VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

jock : not a job = sporty-looking guy  (discrimination: kind of stupid)
ie. He’s just a good-looking jock.

strong-built/muscular: muscle man

stereotype: ke ban yin xiang

lab rat: Xiao bai shu

orientation: before school/work
ie. When I went to college, I had to go through orientation.

leak: lou (v and n) water leak

bland: (adj) no flavor/unexciting

narrative: opinion/long never-ending story/voice
ie. The narrative on the media is that China created this virus.

contradict: (v) go back on/反驳  (n) contradiction
ie. You are contradicting your own words. <– you’re doing the opposite.

conflict of interest: li yi Chong tu

reserve: (v) bao liu (adj) reserved
ie. Ally is a very reserved person. <– I keep to myself.

sissy: girly , niang

discrimination: (n) qi shi (adj) discriminatory (v) discriminate

time-consuming: takes a lot of time (adj)

credit: gonglao
ie. She wouldn’t want to work if she cannot take all the credit. She’s a credit hogger.

Grammar

You don’t “play favorites” – you shouldn’t like one more than the other

I hate them equally. -> I dislike all of them at the same level

“carrot or stick” = they’re both incentives

take a leak = pee

We can’t help but form opinions of people. <– I don’t want to , but I can’t help it.
ie. I can’t help but drink.

Speaking exercise

My frustration has now reached a new level.
The inner frustrated stuff (adj) …
I am frustrated to another level./a new level of “frustrated”.

The diplomatic relations between the US and China is now broken up.

Ally warned that if Romans invade the British/Britain/go to war with the British, it would be catastrophic/a catastrophe.

The public opinion is influenced by a small elite class/group who control the narrative on the media.

The different voices caused a loud conflict(n) in the American society/of opinions/interests.

Matthew’s hard work tonight is an inspiration to all of us.

Let Matthew’s hard work tonight inspire all of us/be an inspiration to..

Isolation is a bad feeling for patients who are in the hospital./patients in the hospital/hospitalized(adj) patients.

I have my reservations about the new teacher. <– I don’t like him very much but I won’t judge (probably because I don’t know him that well)

The supervisor’s job is to supervise/to provide supervision for your work.

She barks loudly with powerful motion and she protects her food without conflict./at the same time.

An incentive is a important factor to drive us to the next step.
Ally needs to be incentivized in her work.

Edit for next class:

Why the result is this? What caused this result? What I told you last time? Have you remembered that? What will you do to change this situation?

Team member A: fat rich guy. He hasn’t strong ambitions for his job, but this guy has potential for planning and report work.

Team member B: A girl. Her title is senior account executive. She is responsible for C social campaigns. She’s not clever but she thinks she’s clever. The way she responds to our client is not the best way. The best way to respond to our clients is to show our professionalism and initiative. She doesn’t want to speak one more word to our client, just to respond our client’s questions. I talked to her but I don’t think I can the way she talks to our clients, it’s one of her questions. She’s the worst in this team, because she has more mistakes than the other two. I have to watch her very carefully and it waste a lot of my time.

Team member C: strange. She’s a little girl but she like Chinese operas and talk show. That’s an old man’s hobbies. It’s very strange. She often against me on her work. She doesn’t want to work anymore. If this work has a conflict.