VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Today we focused on:


Universal income program in Korea

Speaking exercise

I found a new one after 1 month.
It is a fashion company but the job is very interesting.
I am an assistant of the team in the supply chain department.
Our main clothes are for women it is for office women.

we have stores and online.
We can discount 30% off but the clothes are very expensive and it looks old.
There are lot of Korean people, there is a big Korean company in that building.
The company bought/acquire a brand from Korea so some of the directors are from South Korea.

Nothing is worse than my last job.
It is difficult to find another job a lot of people asked me.
Especially this year I quit my job at first without any offer.
I think if I don’t quit this job this year I will never have a chance to change my life.
I think I was very lucky and all of other companies they want the age under 35.
I heard from my mother she got stimulus money in March.

China has too many people and cannot control the system.

I think if they want to control the program and they only want to increase the local economy they have to make a rule to limit what you can buy.
I don’t think people are trustworthy


I found a new one after 1 month.
It is a fashion company but the job is very interesting.
I am an assistant  / I work as an assistant of the team in the supply chain department.
Our main clothes are for women it is for office women. / we target office women.

we have stores and online. / we sell both online and offline.
We can get 30% off / we buy at 30% off because we work in the company / we have a discount of 30% but the clothes are very expensive and it looks old.

There are a lot of Korean people, there is a big Korean company in that building.
The company bought/acquired a brand from Korea so some of the directors are from South Korea.

Nothing is worse than my last job.
It was difficult to find another job a lot of people asked me about it.
Especially this year I quit my job at first without any offer. I left my job without a backup plan.
I thought if I don’t quit this job this year I will never have a chance to change my life.
I think I was very lucky because all the other companies wanted someone under 35.

China has too many people and cannot control the system. / it would hard to control the system.

I think if they want to control the program and they only want to increase the local economy they have to make a rule to limit what you can buy. / they have to limit what you can buy
I don’t think people are trustworthy

Vocabulary

limit (v/n) restrictions
The speed limit in the city is 60km/h
I tried to limit my spendings after leaving my job

trustworthy (adj) honest
My boss was not trustworthy

election (n) : when people vote
Biden won the election

loophole (n) a way to avoid the rules 漏洞
He found a loophole to pay less taxes

fungible (adj) : replaceable 可取代的
Money is fungible but art is not

appropriate (adj) fitting in the situation / suitable
Wearing pajamas when you go out is inappropriate

penny (n) smallest coin
He used all his pennies to buy candy

stimulus (n) something that creates a reaction
The government gave stimulus money to help the economy
The doctor hit his leg as a stimulus to see if the leg was still working

to stimulate (v) create a reaction
The government wants to stimulate the economy

universal income (n) : giving money for everyone so that everyone can live
people get money regardless of job or income

e-commerce (n) : online selling
Taobao is the most popular e-commerce platform in China.

acquire / buy out (v) 收购
Facebook acquired Instagram a few years ago