Demo Class Notes (Tibo – Ann)
Ann
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F2F: 2
Email: 2
Next Class Focus
Work on business emails
build vocabulary
role play and practice.
Speaking exercise
My name is Ann, I want to learn English because for traveling. And my work, my company is American company. sometimes we use English to send email. Normally talking like this. So I want to learn that. I think accent excellent
About cream, B2B. But our company have very little foreigner and they will say Chinese very good so I use English very little.
I am HR admin.
seeing movies. listen to the music and maybe shopping.
I don’t know how to say in English.
Recently Malaysia. Beautiful and the food is good and cheap. And the weather is very hot.
1 week.
Next I want to go London. history is very …..
The place often have crimes . it is dangerous I think. In the TV shows they show the food and I think it is not delicious
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My name is Ann, I want to learn English because I want to travel/ for traveling.. And about my work, my company is an American company. sometimes we use English to send email/ we communicate in English in emails. We also use English in face to face meeting/communication. So I want to learn that/ improve on this point. I think excellent
English will make you more confident.
Our company is about cream/ our company makes cream for coffee shops and restaurants. we are a B2B company. But our company has very few foreigner/ doesn’t have many foreigner and they will speak Chinese very well/fluently so I use English very little. / I don’t have many opportunities to speak English.
I am an HR administrator.
my hobbies are watching movies. listening to music and maybe shopping.
I don’t know the name in English / I don’t know what it is called in English.
Recently I went to Malaysia. It was Beautiful and the food is good and cheap. And the weather is very hot.
I stayed for 1 week.
Next I want to go London. It is a historical place/ the city is full of history. / it is a cultural city.
The place often have crimes . it is dangerous I think. In the TV shows they show the food and I think it doesn’t look tasty / it is not appetizing.
Writing exercise
Practice : write an email to John Smith to tell him his annual review is planned on July 15 at 3pm in Room 301.
Hi John,
There is a review on July 15 at 3pm in Room 301.
Please don’t forget it.
Thank you.
Ann.
email structure:
- greeting
Hi John/ Dear John / Dear Mr Smith - a compliment or pleasantry
I hope you had a great weekend , I hope this email finds you well. - the reason for your email
I am writing to you to tell you that ….. / I am writing to you about the annual review. - a call to action
Could you …..? Please …….? Would you mind …..? - a closing message
I am looking forward to hearing from you. - signature
Best regards,
Ann
Dear John,
I hope this email finds you well.
I am writing to you about the annual review. It will be on July 15 at 3pm in Room 301.
Please let me know if you are free at that time/ Please confirm that you are free.
Could you confirm before Friday?
I am looking forward to hearing from you .
Best regards,
Ann
Vocabulary
face to face : meeting in person with someone.
I met my boss for a face to face on Monday.
speak a language:
I speak Chinese fluently.
say something:
Our CEO said something in Chinese at the beginning of his speech.
festival 节日
The Spring festival is the most important festival in China
spirited away: Japanese animation movie
animation movie 动画片
I watched a Japanese animation movie at the cinema.
action movies 动作片
I like action movies ,there are many explosions.
comedy (funny movie)
I like to watch comedies, they are funny.
tragedy (sad movie)
Tragedies make me sad.
appetizing : making you want to eat.
The smell from the kitchen was appetizing.
confidence (n)
She is full of confidence. / She wants to build her confidence.
self-confidence
confident (adj)
She was confident when she presented her results.
a compliment /a praise: when you say something nice to someone
Tom gave me a compliment on my report.
to compliment: to say something good to someone
They all complimented me on my hard work.
accent : the way people speak orally
I couldn’t understand his accent when he was speaking.
It was hard to understand him because he has a strong accent.
Pronunciation
excellent
crime (cry m)
accent (ax ent)
Grammar
Good / well
Do something well
I sing very well
the foreign employees we have speak Chinese very well.
something is good
The report was good.
It was a good interview.
less / more …. than ( when you compare 2 things or more)
Tom works less than me.
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