VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Homework

Write about your favourite / least favourite client – what happened, how did you meet – remember past tense. Use the vocabulary + grammar from today.

Writing exercise

Today I want to talk about my travel plan in the next half year .
First, I planned to go to Taiwan for his delicious snacks and varied fruits. And I have a lot of friends there who I met in university.
Then in july I’ll maybe go to Unite kindom and stay there for two weeks. In these two weeks I will trying to speak english with American as far as possible.
The third destination will be Japan. I am attracted by the ancient cultures in Kyoto,like temples, geisha, kimono,etc.

Today I want / I intend / I’d like to talk about my travel plan in the next half year / in the 2nd half of the year.
First, I made a plan / I plan to go / take a trip to Taiwan for its delicious / tasty / yummy / good snacks and varied / variety of fruits and I have a lot of / lots / numerous / heaps of / tons of friends there who I met in university / college / Uni.
Then in july I’ll maybe / possibly / likely go to the US and stay there for two weeks. During these two weeks I will try / attempt to speak english with Americans as much as possible.
The third destination will be Japan. I am attracted by / to the ancient cultures in Kyoto,like temples, geisha, kimono,etc.

Pronunciation

eh / ay / h (not strong)

photographer – fo TO graffer

photographFOE teh graf

Speaking exercise

now my husband he work for a company named sanfee it’s a big medicine company in france. his job is to buy other companies and now just start for 3 months but just 1 month ago in his group there was a manager he left his post so his boss sended my husband to this post but my husband had not enough experience for this post so he was really under pressure. he worked from 7 in morning until midnight and even in weekend. i told him that you need to talk with your boss because there is in your group other people have more experience than you and maybe you can do this job together. he earned a little but he really paid a lot of time for this.

now my husband works for a company named sanfee which is a big medicine company in France. his job is to buy / acquire other companies and now he has just / only worked for 3 months but just 1 month ago in his group there was a manager who left his position / job so his boss got my husband to take over this position / gave my husband this job but my husband doesn’t have enough experience for this post so he was really under pressure / is really stressed. He works from 7 in the morning until midnight and even at weekends / on the weekend. i told him that you need to talk with your boss because in your team / department there are other people who have more experience than you and maybe you can do this job together. he earns a little but he really spends a lot of time on this.

Grammar

at – time
on – day
in – month / year / period

who = describes an object (person)
which = describes an object (thing / idea / sentence)

I have a lot of pressure in my job but I’m not stressed because I do yoga.

I don’t like this
I don’t have
I don’t have enough

Vocabulary

because = as = since 

but = however

and = also / as well as 

post / position

most of the time / mostly – da bu fen shi jian

I planned to do sth = I wanted to do sth = I don’t want to do it now, but I did before.

as much as possible / as soon as possible

USA = the US = the states = North America

the UK = the United Kingdom = Britain

Americans = American people

Chinese people 

French people