VIP Class Notes (Dimple)

original:

Yesterday I read an article about “how do social media influencers ‘influence’ what you buy ”. Sometime we see a celebrity talk about a product, maybe it’s not random. It’s a vital part of marketing strategy. Companies always use the way that people desire a similar lifestyle to celebrities to hawk a product. Sometimes companies also let an influencer to spared their products, because influencers have a strong understanding for platform they operate on, they can create some engaging content to attract customers. Companies know that customers always would like to accept peer recommendation rather than a traditional ads. so when a celebrity or influencer recommend you to know some product like a friend, maybe customers will buy it. So the next time when you see celebrities or influencers talk about a product, you should have more considerations that maybe a crafting strategy.

revised:

Yesterday I read an article about “how do social media influencers ‘influence’ what you buy ”. Sometimes we see a celebrity talking about a product, it’s not random. It’s a vital part of marketing. (1) Companies always use the fact that people desire a similar lifestyle to celebrities to hawk a product. Sometimes companies also let an influencer to promote their products because they have a strong understanding of the platform they operate on. They can create some engaging content to attract customers. Companies know that customers always prefer peer recommendations [word of mouth] rather than traditional ads. So when a celebrity or influencer recommends you a product like a friend, maybe customers will buy it. So the next time when you see celebrities or influencers talk about a product, you should consider that maybe it is a marketing strategy.

Vocabulary

calculated 计算好的，算计了的

algorithm 算法

calculated by algorithm 通过算法计算好的

mimic 模仿

spare 给予，施舍；多余的

i.e. Could you spare me some money for food?

promote 推广，推销，促销，升职 (pro-)

feminist 女权主义者

satisfy 满足

massage 按摩

Grammar

the way things work – (for sentence 1 here, it should be) the way people live mimicking celebrities’ lifestyle

for adjectives:

-ed means 本身就 – 的

-ing means 令人 – 的

for example:

relaxed 放松的，relaxing 令人放松的

surprised 惊讶的，surprising 令人惊讶的

Q: If you could choose, when do you want to be born (could be in the past, the present, or the future)? How would you live your life then?

Original:

If I can choose, I want to born in the past, maybe in 1970s or 1980s. Because I think people’s life is more simple in the past time. They live simply and easily satisfied. Maybe I will have a stable job as a teacher. I want to told my father to buy more house in Shanghai. In the future, I will be a rich woman. I will work hard. But maybe I will have more chance to choose more relax job. Because I think my job is boring. I don’t have more memories from childhood. If I can choose I want to be a genius kids. Because I think you need more talent in any area.

Revised:

If I can choose, I want to born in the past, maybe in the 1970s or 1980s. Because people’s life is simpler in the past time. They are easily satisfied. Maybe I will have a stable job as a teacher. I want to tell my father to buy more houses in Shanghai. In the future, I will be a rich woman. I will still work hard. But maybe I will have more chances to choose a more relaxing job. Because I think my job is boring. I don’t have many memories from my childhood. If I can choose I want to be a genius. Because I think you need a lot of talent to succeed in any area.

Q: What’s your favorite holiday? Why?

Original:
My favorite holiday is the last summer holiday. The most of the holiday I just stay at home. But the last summer holiday, my roommate and me have a trip to Changsha. Because Changsha is nearby my college. We think Changsha has more tasty food. My roommate is good on food. She make a plan and help us book hotels. We stayed in Changsha for four days. There are many spicy food. And we found Changsha people’s life is relaxed. Although Changsha is just a small province, people always play until two am. We found many young people and old people walk their dogs on the street in the evening.

Revised:

My favorite holiday is the last summer holiday. For most of the holidays, I just stay at home. But the last summer holiday, my roommate and I had a trip to Changsha, because it is nearby my college. We think Changsha has a lot of tasty food. My roommate is good with food. She made plans and helped us book hotels. We stayed in Changsha for four days. There were many spicy food. And we found Changsha people’s life is relaxed. Although Changsha is just a small province, people always play until two am. We found many people walk their dogs on the street in the evening.

Recite all the new words from today’s class, and write a sentence with each word.