F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Speaking exercise


It depends, especially for this year. Because my work responsibility has been changed, my title is changed, I was used to take care of the marketing. I am a salesman.
The marketing of east china for all segments in my company but now I am in charge of the industrial segment for the whole country. I have to trip for long distances and I have another work to do because I invested some money in a plant in Kunshan. Make some metal materials stuff.  For example we can produce  a door with materials. We use stainless steal plates to make a door.
I have some trips to this factory.
1 hour from my apartment to this factory by driving.
I live in Baoshan the north of Shanghai.

I will go to Australia for holiday. My annual leave. 18-17 days annual leave.
Just last year I didn’t use the annual leave  / all of the annual leave.
It depends on how your boss to think. Actually I think on how you think your boss how to think. if you don’t care about it you just leave it is ok. If you think maybe my boss will be angry you will not be happy.

I have to transit my airplane in Australia. I haven’t fished my plan. I have booked all the air tickets but I haven’t booked the hotel.
I go to there with my family and my wife’s cousin family. 6 people.  I tried to go to Philippines and Thailand with a big group, 12 people, I was so tired because only I can speak English a little. another people can’t speak English so I had to take care of them and I had to book hotels, tickets and arrange the whole schedule.
Booking tickets and hotels are ok but I had to take care of other people when we visit a temple maybe someone was tired, someone was thirsty, someone wanted to go back to hotel.

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It depends, especially for this year. Because my work responsibilities have changed, my title changed.
I used to take care of the marketing. I am a salesman.
I was responsible for the marketing of east china for all segments in my company but now I am in charge of the industrial segment for the whole country. I have to travel long distances and I have another project to work on because I invested some money in a plant in Kunshan. It makes some metal materials elements.  For example we can produce a door with metal materials. We use stainless steal plates to make a door.
I have some trips to this factory / I frequently go to the factory.
It is 1 hour away from my apartment. / It takes me 1 hour to go to the factory from my apartment by car.

I live in Baoshan, in the north of Shanghai.

I will go to Fiji and Australia for holidays.  it is my annual leave.  I have 17-18 days annual leave.
I usually use up my annual leave,   I didn’t use the annual all of my leaves last year / all of the annual leave.
It depends on how your boss thinks. Actually I think it depends on how you think your boss thinks / how you believe your boss thinks . if you don’t care about it you just leave it is ok.
If you worry that your  boss will be angry you won’t be happy.

I have to transfer in Australia / I have a connection in Australia . I haven’t finished my plan. I have booked all the air tickets but I haven’t booked the hotel yet.
I go to there with my family and my wife’s cousin family. in total we are 6 people.  I tried to go to Philippines and Thailand with a big group, 12 people, I was so tired because only I could speak a little English. other people couldn’t speak English so I had to take care of them and I had to book hotels, tickets and arrange the whole schedule.
Booking tickets and hotels are ok but I had to take care of other people for example when we visited a place/a spot  maybe one was tired, one was thirsty, one wanted to go back to the hotel. I had to take care of all of them.

Vocabulary

To transfer : To change plane
I have to transfer in Sydney.

connection : plane change
I have a connection in Sydney.

in transit : on the way / in transport
I bought something on taobao and it was damaged in transit

Just : not long ago.
I just came back from Fiji.

to exchange: to change something for something else
I exchanged CNY for Fiji dollars

to use up : to use all the resources.
After we use up all the gas we have we will have to find new ways to power our cars.

Grammar

take – time
cost – money
Making a metal door will cost you XYZ and take about 5 days.

to be used to doing something : have the habit /
I am used to having Chinese food for lunch and dinner.

to get used to something: getting more familiar with something.
At first I couldn’t eat spicy food but I start to get used to it now.

used to do something : past / not anymore
I used to live in Beijing but I moved to Shanghai 10 years ago.

to be responsible for something:
I am responsible for marketing in the whole China.