VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Today we focused on:

Talk shows:
Ellen Show/Jon Stewart/SNL/TED Talks (for pushing yourself)

TV shows:
Modern Family

Vocabulary

heated: (adj) for arguments

genre: type (for arts)

snobbish/stuck-up/conceited: 自命不凡的

life-defining: something that’s v-v-v-important in your life, life-changing

outspoken: 直率; 坦诚

aspirations: goal/dream

conflicted: mao dun de / troubled

adamant/resolute: jian jue

Grammar

regards to/regarding = about
ie. Regarding the problem you addressed in your last email…
ie. Regarding the client’s concerns about the time issue, I think we need to push up …

Speaking exercise

regarding to my previous job…
Regarding my work hours problem…
In regards to this problem…

I can talk about it slowly..
I can tell you about it slowly…
I can speak slowly…
We can chat about it ..

I don’t say I think gym is bad but it just not suit for me.
I don’t think that ….
I wouldn’t say that/I’m not saying that I think gym is bad, but it’s just not suitable for me./it just doesn’t suit me.

Advertising is more interesting.
I’m more attracted to ad..
Ad attracts me more.

Q: Tell me about one important decision you’ve made in your life.

A: The first decision made by myself is I choose to join an ad even as an intern. My brother in law , he works at an international airlines so he recommended me to take the interview from a logistics company. At same time, there’s another opportunity, that is an intern job for an advertising agency. My trouble is from my parents. Because the logistics company offered me a full time job at that moment. Parents always want kids be stable. They always think girls don’t need to work so hard. Normally I will follow their directions. For example, when I graduate from my junior school, at the time we have choice to choose different high schools… This time I was resolute./I stuck to my decision.
A: The first decision made by myself is that I chose to join an ad even as an intern/my choice to join an ad agency even if I could only be an intern. My brother in law , he works at an international airlines company so he suggested that I take an interview for a logistics company/he recommended me to a logistics company. At the same time, there’s another opportunity, which is an intern job for an advertising agency. My trouble is from my parents. Because the logistics company offered me a full time job immediately after the interview/straight-away/was very quick to give me a full-time offer. Parents always want their kids to be stable/stability for their children. They always think that girls don’t need to work so hard. Normally I would follow their directions/I would listen to them/obey. For example, when I graduated from my junior school, at the/that time, I had different choices to choose from…./for high schools… This time I was resolute./I stuck to my decision.

Pronunciation

airline = err+line