Online Class Notes (Joe)

Today we focused on:

Practiced more interview questions.

Homework

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

Practice asking more questions with ‘May I ask about’, ‘Would you mind telling me about’ and ‘If you don’t mind, I’d like to ask about’.

Next Class Focus

Practice using polite phrases to ask questions in a formal situation.

Vocabulary

What did you get up to? = What did you do?

politely = 礼貌
We should ask questions politely.

colleague = coworker  (同事)

Grammar

I went shopping and buy some clothes for my boyfriend.
I went shopping and bought some clothes for my boyfriend.

We work together very well with my colleagues 
I worked very well with my colleagues
We worked very well together

We solved questions together
We answered questions together
We solved problems together

My former company had a laid off
My former company laid many people off

Pronunciation

perfectionist – pir fek shi nist

hire – hai yir

Reading

I’m capable of doing this job very well. You should hire me because I’m extremely hardworking, reliable and I’m serious about my job. I’m a perfectionist, so I try my best never to make mistakes at work.

perfectionist

hire