VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

work on phrases

Vocabulary

uneventful: nothing happening (adj)

joyful: full of happiness
ie. I had an uneventful but joyful weekend.

representation (n):
ie. I don’t think it’s a good representation of the entire company.

entire: whole, zhengge
ie. I stayed at home for the entire month.

overlap: chong die (v) (n)
ie. Our work overlaps, so do our responsibilities.
ie. There’s a lot of overlap in our work.

hostile: unfriendly
ie. It’s a hostile work environment.

efficiency: xiao lv (n)  (adj)efficient
ie. If there’s a lot of overlap (n) in our work, we would be less efficient./our efficiency will be very low.

status quo: regular, norm
ie. People want to stick to/keep the status quo because they’re afraid of change.

well-rounded: (adj)good at many things
ie. Cindy has become a very well-rounded employee.

hearsay: ting shuo de dongxi (n)
ie. My boss believed in hearsay about me.

scapegoat: bei guo de ren
ie. I’m the scapegoat for every mistake.

incompetent: bu cheng zhi de, fail at her job
ie. I hate incompetent colleagues because they make my job harder./life harder.

Grammar

“what’s in it for you” – what’s the good side for you?

have: to own something
there is : na li you… “you” without obvious sub.

sth+ful: full of sth
ie. joyful, eventful

sth+less: meiyou sth
ie. jobless, homeless

of = de
-‘s is not for everything; for living things, a part of a living thing, for something you own
ie. Ally’s phone, dog’s eyes, my boss’s stupid attitude
– of is for non-living things, and kinds….  and description….
ie. map of China

Our organization is very messy.
Our company is very disorganized. (adj)

This is my daily work/routine, so maybe my memory of it will be better/deeper.

If we belong to one department, I can accept.
I can accept that we all belong to one department, but having different positions is very important.

I think the problem is management.

I didn’t want to make the call, xxx forced me to do it.

I have known ……

She always do something that’s wrong…
She’s always making mistakes.

When she does it, the results are bad.

I tell her what to do because she is incompetent and can’t do anything by herself. So I end up(v) telling her what to do. But in the end, when things go wrong/when the results are bad, she blames me.