F2F Class Notes 6 June (Peter)

Corrections

I’m a Japanese – I’m Japanese

To develop some customers – To broaden the customer base/to reach out to new customers

I’m belong to a Japanese company – I belong to the Japanese company

Our company merge the Chinese company – Our Company merged with a Chinese company

Sometimes go to Europe – I sometimes go to Europe

Netherlands – The Netherlands

Switzerland Company – Swiss company

When I talk with someone in loud voice – When I talk with someone in/with a loud voice

Email every day – Every day by email/ every day online

First information is come to me – First, the information comes to me/I’m the first one to receive the information

In order to get them not anger – In order to prevent them from getting angry.

They fix by theirselves – They fix it by themselves

Hard to know who ___ – Hard to know who is at fault/whose fault it is

We are many customers – We have many customers

It’s almost always company – It’s almost always a company

After drink a lot – After drinking a lot

We drunk too much – We drank too much

He tored my clothes – He tore my clothes

Vocabulary

Broad – wide

Base – structure, foundation

Colloquial – casual

Merger – when two companies become one

Belgian – something or someone from Belgium

Quit – stop, leave

Packed – crowded

Intense – 激しいです, to a strong degree

To come off as – to seem

Ex. The Japanese don’t want to come off as rude OR the Japanese don’t want to come off as rude people.

Reimburse – to pay someone back for something

Ex. The company reimbursed the customer for their faulty product.

Lawsuit – Litigation, 訴訟

Reimbursement – noun form of “reimburse”

Bulk – large amounts

Ex. Our company does not sell in bulk often.

Grammar

“To tear” past tense is “tore”*, adjective is “torn”

*Note- saying “tored” is incorrect because the past tense of the verb “to tour” is “toured” (Same pronunciation).

Phrases

“Can you see yourself [verb phrase]?” – Can you imagine yourself [verb phrase]?

Ex. Can you see yourself staying with the company? (Do you think you will keep the job?)

Pronunciation

Colloquial (cuh-LOW-kwee-ul, make sure to pronounce the “W”)

Language (LANG-wij, “A” as in apple)

Belgium (BELL-jim)

Months (“S” as in speak)

Rollers (“S” sounds like “Z”)

Litigation (lih-tih-GAY-shin)

Lawsuit (LAW-soot)