VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

excuse: (n) 借口

grateful: 充满感激的

appreciate： 感激
ie. I appreciate your honesty./your help…. = thank you for …

dialect: fang yan

verbal abuse: 言语上的侮辱

humble: qian xu

workaholic: 工作狂

detour：绕行的路; 迂回路; 兜圈子;

Grammar

from (time) to (time) – 什么时候到什么时候

until – 直到 (neg sentence)
ie. Until you finish your homework, you won’t be able to play.
ie. I will be busy until 6pm, when I’m free.

long idea, begin with “that”

My friend invite me go to her party today.
My friend invited me to go to her party today./to her party today.
My friend gave me an invitation to go to her party today./to her party today.
I got an invitation from my friend to go to her party.

I did overtime
I worked overtime

I made one of my team members work overnight/work overtime for the entire/whole night.

The student said “English is still very difficult”
The student who just left said “English is still very difficult”

Q: Describe a friend of yours
A: I have a friend. His name is very funny, he name is Toto, because his Chinese name is tao tao. He is Shnese, so he always always taught toto, so he think it’s a good Eng name is father gave to him. He also was my boss before. I think he is very nice person. He teach me how to be a professional(n. person), because sometimes I bring some emotion in my job/work. So he taught me if you want to be a professional person, you should always ignore some bad emotion when you with your colleagues. I think every your coworker want to share his advice to me, so I’m very respect to him. We are together leave this company. He changed to another job, and me too. We’re still friends until now. Sometimes if I made some mistake/ some difficulties, I always call me, and I want to listen to his advice/feedback.

A: I have a friend. His name is very funny, he name is Toto, because his Chinese name is tao tao. He is Shnese, so in SH dialect, his name is pronounced “toto.” So he thinks his father gave him a very good Eng name./He thinks it’s an awesome name that his father gave him. Also, he was my boss from my previous job/company. I think he is a very nice person, and very kind. He taught me how to be a professional(n. person) in the workplace, because sometimes I bring some emotion to my job/work./sometimes I let my emotions get the better of me/affect my work./I’m a bit emotional when I work. So he taught me that if I want to be a professional, I should always control/put away my negative emotions when I am with my colleagues. I think not every one of your coworkers wants to share his advice to you/wants to help you, so I respect him very much/I’m very grateful to him/I feel/have a lot of respect(n) for him. We left this company one after another/I left my company first, and he left shortly after. He changed to another job, and me too/I did the same. We’re still friends now. Sometimes if I made mistakes or met difficulties, I always called him, because I want to get his advice/feedback. / I always called him for advice/feedback./because I need..

Pronunciation

famous = no R, so no “er” – fAmus

kind = kInd “I”, not “kand”

invite = not “inwite”