VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

Review the replacement sentences for you simple ideas…the “better sentences”.

Do another speaking story, focus on grammar and vocabulary. Choose a new topic. Also review the grammar corrections under the review section in **STARS**.

Original

I think a good manager maybe not very smart man. basically i think a good manager should have a plan ability. he or she (they?) is able to know how can balance different members. i know someone who is a talent or a genius but this people who are very stubborn. So, his or hers staffs / it’s harder to follow him or her.

Corrected

[I think to be a good manager — you don’t have to be a genius]. Basically, I think a good manager should have strong planning ability. He or she should be able to know how to balance different team members. I know someone who is talented — some people say he is a genius — but these types of people are usually very stubborn. It’s hard for staff to follow someone like this/It’s hard for his or her staff to follow him or her.

e.g. They are able to balance many things. = A REALITY / THEY CAN DO SOMETHING / ITS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO

e.g. They should be able to balance many things. = A SUGGESTION / A KIND RECOMMENDATION / KIND COMMAND

Original

One of who named Mary. Mary is same title or level with me. Both of us are director in our department/apartment. Mary is a very smart girl. She is very humorous but in the work I think she is a little bit direct. Such like speech and behavior. For example if our team will brainstorming a project (pr) she always argued with our boss directly.

Corrected

One of my colleagues is named Mary/I have a colleague, Mary. Mary has the same title as me. We are on the same level. Both of us are directors in our department. Mary is a very smart girl/woman. She is very humorous, but in the workplace/at work, I think she is a little too direct. For example, in her speech and behavior. For example, if our team is brainstorming a project, she always argues with our boss.

e.g. She argued with our boss. = PAST TENSE / YESTERDAY / MAYBE IT HAPPENED ONLY ONE TIME

e.g. She argues with our boss. = ALWAYS / THIS IS HER USUAL BEHAVIOR

e.g. She is arguing with our boss = NOW

e.g. Yesterday, during a brainstorming session, Mary argued with our boss.

Original

I don’t think it’s not a bad way but I prefer more indirect / subtle approach in the work. I have 2 staffs. Sandy and Yin. They are very different. Sandy is very lovely. She is more funny and wants to talk about more to me but she is a little bit lazy. I think she is mother so she’s not very positive in the work.

Corrected

I don’t think her way is necessarily bad, I just prefer a more subtle approach at work. I have 2 staff members. They are very different. Sandy is very lovely; she is lively, but she expresses too many problems to me rather than solve them herself — she’s a bit lazy like this. I think since she is a mother, so she’s not very positive in the workplace. 

**TO EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY**

e.g. Since she had a baby, she has not come to work.  = TIME…SINCE THIS TIME (SHE HAD A BABY) SOMETHING CHANGED

e.g. I think since she is a mother, she is not a good worker. = IF THE REASON FOR SOMETHING COMES FIRST I USE “SINCE”

e.g. I think because she is a mother, she is not a good worker.

e.g. She is not a good worker because she is a mother. = IF THE REASON FOR SOMETHING COMES SECOND, I USE “BECAUSE”

Original

I like Yin more because she is smarter than Sandy and she is a beautiful girl, very pretty, but she is introverted most of time she is thinking than talking. I think it is a good way in the work but maybe in the relationship of us I hope she will talk more than doing something. I think only one difficult thing is if you don’t like your staff, for example they have some obvious (pr) problems what should you do, I think it’s very difficult. You fire them, no… and you change them, I don’t know.

Corrected

I like Yin more because she is smarter than Sandy. She is a beautiful girl — very pretty, but she is introverted. Most of the time she is thinking rather than talking. I think being introverted is fine, but when it comes to our work relationship, I hope she will be more open with me before she does something. I think the only difficulty in management is if you don’t like your staff. For example, if your staff has some obvious problems — what should you? Finding solutions can be very difficult. Should you fire them? No. Should you try and change them? I’m not sure.

Pronunciation

sink / think

when / won / NOT WIN /  N-NICHOLAS / ANY / WHENNY / WHEN / REN / BEN

mutta / MOTHER

Grammar

the important things is / the important thing is / the important things are

solve this problems you never grow up / solve these problems you will never [mature] / solve this problem you will never grow up

Vocabulary

As a manager, I prefer people who need minimal direction / you only have to tell them a little bit of information then they can do everything by themselves

“when it comes too…” / in this situation