Demo Class Notes (Faye – Tibo)

Faye

Consultant in Mckinsey.

short term goal : interview presentation and career questions
long term goal: improving confidence and ability to use English in high level situations

avoid casual talk and focus instead on business role-play /deep discussion about specific topics (economy / business / healthcare/ TMT)

she need to improve:
– listening/understanding in long meetings ( work on listening with various accents -> presidential debate…)
– chit chat with senior management
– nuances in the usage of words (formal / informal) / formal writing

推荐课程（每周）/ Your Recommended Course (Weekly)

F2F: 2

Writing: 2

Actually I studied in the UK for 1 year and I felt my English really improved a lot but after I came back to China the working environment is not English dominant so my English decreased and I feel in the long run I want to be confident with English.
nowadays from time to times I may have to speak English but I wasn’t confident enough to do some chit chat that is my big concern and on top of that the major driver is that I have an interview coming up.
I am working as a management consultant. For me I really want this to be practical. I wanna say the phrases that I could use in real life and the thing is that I am confident to chat with peers because I can use slang but when I talk to seniors or when drafting an email I find myself struggling.
emails and ppt. Primarily to the client so it has to be very formal and I want to make sure it is perfect. I often have to google it to make sure I say it correctly.
I find it difficult to express my thoughts especially I want to write it professionally not just like informative but also convey feelings or imply something.

when drafting a presentation I tend to think in Chinese but for daily communication I can think in English.
for example when they describe one topic and I miss a couple of words it is hard for me to follow up again.

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Actually I studied in the UK for 1 year and I felt my English really improved a lot / it really boosted my English but after I came back to China the working environment is not English dominant so my English level decreased / my English is taking dust / I cannot speak English as smoothly as I did before.. it is not as effortless as before.

and I feel in the long run I want to be confident with English. / in a discussion I don’t feel comfortable enough to talk in English.

nowadays from time to times I may have to speak English but I wasn’t confident enough to do some chit chat that is my big concern and on top of that the major driver is that I have an interview coming up.
I am working as a management consultant. For me I really want this to be practical. I wanna say the phrases that I could use in real life and the thing is that I am confident to chat with peers because I can use slang but when I talk to seniors or when drafting an email I find myself struggling.
emails and ppt.
Primarily to the client so it has to be very formal and I want to make sure it is perfect. I often have to google it to make sure I say it correctly.
I find it difficult to express my thoughts especially I want to write it professionally not just in an informative  way / I don’t want just to convey a meaning I want to convey it with style.
but also convey feelings or imply something.
when drafting a presentation I tend to think in Chinese but for daily communication I can think in English.

Vocabulary

to lash out : to attack orally / criticize
he lashed out at the policeman for stopping them

to lash (n/v) : hit with a whip/stick
He was lashed heavily by the guard

immune (adj) : not affected  (medical / legal)
Tom is immune to the disease
the president is immune to prosecution while in office

immunity (n)
they found a way to boost our immunity to this virus

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