Open F2F Class Notes_26th May (Harmony)

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This Monday I attended a training about Kohler Gift in my office. The trainer is Business Departmentā€™s Manager. He invited me attend this training because this training was for a new colleague and I just recommended the new colleague to his team. The new colleague and I used to colleagues before and we are all designer. I write this because the trainer told us a story in the training and I thought it was fun. He said one day he took an our companyā€™s towel to home. He told his son when he finished shower he can use our companyā€™s towel, when his son went out the bathroom, he found his sonā€™s body full of fluff. And his son asked him ā€˜Dad, why your companyā€™s towel lossā€™. He told us he couldnā€™t except the truth especially the word from his sonā€™s mouth. So he bought another brandā€™s towels and let the factory workers check why they can solve the towel loss. Finally they found a balance between the towelā€™s thickness and towel loss.

Edited:

This Monday I attended training about Kohler Gifts in my office. The trainer is the Business Departmentā€™s Manager. He invited me to attend this training because this training was for a new colleague and I just recommended the new colleague to his team. The new colleague and I used to be colleagues before and we are both designers. I write this because the trainer told us a story in the training and I thought it was fun. He said one day he took an our companyā€™s towel home. He told his son when he finished showering he could use our companyā€™s towel, when his son came out the bathroom, he saw his sonā€™s body was full of fluff. His son asked him ā€˜Dad, why is your companyā€™s towel falling apart?ā€™. He told us he didnā€™t like hearing it, especially from his sonā€™s mouth. So he bought another brandā€™s towels and let the factory workers check how they can solve the problem. Finally they found a balance between the towelā€™s thickness and fluffiness.

towel (towul)

solved (saulvd)

why your companyā€™s towel losewhy is your company’s towel falling apart?

accept vs. like

eg.Ā  He couldnā€™t accept it from his sons mouth (chinglish) –Ā  He didnā€™t like hearing it from his sons mouth.

eg.Ā  I accept your advice.

eg.Ā  I accepted the gift from him.

Iā€™m from north of china Iā€™m from northern China

Iā€™m on business travel in north of china – Iā€™m on a business trip in northern China

eg.Ā  I will go on a business trip to the north part of china/ to northern china

north of china = people think of Russia (above china)

Northern

Southern (su – thurn)

Western (wes – tern)

Eastern (easĀ  -tern)

Central

eg.Ā  Iā€™m travelling for work/business.Ā  Iā€™m on a business trip.

tomorrow I will have a business tripI will take a business trip/ go on a business trip

toiletries bag: (toy – let – rees) a bag to hold your bathroom essentials when youā€™re on a trip.

capacity (kah – pa – city)

sauce: something to dip food into, like ketchup.

source:Ā  the place where it came from originally.

eg.Ā  We went to the rivers source and drank the clean water.

prior:Ā  before

eg.Ā  Prior to harmony coming to Smart English, everything was boring.

eg.Ā  Prior to having children, life was easy.

consolidate:Ā  to put all together, to connect things together, to compile.Ā 

eg.Ā  I consolidated all of the information into one excel spreadsheet.Ā 

capacity:Ā  the maximum amount sth can hold.

eg.Ā  The capacity of the elevator is 6 humans.Ā 

eg.Ā  The capacity of my phone is 32G.