VIP Class Notes (Lily) [R/S]

Grammar

in the beginning in Shanghai –> When I first came to Shanghai

Vocabulary

1. dialect= fang yan
ex: Shanghainese is a dialect. 

2. probation=shi yong qi
ex: During the probation period, a lot of companies only pay 60% of the salary.

3. %= percent
ex: The sales went up by 20% this year.

4. homeroom teacher= ban zhu ren
ex: My manager feels like my homeroom teacher, she is always teaching me something.

5. talk = Jiang, liao
ex: talk about something
ex: Can I talk to you?
ex: He talked to me for a long time on the phone, maybe he likes me.

6. speak= shuo
ex: I can speak many languages
ex: can you speak louder?

7. text= fa xin xi
ex: I texted my brother and told him to come to my wedding.
ex: Can you text me your address?
ex: Can you text me please?

8. on speaker= gong fang
ex: When my friend calls me, I always put him on speaker. 
ex: you are on speaker, be careful with what you say.

9. aquarium = hai yang guan
ex: I have seen jellyfish in the aquarium. 

10. pier= ma tou

11. phenomenon= Xian Xiang
ex: most young people don’t want to get married, it’s a popular phenomenon.

12. occurrence (noun)= happening
occur (verb)= happen
ex: the car accident occurred at night, so there were no witnesses.

13. poisonous = you du de
ex: You cannot eat jellyfish because they are poisonous.

People saw millions of jellyfish floating near the shore off a pier in Crimea, Russia. There were so many of them that the water looked as if it was raining.

Such a sight is an extremely rare phenomenon and the reason for its occurrence remains unknown. People believe that jellyfish have roamed the seas for between 500 and 700 million years.

I changed my job. Last week is my first week in the new company, this brand is a trendy style, some rappers and boys like this brand. This brand is registered in NY, we also participated in NY Fashion Week. I’m still to fit the department in the marketing. The location is great, it’s very close in my home, just two station, my manager is very serious Shanghainese woman. Sometimes she speaks very quickly in Shanghainese, I can’t understand. My colleague almost from Shanghai, so everybody talks Shanghainese in the meeting. If I have another opportunity, I want to change a brand, but I don’t have an offer. Last Monday afternoon, I type in the message for my brother, I told him I want to leave. I think their talk Shanghainese is not professional, we talk about work, you talk hometown language. But their English is very bad. My manager have three languages. I think the boss find out every department manager is great and have experience in the marketing or opening store. In the probation, their salary is all the salary, not 30%.

Revised

I changed my job. Last week was my first week in the new company, this brand is a trendy brand, some rappers and boys like this brand. This brand was registered in NY, we also participated in the NY Fashion Week. I’m still trying to fit into the marketing department. The location is great, it’s very close to my house, it’s just two stations away, my manager is a very serious Shanghainese woman. Sometimes she speaks very quickly in Shanghainese, I can’t understand. Most of my colleagues are from Shanghai, so everybody speaks Shanghainese in the meeting. If I had another opportunity, I would want to change a job, but I don’t have an offer. Last Monday afternoon, I texted my brother and told him I want to leave. I think speaking Shanghainese is not professional, we talk about work and they use dialect to talk about work. But their English is very bad. My manager can speak three languages. I think the boss find out all department managers are great and have experience in the marketing or opening store. During the probation period, they pay the salary in full.