VIP Class Notes (Tibo) (S)

Homework


Bring a PPT in English

Next Class Focus


continue working on presentation (body + conclusion) + practice

Today we focused on:


Self intro + presentation intro

Speaking exercise

I am a digital product manager in retail company called metro from Germany.
I have been working in this company for about 3 years and before that I graduate from Manchester Uni in UL for my master degree. My major was innovation management and entrepreneurship and before that I studied in SH normal uni for ecoommerce and since last year I came here for I need to get my English better for my business. I need to present some ppt to my boss for the management team in my company so I think I need to improve my English in this way.I feel like my English is not good enough when I express to my boss who is German I need to improve it in how to express my opinion clearly. It is a probably a problem of vocabulary.
I don’t usually use English, only if I need to present something. It comes from internet companies. the digital products I am working on is WeChat mini programs. I need to work closely with IT teams to deliver a digital product to our customers like a mobile app. So the main project I am doing now is a WeChat mini program. I need to leverage the resources I can use and deliver a product to customers. I don’t do any IT stuff.
I haven’t do it …
I am local and currently I like traveling. I stay with my family here, I am single.
everything getting better I don’t need to bring my lunchbox anymore so I just quit.
only if you have a lot of time you can do it.

I think when I picked the major before I went to Uni it is just like I think the e-commerce at that time is new and it has opportunities to grow up and I fill in my wish list randomly .
I have curiosity for this part.
Then I start to learn e-commerce I feel I start to like it despite the part of IT. when I graduate from my uni

I was considering getting a job or furthering my studies 
I chose to go further for my master.

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I am a digital product manager in a retail company from Germany called metro .
I have been working in this company for about 3 years and before that I graduated from Manchester Uni in the UK for my master degree. My major was innovation management and entrepreneurship and before that I studied in e-commerce SH normal uni and since last year I came here to improve my English for business. I often need to present to my boss and/or the management team in my company  so I think I need to improve this aspect of my English

I feel like my English is not good enough/ is lacking when I express my opinion to my boss who is German I need to express my opinion  more clearly /I want to gain more clarity

It is a probably a problem of vocabulary.

I don’t usually use English, only if I need to present something/ except for presentations
It comes from internet companies. the digital products I am working on is a WeChat mini program. I need to work closely with IT teams to deliver a digital product to our customers like a mobile app. So the main project I am doing now is a WeChat mini program. I need to leverage the resources I can use and deliver a product to customers. I don’t do any IT stuff.  / I am the link between management and the IT team and my job is to coordinate efforts to ship mobile apps.
I haven’t done it …
I am local and currently I like traveling. I stay with my family here, I am single.
everything is getting better I don’t need to bring my lunchbox anymore so I just quit.

you can only cook if you have a lot of time.
I think when I picked the major before I went to Uni it was just like I think the e-commerce at that time was new and it had opportunities to grow up and I fill in my wish list randomly .
When I chose my major e-commerce looked like the future so I picked it.

I have curiosity for this part. / I got curious about it
Then I started to learn e-commerce I felt I start to like it despite the part of IT / technical parts / more technical aspects . when I graduated from my uni
I was considering getting a job or furthering my studies  / continuing with a master’s degree.
I chose to go further for my master.

Vocabulary

road map: how something will develop in the future
We released the roadmap for our app.

pain points: The perceived problem
the low profitability is his main pain point.

personality (n): way someone behaves
John has a nice personality

go all the way / see something through : continue till the end
When I do something I go all the way.

to get back in the game : recover from what you lost by not doing something for a while
I haven’t presented anything in 2 months, I really need to get back in the game

curiosity (n): ability to wonder about thing
kids are usually full of curiosity

to convert : change from one to another
I want to convert CNY to USD

conversion (n)
The conversion from C+ to C++ is gonna take 1 month

exchange rate : one currency vs another
the exchange rate for CNY is going down

to port : to convert from one tech/platform to another
we decided to port our amazon store to taobao