VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

review talking about frequencies

think about 5 questions you could ask the team in London.

introduction + short role-play with a factory manager

role play with factory manager

I want to make a lot of blousons at your factory, can you help us?
It is ok we also want to make short leather blousons. we need about 2,000 pieces every months.
I also want to make Chester coats and flight jackets. More than 2,000 pieces per month.
I will get you design sketches and patterns.
I want to make from XS to XXXL. we prefer ship delivery because it is the cheapest.

I am born in SH and I am 32 yo and I work for Japanese company and I went to London last week and my English is very poor so I cant discussion with London people so I am very sad. I went for business. Next month I will go to again.
make clothes. I am pattern maker. with designers.
Men’s outer. Grammar and words are difficult for me. I want to learn clothes words.
Clothes fabric / shape / fit / and sizes.
Sometimes I should be write emails with London’s people. I haven’t a lot of chance to speak English.
I speak Japanese with team members everyday because my leader and team members all Japanese.
On Dec 2 I will go to Tokyo because of business for 2 weeks.
I will go back Shanghai on dec 21.

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I was born in SH and I am 32 yo. I work for a Japanese company. Last week, I went to London and my English is very poor so I couldn’t  discuss with the people from London so I was very sad / disappointed. I went for business / that was a business trip. Next month I will go to London again / I will go again.
We make clothes. I am a pattern maker. I discuss with designers.
We focus on Men’s outer. Grammar and vocabulary are difficult for me. I want to learn clothes words. / vocabulary focused on clothes.
We talk about clothes fabric / shape / fit / and sizes.
Sometimes I need to be write emails with people from London. I don’t have a lot of chance to speak English.
I speak Japanese with the/my team members everyday because my leader and my team members are all Japanese.
On Dec 2 I will go to Tokyo because of business for 2 weeks. / I will go to Tokyo for business for 2 weeks.
I will go back to Shanghai on Dec 21.

Vocabulary

to prefer (v) : to like more 更喜欢
We prefer delivery by ship.
I like tea but I prefer coffee.

to send : to make something move
My mother sent some oranges to me.
I sent an email to my co-worker.

to deliver (v) 移交
We asked DHL to deliver a parcel to London.
some oranges were delivered to me last week

delivery (n)
We sent a delivery to Tokyo

parcel (n)包裹📦
I will receive many parcels next week because I bought many things on 11/11.

range : from …. to ….种类
quantity range : from 2,000 to 5,000 pieces

leather (n) 皮衣
I bought a leather jacket

role play (n/v): when you pretend to be in a situation
When I was a kid we played a role-play and I would be a doctor.

disappointed (adj) : 失望😞
I was disappointed because I couldn’t find my size on 11/11.

vocabulary (n) 词汇
I need to improve my English vocabulary

focus (v/n) 集中
My team focuses on men’s clothes.
These days I want to focus on my English.
My focus right now is my English.

singular (n): only 1
tree is singular.

plural (n): more than 1
trees is plural.

noun (n) 名词

Grammar

comparative / superlative 

Short word (less than 2 syllables)
word +er (comparative) / word + est (superlative)

tall -> taller -> the tallest
Smart -> smarter -> the smartest
Cheap -> cheaper -> the cheapest
Tom is taller than Jerry and Andy is taller than Tom.
Andy is the tallest.

Long word (2 syllables or more)
more + word (comparative) / most + word (superlative)

expensive-> more expensive -> the most expensive
beautiful -> more beautiful -> the most beautiful
delivery by train is more expensive than delivery by ship. delivery by plane is the most expensive.

Exceptions:
good -> better -> the best
bad -> worse -> the worst

use an article (a/the) with a noun (singular), use the or nothing if the noun  (plural)
I went to a school.
I went to the forest.
I went to the woods.
I cut a tree.
I cut (the) trees.

should : advice ( you have a choice)

need to : obligation (you don’t have a choice)

haven’t + V
I haven’t slept last night, I was very busy.
I haven’t been to Manchester yet.

don’t have + n
I don’t have a car
I don’t have chances to speak English

Pronunciation

x00 hundreds

x,000 thousands (7,000 seven thousand)
x0,000 tens thousands (20,000 twenty thousand) (34,000 thirty four thousand)
x00,000 hundreds thousands (500,000 five hundred thousand)
x,000,000 million (6,000,000 six million)
x0,000,000 ten million (75,000,000 seventy five million)
x00,000,000 hundred million (300,000,000 three hundred million)
x,000,000,000 billion (9,000,000,000 nine billion)