F2F Class Notes 21st October (Jesse)

i went to saipan with my friend 5 months ago. it’s not like the island, you know i used to went before cause saipan is kind of quiet. there is not a lot of people there and we have a private beach at our hotel and it’s a pity that i don’t have chance to experience the scuba diving. we had snorkelling dive and we took a trip around the island and we drove the motorbike on the sea. 

i went to saipan with my friend 5 months ago. it’s not like the island i have been to before cause saipan is kind of quiet. there are not a lot of people there and we had a private beach at our hotel (just to ourselves) and it was a pity that i didn’t have the chance to experience scuba diving. we went snorkelling and we took a trip around / we went on a tour around the island and we rode jetskis around.

we went snorkelling / scuba diving / fishing / shopping / drinking 

let’s have a drink / let’s go drinking 

beach person – i love beaches 

outdoorsy – sb who loves outdoors 

jet ski – a motorbike for water 

eg. we rode jet skis 

it doesn’t have wheels? yes 

the spreadsheet / xls to register them 

inventory – IN ven tree 

quarter – every 3 months 

eg. once a quarter i do the inventory 

seasonal – based on seasons

eg. businesses like clothing manufacturers are often seasonal 

there’s a problem / i need to talk to you – really serious sounding 

Sorry to bother you, do you have a moment? / minute, I just need some help with something. 

i can learn English in rainy days – on rainy days

but i think F2F in practical maybe better – but i think F2F is more practical

i didn’t make myself clearly – clear

is the video worked in both way – does the video work both ways

we don’t need to wear much / all we need is a coat and a shirt 

Email writing: use the below words in a story about etiquette at work, and use as many as you can.

etiquette (adj) (et – tick – it )

eg. when you have a business meeting there’s a lot of etiquette you have to follow 

virtue (n) ( vir -chew ) – sth that is important

concise (adj) – short and to the point – “con seye s”

blunt (adj) = direct, short, to the point

norm (n) = normal

abrupt (adj) = short, quick

persist (v) – to continue in a certain way

overdue (adj) = over the date of sth being due

down with sth = cool with or ok with sth