Profile Update Class (Jesse)

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Next update September 2019

Homework

If you have time: Use the vocabulary from last class and maybe this class in some writing about a company (like SE). Talk about the situation of the company, why you think it’s like that…

Next Class Focus

continue article from ” Three of sixteen publicly listed e-commerce”

Needs more review

superior – super
eg. Nick’s superior is Jesse but Jesse is not superior to Nick.

theme – sometimes means “topic”, sometimes means common / trend

multiplayer
eg. PUBG is a multiplayer game

decline (down) < > incline (up)
reduce (make it go down) < > increase (make it go up)

saturated – full / lots of competition
eg. they said the market was saturated

Vocabulary

acquisition – when someone gets sth / buys sth / takes sth
eg. WoWo tried to acquire SE

mature < > immature (childish)
eg. the English teaching market is still not very mature in Shanghai / market maturity is low

horizon – hai ping xian
eg. SE has many plans on the horizon

diversification / justification / beautification

profitable / likable / doable 

property / proprietary

enrich / encompass / encourage – to make sth more / bigger

underway – starting / ongoing / happening

offering = product / service
eg. SE tries to have many offerings for different types of customer

margin – limits of a page / limits of profit
eg. there is less margin in 1-on-1 teaching than groups

scale – to grow a company and grow profits at the same time / as the company grows the profits grow
eg. SE is trying to scale their business to grow profits

I am significantly older than you – a lot

counterpart – the same position but different situation / other side

Pronunciation

resignation – “rez zig nay shen”