VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

make-up holidays/days – 不假

I’ll make-up to you  – 我会补偿你

I’m responsible for/I’m in charge of…. 

societal responsibility – 社会责任

when we retire/during our retirement  

handbag – 手提包

travel around the world – 环游世界

the iphone will be updated/the new iphone will be released/launched  

she can decide on her own/she can make the decision by herself 

keep up/maintain the population level – 维持

population – number of people in an area/city/country

Grammar

many ->few/er people

much -> little time

Speaking exercise

I need to work 4 days in the holiday. I will change this day off to the next week. Our boss want the sales managers to know what can in these holidays. Because this year many people cannot go abroad. Next month, we have a higher target. Yes, I think we can reach the next month’s target.

There are 5 area sales manager in our company. 2 areas based in SH, 1 based in BJ, 1 in NJ and 1 in TJ. There are over 200 stores in China. I’m responsible for 34 stores. I prefer to work than to look after my daughter.

If I need to work and the day he is day off, he will talk to his mother that he need go to work. The fact is, he stay at home and playing games.

Yesterday, I asked him, “Why do we have a child? Why?” He said, “There are less people in China so we need to keep the population.”

We spend a lot of time, money and patience taking care of them. My husband and I don’t plan to leave our apartment to her. When we retire, we will sell one apartment and travel around the world.

There are a long time when I don’t buy handbag. I stopped buy things you don’t need. I spent money on working out and learning, travelling.

Revised: 

I need to work 4 days during the holiday. I will change my days off to the week after. Our boss wants the sales managers to know what will happen during this holiday. Because this year, many people cannot go abroad. Next month, we will have a higher target. Yes, I think we can reach the next month’s target.

There are 5 area sales managers in our company. 2 managers are based in SH, 1 based in BJ, 1 in NJ and 1 in TJ. There are over 200 stores in China. I’m responsible for 34 stores. I prefer to work than to look after/take care of my daughter.

If I need to work and he also has a day off, he will tell his mother that he needs to go to work. The truth is, he will stay at home and play games.

Yesterday, I asked him, “Why do we have a child? Why?” He said, “There are fewer people in China so we need to keep up/maintain the population level.”

We spend a lot of time, money and patience taking care of her. My husband and I don’t plan to leave our apartment to her. When we retire, we will sell one apartment and travel around the world.

There was a long time when I didn’t buy any handbags. I stopped buying things I don’t need. I spent money on working out, learning and travelling.