VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Only write 1 paragraph if you have time. Send me some stuff for work to review.

did a self introduction for work meetings with clients, discussed her current project, reviewed pronunciation.

self introduction

name / position / project responsibilities

I’m Baixue, I’m an analyst in X and in this project I will be assisting our PM to complete our reports.

Firstly my name is Baixue, and I’ve been an analyst in X since 2018 (and I have experience with some projects in relation to market access, China policy analysis as well as the drug & medical device industry) and part of my responsibility for this project is to assist our PM in completing the reports. Should you need to know anything regarding _____ please let me know.

Thanks for having us. – physically there with them

Thanks for taking the time to meet with us today / Thanks for coming to this meeting / Thank you for attending this meeting today.

Vocabulary

stubble (n) – very short hair just after shaving 
eg. I have some stubble on my face

clean shaven < > bearded

compromise – give up sth so you can agree with sb

sacrifice – xi sheng

speak – communicate (formal) / use a language
eg. I speak with my students
eg2. I speak English
talk – communicate (casual) / ability
eg. I talk to you
eg2. I learned to talk
say – to express words / meaning
eg. I said “hello”
eg2. I said that you are a good student.

few times = very little / not many at all (negative)
a few times = 3-4 (positive)

I have the most time
I have a lot of time
I have some time
I don’t have much time
I have no time

company of interest / the company in question – the company they want to invest in
eg. The company in question will be valued at ____ by next quarter

coming up in the coming weeks / next few weeks
eg. I will have a lot of work in the coming days

respiratory – breathing system

displayed symptoms / had signs of this particular condition 

Grammar

we just kick off this project for 3 days – we just kicked off this project 3 days ago / this project has been running for 3 days 

conduct physicians interview – conduct interviews with physicians 

Pronunciation

introduction
introduce = “you” – you need to introduce yourself

up
bun

apple
bat

egg
then

thed
thet
then

egg
the

Since I graduated two years ago, I feel it is hard to build a good friendship since lacking time being together . I have a few friends they we met in school. They are still studying in university for their master degree.
One of my best friends is my roommate when I was in university. We met few times one year since we are busy with our things, but we do have a very good friendship.

Revised

Since I graduated two years ago, I feel it is hard to build a good friendship when I don’t have enough time. I have a few friends from school / who I met in school. They are still studying in university for their master degree.
One of my best friends was my roommate from university / was my roommate when I was in university. We met a few times this year since we are busy with our things, but we do have a very good friendship. We share our feelings with each other.