F2F Class Notes 28th June (Peter)

Corrections

May* I ask the help from your side – I would like to ask for your help

*Note: the word “may” is used to ask someone for permission to do something. Therefore, asking for permission to ask someone for help sounds overly polite.

How many ways I can  – How many ways can I

Him/her help – His/her help

What he’s mean – what he means

Vocabulary

Historic – revolutionary, pivotal, of great importance and impact

Pivotal – historic, of great importance and impact
Ex. The historic “warring states” period in Chinese history was pivotal in the development of China’s modern borders.

Critical – 1-judgmental (sounds negative) or 2-essential/crucial* (sounds neutral)
Ex. My parents are very 1critical of me when it comes to school. If I don’t score well, I will get in trouble.
Ex. Working together is 2-critical when it comes to group projects.
*Note: the words crucial and critical have almost the same meaning and feeling.

Presumptuous – assuming something will happen (adj)

Imply – to say or show indirectly

Phrases

To keep something short and sweet means to use a minimal amount of words.

The difference between help and the help is that “help” refers to helping someone, while “the help” refers to maids, butlers, and servants as a group.

To fare well in something means to be successful or do well in something.

Pronunciation

Presumptuous (pre-ZUMP-shoe-iss, often pronounced with only three syllables pre-ZUMP-shwiss)

Noel (two syllables, no-EL)

Original:
Dear Amy, May I ask the help from your side? Thanks in advance.
Regards, Iren

Edited:
Dear Amy, Recently, our company has been in communication with a previous employee who is considering rejoining the company. I would like to ask for your help in this situation; could you please confirm with our colleagues concerning the return of her severance pay? I’d greatly appreciate your help.
Attentively, Iren

(Other possible concluding words: Regards (to an equal), best (to someone below me), Love (to someone close to me), best wishes (to someone I don’t know well), attentively (to someone above me, or in a time-sensitive situation)

Original:
Hi Tom, We got the job evaluation from Total Rewards Team and your CF HR Cindy Zhu helped on this result confirmation. I would like to CC Cindy for her help.
Regards, Iren

Edited:
Hi Tom, We got the job evaluation from the Total Rewards Team; your CF HR Cindy Zhu also helped on this result confirmation. I would like to CC Cindy for her help.
Regards, Iren