Demo Class Notes ( Serena – Ally)
Serena
– Product Manager at a British company. English communication mostly by e-mails. Wants to improve her English in order to better communicate with foreigners at work and (maybe) for a (super long) stay in Canada/Europe/America.
推荐课程（每周）/ Your Recommended Course (Weekly)
F2F: 2
Writing: 2
Vocabulary
on and off: sometimes yes sometimes no
ie. Are you still dating that guy? Yeah, on and off.
fiction: untrue, novels, stories
non-fiction: documentaries, info books
psychology – study of the mind
psychic: fortune tellers
psychotic: crazy, out-of-mind
village: really small town
pandemic: 疫情
implication：暗示
consider: 考虑
ie. I will consider your idea.
nobility: (noun) 贵族
modest/humble: 谦虚
oriental: 东方
Speaking exercise
not really- no
She is married to Canada people.
She is married to a Canadian.
Her nationality is Canadian.
She asked me to Canada and maybe stay for a long time and to know Canada is suitable for me or not… traveling for a long time.
She invited me to Canada/asked me to go to Canada and maybe stay for some time/a period. I want to know if Canada is suitable for me by being there for a long time.
This is my tough time for this time.
This is a tough time for me.
This year has been very tough for me.
I’m going through a tough time.
Actually, most in e-mail. So I think it’s suffer for me. You can understand them but not back.
We use English mostly for emails. I can understand them but I don’t know how to express myself/reply.
I have been studying about that in the 30 years, when I was 7 years old.
I have been learning calligraphy/it for 30 years, since I was 7 years old.
I haven’t used English for a long time.
I don’t use English in my work.
I’m really rusty.
I haven’t used English since I got out of high school.
They are very similar how to say the words.
They sound the same to me./They look so alike./They look very similar to me.
I think they look the same.
Pronunciation
consider- no “n” sound
fluently – fluentlee
calligraphy
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