VIP Class Notes (George) [W]

Homework

SENTENCE CORRECTION:Ā Since I’ve taken the position of X, our retention rate has improved to nearly 90-100%; in the past X years/between 2017-2018, there are only X teachers who have resigned from their posts.

Vocabulary

expect-Something you think will happen because it usually does.

e.g. I expect all my employees to be on time.

assume-Something you think will happen but you don’t have a very solid background of information regarding it.

e.g. Well, I assumed since you were the only one on duty tonight that you would have asked someone for the keys to close the doors.

e.g. I assume you’ve all read the reports I’ve sent you?

think- something that is going through your mind, an idea, whatever that idea might be.

e.g. I think that coffee is better than tea.

e.g. I think the client has already left [but i’m not entirely sure].

e.g. I think giving our clients a 7 day pass is more effective than giving them a month free.

hope- Something you would like to see happening/happen.

e.g. I hope that after you complete your training, you will be able to satisfy our clients requirements.

consider-Ā when you want to make a direct statement to someone regarding something you believe, you want to tell them that’s what you think. to think about, seriously.

e.g. I consider my boss to be the most successful entrepreneur in the country.

e.g. You know, I consider you to be one of my closest friends.

Explicit-Ā Something very obvious.

e.g. My boss explicitly told me, “if you’re late again, you’re fired.”

Implicit-Ā When something is not very obvious.

e.g. My boss implicitly told me if I’m late again, he’ll fire me.

How do you know?

Well, he looked at me straight in the eye and said, “I hope you won’t ever be late again.”

Writing exercise

Original

I had a very nice trip with my family during the golden week. My family flied from Taiwan and we gathered together in Japan. Itā€™s been 5 years from our last family trip and we have more family members including my husband, brothers in law, and cute niece. Itā€™s definitely not easy to make the trip happen. First of all, each membersā€™ schedule have to be matched and are allowed to take leave during that period of time. Second, The powerful typhoon had slammed into Kansei area, disrupting land and air travel and leaving thousands stranded. We were very concerned that the trip has to be canceled. Fortunately, the typhoon was away before our visit.
Itā€™s always good to have quality time with family especially at the trip. I think because I live in out of Taiwan and missed some family moments, and the truth is my parents are getting older, I really cherish these memories we owned together. Refill full of energy from this trip!

Corrected

I had a very nice trip with my family during the golden week. My familyĀ flew inĀ from Taiwan and we gathered together in Japan. Itā€™s been 5 years since our last family trip and weĀ now have more family members including my husband, brothers in law, and my cute niece. Itā€™s definitely not easy to make the trip happen. First of all, each member’s schedule has to match and they should also all be allowed toĀ takeĀ leave at the same time/during that period of time. Second, a powerful typhoon slammed into the Kansei area, disrupting land and air travel and leaving thousands stranded. We were very concerned that the trip would/mightĀ be canceled. Fortunately, the typhoon happenedĀ before our visit so it didn’t affect our plans.
Itā€™s always good to spendĀ quality time with family especially on aĀ trip. I think becauseĀ I don’t live with my family anymore, I really miss spending quality time with themĀ and the truth is my parents are getting older, I really cherish these memories we madeĀ together. I felt really energizedĀ after coming back Ā from this trip!