VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Homework

do a writing using the words we learned today

Grammar

I should to eat less snacks– > I should eat…. 

I don’t want he —> I don’t want him

Vocabulary

1.fob= fresh off the boat 土鳖 土的
ex: there are lots of fobs near the Shanghai Railway Station.
ex: Some foreigners think Chinese people are fobs.

2. adequate= enough
ex: I don’t have the adequate skills to succeed in this job position.

3. according to XX= 根据 XX
ex: According to the discussion, we will have 2 new projects in the coming month.
ex: People have different views of the world according to their family background, education background, social circles.

4. work out= 健身
ex: I haven’t worked out for 2 months, I feel so bad. 我很内疚

5. in a bad shape = 身材不好
in a good shape =身材好
ex: I think if you have abs, then you are in a good shape.
ex: Lots of men will be in a bad shape when they are over 30.

6. abs= 腹肌
ex: if you body fat is low enough, it will be easy for you to get abs.

7. listed company= 上市公司
ex: Alibaba is a world renowned listed company. 

8. renowned= 有声望的
ex: QingHua is a renowned university in China.
ex: we invited some renowned speakers to the meeting.

Speaking exercise

I work in a commerce company as an assistant to chairman. I’m a little confused about my direction of my job. Yesterday I asked my boss, where I can stay in the future. Our company will IPO in 2021. I really want to be a board assistant in the future, control something about IPO, make discuss and cooperation with some foreign clients. I want to be a board assistant, but he want to me do something about connect all the departments. He said in the future, we will have many branches, he want me be the leader for one of this branch. I don’t like to control company. I think I’m not enough to control a company. I want to be the board assistant and help 3 bosses to control the IPO. On the end, I think I should be move as his plan. Recently I’m a little sad about this. Also he finds another one to do the work about IPO.

Revised

I work in a commerce company as an assistant to the chairman. I’m a little confused about my future direction in this job. Yesterday I asked my boss, where will I be in the future. Our company will be listed in 2021. I really want to be a board assistant in the future, to be in charge/manage something related to the IPO, hold discussions and cooperation with some foreign clients. I want to be a board assistant, but he wants me to do something about connecting all the departments. He said in the future, we will have many branches, he want me be the leader for one of the branches/ branch manager. I don’t like to manage a company. I don’t have the adequate skills/ ability to manage a branch.. I want to be the board assistant and help 3 bosses to control/manage the IPO. In the end of the conversation, I think I should move forward according to his plan. Recently I’m a little sad about this. Also he found someone else to do the work related to IPO.