VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Pick two types of sports and compare them.

Vocabulary

smelly/stinky tofu

combine: to join two things together 结合

eg. None of us has much money so let’s combine what we’ve got.

eg. They combined their ideas to make a good product.

function: 功能，用途

eg. What is the function of this product?

eg. This phone has many functions which are new.

ingredients – to talk about food

spring/summer/autumn(fall)/winter

Grammar

to be vs. to do 

to be 

ex. The food is/isn’t good.

ex. The person is kind.

ex. The machine was broken.

ex. I am/I’m not happy today.

ex. They are/aren’t very busy.

ex. It is/isn’t a good movie.

to do 

ex. It doesn’t taste good.

ex. She doesn’t like to go shopping.

ex. He doesn’t eat noodles.

ex. I don’t want to go there.

ex. You didn’t want to there.

ex. The food didn’t taste good.

verb 1 (simple present tense) + to + verb 2 (base form) 

I like to swim.

She wants to sleep.  

present simple tense – general facts/ideas/habits/routines

can/do/be  – don’t add “to” with another verb

She can play.

We don’t want to listen.

I’m talking to you.

comparative adjectives 

sweet/sweeter/sweetest

big/bigger/biggest

talk about sth – you are saying things about a topic

talk with sbd – you are chatting with sbd

products of…. – from/belonging to

products with …. – add/plus

talk – have a conversation with another person

tell – say something to the other person

the – countries with ‘s’/islands

ex. The US/UK/Netherlands/Philippines

It doesn’t good

It isn’t good

My friend very like stinky tofu

My friend/Christine likes stinky tofu a lot./Christine’s favourite food is stinky tofu./She loves stinky tofu.  

She likes the Taiwanese stinky tofu a lot. But, we ate last night doesn’t like Taiwanese.

She likes Taiwanese stinky tofu a lot. But, the food we ate last night isn’t Taiwanese/doesn’t taste like Taiwanese food.

It is Taiwanese open.

The restaurant is opened by a Taiwanese boss/person.

I don’t have my company’s DM so I didn’t know how to introduce.

I don’t have my company’s DM so I don’t know how to introduce (the products).   

Taiwanese food maybe less salty and less spicy and maybe some of Taiwanese taste sweeter. Rice I think is same. Use more healthy ingredients and more healthy material.

Taiwanese food is less salty and less spicy and some Taiwanese food tastes sweeter. I think rice tastes the same. The majority of Taiwanese food uses more healthy ingredients.

We often mix a spoon of sugar with salty dishes.

We often add a spoon of sugar to salty dishes.

It has very local Taiwanese food like mayo ji. But the dish is only in winter so the boss told me that if we want to go to eat the two dishes, have to talk she before we go there.

It has very local Taiwanese food like mayo ji. But the dish is only in/only available in winter so the boss told me that if we want to eat both dishes, we need to tell her before we go there.

Finished 

My company product have six kinds
1. Spinning Bike
2. Bike
3. Elliptical
4. Rower
5. Recumbent
6. Home Gym

We help customer to have their own products of gym equipment, which means we are Original Equipment Manufacturer. We have to exhibit products each year, we often attend German Technology Exhibition twice a year, one is in spring, one is in autumn.

Since the time I enter the company not long, my work now mostly receive order from long tern customers, have no chance to know what product features, so I don’t know how can I introduce now, I just introduce what I realize.

In my opinion, the most of features now is computer, or someone called console.
From smart phone swept people’s life, the gym machine now equip with tablet.

Originally, gym machine manufacturer wanted connect leisure activities and exercise,
they let machines equipped with TV, people used machines could watch TV show, when exercising. In recent years, we have used smart phone everyday, someone wants to record their daily amount of exercise and have many online activities, our computers of products could connect by bluetooth, heart rhythm, chest strap, smart bracelet, app, USB, etc. That is to say, you could use smart phone when you exercise.

This year, have COVID-19, everyone only could stays at home, many people bought home gym equipments made home gym markets change. The equipments in house, not only the machines but also furnishings in house, to make living environment comfortable, our products color could change if customers have demand.