VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

distinguish: fen bian

bombarded: provide too much information

overwhelm: (v) too much … being pressured (similar to bombarded)

initiate: fa dong / fa qi

superstition: bad omen/ bad luck

Grammar

‘s – use mostly for living things
categories – just “work hours” or use “of”

active / passive
ie. We expect certain changes in the future. <— sound more in-control, more personal/subjective
ie. Certain changes are expected in the future.  <— no control, observation

would you mind … <— ask for help/for a favor
please …. <— more of a request: so less polite (but you can use “please let me know”)

The person who walk out the classroom just now said …
The person who just left said ….

I will update(v) the EC page schedule in this meeting.

One of my friends has been laid off by her company.

987,876,500.97 = nine hundred eighty-seven million eight hundred seventy-six thousand five hundred point nine seven

Our sellout increased by/rose by 20%.

I applied the budget /expense application. EC page optimization to our CFO.
I applied for a budget … to our CFO.

Q: What’s the next thing on your bucket list?
A: I want to finish another course of teenager fitness training, because my another hobby is work-out and I have already passed the ACE exam to be a personal trainer. I still have the interested in the teenage area. So far I think a lot of people think the health is more important in their life, especially the teenagers. They spent a lot of time to study, to study at home, have no enough time to do exercise in their daily life. So the teenager fitness training will be popular in the future.

A: I want to finish another course of teenager fitness training, because one of my biggest hobbies is working out/exercising and I have already passed the ACE exam to be a personal trainer. I have particular interest in the teenage fitness area. So far I think a lot of people, esp teenagers, have realized that health is more important in their life. They have been spending too much time studying at home, and they don’t have enough time to do exercise in their daily life. So the teenager fitness training would be popular in the future.

Dear Allen:
I am regret to inform you that we will not work with you once the contract is over./I am regret to inform you that the cooperation will be stop once the contract is over. I appreciate the effort of your team in the past 11 months.
Would you mind doing the word handover with me in the next week?
Thank you in advance.

I regret to inform you that we would be unable to continue working with you once the contract is over./It’s with regret that … we have to terminate our cooperation/contract at the end of this month….  I appreciate the effort of your team in the past 11 months./ Please accept our gratitude/appreciation for your team’s effort and good work in the past 11 months…
Please let me know if you’re available to do the work handover/handover your work next week. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Dear Mr. Smith:
I hope this mail finds you well. I am writing to you about congratulating you won the lucky draw of T-mall promotion. Would you mind sending me your information including cell phone, address by this Thursday?
Looking forward to your reply.
I hope this mail finds you well. I am writing to congratulate you on winning the lucky draw of T-mall promotion. Would you mind sending me your contact information, including cell phone number, address, by this Thursday?

Pronunciation

vacuum: va + Q+ m

i / ee

colleagues