VIP Class Notes (Joe)

Practice using the phrases ‘I’d like to’ and ‘I like to’. Remember that ‘I like to’ means ‘I usually like’ and ‘I’d like to’ means ‘I want to’. Make sentences with both phrases.

Grammar

I like to discuss with you about the next promotion campaign
I’d like to discuss the next promotional campaign with you

In order to drive our sales and recruit more customer we are planning to launch new program
In order to drive our sales up and recruit more customers we are planning to launch a new program

I have think about mechanism and would like to discuss it with you
I have thought about mechanism and would like to discuss it with you

I would propose a ten RMB coffee for a new customer at the first purchase because we think it is a very attractive pricing for a new customer to try our coffee
I would propose giving a ten RMB coffee to new customers at the first purchase because we think it is a very attractive price for a new customer to try our coffee

It may hurt the margin at first but we believe it may help us to recruit more customers and encourage them to repeat their purchase
It may hurt the profit margin at first but we believe it may help us to recruit repeat customers

In the beach
On the beach

We have launched the promotion campaign for 2 weeks
We launched the promotional campaign 2 weeks ago

We totally recruited 10000 in just 2 weeks
We recruited 10000 in total in just 2 weeks

The customers brought 20000 RMB sales for us, which help us achieve the sales target this month
The customers contributed 20000 RMB in sales to us, which helped us achieve the sales target this month

We have observed these new customers’ behaviour and find that 20% repeated their purchase in 2 weeks
We have observed these new customers’ behaviour and find that 20% of them are repeat customers

Pronunciation:

Encourage – en ka ridj

Recruit – ree kroot

Mechanism – me ki ni zim (put the stress on the first syllable)

Promotion – pri mo shin

Planning – make sure the vowel in the first syllable sounds like the vowel in ‘apple’.

Scissors – Si zis

Vocabulary:

Mechanic – someone who fixes machines
The mechanic fixed the car for me

Mechanism – a machine or device that has a specific purpose
Our sales mechanism will help us get more customers