.
In 2007 I joined this company for the first time and I applied for a English course in a English training center.

In 2012, I applied for a business English major in Shanghai …. A uni for adult students who can only go there part time.

I had to pay a lot of my own money / I had to use some of my savings so I had to work hard / I had to make the most of it

After 2 and a half year I graduated and I got a bachelor.
I spent 3 years in a college in my hometown but it was just a college and I got a certificate.
Maybe 5 years ago I knew that I had to get a bachelor degree. But now I already got/have it but I still like/want to improve my English. I may want to get an MBA. Yesterday I thought that maybe I would try to do it.
I deleted a few of the apps/a couples of apps on my phone. I think those would waste my time. For example Weibo. Actually I haven’t played video games since I got married.

Vocabulary

make the most of something : try to maximize your gain
I only had a day in Beijing but I tried to make the most of it and didn’t waste any time.

projector : something that sends a picture on a wall.
We do not use a tv at home, we have a projector.

home cinema: a cinema at home.
I used to go to a home cinema to watch movies.

to be responsible: to be serious about something
Now that I am married I have to be responsible.

certificate : a proof of study

to customize : to changed according to one’s taste
I had this cover customized with my name.

Grammar