VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Use the vocabulary from today and do some writing like a diary. Focus on the grammar mistakes from today and don’t make them again.

Vocabulary

it was fortunate that …
eg. it was fortunate that my boss ended up coming

only he out of everyone

the day before 
eg. the day before the meeting my boss told me he would come

order – shun xu
eg. Japanese sentences are in a different order

he didn’t like a traditional japanese – he isn’t like a traditional japanese person

i was intensely listening

frankly speaking – actually / in fact 

i asked for leave (annual leave) – ask for a holiday
i asked to leave – ask to quit

disorganised
eg. the team isn’t very well managed so they are very disorganised

i am interested in that = that’s interesting
i am interesting = I am an interesting person

get to a place = arrive
go to a place = from somewhere to there

at first = i used to do but now i changed
eg. at first, I thought Chinese was hard, but now I realise it’s not

Grammar

the same as them

he is far from with us – he is far away

he was interested about the build of the lab – interested in

he wanted to ask help for us – he wanted to ask us for help 

when we got the lab the japanese manager didn’t arrive yet so I prepared the computer to show the ppt and when i was preparing he came in the meeting room. it was very sudden because my bosses were all in the other room so i just said hello to him and quickly i went to the room to call my bosses then my bosses were all meeting together and my boss introduced everyone of us to him so then we started the meeting so i showed the ppt at first to him and my boss helped me to explain more information for him and he asked a lot about the technical things he wanted to know so all of the other peoples were all listening to he communicate with our boss so it was very quickly to view on the ppt so after the meeting we took him around the site my boss introduced each site to him and also showed him some special things or some particular things our lab innovated by ourselves so he was very interesting and after the tour we came back to the meeting room and just had a chat with him.

when we got to the lab the japanese manager hadn’t arrived yet so I started to prepare the computer to show the ppt and when i was preparing it / getting ready he came in (the meeting room). it was very sudden because my bosses were all in the other room so i just said hello to him and quickly went to the room to call them from their meeting and my boss introduced everyone of us to him so then we started the meeting and i showed the ppt first to him and my boss helped me to explain it and he asked a lot about the technical things he wanted to know and all of the others were listening so it was very quick to view / go through the ppt so after the meeting we took him around the site and my boss introduced each one and also showed him some special things or some particular things our lab innovated which he was very interested in and after the tour we came back to the meeting room and just had a chat.