Demo Class Notes (Rino – Tibo)

My name is Rino, I’m a secretary in a foreign company but my English is very poor.
It is a financial company for investments.
5 years in that company.

It is an American company.
Emails sometimes need write email.

I want to improve my English in my work.

These 3 years no. Before maybe sometimes in a year.
People visited shanghai or some board meetings.
It is difficult because of vocabulary and grammar.
But my listening is not well now.

It is life related topics.

I have to work in the office and I have 5 bosses.
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My name is Rino, I’m a secretary in a foreign company but my English is very poor. / I work as a secretary in American financial company
It is a financial company for investments. / it is a financial company who offers investments for other companies / it is a B2B financial company
I have been working for 5 years in that company.

It is an American company.

I sometimes write emails in English / I sometimes use English in my emails

I want to improve my English for (my) work / for my career

These 3 years no one came to the Chinese office  / in the last 3 years traveling was very difficult so no one visited our office. Before that / before 2020 it happened a few times a year

I speak English when my American colleagues visit Shanghai or during board meetings / or when I support board meetings.
It is difficult because of vocabulary and grammar.
But my listening is not good now / My listening also got worse

It is life related topics.

I have to work in the office and I have 5 bosses. / sometimes I have to go to the office during the week end because I support 5 different bosses.

Vocabulary

to get better / to improve (v)
Life got better thanks to smartphones

to get worse / to deteriorate (v)
Life got worse because of the internet because now we have to work all the time

headquarter (HQ) (n) main office of a company
Our headquarter is in NYC

Business to Business (B2B) : company to company
This office space is a B2B business, they rent space to other companies

Business to Customer (B2C) : company to normal people |
Apple is a B2C company. they sell to normal people

You need to send an email to John Smith to ask him when he wants to visit your office for a meeting in SH.

Hi John,
What time do you want to visit our shanghai office for xyz meeting?
I will book the board meeting room for you.

Best regards,

Thanks,

Rino.

greeting (Hi + first name , Dear Mr/Mrs + family name )
a compliment/ice breaker (I hope this email finds you well, I hope you had a nice week end, I hope you had a nice holiday ...)
the reason for your email (I am writing about ... / I am contacting you regarding ...)
a call to action (Could you (please) .../Please ... / Would you mind...+Ving?)
a closing message (Looking forward to hearing from you / Let me know if you have any questions / Best regards)
signature Rino...

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Hi John,
I hope you had a nice week end.

I am writing about xyz meeting.
Could you please tell me what time do you want to visit our office in Shanghai?
I will then book the board meeting room for you.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Best regards,

Rino
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Grammar

something is good (adj)
The meal is good

I do something well (adv)
I cook very well