Profile Update Double Class (Nick)

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Next update August 2019

Previous Levels

Listening: 3.5
Speaking: 2.75
Pronunciation: 2.5
Writing: 3

Class Notes from today:

Continue to discuss the difference between the regular past tense and the past perfect:
e.g. I talked to him
e.g. I have talked to him
(See below, and use other examples)

Start with a speaking about the holiday so that there will be lots of past tense.

Finish the speaking below.

Vocabulary

Grammar – the rules that a language follows so that we can understand each other, patterns in a language 语法

Spring cleaning – when it finally warm enough to open the windows and have a good day cleaning and washing everything; removing the smells of winter
e.g. When the Sun is shining, you can

Vacuum (cleaner) – a machine that pulls dry things up off of the floor, also from clothes
e.g. Candy bought a small vacuum to use for her bed, pillows, etc.

Renew – to make something good again, or to update the information
Expire – to get too old, for something to run out of time 过期/到期
e.g. I renewed my membership at the gym before it expired (I paid for three months, and that time was almost over, so I had to pay again)

Deadline – good before some time
Expire – bad after some time
(Same idea, different emphasis, different focus)

Parking Spot – one place for parking one car

Wonton – 馄饨 in English we just use the sounds of the characters

Fry – to cook in oil
Stir-fry – 炒
Pan-fry – to fry in just a little bit of oil 煎
Deep-fry – to put totally in the oil 炸
Steam – to use hot water, but not put something in the water 蒸
Boil – to put underwater 煮

Shell – the hard part on the outside of something
e.g. To make a deep-fried egg, first you have to boil it, then you have to remove the shell, and then you can fry it.

If you shoot for the Moon and miss, you still land among the stars – if you set a really hard/ambitious goal and don’t achieve it, you will still get a good result

Grammar

Talked vs. have talked – “talked” refers to something you did one time, and which is now done; “have talked” just means that you did the action at least one time (you actually did it), but you aren’t talking specifically about what you did
e.g. I talked to him about the new reports (I did this once, and this is what I want you to focus on: what we talked about)
e.g. I have talked to him about the reports (I did this at least once, and I want you to focus not on what we talked about, but that I actually did this thing)

e.g. I went to England (one time, one trip; I am focusing on the specific trip, this one trip)
e.g. I have been to England (one or more times; I’m focusing on the fact that I have been there)

Don’t use “the” with names:
e.g. Nick, Candy, England, Jiao Tong University

Analysis vs. Analyze – noun vs. verb

I am very happy today, because holiday is coming soon. Actually, I have another good reason for me. I have talked about one project with my boss and we made alignment on something. This is first time we have a same thoughts. We are doing some project analysize. I thought they are missing some things, so I have think and write some new information in this morning and talk to him in this afternoon. My suggestion or my comments, he fine/agreed my comments/suggestions. Actually, we want to do something then we need to set up our clear target. I found our team go quickly to next step, but we didn’t have deeply analysis for our target market and our target clients. Then I did the deep research of this parts and provide some conclusion to him. I think this is very important to guide our direction and our next product line. When we understand our target market, our target clients, we will develop right product to them.

I am very happy today, because a/the holiday is coming soon. Actually, I have another good reason to be happy for me. I have talked about one project with my boss and we made alignment agreed on something / and we found that our plans were aligned. This is first time we had a the same thought / idea. We are doing some project analysis and I thought they are (still) missing a few / some things, so I have took some time to think and renew and write some new information in this morning and talk to him in this afternoon. My suggestion or my comments, he fine/agreed my comments/suggestions. Actually, we want to do something then we need to set up our clear target. I found our team go quickly to next step, but we didn’t have deeply analysis for our target market and our target clients. Then I did the deep research of this parts and provide some conclusion to him. I think this is very important to guide our direction and our next product line. When we understand our target market, our target clients, we will develop right product to them.

Pronunciation

How have you been doing? – Howya been?
— This is just a sort slang way to say it, informal

Arrogant – air – o – gant

Bacteria – back – teer – ee – uh

Vacuum – vak – yoom