Online Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Speaking exercise

I have a customer from Brazil. He made an order with us and we finished the products but he told us not to ship now so the products are still in our warehouse. He just told me he will inform me if it’s getting better and I also have / i have another order from Sri Lanka. We arranged shipping but the container arrived there in about last week but my customer cannot collect it / pick it up and she cannot send money to us now because the bank is all closed.

I communicate with my Brazil with my Brazil customer in portuguese but I don’t speak portuguese.

I have a customer from Brazil. He made an order with us and we finished the products / the manufacturing but he told us not to ship now / told us to hold off on shipping / delay shipping so the products are still / sitting in our warehouse. He just told me he will inform me / let me know / update me when it’s getting better and I also have / i have another order from Sri Lanka. We arranged shipping but the container arrived there in about / around last week but / however my customer cannot collect it / pick it up and she cannot send money / transfer funds to us / make any transactions now because / since / as / due to the fact that the banks are all closed.

I communicate with my Brazil customer in portuguese but I don’t speak portuguese.

Vocabulary

quarantine – ge li

because = as / since / due to the fact that
because = due to 

pending – stopped / hasn’t started / hasn’t make progress
eg. we have 2 pending orders that we can’t process due to the corona virus

ongoing – happening / continuing / still going
eg. the project is ongoing and is expected to finish next month


Vocabulary: go through notes and use vocabulary in writing – make a story using the words.
Grammar: watch tv shows / movies with English subtitles and copy the sentences and make your own sentences based on the grammar.
Pronunciation: watch xiaohongshu and copy pronunciation exactly.