VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [W+G]

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corrections and review at / on / in

Homework

121-124 of prepositions

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Writing exercise

I would like introduce a person to you, he is my friends and my teachers for more than 10 years. His name is Gu Wen Tao, we can call his English name Toto. I think his English name is very funny and special,he told me he is a Shanghainese ,his Chinese name pronunciation similar Toto in dialect,so he decided using this name. Toto is a positive person; he also was my boss in before company. He always told me how to became a professionalism in work place,such as how to control my bad emotion; how to handle interpersonal relationships with coworkers; how to improving my expressive more and so on. Sometimes I made mistake by work, he never shows his temper and using verbal abuse to me. He just told me how to do will be better and don’t go a detour way , I think not every boss wants to be honest to tell me these words,it made me I really appreciate his help. But he has weakness part too,he is a workaholic, we often often work overtime with him.


I would like to introduce a person to you, he has been my friend and my teacher for more than 10 years. His name is Gu Wen Tao, we can call him by his English name Toto / you can call him Toto, it is his English name. I think his English name is very funny and special,he told me he is Shanghainese ,his Chinese name’s pronunciation/ the way you pronounce his name is similar to Toto in his dialect,so he decided to use this name. Toto is a positive person / optimistic person; he also was my boss in my previous company/ in the company where I worked before. He always told me how to become a professional in the work place / how to become more professional at work,such as how to control my bad emotions / bad temper; how to handle interpersonal relationships with coworkers; how to improve my expression and so on.
Sometimes I made mistakes at work, he never showed his temper and used verbal abuse against me. He just told me how to do better and not take a detour , I think not every boss wants to be honest to tell me these words,it made me really appreciate his help. But he has a weakness /some weaknessess too,he is a workaholic, we often often work overtime with him.

Vocabulary

against å对ï¼å¯¹æŠ— / not show support
I fight against a lion
I am against the idea

expressive (adj) : showing thoughts /feelings
She was not very expressive during the meeting so I don’t know what she is thinking

expression (n)
Her expression was great

professionalism (n) : idea of being professional / competence of being professional
We need to show professionalism so we all dressed well

communism (n) :共产主义 the communist theory / idea of a communist system
I studied communism

capitalism (n) 资本主义
I read a book about capitalism

professional (n /adj)
I am a professional
He is very professional

previous (n) : the one before
My previous job was in Pudong
He was my previous teacher
I really liked the previous song so I played it again

next (n) : the one after
I clicked on next song
My next job will be in BJ
I will see you next Monday

guard (n/v) ä¿å®‰ / protect
We have a guard to make sure nothing happens at night
The dog guards the house when we are away

Pronunciation

dialect (local language)

dialogue (discussion between people (usually 2))

Grammar

present perfect : to talk about something that started in the past and has results in the present
I have finished my work (= I am free now)
He has been my friend for 10 years (=I know him very well / we are good friends)

make someone do something:
It made him try harder
I made her cancel her holiday

you only need to mark the past tense once in a basic sentence
I studied how to cook and when to take out the cake yesterday.

but you have several past tenses if you have actions one after another
I ate dinner, then they came and then we drank together

decide to do something
I decided to study English
He decided to go on a trip

In for big scale (year/month/quarter / season) (continent / country / region / district)
in 2010
in January
in Q1
in Summer
In Asia
In China
In Jiangsu
In Xuhui

On for medium scale (day / date/ event )(street)
on Monday
On December 10
On my birthday
On Valentines day
On Nanjing road

At for small scale (at time / at night) ( at exact address)
at 2pm
at night
at room 902 n254 Nanjing road