VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

What if the Chinese government said: “all cigarettes are now illegal”. What do you think about this?

Boast is to tell people how well I or we did; praise it to tell someone else how well they did.

Vocabulary

Operate – to know how to use something complicated, usually like a machine
e.g. I know how to operate a car.
e.g. I know how to operate this machine (maybe you work in a factory, and you know how to use this machine). This machine requires some special knowledge to be used correctly.

Technical Help – help with the way something runs; if there is a problem with a machine, or with a software program, these are people who know how to help you
Customer Service – anyone who helps a customer to buy something, to report a problem, to get help, to ask questions
e.g. I called customer service to buy a subscription to the magazine (they helped me to make the purchase)
e.g. I called customer service because I was having a problem with the game, and they connected me to the technical service department to see what the problem was.

Console – a special computer made for playing games
e.g. Some games are only available on consoles, like for the Wii, the Xbox, or the Playstation.

Work – a general idea about things that you have to do, or that you do to make money
e.g. Doing laundry is a lot of work.
e.g. I go to work at eight o’clock every morning.
Job – a specific idea; a particular thing you need to do, or a position
e.g. I have one job to do today: I need to finish my essay.
e.g. My job is as a stock trader.

Resume – something you write about what skills you have and what jobs you have had before
e.g. If you want to get a good job, you need to have a good resume.

Recommend – to tell someone else what you think that they should do
e.g. I recommend that you take classes at SmartEnglish to improve your confidence.
e.g. I recommend that we buy cars from Ford instead of Tesla, because Tesla cars are too expensive.
Request – to ask someone else if they can do something for you, or give you something
e.g. Can I request your help with this project? It is too big for my team to handle alone.
e.g. I request that you call me when you hear any news on this contract.
— Both of these are about what someone else is going to do. One is telling/suggesting, the other is asking.

Grammar

Recommend to / that – recommend can be used to tell someone what they should do, or to tell someone what they should buy/use. When you want to recommend some action, use “that”; when you want to recommend a thing, you don’t need anything to connect “recommend” and the thing.
e.g. I recommend that you eat more fruit.
e.g. I recommend Asus computers.
— With things, you only use “to” to tell me “who” you are recommending something to.
e.g. I recommend him to you (I think that he is qualified and you should hire him, or talk to him)
e.g. I recommended Asus computers to her = I recommended that she buy Asus computers.

It’s about computer games. It tells me how to operate a game. Mobile games, computer games, box games, all of them! Because I need to do a presentation to my corporate/coworker. My work is to buy the stocks. I want to recommend a game stock, so I need to do the presentation to show why I want to request to buy the stock. I found it from the news. The news says there was a game who make a lot of money, so I think the game company will own a lot of money.

The book about computer games. It tells me how to run customer service / technical help for a game. I was reading about** mobile games, computer games, console games, all of them! I was reading about it because I need to give a presentation to my colleagues/coworkers. My job is to buy the stocks. I want to recommend a game stock, so I need to do a presentation to show why I want to recommend that we buy the stock. I found it from the news. The news said there was a game that made / is making a lot of money, so I think the game company will earn a lot of money.

** The booked talked about . . .