Demo Class Notes (Tang Qian – Tibo)

Tang Qian

She is currently an account executive in a traditional marketing company and she wants to go study in the US or UK in 2024.
– 1st focus on daily communication and on the IELTS exam (improve confidence , vocabulary , grammar)
– write down pronunciation mistakes and correct them
– after some time focus on university subjects or marketing

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F2F: 2

Writing: 2

I’m from Sichuan, I’m 26.

I was born in nineteen ninety five
I came to Shanghai in 2013

I do traditional marketing -> I work as an account executive in a traditional marketing company.

My first job was in the game industry

I was in the game industry previously / my first job was in the game industry

I want to take the IELTS test to go study to London or America.

I work 5 years and I don’t want to work so I give my like a holiday to study.-> I have worked for 5 years and I want to rest so I decided to go back to school, it is like a holiday.

I want to go in 2024, I know my English level is poor I give myself one year to improve my English.

I went / travelled to America in 2017
I went to LA. I travelled with my friends so I was very happy / it was fun.

I stayed 5 days or 7 days -> I stayed 5 to 7 days  / I stayed about a week

I am learning jazz dance.
I have too much time and I don’t like sports and my father told me you should move, you can’t sit all day.

jazz dance grew on me

It helps me stay fit / stay healthy and I feel comfortable

I go one week 2 times ->I go twice a week

I don’t usually go to clubs but I like halloween I will go to club with my friends or
-> I don’t usually go to clubs but I like to go on special days /special occasions like halloween or new year

Last halloween was my friend’s birthday so we had fun.

Vocabulary

about (adv)  大约
I stayed in LA about a week
It will take me about 11h to go there
I am about 170 tall 

exactly (adj) 究竟/确切地
I am exactly 170 tall

New year  / new year’s day (Jan 1)
I like to party on new year’s day

occasion (n) 某次
I like to go to restaurants on special occasions

to grow on someone : when at the beginning you don’t really like something but then you like it more and more
Dance really grew on me

advertising (n) 公布
I work in an advertising company

industry (n) : field/domain
I work in the advertising industry

account executive (n) someone who takes care of a number of customers 客户经理
I am an account executive in a traditional advertising company

Grammar

time 时间 (uncountable)
It takes too much time to travel to LA

time 次 (countable)
I went to Beijing many times / 5 times

In English you say how many times + time unit
I go to the dance class twice a week

I go back to Sichuan 4 times a year
I check my phone too many times a day

Pronunciation

You have 2 ways of reading dates:

2017:
1: two thousand (and) seventeen
2: twenty seventeen

1985:
nineteen eighty five

1805:
eighteen o’ five

1576:
fifteen seventy six

1407:
fourteen o’ seven

Pronunciation

1x : xxeen
14: fourteen
17: seventeen
13: thirteen

x0 : xxty
70: seventy
40: forty
30: thirty

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