Online Class Notes (Jesse)

I passed his one-month probation period last month.
The cargo will arrive
In early of Jan
In the middle of Jan
At the end of Jan
Boss give 50% discount salary to his assistant ,and cut off several his old colleagues who worked with him for more than 5 years. It’s tough time for me to see.
We push supplier a lot to produce products before CNY
Bargin the price with sb.
Send sth.by UPS /by courier for 4days.

I am reading some books about time management, and I will delivery on-line speech in a wechat group.But the leader of wechat group is not satisfied with my outline,I have to rewrite again.

My computer worked 5 years, recently it always crash. That makes me crazy/piss off .

I passed his one-month probation period last month.
The cargo will arrive
In early Jan / In the early part of Jan
In the middle of Jan
At the end of Jan
My boss cut his assistant’s salary by 50%, and let go / fired / released several of the staff who worked for him for more than 5 years / which has been tough for me / It’s a tough time for me to see / It’s tough for me to see.
We push (all the) suppliers a lot to make / manufacture products before CNY.
Bargin the price with sb (most common) / to fight over the price with sb (strong – argue) / haggle with sb (casual) / negotiate with sb (professional)
Send sth by UPS / by courier for 4 days / I posted sth which took 4 days

I am reading some books about time management, and I will deliver / give / do an online speech in a wechat group but the leader of the wechat group is not satisfied with my outline, so I have to rewrite it again.

My computer worked for 5 years, but recently it always crashes / it has been crashing. That annoys me / that pisses me off (rude) / that bothers me a lot / that really annoys me / that really gets to me.

Pronunciation

courier = coo ree yer
career = ka reer
korea = kor ree yer 

Vocabulary

APP = “ap” not “ay pee pee”

2nd hand goods / used goods 

ex-colleague / someone I worked with before / an old colleague of mine
ex-classmate / we used to go to school together / an old classmate of mine

a long-standing friend = someone I have been friends with for a long time

I give Ivy some coffee / I give some coffee to Ivy

their salary was reduced by 20% / was cut by 20% / went down by 20% / they were given a 50% reduction in their salary

the iphone had a 50% discount / I bought it at a 50% discount / they gave me a 50% discount

day by day – every day

updown my writing – upload my writing

early 2021 / mid 2021 / late 2021
early in the year / in the middle of the year / late in the year

early 2021 is busy for me
he will be here in early 2021

CNY is the only time they have off work / I have time off / I applied for a day off / I applied for annual leave

she compressed (zip) the files and sent them through the cloud. Then I downloaded them, decompressed (unzip) them, and opened them one by one.

Grammar

it is 3 times expensive – 3 times more expensive

in the 2nd part year – in the 2nd half of the year