VIP Class Notes (Celeste) [W]

Write a daily diary entry. Focus on grammar, especially writing clearer sentences. 

Vocabulary

one tooth vs. many teeth

dentist/s n.  – tooth doctor or department in a hospital
eg. In the US, normally dentists’ offices are not in hospitals.

_ out of _ = _ in_
eg. 1 out of 5 kids loves Christmas. = 1 in 5 kids loves Christmas.
eg. 5 out of 10 of my coworkers went on vacation.
eg. 3 out of 4 of the biggest cities in China are very touristy.
eg. 2 out of 10 of my colleagues can speak a little English.
eg. 2 out of 4 of my sisters have been are married.

My palms (poms) are sweaty/clammy.

Grammar

I went to hospital. – I went to the hospital to fix my tooth / to see the dentist. 

Pronunciation

was *** relax your tongue, no ‘r’

all – all, call, ball, fall, tall ***remember to touch your tongue to the back of your front teeth

him ***remember short ‘i’ no ‘eeeeeee’

when ***en not un

Last week, I got a new task which was supporting our engineer to complete the setup of testing and make sure it can meet the requirements of our Indian customer, since only me out of the others can speak a little English. At first, when we saw so many unknown instruments and cables with different colors, we all had no any idea about the setup. After serveral days we communicated with our customer both on call and Skpe, and also the engineer of our client helped us to run software by far controlling on PC, finally, the day before yesterday, we finished all setup successfully. The instruments were all linked by specified cables in some order and controlled by the software to work. When all work was done, the Indian customer said “merry X mas” to us on Skype, it was so surprised to us becuase we all forgot it was December 25th. I was not sure if the other collegues same as me, I felt so happy and fullfiled at that moment even it was so late at night. Now, I think it is so fortunate that there are so many opportunities I can communicate with pepole from different Countries and I am getting more and more interested in my work.

Last week, I got/received a new task to support our engineer to complete the testing setup and make sure it (can) meets the requirements of our Indian client/customer, since only me out of the others can speak a little English. At first, when the engineer and I saw so many unknown instruments and cables with different colors, we both had no idea about the setup. After several days, phone calls, and Skype calls, we communicated with our client, and also the client’s engineer helped us to run software from afar from his PC. Finally, the day before yesterday, we finished the whole setup successfully. The instruments were all linked by/with specified cables in some order and controlled by the software to work. When all the/our work was done, the client said “merry X mas” to us on Skype, which was so surprising to us because we both forgot it was December 25th. I was not sure if my other colleagues felt the same as me, I felt so happy and fulfilled at that moment even though / but / however, it was so late at night. Now, I think it is so fortunate that there are so many opportunities for me to communicate with people from different countries and I am getting more and more interested in my work.