VIP Class Notes (Alex)

Vocabulary

to get promoted = to get to a higher position in the company = to climb up the ladder

I just got promoted

have more responsibilities 

ambitious 野心

Politicians are very ambitious people

I want to do my best 

strong suit = something I’m good at

writing is my strong suit / English is my strong suit

weak point = something you’re not good at 

Chinese is my weak point

mindset = mind = way of thinking

we’re very different people, we have very different mindsets 

decorate – to make a room / apartment / house more pretty

the apartment hasn’t been decorated

to have the sense of responsibilities 

complain 抱怨

Speaking exercise: How do you imagine yourself in 5 years?

I will change my job. I think if I haven’t get promoted for a higher step I would change my change to another team or do other things, because I think I can’t always do the same things for a very long time. If I can’t climb up the ladder I will think maybe I will need to change something. If I can’t do well in something, maybe that means it’s not for me.

I don’t know when I will marry because I don’t have a boyfriend now. I always fall in love with someone not suit for me.

correction:

I think if I haven’t get promoted for a higher step – I think if I haven’t got promoted

I will think maybe I will need – I think maybe I will need / I will think maybe I need 

someone not suit for me – someone not suitable for me / someone who doesn’t suit me 

Writing homework: what are your strong points and your weak points? Find 3 of each, and explain why you think these are your strong/ weak points with daily life examples.