[Kerin]

Well observed

[Kerin]

Perfect Sandra 💪

(All prepositions correct too! Top!)

[Kerin]

Hi Olivia, this is summarised very well, excellent English.

✅ you used your own words

✅ you identified the main idea

✅ you found relevant ideas & omitted irrelevant details

✅ you kept the meaning the same

✅ you used attributive tags

✅ you kept your opinion out of it

Minimal corrections to make. Have a look and let me know if you have any queries:

> The “Made in Italy” badge is now widely accepted as a symbol of quality AND authenticity on a global scale.

> Since ❌ FOR ✅ years, there has been evidence of the reality of large European companies producing in Asia or the east of the continent to save costs by abusing their labor force.

See this resource for for and since: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-m_for-since.php

[Kerin]

I agree, definitely a good idea to be aware of different accents, (not only to improve our language skills) but also to be more inclusive and enrich our cultural experiences.

A tweak to make: focused in American accent > should be: focused ON American accentS (or focused on THE American accent, although which one?!🙄)

[Kerin]

This is great work Sandra! Well done 🙌

[Kerin]

Perfect! ⭐

[Kerin]

Tone and language is correct. There are a few little grammar issues to iron out:

> When we spoke last week you mentioned that you had BEEN HAVING (or WERE HAVING) a stressful time (You will study this grammar in your course ‘Tell Stories’, but if it is problematic maybe we can use one of our lessons to go over it)

> the verb promise needs to be followed by the infinitive: not: you promised sending me but you promised to send me

> After checking my emails I have not seen any document from you YET.

Do let me know if you need anything clarified.

[Kerin]

Perfect Sandra. Excellent

[Kerin]

Well done Sandra:

✅ you used your own words

✅ you identified the main idea

✅ you found relevant ideas & omitted irrelevant details

✅ you kept the meaning the same

✅ you used attributive tags

✅ you kept your opinion out of it

Let’s have a look at some corrections:

> Italy has coped with many crisis – you can either say

Italy has coped with many A crisis or Italy has coped with many crises

I suggest this change to make the first paragraph more fluid:

In “Made in Italy”: What is behind the Worldwide Famous Label?, Annalisa Girardi, journalist, says that the label still enjoys great popularity and attracts sophisticated customers wordwide. Gucci, for example, ranks first followed by (delete ‘the) other luxury brands.

Yet, Italy has coped with many crises in the past including the low-cost producers in Asia.

[Kerin]

Good stuff here Carlos

Just watch out here:

Para 1 > … were very gutted

> Adjectives like knackered and gutted are what we call ‘Absolute Adjectives’. This means that these words are generally not capable of being intensified or compared. Therefore we don’t use ‘very’ with these kinds of adjective.

You might find this interesting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/eiam/unit-1/session-47

Para 3 > we don’t use ‘dog’d bollocks’ to describe how someone looks. You could say instead:

Then a stunner walked in, I decided to buy her a drink.
She was well fit but two sandwiches short of a picnic.

👍

[Kerin]

Perfect Andrea 👍

[Kerin]

Top marks on this Andrea, well done:

✅ you used your own words

✅ you identified the main idea

✅ you found relevant ideas & omitted irrelevant details

✅ you kept the meaning the same

✅ you used attributive tags

✅ you kept your opinion out of it

Let’s have a look at some corrections:

The main point the author makes is that “Made in Italy” labels continue to develop their businesses successfully, DESPITE the rising low-cost manufacturers from the Asian market and the RECENT economic crises.

despite v although – see this link to understand the difference

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/in-spite-of-despite-although-even-though-and-though

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This manifacture is based on the exploiting of work conditions to optimise the profits. ❌

This manufacturing is based on exploiting the work conditions to optimise the profits. ✅

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To conclude, the author emphasises that can’t continue to exist these painpoints between such gorgeous products and their production processes.❌

WORD ORDER: To conclude, the author emphasises that these painpoints can’t continue to exist between such gorgeous products and their production processes.✅

Please let me know if you need further explanation or clarification 👍

[Kerin]

Hi Andrea,

I’m not able to see your upload. Could you maybe send it to me by email?

Thanks!

[Kerin]

This is really well written Lucia, well done. There are a few mistakes, but not many. I’ve sent you the corrections in a Google doc

[Kerin]

Dear Olivia,

This is very well written, well-balanced and expressed clearly. Well done! I love how you have incorporated the new vocabulary into what you have written too. Keep up the good work. 🤗

Please review the corrections I’ve made (in bold) and please let me know if you need any clarification.

2 Proud Pups is Elena’s baby business. She wanted to create all-natural dog care productS that will not irritate her dogs. She invested her savings and grew her staff and product line THROUGH/OVER THE years. From what I could gathered❌ (gather ✅), 2 Proud Pups revenues are flat, and Elena is even burning out, beside ❌ (BESIDES + comma or FURTHERMORE✅) with her fourth baby coming she could no longer take care of her business.

Elena is hesitating between two options.

From one side, sell the company to a competitor. (🙌 Suggest: On the one hand, she could sell the company to a competitor) I am a bit reluctant to recommend (Excellent😍!!) her to sell the company. Indeed, with this option, she could gain a generous cash buyout and a good percentage of merged equity shares, but she will also risk losing the control of her company over the direction the competitor will want to head (example of using chemical ingredients, selling directly to consumers).(😍 Excellent structure and vocab) Plus, she will not be able to come back (🙌 or: she will lose the opportunity to come back later….) later if she thinks she is mentally ready. I just do not think (Excellent😍) this option is the one she can choose.

From the other side, (🙌 Suggest: On the other hand,) the advantages of hiring a new CEO are that Elena retainS her majority shareholder position while stepping back from the business.

She will also be sure that her vision for 2Proud Pups will remain the same with
innovations. The fact that the potential new CEO wants to target Amazon, Chewy,
and Petco is not a pitfall, Elena could turn it TO her favor to accrue the
production and so her revenues. I would say the pros definitely outweigh

the cons. (Excellent😍)