VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [W]
Write an email to John Smith, brand manager for Chanel Jewelry. You need to invite him to a meeting on January 15 in the Shanghai office.
Next Class Focus
Be careful about using capital letters (refer to grammar)
Be careful about using the continuous tense (present continuous / past continuous) Be + ver ING
cover how to write business emails
+ talk about the different kinds of vehicles. (minivans, sedans, limousines, buses, …)
Writing exercise
In this Veido: the women wearing different kind pieces of Jewelry which are Beige, white gold fairly. She Stacked various rings on her finger to make her own style.
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In this video: the woman/Kelly Smith/artist/movie star/actress/celebrity is wearing (be + verb ING) different pieces of jewelry elegantly. They are beige, white gold and platinum.
The woman is wearing different pieces of jewelry which are beige and white gold elegantly.
She is stacking various rings on her finger to build her own style.
I saw (past – it happened before)Â this commercial yesterday. An actress is wearing a ring and she talks(present – description/statement)Â about it.
Vocabulary
KOL (Key Opinion Leader)
We need to discuss about the marketing report with KOLs.
We invited a KOL to the launch in Shanghai.
to launch / to start/reveal a new product
We need to launch a new range of products
a range of products / several products linked by one theme
Our range of makeup products includes: lipstick, foundation and eyeliner.
Our company manufactures a range of vehicles from cars to buses and vans.
a celebrity / someone who is famous
Taylor Swift is a celebrity
actor(man)/actress (woman)
18K gold : 18 Karat gold
quilted / covered with a layer of something
a gold quilted ring
allure / the quality of having mystery / attractiveness
cuff 袖å£
He wore yellow cuffs.
motif / which has a shape/pattern
Her dress has a nice flower motif
elegant 优雅的
She has an elegant daughter.
elegantly / in an elegant manner
She drinks tea elegantly.
Nice to meet you (first time you meet someone)
Nice to see you (after that)
How have you been it? (if it has been some time)
It’s been a long time, how have you been?
Talking about email attachments
Please find the document attached
you will find the updated version of the document attached.
Grammar
woman (1/singular) / women (more than 1/plural)
to eat (infinitive / base form)
eat (present)
ate (past simple)
eaten (past particle)
to work (base form)
work (present)
worked (past simple)
worked (past particle)
Present
present simple: I work at the factory.
present continuous (ing): I am working at the factory  (to be + verbING)
present perfect: I have worked at the factory all day long. (to have + Â past particle)
Past
Past simple: I worked at the factory
Past continuous I was working at the factory
Past perfect I had worked at the factory
using enumerations (a list of several words)
, (coma)Â between words, and for the last one
I went to the cinema with John, Kelly, Stella and Jim.
I went to the cinema with John and Kelly.
capital letters : only at the beginning of sentences or for names, I and abbreviationsÂ
Yesterday, I travelled to Suzhou with Tom and Stella. We went there for a Chanel team building. Our boss asked us to report ASAP (as soon as possible)
Pronunciation
karat
launch vs lunch
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