VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Homework

Describe your work plan for the next year. *THINK ONLY ABOUT CINDY

  1. figure out what you want to do
  2. what are you going to do to get that? – specific plan
  3. when?

Vocabulary

fragile: cui ruo

comfort: (v)an wei (n) shu shi gan (adj) comfortable

former: (adj)last, previous, not now
ie. My former colleagues comforted(v) me last night.
ie. My former colleagues made me more comfortable last night.
ie. My former colleagues gave me comfort last night.

eavesdrop: tou ting

overhear: heard not on purpose

drop off: xie huo
ie. Do not park in the drop-off zone.

consistent: yi zhi de, keep doing that (adj)

flatter: feng cheng

please: make sb happy

admire: Chong bai

criticize: pi ping

mutual: Xiang hu de
ie. We should have mutual respect.

emphasize: Qiang diao

credit: gong lao

Grammar

said: idea +opinion + content
ie. I said “I love you” and he said “OK”.

talk to: you have something to say
ie. I want to talk to my boss about my salary.

talk with: chat
ie. I talked with my mom for hours.

I’m not positive. -> I’m not sure.
I’m positive that I didn’t do it.-> I’m sure
He is positive for COVID19. -> He is yang xing

I can’t help but …
– this thing already happened, you didn’t do it on purpose, out of your control
ie. I can’t help but overhear your conversation.
ie. You haven’t returned my calls. I can’t help but think you’re mad at me.
ie. Lily is not happy with me/Lily yelled at me. I can’t help but feel hurt.
ie. The boss always replies your we chat. I can’t help but think she favors you.

“put you in your place”- make you feel inferior

Speaking exercise

Edit for next class.

I talked to them/with them/I told them my story/ and they really understood me.

Maybe I think in my side, I Kan bu guan …I don’t agree with her on anything…

I think I want to explain I know

I don’t talk anymore with my boss because I said everything, she always use that kind of attitude.

Last 2 weeks, I sent the email to her, please be patient.

My American colleagues complained to me about my Chinese colleagues who is a man.

The American colleague said the man didn’t didn’t respond my email.

We want to announce we are opened business.

I think that’s very good idea and we need to do.

I talked with my boss and explained

How to improve our WeChat follower

I think 50% of the time in the office, I pretend to be happy for other colleagues.

Writing exercise

1. Reading makes me tedious. i don’t want to work tedious things. 2. You should compensated for me.
3. Joe and me are relative.
4. I would like to get a brochure related to apple watch.
5. I sacrifice my all of value.
6. Scientists devote scientific research. 7. Exploiting employees are universal phenpmenon.
8. I can’t understand association.
9. My father favor me.
10. When we have the same viewpoint, we’ll make the empathy.
11. We are very sympathy for their situation.
12. I call Fiona who doesn’t respond.

Edited:
1. Reading makes me tedious. i don’t want to work tedious things. 2. You should compensated for me.
3. Joe and me are relative.
4. I would like to get a brochure related to apple watch.
5. I sacrifice my all of value.
6. Scientists devote scientific research. 7. Exploiting employees are universal phenpmenon.
8. I can’t understand association.
9. My father favor me.
10. When we have the same viewpoint, we’ll make the empathy.
11. We are very sympathy for their situation.
12. I call Fiona who doesn’t respond.

Pronunciation

colleague = coleeg , not “college” or “colleger”

idea = not “idear”, no “r” sound