VIP Class Notes (Li)
Next Class Focus
Emails and written communication
Today we focused on:
Responding to “thank you”
You’re welcome/No problem/No worries/Great, let me know if you have any other problems/issues
Cheers/Feel free to ask me for help/if you have any questions
Vocabulary
five hours by plane/flight time
distinction – difference between similar things
ex. What is the distinction between an apple and an orange?
distance – how far things are
the distance is huge/great/very far
work has piled up – more unfinished work to do
we have a huge time difference/we have different time zones
it’s been a long time/awhile
communication – noun
ex. written communication
communicate – verb
ex. communicate with colleagues
Grammar
go back/went back
come/came back
*don’t forget the verb
Speaking exercise
I just spend the time with parents. My parents are all the Sichuan people. Because my parents work so they moved to Xinjiang.
I just spent some/most of the time with my parents. My parents are originally from Sichuan. Because of my parents’ work, they moved to Xinjiang.
That need 5 hours by plane.
It takes 5 hours by plane to fly to XJ from SH.
This is my second festival when I back to China
This is my second time to celebrate the festival since I came back to China.
This is my first time when I back to XJ
This is the first time for me to go back to XJ
Most of them are the foreigner
Most of them are foreigners
Our work is added up
Our work has piled up
I focus on our specialist and some people they focus on their clients and maybe some people focus on the communication with senior people like our global manager, our VP.
I’m focused on our specialists/I’m responsible for communicating with our specialists and some people are focused on their clients and maybe some others are focused on communicating with senior colleagues like our global manager, our VP etc.
The most things I need to use my English is use our internet to communicate with our foreign colleagues.
The mostly use English to communicate with our foreign colleagues online.
I just need to make some grammar correct and that is easy.
I just need to correct some grammar and that is easy/simple
Pronunciation
plane – plain
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