Online Class Notes (Lily) [S/R]

Grammar

one year before—> one year ago

Vocabulary

1. majority= large number of XX
minority= small number of XX
ex: Koreans, Japanese are minorities in China.
ex: The majority of people voted for legalizing marajuana, therefore it’s legalized.

2. up for discussion= you can give opinions and talk about it 可以商量
not up for discussion= 没有商量余地
ex: Most of the times, your salary is not up for discussion, especially for entry level jobs.

3. frustrated (adj)= 烦躁的
ex: I’m very frustrated when my mom rushes me to find a boyfriend.
ex: I will be very frustrated when my mom tells me to eat something while I’m working.

4. vague (adj)= not clear 含糊的 模糊的
ex: ” we have a party tonight, please dress nice ” <— this is very vague, no clear instructions.

Now we are taking turns to back to the office. This week I will go back to office on Monday, Thursday and Friday. So today I’m working from home. I guess we will resume from normal from next month, but we haven’t received any notice so far. The whole city is gradually getting back to normal, I think we can be returning to the office. I quite enjoy working from home from now. There are so many things attracting you at home, like playing with your dog and cook something to eat. Fortunately we don’t have too much work to do now, because the budget was cut due to the virus. The workload was much lighter than before. One month or two months before, all luxury brands are closing their stores in China.

I really want to go to the cinema. I already ate hotpot last week with my boyfriend. I eat lunch meals with my colleagues when I’m in the office. We went out to eat something.

Revised

Now we are taking turns to go back to the office. This week I will go back to the office on Monday, Thursday and Friday. So today I’m working from home. I guess we will resume work starting next month, but we haven’t received any offical notice so far. The whole city is gradually operating like normal, I think we can be returning to the office soon. I quite enjoy working from home now. There are so many things distracting you at home, like playing with your dog and cooking something to eat. Fortunately we don’t have too much work to do now, because the budget was cut due to the virus. The workload was much lighter than before. One month or two months ago, most luxury brands have closed their stores in China.

I really want to go to the cinema. I already had hotpot last week with my boyfriend. I had lunch meals with my colleagues when I was in the office. We went out to eat something.

Gabriela worked for a multinational company as a successful project manager in Brazil and was transferred to manage a team in Sweden. She was excited about her new role but soon realised that managing her new team would be a challenge.

Despite their friendliness, Gabriela didn’t feel respected as a leader. Her new staff would question her proposals openly in meetings, and when she gave them instructions on how to carry out a task, they would often go about it in their own way without checking with her. When she announced her decisions on the project, they would continue giving their opinions as if it was still up for discussion.

After weeks of frustration, Gabriela emailed her Swedish manager about the issues she was facing with her team. Her manager simply asked her if she felt her team was still performing, and what she thought would help her better collaborate with her team members. Gabriela found her manager vague and didn’t feel as if he was managing the situation satisfactorily.