VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S/W]

Grammar

another- 单数
other=双数

I want another apple. I want other fruits.
I have time for another meal. I have other plans.

Vocabulary

1.cook the book= 做假账
ex: Many accountants will help their company to cook the book. 

2. bookkeeper= 管账的人
bookkeeping= 做账
ex: she’s in charge of bookkeeping.

3. speed up= 加快速度 加速
ex: you drive way too slow, can you speed up a bit?
ex: my boss requires all of us to speed up the work.

4. slow down= 慢一点
ex: sometimes I need to slow down when I’m on the highway.
ex: I always tell little kids to slow down when they’re running in the corridor.

5. corridor= 走廊
ex: you should not run in the corridor because you will bump into people.

6. insist (verb)= 执意
ex: I insist.
ex: My boss insists that he wants to receive the package tomorrow morning.
ex: I insisted on keeping the baby.

Speaking exercise

There are two funny things, first one is my boss requires my colleague to create a excel, he said it must include the product type and quantity and the date. My colleague done it, but my boss was not satisfied . he said “do you know what presentable means?” I think my boss wants to say her excel is not good, he means she needs to create a better one, but my colleague didn’t understand.

My boss send some English words in our group chat to our colleague. It looks like link of taboo, my colleague ask him “is it a link of Taobao?” Then my boss said “you like Taobao very much, please use your brain, please think of what the words mean”.

He asked another people to send a delivery, and 5 hours later, he wanted to receive the delivery next morning, he asked me to ask the delivery man, where is the package and when can I receive it. I check it on the website, there is no information about the package so I called the delivery package to ask him. They told me you will receive it tomorrow afternoon. I told my boss this information, he asked me “I want to receive it tomorrow morning, could you let them speed up. I asked the delivery company, they said I can’t do it. If my boss get this information, he will angry.

Revised

There are two funny things, first one is my boss required my colleague to create an excel sheet, he said it must include the product type, the quantity and the date. My colleague finished it, but my boss was not satisfied . he said “do you know what presentable means?” I think my boss wants to say that her excel sheet is not good enough, he means she needs to create a better one, but my colleague didn’t understand.

My boss sent some English words in our group chat to our colleague. It looked like a TB link, my colleague asked him “is it a TB link?” Then my boss said “you like Taobao very much, please use your brain and think what the words mean”.

He asked another person to send a delivery, and 5 hours later, he  wanted to receive the delivery the next morning, he asked me to ask the delivery man for the whereabouts of the package and when can I receive it. I checked it on the website, there is no information related to the package so I called the delivery company to ask him. They told me you will receive it by tomorrow afternoon. I told my boss about it, he insisted that he wants to receive it tomorrow morning, “could you get them to speed up”. I asked the delivery company, they said it doesn’t work that way. If my boss hears this, he will be angry.

Writing exercise

1. Thursday I decided to watch the Legend of 1900 so I book the ticket in advance.
2. My colleague always makes some typo so my boss always criticizes her.
3. I bought some softwares in order to work.
4. Excel formula are difficult to use. Mistakes are happen usually. The system always remind me there is lack of a symbol.

Revised

1. On Thursday I decided to watch the Legend of 1900 so I booked the ticket in advance.
2. My colleague always makes some typo so my boss always criticizes her.
3. I bought some softwares for work/ to speed up my work. 
4. Excel formulas are difficult to use. It’s easy to make mistakes. The system always reminds me there is a lack of a symbol.