Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Writing exercise

This weekend I watched a very popular Netflix drama which is called “ Emily in Paris†at home. And the story is really simple which is about “ when America spirit meet French casual romantic“。Emily is a passionate marketing supervisor from Chicago. Her company acquired a French luxury company, and then she was sent to Paris to take charge of the company’s social media strategy, which brought a lot of exciting adventures and challenges. Meanwhile she made some new friends and started a new love story. Though the story is straightforward,its score is high due to the fact that it can fulfill the needs of different kinds of people. As a girl, your girlish dream will be come true because of many romantic scenes and if you are a marketing people, you can learn a lot of marketing skills from it, also you can enjoy fashion trends for many outfits which is styled by the famous stylist. So overall it is a successful and commercial drama in 2020 with easy understanding and relaxed characters.

This weekend I watched a very popular Netflix drama which is called “ Emily in Paris†at home, and the story is really simple / an uncomplicated storyline and is about “when the American spirit meets the French casual romantic“。Emily is a passionate marketing supervisor from Chicago. Her company acquired / whose company is acquired by / bought out by / purchased by / taken over by a French luxury company, and then she was sent to Paris to take charge of / to take over the company’s social media strategy, which brought / led to a lot of exciting adventures and challenges / and many exciting adventures and challenges followed / awaited. Meanwhile she made some new friends / Meanwhile new friendships were formed and started a new love story / a new relationship / got romantically involved. Though the story is straightforward, it’s rated very highly due to the fact that it can fulfill the needs of different kinds of / a variety of / numerous kinds of people / people from many walks of life. As a girl, your girly dream will be come true / become true / will be true because of the many romantic scenes and if you are a marketing person / if you work in marketing, you can learn a lot of marketing skills from it, also you can enjoy fashion trends of many outfits which are styled by the famous stylist. So overall it is a successful and commercial drama in 2020 with an easy-to-understand plot and relaxed characters.

Grammar

I will make the dream come true / The dream will be made to come true

The story is really simple which is good for me because I like simple stories.

sorry for the latesorry for the delay / sorry for the lateness 

replied some emailreplied to some emails

pay more attention on it – pay more attention to it

the dress is come from this stylist – the dress comes from this stylist

Vocabulary

a coat of paint – a layer of paint
eg. they will put 3 coats of paint on it

awaited – to wait for sth
eg. I joined the company and many projects awaited me = projects waited for me = were in the future

He is the guy with long hair = he is the guy who has long hair

fluro / bright / neon colors

“Sex and the city” – their lives with men + being in NY

this movie got a good rating / the movie’s score on the rating platforms is really high / it’s rated very highly

candidate – hou xun ren