F2F Class Notes _11th Apr (Harmony)

Harmony (har – money)

http://breakingnewsenglish.com/1603/160322-coffee-cups-2.html

Trial:  a test period

Ex:  The Starbucks will have trial during next season.

Cut down:  to decrease

Ex:  The stock was cut down today.

Ex:  I want to lose some weight, I will cut down on desserts.

Trash:  garbage.  Garbage can/ trash can.

Ex:  We need to empty the trash in the office.

Cafes (caff – fay)

Strategy (stra – teh – gee):  a plan to complete something.  A plan that has had a lot of ideas go into it.

Ex:  I have created a strategy to complete all of my jobs for the day.

Ex:  My boss has a strategy to increase sales this month.

Ex:  I have a strategy that includes opening 18 stores this year.

Committed:  to do something, to make a promise to do something.

Ex:  I have committed to trying to improve my English.

A key part:  an important part.

Ex:  The key part of Starbucks success is consistent service, and quality.

Overall:  total

Ex:  We have two thousand stores overall in China.

Filter coffee:  drip coffee/ made in the machine.

It wants to cut down on the number of paper cups that are put in the trash.
Starbucks wants to decrease the number of paper cups that go into the garbage. 

Bosses will decide later if they will continue the discounts.
The bosses will make a decision after the test period, if they want to continue this discount.

Writing:

I have studied English for a while in smart english. But I still stay about think in Chinese mind. I try to change that not to translate from Chinese to english, but obviously that’s difficult. I don’t know if I spent time on English too less. Maybe I need to listen and read much more.
I d like to know if I recite several sentence that probably is effective.
Many time I feel sad why I always forgot words which I tried to remember several days before. But I have no to reject English too much than before.

Edited:

I have studied English for a while at Smart English. But I still think about English in a Chinese mind. I try to change not to translate from Chinese to English, but obviously that’s difficult. I don’t know if I spent too little time on English. Maybe I need to listen and read much more.
I’d like to know if I recite several sentences that probably will be effective.
Many times I feel sad and wonder why I always forget words which I tried to remember several days before.

Plural:  more than one.