Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

reminder: 提醒; 引起回忆的事物; 提醒人的事物; (告知该做某事的)通知单; 提示信, memo
ie. Leave a reminder/memo.

extended family: aunt, uncle

Grammar

willing to: something you don’t really want to do but you do it anyway… “can do if must”
ie. I’m willing to come to class late if I can have class with Jason.

look for vs find
ie. I’m looking for my keys.
ie. I found my keys.

ask -> comes from a person

Speaking exercise

I just want some special things to remember you.
I just want some special things to remember you by.
I just want some reminders of you.

I learn English for a long time but I couldn’t speak English very well by myself. Especially in some event or some party that ask me to introduce myself.

I have been studying English for a long time but I still can’t speak English very well by myself. Especially in some events or some parties that require me to introduce myself.

My real experience last night that let me feel embarrassing
My real experience last night that made me feel embarrassing

The party have 18 people.
There are 18 people at the party.

There were 18 people to join the party.
There were 18 people at the party.

Q: Introduce yourself to me.

A: Hello everyone. I’m really happy to join the party tonight/really happy to come here. My name is Jason, I’m Shanghainese. I’m working in family business. We have 3 kinds of business, the first one is metal part production for Jap. company, 2nd is international trading, we can provide commercial product. The third one is that we can help traditional factory to update their production line to intelligent manufacturing. So I can provide some kinds of connection within this industry, because I’m in charge of sales. Other than work, / in my spare time, I really like Japan and tried to study Japanese. I also willing to party because I can know and meet some new friends. When I have spare time, I will try to make them Chinese tea, so if you people also have spare time, you can call me and we can have a party.

A: Hello everyone. My name is Jason, I’m really happy to be here tonight/this evening/this morning… I’m a local Shanghainese person/I was born in … but I’ve been living in SH for a long time, I’m working in my family business. We have/do 3 kinds of businesses, the first one is metal part production for a Japanese company, 2nd is international trading, we provide commercial product for trade. The third one is that we help traditional factories to update their production line to intelligent manufacturing. (I work in my family business, and we do metal part production, international trading, intelligent manufacturing..)I’m in charge of sales, so I can provide all kinds of connections related to this industry. Other than work, / in my spare time, I really like Japanese culture and I’ve been planning for a long time to study Japanese, but I haven’t taken action yet. I’m happy to be at this party because I can meet some new friends. In my spare time, I also like to make/drink/enjoy Chinese tea with my friends, so if any of you have spare time, you can call me and join us anytime.