VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Write an angry email to a colleague who is failing at his job. (still professional)

Vocabulary

puffy:  peng (adj)
ie. Matthew bought a puffy sofa from ikea yesterday.
ie. I use pp powder to make my hair puffy.

fluffy: mao rongrong (adj for doggies)
ie. My dog has fluffy fur.

pour: 倾倒; 倒出; 涌流; 倾泻; 喷发; 倒，斟(饮料);
ie. It’s pouring outside.
ie. Pour me another one.

imbecile: 笨蛋; 蠢货; 低能者; 弱智者
ie. Why is Fran is an imbecile on this Friday night?

earphones/headphones: er ji
ie. Fran is looking for her headphones but she will never find them.

former: last, not anymore (adj)
ie. He is the former CEO of Alibaba.

spot: dian (n)
ie. I like spotted dresses.
ie. There is a yellow spot/stain on your shirt.

persuade: shui fu
ie. He is a person who’s very hard to persuade.

occupy: zhan yong
ie. Li occupied Ally’s room and computer.

preoccupied (adj): mang, thinking about different things
ie. Fran is feeling preoccupied with work lately.

thoroughly: shen ru
ie. Maybe Fran should learn the meaning of this word more thoroughly so that Ally doesn’t have to teach it to her again.

Grammar

figure out: fa xian
ie. I

I can’t distinguish/tell.
ie. It’s doesn’t matter. People can’t tell anyway.

I don’t he has a SD accent.
Yes, he has. – > Yes, he does.

It’s raining hard.
It’s very rainy.
It’s pouring. 

I can’t order taxi.
I can’t get a taxi.
No taxi available.
There’s no taxi. 

Wait me for one minute.

more than 10 o’clock..
later than 10 o’clock..

Except my boss, who should I answer the conference call in that late time?
At that late hour, who else would I be talking to on the phone?

From now, you ask me to refresh then I do it.
From now, I will only refresh  when you ask me.

Almost my we chat moments are related with my work.
Almost all of my we chat moments are related to my work.

I have relations with the client’s pervious/former company.

His face is like a person who can speak English very fluently.
He has a face like a person who can speak English very fluently.
He looks like someone who can speak English very fluently.
He looks like someone who is a native speaker of English.
He looks like someone whose first language/mother tongue is English.

Third project is a cooperate with a production team to edit a video.
Third project is to cooperate with a production team to edit a video.
… is a cooperation with a production team to edit a video.

The way to cooperate with him is to control him. Because he has too many things, and if you always ask him questions, he will feel you don’t think very deeply. When he ask you questions, you have definitely answer and if your answer is not the same with his, you need to persuade him.
The best/only/My way to cooperate with him is to control him. Because he is very busy/always preoccupied, and if you always ask him questions, he would feel you don’t think very clearly/thoroughly/that you didn’t think before you talked. When he asks you questions, you should have definite/clear answers and if your answer is not the same as/similar to his, you need to persuade him.

Pronunciation

finetune