VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Speaking exercise

Actually my English… I decide to come here to study English, The first reason is next month I will go to the US to have an EMBA program for 2 weeks but I don’t like talk to strangers and I cannot express my ideas to foreigners but I home I can make a simple communication with my professors after school and I can have a small talk with my classmates or I go to the restaurant shopping.
I work a state owner enterprise in Kerry center so I come here on foot about 10 mins. I work on cash flow management . Our customers only in our bright food group.  I worked in bank 5 years ago.
I play the piano and fitness. I have a personal coach. 16 Month ago I was very fast. people like me spend 6 month can lose weight like me. 12 kg.

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Actually my English (is awesome)  so I decided to come here to study English, The first reason is next month I will go to the US to have an EMBA program for 2 weeks but I don’t like to talk to strangers and I cannot express my ideas clearly to foreigners but I hope I can have a simple communication with my professors after school and I can have a small talk/ I can chat with my classmates or  go to the restaurant and shopping.
I work in a state owned enterprise in Kerry center so I come here on foot, it takes me about 10 mins. I work in cash flow management/cash flow optimization . Our customers  only in our bright food group.  We exclusively/only serve companies within our group / we are only allowed to deal with companies within our group.

I worked in banks 5 years ago.
I play the piano and do fitness/exercise . I have a personal coach. 16 months ago I was very fast. Other people only spend/take 6 months to lose weight like I did in 16 months. / People in 6 months lose as much weigh as I did in 16 months. / it took me 16 months but usually it only takes 6 months.
I lost 12 kgs.

Vocabulary

to pair
I want a ring to pair it with my watch.

to have a go : to try
Let me have a go.

finger 手指
I want to have 2 rings on the same finger / on one finger.

to get hurt 受伤
I got hurt at the gym last week.

ugly  (adj) 丑
My friend gave me an ugly bag so we aren’t friend anymore.

impolite 不礼貌
It is impolite to say something is ugly.

polite 礼貌
Tom is very polite.

possible
Impossible

gold
We invested in gold.

silver
We sold our silver.

platinium 铂
I like platinum

brand 品牌
My favorite brand is Chanel

necklace : 项链
I want to buy a necklace.

coach: teacher
I have a personal fitness coach.

target : people you sell to
Our target are only people within the group.

to exercise  运动
I exercise twice a week.

cardio : about the heart
Running is a good cardio exercise

exclusive  : only for…
It an exclusive service for our members.

to optimize 充分利用
My job is to optimize our cash flows to improve our income.

local : from the place / city
I worked for a local bank in Shanghai.
I like to try local snacks / food

regional : from the region
I like Jiangsu’s regional food

national : from the country
Tencent is China’s biggest national company.

location : where something is 位置
We will go to 2 locations in the US, one is MIT, one is Harvard.

state owned firm/company/enterprise: firm which belongs to the country.
I work in a state owned firm.

project  项目
We have a school project in the US.

cash flow 现金流转
The company had cash flow problems and went bankrupt.

cash pooling : gathering cash from various sources in one pool
Cash pooling is one way to access more choice of investments.

business administration 工商管理
I studied business administration.

to gather / concentrate 集中
We gather cash from all our subsidiaries.

subsidiary 子公司
We have many subsidiaries.

hobbies : 爱好
My hobby is playing the piano

Grammar

like doing
I like playing the piano

like to do
I like to play the piano

as … as… : the same
I bought as many things as my colleague

Pronunciation

platinum