VIP Class Notes (Raph)[S][R]

Vocabulary

Professional (adj): 1- relating to work that needs special training or education:
E.g.: Chris, you’re a nurse, so can I ask your professional opinion on how to take care of this cut?
E.g.: Both doctors have been charged with professional misconduct (= bad or unacceptable behavior in their work).

Anxiety (n): 1- an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future.
E.g.: Children normally feel a lot of anxiety about their first day at school.
E.g.: That explains his anxiety over his health.
E.g.: Her son is a source of a lot anxiety.

Depression (n): 1- a mental illness in which a person is very unhappy and anxious (= worried and nervous) for long periods and cannot have a normal life during these periods.
E.g.: If you suffer from depression, it’s best to get help.
My father suffered from depression after my mother died.

Practical (adj): 1-  relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas or imagination.
E.g.: Qualifications are important but practical experience is always a plus.
E.g.: The service offers young people practical advice on finding a job.

Sanity (n): 1- the state of having a healthy mind and not being mentally ill.
E.g.: He’d been behaving so strangely that they began to doubt/question his sanity.

Induce (v): 1-  to cause something to happen. 2- to convince someone to do something.
E.g.: Cold medicine often induces drowsiness (睡意).
E.g.: Nothing could induce me (= I definitely cannot be persuaded) to climb a mountain

Persuade (v): 1- to convince; to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it.
E.g.: If she doesn’t want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.
E.g.: It’s no use trying to persuade him (that) you’re innocent (= not guilty).
E.g.: He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project.

Flu (n): 1- 流感

Q: What do you do for a living? (= what’s your job?)
A: I’m an assistant marketing manager at a foreign company.

Singing In Groups Could Make You Happier
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1712/171224-singing-4.html)

Singing in groups could lower anxiety and depression. New research from a university in the UK and a community singing group called Sing Your Heart Out, looked at how singing in groups helped mental health. Researchers followed participants in free weekly singing workshops for six months. They found that singing in groups helped people recover from mental illness. It also helped people feel valued, lifted their mood, and increased their confidence.

The lead researcher said singing in a group helped people recover from mental health problems. He said participants reported positive effects on their mental health because of singing in the workshops. For some people, it was a key part of their recovery and well-being. The researcher said some participants called the workshops a life saver and that they saved their sanity. He said: “The key thing for everyone was [the workshops] induced fun and happiness.”

Original:

I got a shock message yesterday. The message was that our general manager in China will depart her job. So everyone is shocked with this message. So after her departure, our company will find a new general manager in China for the manager now is not a Chinese, she is from Hong Kong. So maybe our company management they think local Chinese is more suitable for the position. I feel upset about this thing. My line manager is pregnant. She will have her leave in next month. Many her work will hand over to me. That means I will have no line manager and no general manager from the next month. Maybe I will also have some chance to report to our Asia leader directly.

Edited: 

I got a shocking message yesterday which said that our China general manager will leave her job. Everyone was shocked by this message. After her departure, our company will find a new China general manager, and they want this person to be from Mainland China. The current manager is not Chinese, she is from Hong Kong, but our management thinks a local would be more suitable for the position. I feel upset about this, because my line manager is pregnant and will take maternity leave starting from next month. That means that a lot of  her work will be handed over to me and that I will have no line manager and no general manager from next month. Maybe this could mean that I will also have more opportunities  to report directly to our Asia leader.

Grammar

(Original – Edited)

A license for lawyer in China is not easy. – Getting a license for practicing Law is not easy in China.

I want to talk more confident. – I want to be able to talk more confidently. 

Pronunciation

Anxiety: /æŋˈzaɪ.ə.t̬i/

Depression: /dɪˈpreʃ.ən/

Participant: /pɑːrˈtɪs.ə.pənt/

Cambridge Dictionary
www.dictionary.cambridge.org/

Breaking News English
www.breakingnewsenglish.com