A New Job I told you I got a new job in Beijing last time, so I was busy with my resign and move these days. I even didn’t have time to travel to Nanjing in Dragon Boat Festival as I planned , because

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Hu Rui

A New Job I told you I got a new job in Beijing last time, so I was busy with my resign and move these days. I even didn’t have time to travel to Nanjing in Dragon Boat Festival as I planned , because I have to rent a house in Beijing at that time. I was going to have a lesson last Saturday, but Jay Chou ,who is a very famous Pop star in China, hold a Concert in Shenyang, so I went to watch it with my girlfriend. Now I’m already living in Beijing, and I have already worked at my new position for a week. I like this new job very much. The working circumstance is much better than where I worked before. They have coffee and coke in the tea room, they offer fruits for free. Everything looks fancy. The work itself doesn’t very difficult, just use the Microsoft Office software especially Excel and Powerpoint presentation to make reports. But, there are many new challenges for me. Half of the stuffs here are foreigners, and most of them are German, so everyone speaks English or German all the time. They write E-mails in English. They have meeting in English. This Monday, when I startup my office computer at the first time, I take a lot of time to enter the system because the operation system language is English. I’m still a bit not adapt with this. Yesterday, I participated in their weekly meeting at my first time. I didn’t exactly understand every sentences what they were saying. I’m very concerned about this, I’m a little afraid I can’t be adequate to my work. I have a lot of things to learn.

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A New Job

I told you I got a new job in Beijing last time, so I was busy with my new assignment and moving these days. I didn’t even have time to travel to Nanjing during the Dragon Boat Festival as I had planned, because I had to rent a house in Beijing at that time.

I was going to have a lesson last Saturday, but Jay Chou, who is a very famous Pop star in China, held a concert in Shenyang. I went to watch it with my girlfriend, instead. (The sentence you wrote was too long, that's called a "run-on" sentence.

Now, I’m already living in Beijing, and I have been working at my new position for a week. I like this new job very much. The working situation is much better than where I worked before. They have coffee and coke in the tea room, they offer fruits for free. Everything looks fancy. The work itself isn't very difficult. I just use Microsoft Office software, especially Excel and Powerpoint, to make reports.

However, (usually we do not start a sentence with "but") there are many new challenges for me. Half of the staff here is ('staff' is a collective noun, so even though it represents a lot of people, they are considered one group and therefore is considered a singular noun) foreigners, and most of them are German, so everyone speaks English or German all the time. They write E-mails in English. They have meeting in English. This Monday, when I started-up my office computer for the first time, it took a lot of time to enter the system because the operating system language is English. I’m still not quite adapted (or more simply " I'm still not used") to this.

Yesterday, I participated in their weekly meeting for my first time. I didn’t exactly understand every sentence of what they were saying. I’m very concerned about this, I’m a little afraid I won't be able to do my work (or "... I am not adequate for.."). I have a lot of things to learn.

Hey Hu Rui! Very well written article. I wish my Chinese was as good as your English. Just a few big notes to help you in the future.

1. ALL punctuation ( . , ; :) will go immediate after the last letter of the word. There is NEVER a space between a word and a punctuation (except under some rare circumstances). So, if you want your written English to look more professional, pay close attention to this aspect.

EX: Jay Chou , who is a famous pop star in China, held a concert in Shenyang.

2. Make sure you use the correct verb tense. When you are telling a story in the past, your verbs should be the past tense.

Good luck with your new job!

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