VIP Class Notes (Phil)
Today we focused on:
talked about jobs and society
Vocabulary
pace of life – speed of their life
People in Shanghai have a quick pace of life
recruitment agency –
recruitment consultant-
job hunter – a person looking for a job
(high/low)social status- position/place in society
Their family has a high social status
go bankrupt – company (person)closes because no money
some companies during COVID 19 went bankrupt
mortgage – bank loan for a house/ apartment
I need a mortgage to buy a house
to be fired/sacked – when the company don’t want a person to work because of poor performance
He was fired by my company because he received a lot of PIPs
to be laid off/ made redundant – when the company doesn’t have enough money and people have to leave
The company was sorry it had to lay off a lot of employees.
redundancy/ severance – the money you receive when laid off/ made redundant
to resign – a persons own choice to leave a company
I found a new job so I resigned from my company
give notice – to tell the company you are leaving.
high turnover – a lot of people leaving a company
Grammar
Many (negative, question form)
outside there are not many people
how many people are outside?
a lot of ( positive sentence)
there are a lot of people outside
Little ( use with uncountable nouns)
A little sugar
a few ( use with countable nouns)
a few bottles
Homework
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