VIP Class Notes (George) [S+W]

Homework

Write about your mid autumn festival experience

Vocabulary

Employees- People who work for a company.

e.g. My company has many employees working full-time.

Punch-in- When you have to write down when you come into work and when you leave.

e.g. If I don’t punch in at my company every morning, my pay/salary will be taken away.

Expected/Unexpected- Something you know will happen or feel sure it will.

e.g. I expect to be very busy during Single’s Day because it’s China’s busiest shopping day.

Colleagues- People you work with.

e.g. I don’t like to talk to my colleagues too much because they gossip a lot.

Gossip- When you tell people about things you heard from someone else.

e.g. A lot of old women like to gossip about their families.

Promotion-  When you get a higher position at work.

e.g Last month, my manager gave me a promotion and a raise.

Manage- when you are responsible (fuze) for other people.

e.g. As a team leader, I am responsible for other people’s work.

Salary- The money you get from work or a job that you do.

e.g. Every month, my company always pays my salary a few days late.

Speaking exercise

Original

Today, this morning I was late because of my home’s door and the boy so I was late. Tomorrow, I will come here for learn English but yesterday I had an email told me tomorrow we should have a lunch with our boss so I should change this class. Our community’s door is closed I can’t out, because our community let us use a card go outside or inside but I haven’t this card so I can’t outside. I must waited someone want to inside so I can go out. And when I went to the metro station, the subway ALREADY left so I wait the next one. these days I and my leader has some problem, just I think I have some problem, but I think he has some problem too.

Corrected

This morning I was late because I couldn’t open my community’s gate. Tomorrow, I will come here to learn English/ have English class but yesterday I got/received an email telling/that told me tomorrow we should have lunch with our boss so I should cancel the class OR change the class time. Our community’s gate was closed so I couldn’t get out, because we have to use a card to open the gate but I didn’t have it so I couldn’t get outside. I had to wait for someone to let me outside. And when I went to the metro station, the subway ALREADY left so I had to wait for the next one. These days my leader and I have some problems between us, I think I have some problems, but I think he has some too.

Writing exercise

Original

Today,I had a lot of work need to do,so when I gote to home was 11PM.I think i well go to sleep late,and tomorrow i well wake up late.I feel so sad.
Now,I am writing in English for my homework,at the same time,my husband is watching a vido about a film director,who is Jia Zhangke.He watched his new flim,and he wanted to talk whis me about this film,but I haven’t watched it,so I had no my perspective.
Nest weekend is Mid-Autumn Festival,my husband and I intend to see my his teacher who is at the University teach him.He like this teacher .I think maybe it is a good time to talk about our past time,so I feel glad. We can went to company late some minutes.

Corrected

Today,I had a lot of work I needed to do,so when I got to home it was 11PM.I think i will go to sleep late,and tomorrow i will wake up late.I feel so sad.
Now,I am writing in English for my homework,at the same time,my husband is watching a video about a film director,who is Jia Zhangke. He watched his new film,and he wanted to talk about this film with me ,but I didn‘t watch it,so I didn’t have any perspective to share.
Next weekend is Mid-Autumn Festival,my husband and I intend to see his teacher who taught him at university.He like this teacher .I think maybe it is a good time to talk about our past,so I feel glad. We can go to the company a few minutes late OR we can be late for a few minutes.