Demo Class Notes (Annie – Li)

Annie

– Looking to take the IELTS in July – Current scores: Listening: 7 Reading:5 Speaking: 5.5 Writing: 6 

– Has some nuances in speaking and is prone to using Chinese logic to translate sentences 

– Focus on different IELTS speaking topics, reading comprehension techniques until she’s good enough to do reading papers at home, go over structure of different essay types for writing task 2

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F2F: 2

Writing: 2

Vocabulary

resign – to quit your job

ex. She told me that she plans to resign next month.

soap opera/tv dramas/series/show 

work overtime – OT

work overload – too much work

public relations – PR

tom yam – hot and sour thai dish

appetite – the feeling of wanting to eat

ex. Having spicy food increases my appetite.

ex. When you get sick you have a loss of appetite.

line up/queue up –  wait in line

ex. I hate lining up at restaurants.

Grammar

watch – videos/tv shows/films

look – to see sth

read – articles/news/information

for + time(how long/how long ago)

ex. I exercise for 1 hour.

ex. I went on holiday for the first time 5 years ago.

analyst – the person/noun

ex. I am a data analyst.

analyse – verb

ex. I analyse data.

I have no time to prepare for test so I just know the…

I have no time to prepare for the test, so I only know the basic outline. 

I just do some simple before and I just have the test

I just made some simple preparations, and then I just went for the test/sit for the exam.

Because my workload is pretty heavy, so I like interesting tv programmes

Because my workload is pretty heavy/Because of my busy work life, so I like to watch interesting/funny/relaxing/entertaining tv programmes

I just watch some information from mobile phone and then I go to sleep

I just read some information on my mobile phone, and then I go to bed 

I do some data analyse

I am a data analyst 

I still remember when I was a young people, that was the first time to go to Thailand in middle school.

I still remember when I was young,  I went to Thailand for the first time when I was in middle school.

Pronunciation

steak – stake

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