VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

stereotype: ke ban yin xiang

reformat: format again

text: wen zi

attachment: connections
ie. You don’t want to form attachments now because you’re going away soon.

kind of : cha bu duo

biased: 偏见的; 倾向性的; 片面的; 偏重; 偏向

individuality: du li xing/ge ren zhu yi

philosophies/ideology/belief systems: ideas

rebellious: pan ni de

intend: mudi (v)   (n) intention

dilemma: mao dun/ unsolvable problem

Having said that …: 虽然我这么说了

break down: fen jie

rusty: sheng xiu de
ie. My English is very rusty. I haven’t used it since college.

role: jue se

isolated: fen li kai de

humiliate: diu ren (v)

lack of (noun): (noun)de que shi (n)
ie. My lack of patience has really hindered me in my life.

Only a part of the population watch the video, but other people need reading the text.
Only a part of the population watch the videos, other people need to read the text to decide whether or not to purchase/buy the product.

IELTs is the only requirement

He says that I need a 5 on my IELTS test.

I find this different thing about Chinese education with Western education when I 13 years old.
I had found out this difference between Chinese education and Western education when I was 13 years old.
I knew of/about this difference since 13…

take a phone
take a call

China is very fast to change.

Ten years ago, you just focused the newspaper or news channel.

Now you want branding, not just only spend money. You need more creative.

break down: little questions
examples: stories?

Q: Is brand important to you?
A: Brand is definitely very important to me. When I’m looking for a new product, among the billions of similar products on the market today, brand plays a large role in my decision. Example: esp for clothing, I have my favorite brands with my fav designers… styles…

I think the stories behind the brands are also v important. I also care about right or wrong… a brand’s political stance.

Q: What is something you’re very bad at?
A: I’m very bad at singing. I like music, but I sing off-pitch. Maybe when I’m very young, when I was kids, I didn’t study music. /I never been to/took musical class. Now, Chinese people like to the KTV, but I’m really bad at singing so I don’t like to go to the KTV. Sometimes if I go to the KTV, I just drink alcohol/beer.

\Q: What is something you’re very bad at?
A: I’m very bad at singing. I like music, but I sing off-pitch/I have really bad pitch. Maybe when I was very young, when I was a kid, I didn’t study music. /I never been to/took music class. I know that singing is not very important, since I’m not a celebrity, but it’s actually a really big problem for me. Now, Chinese people like to sing in KTV/go to KTVs/sing karaoke, it’s very popular entertainment, especially for work. But I’m really bad at singing so I don’t like to go to the KTV. Sometimes if I go/Sometimes if I must go, I would just drink alcohol/beer.

One time, I really humiliated myself in front of all my colleagues.