VIP Class Notes (Nick) [W]

Was German food good? What was good or bad about it?
Also, how was Munich?

Vocabulary

Ambitious – to want to achieve a lot
e.g. Nickole has two lessons today. She’s very ambitious! (She says no, but it’s true.)

Crown – a very fancy hat for kings, queens, emperors, empresses, etc.
Triple Crown – when a horse and rider win three famous races in the US

Award / Purse vs. Fee – an award or purse is money you are given; a fee is money you pay to someone else
e.g. I had to pay a fee to register for a license to open a restaurant.
Award vs. Purse
— An award is for winning, or for doing something well, and may not be money.
— A purse is always money and is always for winning some event.
— “Prize money” is a synonym of these here, and could be for winning or by random choice.

Bold – thick black letters (like with our vocabulary); someone who is not afraid to do or say something
e.g. He made the bold decision to play a the trumpet solo.

Hearty – for food, something that makes you feel very full without having to eat too much; usually salty things like meat, bread, butter, stewed vegetables, large glasses of beer
— For people, someone in good health and who is loudly friendly.

Spouse – someone you are married to (can be either a man or woman)

Hyphen – the hyphen ( – ) is used to connect two words that together form one idea
e.g. Three-day event
e.g. The blue-green water

Grammar

Let me think and reply you two days later – Let me think and reply / reply to you in two days
— When reply has an object, you need to use “to”
e.g. I replied to Nickole (someone)
e.g. I replied to Nickole’s question (something)
— In is always about limits. Here, it means that you will do something before the two days are over. “No longer than” two days.

A famous car brand of Germany – a famous German car brand
— Not wrong, but the second is clearer because all the adjectives are together.

And the food of them is not delicious – and their food is not delicious

Staff is used to mean a group of people who work for a company. It’s not plural, it’s a “mass noun,” which is sort of uncountable, I won’t tell you how many people are on the staff.

Readed – Read (“red”)

Beijing master is the name of one of the equestrian events. As the official timekeeper and title sponsor, Longines champion was held on October 14th, the final day of the three days event. To expand brand awareness and expose brand spirit value, we drew influence from ambassadors who are actors and actress in China. All of them have great social influence in Chinese social platform, at that day, we also bought the advertising position for the event on social media to get more exposure.

For me, as the PR staff of Longines, I was responsible for the ambassador agent communication to make sure the event go smooth, like contract review, hotel and flight arrangement, event procedure rough communication and etc. it was a fun event for audience, but a tiring job for us.

The Beijing Masters is the name of one of our equestrian events. As the official timekeeper and title sponsor, the Longines Champion race was held on October 14th, the final day of the three-day event. To expand brand awareness and express /showcase brand spirit value, we drew influence from ambassadors who are actors and actresses in China. All of them have great social influence on Chinese social platforms. On that day, we also bought the advertising position for the event on social media to get more exposure.

For me, as a member of the Longines PR staff, I was responsible for the ambassador-agent communication to make sure the event goes smoothly, like contract review, hotel and flight arrangement, general event procedure communication and etc. it was a fun event for the audience, but a tiring job for us.

Pronunciation

Hyphen – hi -fen

Plural – pleu – ral