F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S+W]

Homework

Write one email to John Smith and send him a quotation.

Write one sentence with each vocabulary word.

Bring one brief

Speaking exercise

Describe
I saw some black and white pictures. That means it was before.
People used trains or carriages to send mails but now thanks to the technology people send emails by phone.
I saw a mailbox which contains a lot of envelopes. And it is warm because I saw a temperature indicator.
I saw a woman lying on the grass and she can send emails by mailbox.


Describe
I saw some black and white pictures. That means it was in the past / a long time ago
People used trains or carriages to send mails but now thanks to technology people send emails by phone/using the internet.
I saw a mailbox which contains a lot of envelopes. And it is warm because I saw a temperature indicator.
I saw a woman lying on the grass and she could send emails with the mailbox.

Writing exercise

Dear Mr. Eaton,

How are you?

Enclosed is the invoice for last week shot. Please kindly check it and make the payment on your earlier convenience!

Thank you in advance. We certainly look forward to the cooperation with you in the future.

Best Regards,

Carina Tang

Shanghai Tangying Advertising Corporation


Dear Mr. Eaton,

I hope you had a nice week end. / I hope you enjoyed the video./ I hope you had a nice Christmas….

Enclosed is the invoice for last week‘s shot/ please find enclosed …… Please kindly check it and make the payment at your earliest convenience!

Thank you in advance. We certainly look forward to cooperating with you again in the future.

Best Regards,

Carina Tang

Shanghai Tangying Advertising Corporation

please kindly find the attachment which is the invoice….
Please kindly find the invoice attached

Writing exercise

Structure

  • greeting (Hi John, Dear Mr.Smith)
  • a compliment (I hope you had a great holiday, I hope this email finds you well…..)
  • the reason for your email ( I am writing to you about the FCAP shoot….)
  • a call to action (please kindly find the invoice attached and make payment at your earliest convenience…)
  • a closing message (thank you in advance…)
  • signature  (best regards…)

Write an email to Ferrari SGP to make sure about the dates of the shoot in May.

Dear Mr. Eaton,
I hope you had a great holiday,
I am writing to you about the coming shoot in May.
I’d like to make sure that the date of shoot is May 5. Please let me know.
Thank you.

Best regards,

Carina….


Dear Mr. Eaton,
I hope you had a great holiday
I am writing to you about the coming shoot in May.
I’d like to confirm the date with you. We were talking about May 5, is it still the date you are planning for?
I would like to confirm with you that the date of our shoot will be on May 5.
Could you please confirm that our shoot will be on May 5?
Thank you for letting me know as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Carina….

Vocabulary

indicator : something that indicates a data/ shows a data to you.
There is a temperature indicator in my refrigerator/fridge.

asap : as soon as possible

to confirm : to make sure something is correct.
I’d like to confirm with you about the date.
I’m writing to you to confirm ( that) I will be in Singapore next week.

to notify : to tell that something happened
My bank notified me that the company made a transfer by sms

to notice: to realize something
I noticed that Tom didn’t wear a tie in the meeting today.

notifications
I have 2 new WeChat notifications.

to sit there: not to be used/ to be in storage
Oh you broke your phone? I have an old phone in my place, it just sits there, I don’t use it anymore, do you want it?

realistic: looks like it is real.
I watched Spiderman, the movie looked so realistic I thought Spiderman existed.

April’s fools:

spam : things you do not want / usually advertising
I deleted the spam folder of my mailbox

prank: a joke when you fool someone.
I played a prank to Tom, I told him we would have a meeting at 9am on Sunday and he actually came to the office. HAHAHA

Grammar

Comparative / superlative

early

Tom arrived at 10am
Jenny arrived at 9:35
Ethan arrived at 9:00
Jenny arrived earlier than Tom
Ethan arrived the earliest 

Pronunciation


technology