VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Imagine a conversation with a banker
Write it as a dialogue

Next Class Focus


Be more careful about using the past tense

I work in UGG, the company from California states, in United States. I work in finance department in the treasury and I have a lot of contacts with the bankers. I was responsible for APAC region including Macau HK, VN, I report directly to the senior treasury director my boss located in the US.
I came here to want to know how to communicate with my American colleagues. Because my team only me is Chinese and others from the states. and we have weekly conference calls. and I just want to know how to have a good smooth conversation with them and know their cultures and how to deal with the bankers. Since too many banks I am dealing with and I have many phone calls every day.

We will talk about company business like credit facility like shortage of cash we need to borrow and excess money we need to invest.

I am a Shanghainese girl and in my daily life I love cooking, I learn a lot cuisine in cooking studios. I am really into Sichuan food and it is awesome. And I can cook some Shanghainese food. That is one of my hobby. When I have free time I like to travel around the world. I like to chat with the friends and making new friends in my daily life. I am a fan of Bollywood movies. In American movies we can know the ending but when watch the movies we feel a lot of special effects. But when I am growing older and I like to see Indian movies because I feel they are talking about a lot of topic that can touch my feelings.

I have weekly conference calls with my boss. We will have phone calls and extra meetings with the treasury team.

We will have some greetings about the pending issues we have to follow and the banking services.
Sometimes he will talk to me about his life, his mother in law. My boss is very talkative and I enjoy talking with him.


I work in UGG, the company from California/ from the state of California, in the United States. I work in the finance department in the treasury and I have a lot of contacts with the bankers. I am responsible for the APAC region including Macau HK, VN,JP I report directly to the senior treasury director my boss located in the US.
I came here because I to want to know how to communicate with my American colleagues. All of my team members are American except me. I am the only Chinese in my team, they are all American. We have weekly conference calls. and I just want to know how to have a good smooth conversation with them and know their culture and how to deal with the bankers.

Since I have to deal so many banks everyday and to communicate with them on the phone.

We will talk about company business like credit facility like shortage of cash we need to borrow and excess money we need to invest.
We will talk about things like credit facilities/credit lines if we have a shortage of cash / if we are cash tight.and about investments if we have an excess of money.

I am a Shanghainese girl and in my daily life I love cooking, I learn a lot recipes in cooking studios. I am really into Sichuan food and it is awesome. And I can cook some Shanghainese food. That is one of my hobbies. When I have free time I like to travel around the world. I like to chat with friends and making new friends in my daily life. I am a fan of Bollywood movies.

American movies are very predictable  but we enjoy them for the special effects. But as I grew older  I started to enjoy Indian movies more and more because I feel they are talking about a lot of topic that can move me.

Vocabulary

recipe / how to cook something
I followed the recipe from the book and the result was amazing.

predictable / you can predict/guess the ending
The movie was nice but it was too predictable

to predict / to guess based on some evidence that something will happen in the future.
He predicted that the price of gold would rise and bought a lot last year.

culinary / cooking related
Going to this restaurant is an amazing culinary experience

enclosure / a space divided by barriers
The lion enclosure is very popular in this zoo.

sponsor / company that pays some money to help
The tiger enclosure is sponsored by tiger beers.

beat around the bush / talk about anything but the real issue
Jim kept beating around the bush when Tom asked him directly what he needed