VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Homework

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

Think about simple sentences but try to make them longer with words like: because, but, so, and, which, who.


I like the phone in your hand which is black.
I like it.
what is it?

it is the phone
what phone
the phone that is in my hand

Writing exercise

Dear sir/madam
I hope you are well .
I’m writing to you about Rie’s knee injury when she playing the tennis.
The doctor told me that she couldn’t run for the next few months.so recently,she has to stop her PE class.
Could you please confirm whether it can be approved?
I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards
Irene

Dear sir/madam / To whom it may concern,
I hope you are well .
I’m writing to you about Rie’s knee injury when she played tennis / I’m writing to you about an injury that Rie got when she was playing tennis. 
The doctor told me that she couldn’t run for the next few months. So now / from now / for the next 2 weeks, she has to stop her PE class.
Could you please confirm whether it can be approved? / Please let me know if there’s any issue with this / Please let me know if you can approve this. / I hope this is OK and sorry for any inconvenience.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,
Irene

Grammar

I have worked hard
I have been working hard

I have a teacher who is called Jesse.
She got an injury when she was playing tennis

play the piano / play piano – both are OK but “the” is not needed
play football

the french french people
good people / bad people
gay / black / Chinese – use them as adjectives
eg. I know many gay people / I don’t know many black people / Chinese people are nice

Vocabulary

this party is (held / on) there

anniversary party / celebration – a party you have every year / 5 years / 10 years to celebrate
eg. I went to a celebration of my husband’s company last night which was really fun.

such like such as / like
eg. I have been to many countries such as Australia / countries like Australia

currently = in my life these days
eg. currently I work really hard but before I was lazy .

now
eg. now I know but I didn’t before

recently = always is in the past
eg. I have been tired recently

these days = started in the past (recently) continues to now
eg. these days I am tired / these days I have been working really hard


When traveling to Paris + London 

my husband works in the supplement health industry as a marketing development director / in marketing
I work in logistics at a Japanese company as an ocean export manager / in export
Jesse works in education at his own company as the founder and CEO / in upper management

Paris – who what when why how where…
eg. I went to Paris with my husband 10 years ago to travel to see the Eifel Tower and lots of famous places and I thought the buildings were beautiful and the food was really delicious

Seafood – who what when why how where….
eg. We had seafood in a restaurant and we had lobster which was really different to lobster in China

use this when you don’t understand: sorry? what do you mean? / I don’t really know what you mean…

what do you mean by ____/ Sorry I didn’t understand ____…. what does that mean? 

Room service: Sorry I was just wondering if I wanted to get room service, how much is the extra charge? / service fee? What time does room service go from and until? / What are the operating hours for room service? / Do you have room service for breakfast and what time is the earliest I can order? 

Asking questions: Sorry I was just wondering / Sorry I just wanted to ask… 

adapter / universal power adapter – do you have a power adapter for Chinese devices / things or, is there anywhere I can buy them near here?

Food: are there any Chinese restaurants nearby? / can you recommend any Chinese restaurants around here?

Pronunciation

supplement – SUP pleh ment

Cannes = “Carn”