VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Homework

Read a piece of news in English and write your thoughts.

Vocabulary

infringement (n): qin fan (rights and freedoms)
ie. I was drafting an application form for copyright infringement.
ie. The American government infringed on(v) the human rights of African-Americans in California.

arguably: able to be argued, controversial
ie. Arguably, Kris Wu is the hottest guy in Asia.

sought-after: (adj) a lot of people want it
ie. In Canada, if you have disabilities, the government will secure a sought-after job for you.
ie. This is a very sought-after position.

buzz: like the sound – noise
ie. He created a buzz on social media.

jump through hoops: create lots of troubles and obstacles for you, make you annoyed
ie. He made me jump through hoops because I openly/publicly disagreed with him last week.

random: (adj) mixed up, not planned

inspections: jian cha (comes from regulation authority)
ie. The shipment passed a random inspection.
ie. We were low on stock so we asked for another shipment.

make up (v): he hao
ie. Now that(since) we have cleared the air, do you want to make up?

clear the air: qing chu wu hui
ie. Let me clear the air – I’m not jealous of her.

thread: post with lots of replies/ online discussion
ie. He loves to post his opinions on the online forum/thread.

occasionally: on occasion
ie. Ally likes the occasional drink. Ally drinks occasionally.

Speaking exercise

The reason is that my company sent a notice to inform our retailers that our product price will be changed after July…
Because my company sent a notice to our retailers, informing them of our product price increase after July.

This guy posted on the XHS.
This guy posted our confidential notice on XHS/This guy wrote a post (n)on XHS.

They would do a lot of inspections to us at anytime.
They said that they will do a lot of random and sudden inspections on our locations/counters.
They said that they will make up jump though a lot of hoops.

Pronunciation

oil: O +ill