VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

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write a sentence with each vocabulary word

My name is Annie. I go there study English improve my English level. My English is not very well. I really want to say something but I cannot say too much because I can’t translate some words.
Maybe it is my vocabulary is not too much.
I come from Xinjiang. It is a oil city. It is very north west. It is far from here. maybe 3000km.
I go home once a year.
2009, almost 10 years. I went there to study university.
International trade is my major.
It’s very different. My job is sales support assistant. Sometimes maybe most times I use excel to help the team for their work.
at the past the service people use the paper and now I put the data in excel and generate a report.  The service paper can use the phone to make a report. There is a app, the name is filemaker. It is an apple company app. pest elimination.
I really like music. Jazz and country music.
two sides. One for me to my work, I want to find a better job than now. I think assistant is not a long job. For myself to travel.
I used to go Korea or Japan or south East Asian. the people always say English but I want to have a conversation but I always can’t   say it.

My name is Annie. I come here to study English and improve my English level. My English is not very good/I can’t speak English well. Sometimes I want to say something/express something but I can’t find the words (because I lack some words)
I really want to say something but I cannot say too much because I can’t translate some words.
Maybe it is because my vocabulary is not big enough/wide enough
I come from Xinjiang. It is an oil city. It is (very) in the north west/ north west of China. It is far from here. maybe about/roughly 3000km (away).
I go home once a year.
I came to Shanghai in 2009, almost 10 years ago. I came here to study in university.
My major is international trade.
My job is very different from what I studied. My job is/I work as a sales support assistant. Most of the time I use excel to help the team for their work.
In the past the service department used paper and now I input the data in excel and generate a report.  The staff can also use their phone to make a report. There is an app, the name is filemaker. It is an app from apple/ an app made by apple .
We are a pest elimination company.
I really like music. Jazz and country music.
There are two reasons. First for my work, I want to find a better job (than now). I think being an/working as an assistant is not a long term job/position. Second, For myself  because I want to travel.
I went to Korea or Japan and South East Asia. The people always speak/use English. I want to have a conversation with them but I can’t always express what I want.

Vocabulary

to lack (v)缺乏 when you don’t have something
we wanted to make a cake but we lack milk.
I lack the vocabulary to express myself well.

lack (n)
There is a lack of water in Dubai.

to find the words:  find how to say something
I wanted to tell him a bad news but I couldn’t find the words.
I wanted to speak to the man in English but I couldn’t find the words.

to express 表达
Nick expressed his anger by hitting the wall
I expressed my feelings in a letter.

spreadsheet: excel file
I input the data in a spreadsheet.

to generate : to create/make 生成
We generated a report from the data of the previous month.

tv series  电视剧
I love American tv series

previous/next
Could you please go back to the previous page please?

country music: popular US music usually accompanied by a guitar
I like country music

concert  音乐节
I went to a jazz concert this week end.

long term (5+years in the future)/short term (Coming months/years.)
In the long term I want to go abroad
In the short term I want to improve my English.

about/roughly 差不多
It takes about 2hours to go to Beijing by plane.
It takes me roughly one hour to go to work in the morning.

Grammar

there: something far from you.
Have you ever been to Korea?
I went there in 2011.

here: where you are when you speak
When did you come to Shanghai? (we are both in Shanghai right now)
I came here in 2009

well
well is used after a verb
I cook well.
Tom doesn’t sing well.

Good
This coffee is good
Tom is a good man

enough
we lack water = we don’t have enough water
I didn’t sleep long enough last night (I just slept 2 hours)
My vocabulary is not good enough.
I am not experienced enough to play the piano
I don’t cook well enough.
Tom didn’t study well enough in University.
Jerry is not good enough to be my husband. He is too short.

Pronunciation

when reading a date cut in the middle
2011: twenty eleven
1901 : nineteen o one

time:
I spend most of my time working or listening to music.

times
I went to London 5 times.
Most times it rained.

Pronunciation

asia