VIP Class Notes (Nick)

Talk about where you like to eat with your friends? Do you like to go get Anhui food when you miss home?

Vocabulary

Give a Raise – to improve pay

Periodic Review – to determine eligibility for raises

Consecutive – two or more of something in a row
e.g. If you get rated “3” in two consecutive reviews…

Outside perspective

Molecule  – molecular is the adjective

Extrapolate – to take a past trend and extend it into the future; any time you take limited starting information and try to figure out more

Scour – to clean very vigorously; to search exhaustively
e.g. I had to scour the pan to get the grease out.
e.g. We scoured the internet to find information on the company.

Chili – a type of pepper, usually thin and quite hot; a type of thick “soup,” with a tomato base, popular in the fall and winter in the US
Cumin – 孜然

Grind – to crush something into pieces
Ground Beef – beef which has been ground into small pieces

Grammar

When I produced materials – when I produce materials
— Speaking generally

It’s a Corporate – Corporation

Company profiling vs. Company profile
— the activity, maybe meaning many profiles
— just one profile

Fastly – fast / quickly
— Fast is already both an adjective and an adverb.

Pronunciation

Generic – jen – air – ik