Online Class Notes (Nicholas)

For the next few classes, let’s focus on identifying/choosing a small, focused list of new vocabulary words that you can start using everyday…these should repalce common words.

In future classes, we will focus on enhancing phrases and vocabulary.

We should read Dale Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends & Influence People”

Pronunciation

I working vs. I work in

e.g. Are you working today? Yes, I am working today.

e.g. Do you work at Disney? Yes I work at Disney.

e.g. Yes, I work in this building.

Where I live vs. Where I leave

e.g. I live in this building. (Short, fast and upward).

e.g. I leave Shanghai every month. (Long, moving your mouth wide)

Vocabulary

“catch up” / If you are behind on work, you can take time to finsih the work you didn’t complete.

e.g. I had to go to work on Saturday to “catch up” on my work.

Yeah vs. Yes

extradition / when a country has an agreement to return criminals

let me think a while / let me think for a moment

perks / special benefits from your company

Grammar

many responsible for the merchandising / I have many responsibilties 

the process is easy, the communicate is hard / the process is easy, but it’s the communication that’s hard

make sure both end understand eachother / make sure both ends understand eachotehr

import from other country / import from other countries

make a negotiate with the US govt / negotiate with the US

two month ago / two months ago

most of our colleague is Chinese / most of our colleagues are Chinese

But I think it’s really help me / But I think it’s really helpful

They don’t follow the rule / They don’t follow the rules

What I want to talk / What I want to say

What I saying / What I am saying