VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

eavesdrop: tou ting
ie. Annie eavesdropped (v) on the meeting behind the door.

privilege: special right (n)
ie. I am a privileged(lucky, everything is working out for you) girl; I grew up in a nice home and my parents support me.

menopause: geng nian qi
ie. Annie’s boss might be being mean because she’s going through early menopause.

short-handed: not a lot of help/employees
ie. We are short-handed at our company.

turn on (v or n): makes me interested romantically/sexually
ie. Kris Wu’s voice turns me on so much.
ie. He’s such a turn-on.

quote : “” (n) quotation
ie. Every time you quote someone, you always use “you”.

Grammar

working out
ie. Things are finally working out (getting better/solved)
ie. I’m working out at the gym.

Normally speaking
Statistically speaking
Realistically speaking

want to know = find out

let it burn

try my best = ___ to the best of my ability

She said “you must listen to me.” = She said that I must listen to her.
– add a “that” for indirect quote + sentence
– change all the “I” “you” “she” in relation to you

As normal…
Normally speaking
In the normal situation,
According to the contract/rules,

My classes should be end in May.
My classes should’ve ended in May.

Judy has rules about this. We just can use this for twice.
Judy has rules about delaying classes. We can only delay/pause our classes twice in a/per year. We only have two opportunities per year to delay our classes./We can only use our privilege to delay classes twice in a year.

I need to try how much I can understand.
I wanted to know how much of the meeting I can understand.
I wanted try to listen to the meeting, and find out how much (of it) I can understand.

Monday, another leader always ask me a question “how about your English”. I answered him “I just study to prepare new position.”
Another leader/boss always asks me how is my English. He did that on Monday too. I answered that I’m studying to prepare (myself) for a new position.

After one month, I will export the data and give her.
At the end of the month, I would export the data and give them to her.

Q: Tell me about your boss

A: I have many things to do. But in her thoughts, I have nothing to do. I’m not busy. Because she base in Wuhan, I based in SH. She has no idea about my responsibilities. I’m very obey. When she gives me some jobs, I always do this first and do it best. But she didn’t satisfied, I think, she always told me ” you are very good/best in my team” but her actions and saying is not same. My boss doesn’t like who clever than her. So to her, I’m a threat. We had met before. She likes a girl that who work together in Wuhan, so she can know everything what she does. Last month, I told her I’m very busy so I hope she can provide a person who can support me. But she said you just busy for recently, not for a long time. HR told her she can give me a chance to lead one or two people. I think she didn’t want do this. She told me HR doesn’t want me to get a promotion. She preferred the other girl to get promotion before me.

A: I have many things to do, but she doesn’t think so. In her thoughts, I’m not busy at all. We don’t see each other often because she is based in Wuhan, and I am based in SH. She has no idea about my daily responsibilities. I’m very obedient. When she gives me directions/specific tasks, I always do them first and try my best/do them to the best of my abilities. But she is never/isn’t satisfied(adj)/it couldn’t satisfy her, I think, she always told me ” you are very good/best in my team” but her actions and saying is not same. My boss doesn’t like people who are cleverer than her/those cleverer than her. So to her, I’m a threat. We had met before. She likes a girl who works together with her in Wuhan, so she knows/has knowledge on her and everything/what(=things) she does. Last month, I told her I’m very busy so I hope she can find a person who can support me/give me someone to help me/give me some help. But she said that I have only been busy for these recent two weeks/ recently, not for a long time. HR told her that she can give me a chance to lead one or two people. I think she didn’t want do this. She told me that HR didn’t want me to get a promotion. But I think she just preferred the other girl to get promotion before me.