VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S / W]

Homework

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

And write about an experience with some models recently that was funny / interesting / weird (qi guai)

Today we focused on:

talked a lot about her work, and her day today – focused on chinglish mistakes and differences between words. Also did a lot of grammar talking abt prepositions.

Vocabulary

take – go with to another place
bring – come with to here
send – don’t go with
eg. I bring the PC to the office / I bring my bag with me everywhere
eg2. I will take this PC home tonight

verb – dong ci
adjective – describes a noun
adverb – describes a verb

sentence – ju zi

I am at work, working on my work
I am at my office, doing sth on my project

measurements – the length and width etc of your body
dimensions – the length and width and height of an object

sth fits – size is right
sth fits sth – suitable / size is right (v)
sth suits sth – suitable (v)
sth is suitable – suitable (adj)

client / customer – ke hu

who – person / he / she …
eg. I have a friend who is fat
which – new information
that – detail
eg. I have a PC / computer which / that is black

8:15 – a quarter past 8
8:30 – half past 8
8:45 – a quarter to 9
8:50 – 10 to 9

I want this = I would like this
What do you want? = what would you like?

Pronunciation

paint – “payyyyynt”
play
name
stay

curve – “kerv

model – moh dll – tongue up at end

le / el – same but opposite start and end
we / ew

whit – it – short “i”
white – eyet – long “i”

win – short i
winelong i 

Speaking exercise

I woke up at 7 o’clock and I arrived on my office at 8 o’clock. I continued a meeting until 11 o’clock and I finished my lunch before half of 12 / 12:30. I eated ye li xia li and I painted pattern from 1 o’clock to 3 o’clock and on 3 o’clock I have the meeting again about design share and after I have a fitting with my team members. We saw the models and saw where need to fix.

i woke up at 7 o’clock / AM / in the morning and I arrived at my office / at work at 8 o’clock. I had a meeting until 11 o’clock and I finished my lunch before half past 12 / 12:30. I ate ye li xia li restaurant / which is a restaurant and I painted pattern from 1 o’clock / PM to 3 o’clock / PM and at 3 o’clock I had another / a design share meeting with the designer / a meeting about our design proposal and after I had a fitting with my team members. We saw the models and saw where we need to fix.

Grammar

to – arrive / distance between 2 things
at – a point
with – together

at 5PM = at 5:00
in the morning = inside the hours of 1AM to 12PM

at home – maybe inside maybe outside
in my house – inside it

at work
in my office

in the cafe
at the cafe

do you want = would you like
can I = do you mind if I
I think = I feel / it is my opinion that
I want = I would like 

I went home / here / there
I went to work / school / hospital
I went to the hospital / bank / airport / metro / bus station / park / beach
I went to the / a / my / …. any other place (office / building / place / restaurant / cafe)

Writing exercise

1.Can I measure your size?(to model) size like bust,waist,shoulder width.
2.Do you want to cut 2cm of length?
3.I think double stitch is fix to this design.
4.Do you like to revise the sleeve width to become thinner or wider?
5.I suggest put gum into sleeve bottom to stretch out and draw Back freely.

1.Can I / do you mind if I measure your size?/ take your measurements(to model) size like bust,waist,shoulder width.
2.Do you want / would you like to cut 2cm of length? / 2cm off the length
3.I think / i feel that / it is my opinion that double stitch fits this design.
4.Would you like to revise the sleeve width to become / be thinner or wider?
5.I suggest to put elastic into sleeve bottom to let it stretch / make it able to stretch and draw / pull back freely / with ease.