Online Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

To whom it may concern/Dear Sir/Madam/Dear Mr/Ms Wang

It can’t be helped: 没办法

Grammar

no special plan – nothing special 

Speaking exercise

I spent a lot of time with my kids. I didn’t want to get up early in the morning so my husband would get up early. He spent two hours to play with kids. When I get up to play with my kids, he would be cooking. After lunch, my kids would nap. When they get up, we would draw some cartoons. After dinner, they would play with each other. I think the situation doesn’t affect them. In the day, they play with each other. When we come back, we can hear them from the door.

Revised: 

I spent a lot of time with my kids. I didn’t want to get up early in the morning so my husband would get up early. He spent two hours to play with the kids. When I got up to play with my kids, he would be cooking. After lunch, my kids would take a nap. When they wake up, we would draw some cartoons. After dinner, they would play with each other. I think the situation doesn’t affect/have an impact on them. During the day, they play with each other. When we come back, we can hear them from our corridor. 

Writing exercise

Dear Mr. Li,

This email is about my lateness tomorrow.

I am sorry to say that I will be late for 2 hours tomorrow morning. Because there is something wrong with my air condition and it cannot be working now. So, I called the maintenance and he said that he would come at 8 tomorrow morning.

I think it maybe will spend me 2 hours. So,I ask for a 2 hours off first.

I will go to the office as soon as possible .

I look forward to hearing from you whether my leave will be allowed or not.

Yours Sincerely,
Sally

Revised:

Dear Mr. Li,

I am writing to inform that I will be late tomorrow.

I am sorry to say that I will be late for 2 hours tomorrow morning because my air conditioning broke, so I called the repairman and he said that he would come over at 8 tomorrow morning.

I think it may take 2 hours so I would like to request to take 2 hours off in the morning/to come in 2 hours later.  

I will come to the office as soon as possible .

I look forward to your reply/response. 

Yours Sincerely/Kind regards/Best regards,
Sally