VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)(S)

Have you ever burnt a bridge?

What do you appreciate about big vs. small family dynamics? Would you ever consider having a big family if money wasn’t an issue…?

Vocabulary

total change / [complete transformation]

burn a bridge – burn bridges –  maybe in the future you might need this person’s help and may need to return back on that bridge to him/her so don’t burn it

e.g. Standard advice in the USA is if you leave a job, try not to burn a bridge

e.g. “May the bridges I burn, light my way”.

witness / seen this / saw something happen that was important- verb – watching something special

witness / a person who “witnessed” or saw a crime happen – noun

e.g. I witnessed a crime take place on Nanjing xi Lu!

e.g. I witnessed Peggy rise from a low position at her company to a high position.  I was a witness!

big family dynamic / dynamic – what’s the feeling you get from watching something – how the relationship between different pieces work

e.g. In a big family the dynamic is different than for a small family.

How have you changed, as a person, in the past 10 years?

Orignal 

I think learning how to make up is also a way to change your appearance. Asian makeup can enable the complete transformation, but I think more is from inside. I’m 31 now so we’re are basically in the same age, 10 years ago I was just a student and then after graduate become a person who living by yourself, and what’s more important is I got married and gave birth to my little daughter. 10 years ago I could say I was a very aggressive person, this aggressiveness can reflect in both personal life and working life, but now I think in my daily life with my family I can say I’m a very generous person right now – in work I think aggressive image still can help me survive in such a big company. When Iw as a student before I appleid or ra job – I though hardworking is the most important as employee – but now I know there are lot of factors that makes you a good employee – maybe not employee but the way – how you got promotion, how you even survive, sometimes if you do something wrong you may just got in problems.

Corrected

I think learning how to do make up is also a way to change your appearance. Asian makeup can enable a complete transformation, but I think I have changed more from the inside. I’m 31 now so we’re are basically in the same age, 10 years ago I was just a student and then after graduation / I graduated I become a person who lived by myself and what’s more important is I got married and gave birth to my little daughter. 10 years ago I could / [would] say I was a very aggressive person, this aggressiveness  was reflected in both personal life and working life, but now I think in my daily life with my family I can say I’m a very generous / I’m more of a generous person right now – in work I think an aggressive image still can help me survive in such a big company. When Iw as a student before I appleid or ra job – I though hard work / that working hard is the most important quality as an employee – but now I know there are a lot of factors that make you a good employee – maybe not employee but the way – how you get promoted, how you even survive, sometimes if you do something wrong you may just got in trouble/ have problem.

What’s more fulfilling — being a mother or being an employee?

Orignal 

I would say being an employee – every effort you make either it’s real hard working or the social network we just talk about you do well you got return like you got promotion, higher salaries. I think it means fulfilling to me, but the relationship between a mother and a child, I won’t use the word fulfilling in this relationship it’s a two-way street / thing I’m worried about emotionally – you may feel happy or sad, the same time.

Corrected

I would say being an employee – every effort you make either it’s from working hard or from your social network we just talk about you do well you got return like you got a promotion, higher salaries. I think it means fulfilling to me, but the relationship between a mother and a child, I wouldn’t use the word fulfilling in this relationship it’s a two-way street / thing I’m worried about her emotionally / her emotional well-being – you may feel happy or sad, at the same time.

Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?

Orignal 

The most important thing I’m thinking recently is about work-life balance – but I’m not sure that could be achieved in next 5 years. Assumingly I have stronger and stronger workload after I get a promotion.

Corrected

The most important thing that I’ve been thinking recently is about work-life balance – but I’m not sure that it could be achieved in the next 5 years. Assuming that I have a bigger and bigger workload after I get a promotion.

Grammar

now my boss know I have a little daughter / now my boss knows I have a little daughter

because the relationship is quite simple / because the relationships are quite simple