Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Speaking exercise

2nd half was spoken first half was written

these days in sh is the rainy season so it’s super hot and the weather report said tomorrow will be 37 degrees centigrade and yesterday I bought a vacuum cleaner. it has 2 functions not only for cleaning the floor but also for vacuuming the winter quilt because the winter quilt is lightweight product so the CBM is big but after vacuuming it become compacted and flat enough for me to put into my wardrobe. before i vacuuming the winter quilt i will put the winter quilt into the thick package and it with a small hole on it with a lip. After vacuuming i should quickly close the lip and the air will not come into the package again so i will make it flat and put it into my wardrobe.

These days in sh is the rainy season / it is the rainy season these days in Shanghai so it’s super hot and the weather report said tomorrow will be 37 degrees (centigrade / celcius) and yesterday I bought a vacuum cleaner which has 2 functions not only for cleaning the floor but also for helping to store the winter quilt / helping to make the quilt more compact because it is thick but lightweight but after vacuuming it becomes compacted and flat enough for me to put into my wardrobe. Before vacuuming it i will put it into the thick package and it has with a small hole on it with a lid. After vacuuming i should quickly close the lid and the air will not come into the package again / the package will not inflate so i will make it flat and easy to put it into my wardrobe.

which + it to replace nouns.

Pronunciation

vacuum – “vack youm”

Vocabulary

fresh in my mind – sth that’s easy to think of because you did it recently
eg. I just did the vacuuming so it’s really fresh in my mind so it’s easy to explain it

remove the air using a vacuum to make the product more compact

inflate (get bigger as the air comes in)< > deflate (get smaller as the air comes out)
eg. when you blow into a balloon it will inflate and when you put a hole in the balloon it will deflate

seeing is believing 

redecorator – a company that will 装修 your home

renovate – 装修
eg. they are renovating at the moment so it’s very loud

mould / mold 

Grammar

i don’t care if / whether it has a lot of wrinkles or not

he is the most hard work person – he is the hardest worker

before vacuuming it
before I vacuum 

Writing exercise

We received a lot of orders during the recent one month especially during the recent half a month. John is my colleague and he is responsible for inspection. He worked for 14 days continually.

We received a lot of orders during the recent month especially in the last 2 weeks. Take John for example, who is my colleague that is responsible for inspection, he worked for 14 days continually without getting a day off, so I honestly think my boss should give us a raise, especially John! Haha!