Demo Class Notes ( Fan – Tibo)

Fan

She is an architect in a local company and wants to move to a foreign / international company within 6m-1y
Work on improving English both for work and everyday life.

– role-play situations she would be in (meeting with client / presentation of building plan / introduction of building concept ….)
– work on describing ideas and concepts accurately
– practice job interviews
– interactions with colleagues  (Chit chat / meetings / written communication (emails / reports…)
– explain how to use each new word and practice to improve vocabulary
– reading homework related to architecture / description of buildings or concepts … (to improve vocabulary and see how things are described)

I’m practicing the pronunciation on internet.
about half an hour everyday but my company is Chinese company I have to chance to use the English with my colleagues.
I want to change my job, I think the it is a foreign company so I should improve my conversation in English and writing in English.
In about a year.

I work for a architectural company, I am an architect.
apartments, commercial buildings and hotels.

I think speaking and listening have relationship. I think my listening is better than speaking. I can get what you said but I cannot tell it fluent in English.

it is because of the words.
Writing I didn’t practice.

most of the time I need translate the foreign designer concept to the Chinese client.
It is important.

For example Shanghai tower is the highest building in SH and the shape is special it is a twist shape it is like a dragon.
In China dragon is a very symbol so it means powerful, rich and so on.
It used hotel at the top of it.
The height is super high so the building is too high it will move with the wind so make it stable is very important.
at this building top they have a heavy stuff, they call it

for public buildings it is not a big problem but for apartments we always the room be square but for public building it is no problem because we need big space.

I think the shape is not the first thing we should think about. At first we should understand the site. Where is the main entrance, how high the requirement of the government and what the client wants.
and then what will it look like. / the outlooking.
The first thing is masterplanning and then the building floor plan. and then the elevation.
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I’m practicing the pronunciation on the internet / online.
about half an hour everyday but my company is a Chinese company  / a local company.
I don’t have any chance to use the English with my colleagues.
I want to change my job, I think I will join / I target a foreign company so I should/need to improve my conversation in English / oral English  and written English / English writing .
In about a year.

I work for a architectural company, I am an architect.
we design apartments, commercial buildings and hotels.

I think speaking and listening have a relationship / are linked . I think my listening is better than my speaking. I can get/grasp what you said but I cannot answer fluently / I cannot express myself well enough in English.

it is because of the words / a lack of vocabulary.
I didn’t practice writing  / I don’t write much in English …

most of the time I need translate the foreign designer’s concept to the Chinese client.

For example Shanghai Tower is the highest building in SH and the shape is special it has a twisted shape it is like a dragon / it looks like a dragon / it resembles a dragon
In China the dragon is a very strong/special symbol so it means / it symbolizes power / wealth (n)and so on

The top of the building is a hotel / the top floors are used by a hotel  / the top floors are occupied by a hotel.

It is one of the tallest skyscraper in the world so the building is  so high that it will move with the wind so making it stable is very important.  / because the building is so high, it moves with the wind and the architect had to implement a special mechanism
at this building top they have a heavy mechanism, they call it  ….

for public buildings it is not a big problem but for apartments we always  want the rooms to be square / we make sure the rooms are always square.
but for public building it is no problem because we need big space.

I think the shape is not the first thing we should think about / is not the priority.  At first we should understand the site. Where  is the main entrance?
How low / high can we legally build? / what are the rules from the government about min and max height?

and then we think about what will it look like? / the outlook / the appearance.
form follows function.

The first thing is masterplanning and then the building floor plan and then the elevation.

Vocabulary

chit chat (n) : random talk
We had 5 mins to chit chat before the beginning of the conference

accurately (adv)
They made a mistake because they didn’t plan accurately enough …

accurate (adj)
We need the accurate numbers to work a plan

accuracy (n) 精确
The report lacked accuracy

precise (adj)
The report was not precise

precision (n) exactness
Germans like to work with precision

intricacy (n) complexity
We need to lower the intricacy of the document, it is too hard to understand ….

intricate (adj) complex
The floor plan is intricate…

to implement (v)set up / put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect: the regulations implement a 1954 treaty.
The client told us about a few changes they would like to make to the plan and we have to implement the changes within a week

implementation (n) (of plan, scheme)实施 shíshī (of promise, suggestion, idea)实践 shíjiàn (of law, policy, contract, decision)执行 zhíxíng
A single idea can have different implementations

challenge (n) something one faces / issue
One of the challenge is that the building is so high the wind will make it tilt …

to tilt (v) 倾斜 /move or cause to move into a sloping position
Tom tilted his head

to resemble (v) : look like have qualities or features, especially those of appearance, in common with (someone or something); look or seem like
 some people resemble their dogs | they seemed to resemble each other closely.

observatory (n) place where you can observe things / place with a nice view
I went to the observatory of Shanghai tower

mechanism (n) a system in a machine
There is a mechanism at the top of the tower to balance the movements of the wind

oral (adj) : spoken
I have an oral agreement with the client but we haven’t signed anything yet

Pronunciation

adjective (adj)

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