F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)(S)
Next Class Focus
Nicholas will finish this class’s notes with Evelyn.
Evelyn wants to learn Business English – let’s focus on interview skills.
Grammar
I will go the other city / I will go home / I will go to another city
I want have a rest / I need to rest
Sunday I’m come back / Sunday I will come back / I will come back on Sunday / I will return on Sunday
I talk with HR / I am talking with HR / I talked with HR
when I came back we talk again / When I come back to Shanghai, we will talk again
what means / what does this mean / what does it mean
Two verbs = Second verb “TO + VERB” 动词
e.g. I want improve my English / I want to improve my English
play with my friends / spend time with my friends / hang out with my friends
we meet some customer / we will be meeting with customers / we met with some customers
Vocabulary
afraid / 害怕 / UH-FRADE
e.g. He looked very afraid.
refuse / 拒绝
e.g. I refused the job.
regret 后悔
e.g. I refused the job and now I regret it.
“work hard, play hard” /
tipsy / to be tipsy / this is just a little bit drunk
blackout drunk / very bad, so drunk that you can’t remember anything – everything “goes black”
hangover / the day after you drink you feel sick
e.g. I went out last night and now I have a hangover. I’m hungover. I’m super hungover.
EDM / music that is loud in the club
responsibilities /
beautiful / beauty
to meet “in-person” / this means to meet “face to face”
opinion / what I think / my opinion / 意见
anxiety / anxious / 焦虑
company culture 文化
industry / 行业
have you applied to jobs yet /
interview面试
Speaking exercise
What is your biggest professional (专业) strength (强度)? At work…at your job…what are you very good at doing?
I think write some article and talk with each other…business…management workers or colleagues….I manage assistant – help CEO or manager do something
What makes you a good manager assistant? Why are you good at being an assistant to the CEO/Manager?
Think for him – think before when he not thing any things – and help him finish some work.
He is the idea person – you
Something he doesn’t think (overlooks)
And talk with colleagues – how to do something is better (improve)
Pronunciation
assistant
colleagues / not colleagues
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