F2F Class Notes (Tony)[S]

Books: Speak Business English like an American

Business idioms and slang. And common business situations.

Review and practice this technique.

Always give a full answer (For practice in class)

Use the words from the question, to make your answer. It also shows that you completely understood the question.

What did you get here?
I got here at about 6pm.

What was the first thing you ate this morning?
I ate one egg this morning.
The first thing I ate this morning was an egg.

The best teacher I knew in middle school was Nancy Zhang / The best teacher I know in middle school is Nancy Zhang.

This helps you learn sentence structures, and how to make many new sentences:

Example: The first person I met in China was Jiang Zemin.

Vocabulary

I do customer service / I work in customer service

this is incorrect

technician (the tech) – the person who has the technical knowledge

eg: I work with the tech and the customer to resolve any problems.

eg: I’m like the translator and customer service for the tech.

bulk – very large or big amounts

eg: The website is for bulk purchases.

about – cha bu duo

eg: It’s (Wuhan is) about as hot as Shanghai.

eg: I will be there at about 5pm.

eg: I got

Grammar

News (uncountable Noun)

I read a news.

I read 4 news.

I read some news.

I read a news article/story.

I must speak fluently at my part time job.

before I go went to college

I moved to Shanghai two years ago and started a new life in Shanghai. I got the first job in 20th may 2016 in Shanghai. At first the job I got was not the suitable one for me. But I thought maybe it was a chance for me. And after half and one year. I have already changed my position in the hospital and now I think it’s the right way which I want to be in.

I moved to Shanghai two years ago and started a new life. I got my first job on the 20th of may 2016. At first the job I got was not suitable for me. But I thought maybe it was a chance for me to get some experience. One and a half years later I have already changed positions in the hospital. And now I think it’s the right career path that I want to be on.