F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

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I am Shanghainese.
I am a office worker. Our company do the instruments for pharmaceutical companies
I think my life is very normally work, study English and maybe go to gym. and nothing

Maybe my personality is outgoing.
you know I like something new always the same / I don’t like repetitive things.
I think my work is repetitive I want to practice my speaking then pass the IElTS then apply the offer at the university
for now do not know the way. Maybe marketing or something very interesting I want to try  / I still need to look into it / I need to do more research
Work is not all life. it is just a part of in your life but if you want to go out in the other countries the language is very important

I am Shanghainese.
I am an office worker/ I am a clerk. Our company do the instruments for pharmaceutical companies
I think my life is very normally work, study English and maybe go to gym. and nothing

Maybe my personality is outgoing.
you know I like something new always the same / I don’t like repetitive things.
I think my work is repetitive I want to practice my speaking then pass the IElTS then apply to a university
for now I do not know the way / major. / I haven’t decided (on) a major
Maybe marketing or something very interesting.  I want to try that

Work is not the only thing in life / there are other things in life apart from work / life is not all about work.

it is just a part of in your life but if you want to go to other countries/ go abroad languages are very important

Vocabulary

mindset （n)  : way of thinking about things (思维)
The mindset of people in Beijing is not the same as the mindset in Shanghai

apart from / except : 除了
apart from marketing, is there any other major that you like?

major (n) : main study subject
my major was marketing

repetitive (adj) : which repeats and repeats
work can be repetitive, you do the same thing everyday

clerk (n): person working in an office (normal position)
Tom is a bank clerk

white collar worker : someone who works in an office
He works in an office he is a white collar worker

blue collar worker : someone who works in a factory
he works in car factory he is a blue collar worker

play on words : when you make a joke because of two things that sound the same
It is hard to translate a play on word from Chinese to English.

to look into something : research about something
I am looking into new hobbies.

to adjust : to change a little
I need to adjust the volume of the music, it is too loud

to share to : send
I shared the video to Tom

to share : use together
We only have 1 car in the family. we all share this car.

to promote : do marketing
I promote my restaurant on douyin because I want more customers

to increase : to make go up
We want to increase our market share in China. To do that we will promote our product on Chinese TV.

contract (n) 合同
We signed a contract with the supplier in Japan.

in advance : beforehand / before something happens
I want to go to the restaurant but I afraid there will be many people, I will call to book in advance

Dear Joan,
We are already planning to expand and promote LOGAN operations in these countries which details information as attached you shared me before
and currently have any updated?

we want to get more information about these countries from US.
Then we will make some targeted plans to promote LOGAN market share in these countries
(e.g. training, product catalogue, price, competitor and any more…)

I appreciate you help

Dear Joan,
We are already planning to expand and promote LOGAN operations in these countries following/according to the information you shared to me before
are there any updates or is the file you sent to me the latest version?

we want to get more information about these countries from the US.
Then we will make targeted plans to promote LOGAN products and increase market shares in these countries

I appreciate your help / thank you in advance

Grammar

a : general non specific

the: specific / this one

I went to a Japanese restaurant last night
The restaurant was in Xuhui district

I want to apply to a university
I really like Qinhua Uni
the university is in Beijing (= Qinghua uni)

I found a nice restaurant. (a)
The restaurant closed last month. (b)

-> the nice restaurant which I found closed last month

the corner of the room = the room’s corner