F2F Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Vocabulary

work on their work – do their work

an open floor plan – the design or layout for an office or workspace, which has few walls and lots of open space.

eg: Employees at Apple’s new office are not enjoying the open floor plan, especially when they heard a senior employee didn’t like it, so he had a new building constructed, so he doesn’t have to work in it.

designate – assign something for a specific use or purpose

eg: This is the designated smoking area. So people are allowed to smoke here, but not inside.

Pronunciation

FoRcus

focus – fow- Kus

pod – Paad

Why were you so busy this morning?

Because I prepare a lot of documents for the new product launch, this is the focus pod. I prepare the announcement to inform the sales team that there’s a new product launch this month, and I also prepared our sales team training material to deliver the message to help the sales team to deliver the message to the clients about this new product. This is a focus work solution, because today’s office is always open. though when we are do some work and not focus on our, when we do the work we can not focus on it, so we need a specific space to provide them  a short time to works on their work for one or two hours, because this screen is with the nano-fabric, so they can avoid the noise outside. And this pod also with the power solution, the power and data and usb to support them when they use the laptop or the internet.

Because I prepared a lot of documents for the new product launch, it is a focus pod. I prepared the announcement to inform the sales team that there’s a new product launch this month, and I also prepared the sales training material to help the sales team deliver the message to the clients about this new product. It is a focus work solution, because today’s office is an open floor plan. When we do some work and we can not focus on it, we need a designated space to give staff a short time to do their work. The screen has nano-fabric, so it can reduce outside noise. This pod also has power solutions  for USB or laptops.

Grammar

Is +   (Word)    sounds like it should be an ADJ.

eg: It is beautiful.

Is +   a/an/the/my/your…   (Word)     sounds like it should be a N.

eg: It is a desk.

Is + a (ADJ.)

eg: Is a good.    (Sounds like there should be a N. after the ADJ.)

Is a good what?

Is a good book.

eg: It is an interesting book.