VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

I can’t celebrate my birthday with my colleagues and classmates.

It depends on my mood.
If I don’t want to be busy with work I just wanna own my own time -> have my own time

if I take a vacation I just want to hang out and go shopping and explore the new cities but sometimes I also work to meet my clients in that city.

If I just type a lot of words on the we chart I think it is better to meet face to face.
They will trust me more.

I meet them once a year.

don’t scale people by their looking -> don’t judge people by their appearance

some girls have sugar daddy and they will buy Maserati.

it is not convenient. It is more like 2 people dating.
It isn’t convenient because if I go shopping I can’t put my items into the car. / trunks.

It is cheaper than before because Tesla wants to have more advantage over their competitors .
They want to have a monopoly.  / they want to have a dominant position in the Chinese market

Prada’s spokesperson is a superstar and actress. I think she is a second tier star but she has a lot of fans.
She attend a TV show with a guy at the end they broke up but before they broke up this girl went to the US with this guy to do a surgery.
She let other woman to be pregnant instead of her and this guy posted this thing on Weibo yesterday the Prada stock price went down sharply because this is illegal in china.
A lot of fans are disappointed.

She wants that woman to have an abortion but it is too late. she knows she can’t so she felt terrible to let a baby to come to this new world.
She doesn’t want to have this baby.

they delete their all articles about her.

I can’t celebrate my birthday with my colleagues and classmates.

It depends on my mood.
If I don’t want to be busy with work I just wanna have my own time  / relax.

if I take a vacation I just want to hang out and go shopping and explore the new cities but sometimes I also work to meet my clients in that city. / sometimes I combine work and travel. I visit a city and meet a client at the same city. / I visit a city and plan a meeting with my client at the same time.

I think it is better to meet face to face than to type a lot of words on wechat
They will trust me more. / it helps build trust.
I meet them once a year.

don’t judge people by their appearance / how they look

some girls/sugar babies who have sugar daddies will get a Maserati.

it is not convenient. It is more suitable for 2 people dating.
It isn’t convenient because if I go shopping I can’t put my items/what I buy into the car. / trunks.

It is cheaper than before because Tesla wants to have an advantage over their competitors . / Tesla decided to lower the price to compete better.
They want to have a dominant position in the Chinese market

Prada’s spokesperson is a superstar and actress. I think she is a second tier star but she has a lot of fans.
She attended a TV show with a guy and at the end they broke up but before they broke up this girl went to the US with this guy and had a surgery.
She found a surrogate mother  and this guy posted about it / posted the scandal on Weibo yesterday. Prada’s stock price went down sharply  /plummeted / collapsed because this is illegal in china.
A lot of fans were disappointed.

She wants that woman to have an abortion but it is too late. she knows she can’t so she felt terrible to let a baby to come to this new world. / be born
She doesn’t want to have this baby.

they deleted  all their articles about her. / they deleted everything connecting them with her

Vocabulary

gigolo (n) : young man who gets paid to be with rich partners
Tom became a gigolo after losing his job

feminine (adj) girlish
He acts in a feminine way

religious (adj) believing in god
Tom is very religious , he goes to church every week end

figure (n) body shape
She decided to go to the gym to improve her figure

arrogant (adj)too self confident
She had a very arrogant attitude

surrogate mother (n) having another woman carry your baby
She went to the US to find a surrogate mother

black market (n) : illegal selling and buying
He bought drugs on the black market

to abort (v) stop a pregnancy / stop something before the normal end
She decided to abort
The product was not ready so we decided to abort and reschedule the launch.

abortion (n)
She decide to have an abortion

traffic (n) 流量
She posted on her Weibo and it generated a lot of traffic on the brand’s website

dominant (adj)most powerful
Microsoft of the dominant OS maker

trunks (n) : storage space at the back of the car
Tesla have big trunks

notification (n) message about
I received a notification

income (n) : money received (regularly)
He has a high income

scale (n) grading system
The chart has a scale of 1:1,000,000
I use the log scale

to scale (v) : to expend / grow
this system works great with a small team but I am afraid it won’t be able to scale as we get bigger
We used to be a small team with only 1 office in SH but we realized we needed to open offices in BJ and SZ to scale the business

subsidiary (n) subordinate company
We opened a subsidiary in Suzhou

subsidy (n) money given by the government to help an industry or business
The government is giving subsidies

appearance (n) look

electric (adj) using electricity
I bought an electric car

electronic(adj) digital / on computer
I have an electronic receipt

model (n) : range of product
They have different models for different target customers

(car) plate (n) number for a car
You cannot drive in Shanghai unless you have a Shanghainese car plate

Grammar

ban someone from doing something
The government banned driver from other cities from driving in Shanghai on weekdays .