VIP Class Notes (George) [S]

Bring some work emails so we can look at them together.

Do a review of the new vocabulary.

Vocabulary

Effectively- When you do something using the best possible way.

e.g. I assigned my team many tasks and they always manage to finish them effectively.

North American English-  The standard accent that is used in both Canada and America.

e.g. Most people think Americans and Canadians sounds the same. It’s because they both speak with a North American accent.

Vacuum- (verb or noun)  a machine that picks up all the dirt and dust from the floor. Can also be used as a verb to describe when you are using that machine.

e.g. I want Santa Claus to bring me a Dyson for Christmas this year, because I heard it’s the best vacuum.

e.g. Before I hate vacuuming the house, but after I bought a Dyson, I really like to do it.

Necessities-  Things that we use daily.

e.g. If you want to buy daily necessities, it’s cheaper to buy them in China than Taiwan.

Iphones are cheaper in Taiwan and if you buy them at the duty free, then they are EVEN cheaper. 

the pollution is EVEN worse in Beijing than in Shanghai.

Eslite-   chen ping a very famous bookstore in Taiwan.

e.g. I visited the Eslite flagship store in Taibei

Flagship-  this is a brand’s biggest store in the city

e.g. Uniqlo and Muji both have flagship stores in Shanghai. Starbuck’s has a very big flagship store in Shanghai as well.

Arabica%-  A Japanese coffee shop that is very famous in Shanghai.

e.g. The first time I went to Arabica, there was a very long queue. (Q)

Queue- When there is a line of people waiting for something.

e.g. In Shanghai, it is very common to be in queue during lunchtime.

Mop-  (verb or noun)  a kind of thing we use to wash the floor.  (can also be used as a verb to describe when you are using it)

e.g. I always try to mop the floor at least once a week because there is always so much dust on it.

Air purifier-  a kind of machine that cleans the air and removes pollution.

e.g. I always keep my air purifier working just to make sure the air in my apartment is clean.

Pronunciation

Take- 

Team- 

Original

I worked for IT industry around 15 years, now I work Nielsen is market and research company. I want to learn how to communicate with my colleagues in English.

I need to have more confident

I sleep too late and went to shopping mall to find some book for me and ate my lunch. Saturday I still work for half day because I tag a new job role about to lead service tean. To wash my clothes, (and vacuum and mop the floor, doing housework) I watched a movie, till 1 o clak in the morning.

Corrected

I have been working in the IT industry around 15 years. Currently, I am working at Nielsen, which is a market research company. I want to study English because I want to be able to communicate with my colleagues better and more effectively, and I can chat with them using higher level vocabulary.

I also need to have more confidence when speaking to strangers in English.

I slept until 11 AM because I’m catching up on sleep/because I was very tired and needed to sleep more. After I woke up, I went to a shopping mall to find some books and then, had lunch. Saturday I still worked for half a day because I took a new job role leading the service team. Sunday I was busy doing housework. I had to wash my clothes, and vacuum and mop the floor. I watched a movie, till 1 o clak in the morning.