VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Next Class Focus

Finish correction the speaking from today

Vocabulary

MS access – an app for database management

track – to watch data as it changes from week to week or month to month etc.
eg. we track the number of students joining SE

display / generate – to make something from the data
eg. we use the data to generate a graph

table (data) / graph (picture like bars, pie, lines…)

location – the place of a business etc
eg. we send people to the client’s location

earphones – just for ears

headphones – for your whole head

open plan – an open style office with no walls
eg. I don’t like open plan offices because they are too loud

Grammar

topic of life is more than workthere are more life topics than work / we talked about more life topics than work 

on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday are days so “on”)/ at the weekend (at the end of the week)

in the first day / in the end of classon the first day / at the end of class

we have service people to the locationwe send service people to the location

there is a hotel is our company’s customer there is a hotel which is our company’s customer

Speaking exercise

I listening music whole day, not whole day, when I sleep I didn’t, if I have the rest time I will put the ear phones. Sometimes when I work I need to focus on my data I will put the earphones to listening the music, because maybe in my company there are some noise. Sometimes it’s quiet. There is a leader maybe she is in her….. she’s temper is very bad so sometimes she loud so it’s very…. and her voice is very shrill. She always get angry at people / tells people off so I like use the earphone when I work.

I listen to music the whole day, well actually most of the day because when I sleep I don’t. if I have free time I will put (my) ear phones in. Sometimes when I work I need to focus on / pay attention to my data I will put the earphones to listen to music, because maybe in my company there are some noise. Sometimes it’s quiet. There is a leader maybe she is in her….. she’s temper is very bad so sometimes she loud so it’s very…. and her voice is very shrill. She always get angry at people / tells people off so I like use the earphone when I work.

Grammar

reason
to + verb
for + noun
eg. I come here to learn English / I come here for English

the = obvious thing
eg. the weather is so good today = Shanghai’s weather

to = arrive
at = point
in = period / inside
on = on top / touching

listen – no time / every day / sometimes / always

listening – now / noun
listened

I like music.
I like listening.

Music is nice
Listening is fun.