VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S+W]

Write an email to a buyer.
You want to set up a call with the buyer to talk about a delivery problem.
Make sure to talk about your time zone and ask about his time zone.

Time differences

Grammar

please note that …… 注意。。。。
Please note that I am located in Seattle
Please note that I am in Shanghai and our timezone is Beijing time (UTC+8)‎

I am sorry for something:
I am sorry for the mistake.
I am sorry for the late delivery

I am sorry for doing something
I am sorry for missing the meeting.
I am sorry for sending the package late.
I am sorry for canceling our meeting.
I am sorry for delivering late.

want -> would like ( more polite)
I want some water -> I would like some water.

Write an email to John to ask him for a call. You are located in Shanghai, he is located in NYC.

Dear John,
Good afternoon,
I am located in Shanghai now I want to call you. Could you give me your phone number. We are talk about work details.
I hope we chat at the your located in NYC.

Best regards…

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Dear John,
Good afternoon /I hope this email finds you well / I hope you are well,
I want/would like to call you. Could you (please) give me your phone number? We would / I want to talk about work details.
I hope we chat at the your located in NYC.
Please note that I am now located in Shanghai (UTC +8)

Best regards…

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reply to Zach :

Dear Zach,
I hope this email finds you well,
I am so sorry for cancelling our meeting. it was too late for me and my partners. I didn’t realize this time was Seattle’s time. I am located in Shanghai (UTC + 8).
We have a time difference of 15 hours.
Do you think we could/ could we have a meeting at 8:30am for me which would be 5:30pm for you?

Vocabulary

to cancel 取消
I cancelled the meeting because it was too late at night.

to realize 认识到／发现
I didn’t realize it was late at night.
I realized continuing our communication is very important.

PDT (Pacific Daylight Time (UTC – 7) (mostly used in the US)
I am located in Seattle (WA) (PDT).

UTC (Universal Time Coordinated)
I am in Shanghai (UTC +8)

Abbreviation 缩写
SH is the abbreviation for Shanghai.

time zone 时区
time zones make life difficult

State: 州
California (CA) is a state of the USA
Tom lives in San Francisco , CA

US State:	Abbreviation:
Alabama	AL
Alaska	AK
Arizona	AZ
Arkansas	AR
California	CA
Colorado	CO
Connecticut	CT
Delaware	DE
Florida	FL
Georgia	GA
Hawaii	HI
Idaho	ID
Illinois	IL
Indiana	IN
Iowa	IA
Kansas	KS
Kentucky	KY
Louisiana	LA
Maine	ME
Maryland	MD
Massachusetts	MA
Michigan	MI
Minnesota	MN
Mississippi	MS
Missouri	MO
Montana	MT
Nebraska	NE
Nevada	NV
New Hampshire	NH
New Jersey	NJ
New Mexico	NM
New York	NY
North Carolina	NC
North Dakota	ND
Ohio	OH
Oklahoma	OK
Oregon	OR
Pennsylvania	PA
Rhode Island	RI
South Carolina	SC
South Dakota	SD
Tennessee	TN
Texas	TX
Utah	UT
Vermont	VT
Virginia	VA
Washington	WA
West Virginia	WV
Wisconsin	WI
Wyoming	WY