VIP Class Notes (Tibo) (S)

refining oral expression

working on refining expression/ going straight to the point.
organizing expression
writing emails faster.

I heard it but I am not so intereted in in. I am not the electronic fan I focus on the basic usage of the phone.
Basically I will use it until it doesn’t work, My last iPhone is iPhone 4, I remember I have to go abroad by 2017 to Bali for a Yoga retreat but the iPhone 4 cannot have the connect so I have to upgrade it so I changed it from iPhone 4 to iPhone 8 I am not that kind of person who always use the latest version.
Actually I have never take selfie.

I think there must be something great but when I read the last sentence I feel it tends to be something bad.
I want to go to Japan later this year it is another different language and I don’t have any idea of it so I have to use English to talk to people.
I would let her stay until she recovers.  I will try my best to let her take the medicine trial at least to make her better.

first the shock, can’t believe such horrible thing happened in front of you. I saw the picture on the TV. It is sad so many people lost their lives and so many families will broke.
I am not sure it is the terrorist did such thing. I saw many articles to talk about this but whoever did this is a bad person

I heard it / I heard about it but I am not so interested in in. I am not an electronic fan / I am not a tech person. I focus/ I only care about the basic usage of the phone.
Basically I will use it until it doesn’t work / until it dies. , My last iPhone was iPhone 4,

I remember I had to upgrade because I needed to go abroad in 2017 to Bali for a Yoga retreat but the iPhone 4 could not connect to their network / was not supported by their network.
I am not that/the kind of person who always uses the latest version.
Actually I have never take selfies.

I think there must be something great but when I read the last sentence I feel it tends to be something bad/negative/ sad.
I want to go to Japan later this year it is another different language and I don’t have any notions of it so I will have to use English to talk to people.
I would let her stay until she recovers.  I will try my best to let her take part in / participate in the medicine trial at least to make her better/ to relieve her pain.

actually I think it is is fashion/a trend, maybe some people like it but I have no such … I mean …. / …. in other words …. I don’t like it so much.
I have participated in one show/exhibition about new retail.  I think it was interesting I have seen many new things which I had never seen before. The important thing is the experience. you get to see something new / you get to be inspired.
I have talked to some experts in that industry and got some knowledge about their machines but I don’t do that very often.

Vocabulary

Kyoto 京都

contemporary : modern
It is hard to understand contemporary art.

Osaka 大阪

rite / ritual : ceremony
I read about the rites of passage for kings when they died in that country.

conspiracy theory : idea that there is a secret plot
There is one conspiracy theory that says that 9/11 was orchestrated by the government.

to have to an idea about something : being able to imagine something / relate to something

to have notions of something : have some basic knowledge.
I have notions of Japanese because I visited Japan 5 times.

to testify : to speak in front of a court / to prove
I had to testify in court yesterday.
I had to testify that I worked for 20 years.

tribute : act to show respect
John paid tribute to the former CEO for starting the company.
We have many statues as tributes to soldiers that defended our country.

statue : sculpture of a person
There are many beautiful statues in the museum.

sub : under
submarine : under the sea
Sub folder : second folder under a main one

a hearing : a session dedicated to hearing someone
I joined a hearing about new retail.

Guatemala : country in South America.

trial : try period
the app offers a 1 month free trial.

caption: text under a picture
The caption read that it happened last year.

clinical trial : drug trial : test of a new medicine
I can’t get the drug because it is still in the clinical trial phase.

relief : feeling when stress goes away
I was relieved to hear that I passed the test

deportation: when you are sent out of a country against your will
He was deported when they realized his visa had expired.

in limbo : in period of doubt / uncertainty
I was left in limbo when I heard I didn’t pass the test and that it was not sure I would be able to retake it.

Grammar

talking in general -> plural form
Some people are unhappy about the current age of retirement.

Oral expression tip: you do not need to finish sentences : …I mean… and start a new one.
This is an issue which has caused a lot of enquires and the … I mean …we released many people are worried about it.