VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

It was very hot and the temperature was nearly 40 degree when the first day I came to my current company. The office environment was totally different from the one of my last job’s. There were three floors including about five offices and eight test sites in the building. One of my colleagues took me a tour to visit each test site and all instruments in it were strange and fresh that I had never met before. My company provided an apartment to me and also paid rent for it. The most important thing was that the apartment was very near to my office and I can walk to work everyday. Besides the apartment complex, there was a supermarket and a small street full of many restaurants which was very convenient for my daily life. Anyway, I had a good first impression of the company.

It was very hot and the temperature was nearly 40 degrees when I came to my current company / on the day that I came to my current company / started working at my current company. The office environment was totally different from the one of my last job. There were three floors including about five offices and eight test sites in the building. One of my colleagues took me on a tour to visit each test site and all of the instruments there were strange and fresh and I had never seen them before. My company provided an apartment to me and also paid rent for it. The most important thing was that the apartment is very near / close to my office and I can walk to work everyday. Besides the apartment complex, there was a supermarket and a small street full of many restaurants which is very convenient for my daily life. Anyway, I had a good first impression of the company.

Grammar

don’t like a 14 year old – it isn’t like / he isn’t like… 

i am on a tour / holiday / trip

on site / at the test site / there  

I saw many instruments which were ….
all of the instruments were ….

Vocabulary

meet (situations / people) / see (objects)

have sth in common
eg. me and my best friends have a lot in common

bothering us – things that annoy us / problems
eg. they talk about some things that are bothering them

the film is based on a book – the book was written first

i think – I feel / I believe / it’s my opinion that / I reckon / In my opinion

to be concerned with sth / to be involved in sth

to be concerned about sth

i feel much more relaxed / the pressure has been released 

when I go to a place I have never been to before, and everyone around me are strangers / and I don’t know anyone around me 

strange – qi guai

Pronunciation

this year – inside then outside!

mature – ma choo er