Online Class Notes (Jesse)

*spoken English:
-Yesterday was a lovely sunny day, and Today is also, but weather report said in the following days will be rainy and the temperature will be cut down sharply.
-My friends asked me to hang out /go shopping but I refused them.

(before the holiday I told my friends how to spend my holiday)
To curb the spread of coronavirus, I’m planning to stay at home and read a book and see a documentary every day during the 10-day holiday.

(after the holiday I told my friends how I spent my holiday)
To curb the spread of coronavirus, I stayed at home and sum up to read 10 books and saw 10 documentaries during the 10-day holiday

*email English:
The supplier would like to check with us if the color should be the same as the approved sample.
*We will send one apple to you by courier, and after CNY we will send the rest two apples.(total 3 apples)

*writing:
Yesterday I saw the first episode of a Japanese TV drama, it is with a long name “Bread and Soup and Cat Weather”. An middle-age women was an editor for a book publishing house, unfortunately her mother died and left her a small restaurant. At the same time ,she was changed the position which she didn’t like because the company thought she was too old to do the job well. Finally, she took courage to quit the job to decorate and reopen the restaurant for lunch. I love to see the inspiring dramas and movies like this, especially when I feel upset, they raise me up.

*spoken English:
-Yesterday was a lovely sunny day, and Today is also, but the weather report said in the following days it will be rainy and the temperature will drop / fall / decrease / sharply.
-My friends asked me to hang out / go shopping but I said that I’d prefer not to / I made an excuse to get out of it / I declined / I said I wasn’t interested / I said that I couldn’t.

(before the holiday I told my friends how to spend my holiday)
To curb the spread of coronavirus, I’m planning to stay at home and read a book and see a documentary every day during the 10-day holiday.

(after the holiday I told my friends how I spent my holiday)
To curb the spread of coronavirus, I stayed at home and in total, I read 10 books and saw 10 documentaries during the 10-day holiday

*email English:
The supplier would like to check with us if the color should be the same as the approved sample.
*We will send one apple to you by courier, and after CNY we will send the remaining two apples.(3 apples in total)
*We will send one apple to you by courier, and after CNY we will send the rest (of the apples) / another 2. (3 apples in total)

*writing:
Yesterday I saw the first episode of a Japanese TV drama, it has a long name “Bread and Soup and Cat Weather” / I saw a movie with a long time which was “_____” / I saw a movie called / named “_____”. A middle-age woman was an editor for a book publishing house, and her mum left her a restaurant when she, unfortunately, died. At the same time, she was given a new position / changed to a new position / her position was changed by her boss / she was given an accounting position which she didn’t like because the company thought she was too old to do the job well. Finally, she found the courage to quit / she courageously quit the job to decorate and reopen the restaurant which specialises in serving lunch. I love to see the inspiring / inspirational dramas and movies like this, especially when I feel upset / when I’m down, they lift my spirits / lift my mood / give me a mood lift.

Vocabulary

I will give you CNY = money
I will have a party during CNY = new year

CNY = Chinese Yuan
CNY = Chinese New Year

divide = to separate things
eg. my boss divided the team into small groups
devote = to promise / give yourself completely to sth
eg. I will devote my life to my job

the house is very rewarding in terms of investment / as an investment – the house has a lot of potential to earn profit / the house could be very profitable / the housing market has a lot of potential for growth 

housing price was not expensive – the housing prices in SH used to be much lower 

property developer – a company that builds properties

kung fu = gong fu

science fiction = a science based story that is not true

doing sth takes courage

by the following – for the rest / for the following part / for the next part

I’m in < > I’m out
I’m down / I’m up for it / I’m in = I’m interested
I’m off = I’m leaving

in total / totally
eg. I have 10 RMB in total = the whole amount / yi gong
eg2. my phone is totally dead = completely

now we get 5 orders – often / sometime / always
now we have got 5 orders – recently / past to now

I don’t post on WeChat

next next week – the week after next
last last week – the week before last

Pronunciation

accountant – “cown”