VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Talk about TikTok (purchasing and in general)

Vocabulary

constantly: non-stop, more general usage
ie. I work constantly./I think about work constantly.

mumble: say something unclearly
ie. You should try mumbling the end of the word “colleague”.

coincide: (v) happen at the same time/without plan/intervention
ie. It’s just a coincidence that we wore the same hat.

intervention: (n) 干涉 (v) intervene
ie. My boss intervened our original plan.

designated: 命名; 指定; 选定，指派，委任(某人任某职); 标明; 标示; 指明 (v) designate (n)designation
ie. Jackie, you’re way too busy, you should learn to designate. (distribute your job to others)
ie. I’m designated to the BJ office.

abide by:  follow
ie. We have to abide by the rules of the theater.

reruns: old showings
ie. They were just showing reruns.

make up for : make something right
ie. Her beauty makes up for the fact that she’s not a very good actress.

Grammar

“every other seat” – one seat in between

“went to” (specific) vs “have been to”
ie. I’ve been to CQ, to the local restaurants.
ie. I went to the cinema/movie theater on Friday night.

“by the books” – bureaucracies

“You should’ve, you could’ve, but you didn’t” – use on someone with lots of excuses

Oct 9th
July 22nd

“upset stomach”

attend-attendance
humid-humidity
participate – participation

join something
– join the club/party/group

just “join it?”
– would you like to join in?

join the club

I participated in a big project.
Your participation is greatly welcomed/appreciated.

Q: Something you look forward to
A: This year the national holiday will be quite long, it’s together with the mid-autumn. If I ask one day leave on Oct 9, I could have almost 11 days. I got a plan to CQ. It should happen at early this year, but the COVID 19 stop it. I went to both cities already. I have a very good friend, she is CQ, last year I went to there for meeting. The meeting was in the morning, that’s why I have some time afternoon and evening, she recommended several restaurants. CQ is a very interesting city, it’s a city built on the mountain. For example, when I was ready to airport. That time I was in a shopping mall, I head for airport, I asked the body guard “where’s the gate to take taxi” he told me take the elevator to the third floor, and go out, you will take the taxi. Every level, when you out the door, there’s the road. They have a certain area.

Edited:

A: This year the national holiday will be quite long, it coincides with the mid-autumn holidays/because we have the mid-autumn holidays right after, and you can take the two holidays together/so we have pro-longed holidays. If I ask for one day/take a day’s leave on Oct 9th, I would/can have almost 11 free days. I got a plan to go to CQ. It should’ve happened at early this year, but the COVID 19 prevented/delayed it. (My Question: is this based on exp?) I went to/I have been to both cities already. I have a very good friend, she is CQ, last year I went to there for meeting. The meeting was in the morning, that’s why I have some time in the afternoon and evening, she recommended several restaurants. CQ is a very interesting city, it’s a city built on/in the mountains. For example, when I was ready to go to the airport/heading for the airport. That time I was in a shopping mall, I headed for airport, I asked the doorman/security “where’s the gate to take the taxi/get a cab”/ I asked him where the gate to the taxi stop is. He told me to take the elevator to the third floor, and get out, and I will find the taxi stop. Every level, when you go out the door, there’s the road/you can find the main road/ground-level. They have a certain area.

I will try to don’t read email.
I will try to ignore/not-read the emails.

Pronunciation

milk – m+ill+k “no you sound”

fill

filter

colleagues = no “er” sound