Online Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework

Write about your job, introduce your work, what do you do every day? What are your responsibilities?

Speaking exercise

I joined a meeting about my work. I telled my manager what I do in last week. I told my manager I have some difficult issue about my work. My manager give me some suggestion. I think it’s useful. Because I am a engineer, my work is to do some code / programming for computer chips. I feel upset. I think I can work more efficiently. I think I can work confidently, and I think I should handle the issue independently. I have a buddy, she can help me with some issue, if I have a blocking issue I will ask my buddy, but I think i can think of my own idea / think of it myself.

I joined / had a meeting about / meeting to discuss my work. I told my manager what I did last week / I reported to my manager what I did last week. I told my manager I have some difficult issues with my work. My manager gave me some suggestion which I think is useful / which is useful. Because I am an engineer, my work is to do some code / programming for computer chips. I feel upset after the meeting. I think I can work more efficiently. I think I can work, confidently, and I think I should handle the issues / problems independently. I have a buddy, she can help me when I have a problem that I can’t fix / handle. Sometimes I will ask my buddy, but I think i can think of my own idea / think of it myself.

Grammar

nouns – how many? which one? 
eg. I have a cup = just 1, not important
eg2. You have my cups = more than 1, mine
verbs – what time?
eg. I went to work = in the past, the time is important
eg2. I have been to work = in the past, time is not important

at (point) – time
on – days
in (period) – morning / month / year

Vocabulary

express my own idea / say what I think

active / proactive – zhu dong de / ji ji de
positive – good / happy / ji ji de
eg. I should express my own ideas actively

advice / suggestion – sth I think you should do
eg. Jesse gave me a good suggestion about my English

where is it? – zai nali

I can see it / I got it – kan dao le

I said a lot / I spoke a lot – wo shuo le hen duo

it looks good – hao kan

I can’t understand (what you said) / what do you mean? 

Pronunciation

suggestion – su jes chen / jen
tion = chen / shen / jen

gave – gayyyv

confident – CON fi dent

fairy
very

willa