Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

my Daily responsibilities can be separated into several main areas / tasks first I need to make conference calls with clients and I have to persuade them to increase their budget.
Before this call/our call I had 3 conference calls today
I love dancing , Kpop, one of my hobbies is going to the arcade and playing the dancing machines.

It is totally different, you have to learn the original dance of the song before you go to the arcade.
The design of all the keys is according to the original dance / the keys replicate the original moves / the keys try to stay true to the original moves  but the interesting part is if you focus too much on the keys you won’t perform well.
You try to follow the original danc.  the most frequent case  most of the time you will get a C ranking because you focus too much and you have no attention to focus on the keys.

I had a a pair of nike shoes
I used to play dance machine with that pair of shoes and after one month the shoes were used up. / I killed them within a month

every time I am making conf calls my neighbors will do some construction work/ I can hear the workers next door.
I bought a ticket to fly back to Shanghai in the end of August , I cannot stand them.

I am really appreciate it -> I am appreciative of  / thankful / I really appreciate it

how do you keep in touch with your acquaintances

She has the resources, it is not that expensive you just need to spend 100 cny per month and I keep in touch  on instagram

it is because of the deteriorating relationship between US / China.

I wanna be relocated/transferred to somewhere out of China / abroad
My company is a global based company so it has offices across the globe and our Asia HQ is in Singapore so I wanna work at SG office because I have been there for the training last year.

The SG office is much more diverse. The reason for me to work somewhere out of china/abroad is because I wanna immerse myself in a diverse working environment.
I wanna learn different cultures,
I know what kind of the overseas life I like . / I am a clear idea of the lifestyle that interest me.
I don’t like to be in one culture for the rest of my life.

My company is an English speaking company , that could be a good add on/advantage
I find a challenge in speaking English.
Last year I had a strong British accent.
that was at that time

When you try to make people feel comfortable you tend to somehow copy what they do  or at least adopt a similar of body language.

a lot of clients are arrogant /I categorize them as shitty clients .
they demand so much on me, I can put in efforts but you still have to give me some commitment

it should be a collaboration relationship. they don’t respect me  / they aren’t respectful

one thing in the employee perks / benefit package  is that you can have a health check every year so last year I went to the hospital and it collaborating with Tencent closely
And doctors told me the majority of Tencent people/employees who came have back problems because they work long hours everyday.
so regarding this issue I think you are wasting your life for getting more money / you sacrificing your health for gaining more money that is stupid.  trading your health for cash.

it is different from the western culture, it is more segmented you can stay with your family but are not expected to share your salary with the entire family.
/you are financially independent

My parents urge me to buy a house in SH because they want me to settle down in SH but I might not.

Vocabulary

appreciative (adj) thankful
He was appreciative

listen to oneself talk : find gratification in sounding smart
some people like to listen to themselves talk

egoistical (adj) :related to a strong ego
Owning a Ferrari is most egoistical

Pronunciation

acquaintances

used up

plane

plan

appropriate

remained

reminded