GRAMMAR you know as student we had vacations, really long one (as STUDENTS we/long ONES) In Seattle, it pretty rainy (IT'S pretty) another one that I noticed pretty different than professors are more interactive than the teacher back in China (another THING that IS pretty different IS professors/than TEACHERS back) but not all teachers expecting that but most teacher would not expect much questions from students (teachers ARE expecting but most TEACHERS would expect MANY questions) that's exactly the thing that really important for me (that IS really) when we were students, teacher taught us we are (students, TEACHERS taught) so that pretty messy (that IS pretty) PRONUNCIATION really tiring week went to Malibu Beach excel in academics VOCABULARY I went to boston for team on-site > for team building *reformulations home turf = a team playing in their city/stadium California would be more enjoyable > California is more enjoyable *to accumulate is much better than that in here > much better than here enjoy the sunshine > soak up the sun *consecutive cloudy days I did road trip to > I took a road trip a wonderful, beautiful sunset > a breathtaking sunset haven't seen a scene like that, only place that I saw > seen anything like that before one by one = one at a time *blueprint of rat race = people are caught up in a fiercely competitive struggle for wealth or power *intensive the progress versus the final result > about the journey, not the destination don't hold my breath = don't count on it; don't expect it when pigs fly = never gonna happen a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed program = routine *repetitive so you got to be really intensive and anxious > you get really intense *However, back in ... *proactive take into their own hands = take control/responsibility for *compensate for *vague *inclusive/broad *strive for *cooperation rather than *bring to the team/table *synergizing *toxic(adj)/toxicity(n)

Thank you for all your kind words. I wish you all the best for your presentation. Let's prepare well for it. See you soon!

Zewei is one of the most humble and cheerful person I have met in my life. It's a pleasure to work with him on Business English. See you soon!! 😊😊

I'd never seen him on Zoom before, so I had no idea the extent of his ability. Great conversation!