VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

What factors influence the purchasing decision of a lipstick  and how can salespeople influence the choice of customers?

Today I want to talk about my bucket list of these years.
Every year I wrote my bucket list on January 1st, and made the plans in earnest. However I always gave it up on February. After I had my daughter I wanted to set an example to her, I worked really hard to my annual bucket list and completed it. My daughter was born in 2016. My first bucket list after she was born was to walk out, and I lost 25 pounds. The second bucket list was for braces, and I paid 50,000 RMB and 540 days on my braces in 2018. This year my bucket list was learning English, so I came here. Our life is short, so if you want to do something, do it! There are a lot of people around me who like to say they’re old, and that’s it for life. I want to say it’s at least 50 years before we die, and it would be boring to stop learning and trying new things now.

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Today I want to talk about my bucket list of these years. / for the past few years.
Every year I write my bucket list on January 1st, and make plans in earnest. However I always give it up in February. After I had my daughter I wanted to set an example to her, I worked really hard to complete my annual bucket list / I worked hard on my bucket list and completed it.
My daughter was born in 2016. My first item on the bucket list after she was born was to work out, and I lost 25 pounds. The second item on the bucket list was for braces, and I paid 50,000 RMB on/for my braces and kept them for 540 days in 2018. This year the item on my bucket list was learning English, so I came here. Our life is short, so if you want to do something, do it! There are a lot of people around me who like to say they’re old, and that’s life / They don’t really want to change their life.
I want to say it’s at least 50 more years before we die / we have at least 50 more years before the end, and it would be boring to stop learning and trying new things now.

every 10 days I need to change for new braces and the beginning of the 10 days is very uncomfortable.  I keep take them over 22h a day

Now I try more new things and I like to work with younger staffs in my company because their ideas are very popular and smart. I can learn more from them.
I didn’t very like take risks but I can try.
The reason of learning English is I want to change a new job. I have been working in our company since 2006.
So I want to change, this is a big risk.
I am the best manager of our company.
I want to see more, know more and meet some new people.

now I just want change a new company.

Now young people influence from xiaohongshu and douyin
I just buy one to try
When I talk about something with my friends on WeChat and TikTok sends some advertisements of what we talk about it makes me want to buy it even more

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every 10 days I needed / had to change for new braces and the beginning of the 10 days is very uncomfortable.  I had to keep them for over 22h a day / for at least 22h

Now I try more new things and I like to work with younger staffs/younger colleagues in my company because their ideas are very popular and smart./innovative.
I can learn a lot from them.
I don’t really like to take risks but I can try.
The reason for learning English is that I want to change to a new job / I want to change my job./ I want to move to another company.
I have been working in our company since 2006.
So I want to change, this is a big risk. / by leaving I am taking a big risk.
I am the best manager of our company.
I want to see more things / try new things / learn new things  and meet some new people.

now I just want change to a new company.
When men see the lipstick of ladies they cannot find/see the difference.
My husband hates deep red lipsticks , he said it looks like what old woman use. 
if you use them it expires within/after 1 year but if you don’t you can keep them about 3 years.

Now young people are influenced by xiaohongshu and douyin
I just buy one to try
When I talk about something with my friends on WeChat and TikTok sends some advertisements/ads of what we talk about it makes me want to buy it even more / it reinforces my purchase decision

Vocabulary

to reinforce (v) Make stronger
We need to reinforce our marketing by increasing the budget

to advertise (v) 做广告
we advertise on douyin , it works very well. / it influences many people.

advertisement/ ad (n)
I saw an ad

to influence (v)
famous people influence what we buy

influence (n) 影响力
Meitu has a strong influence on what cosmetics people buy

get inflamed (v) 发炎
it got inflamed after I ate some seafood

inflammation (n) 发炎
I suffer from an inflammation because of what I ate yesterday

to differentiate (v) : find the difference
I couldn’t differentiate between all the reds.

cosmetics (n) 化妆瓶
We can innovate by changing the bottle of cosmetics

innovate (v) : 革新 ／do something new
We innovated by releasing a new color

innovative (adj)
He has innovative ideas

lipstick (n) 💄
We most do red lipsticks

uncomfortable (adj) 难受
I felt uncomfortable during the meeting because I had a fever

fever (n) 发烧🤒
I got sick and stayed home because I had a fever

risk (n) 风险
There is a risk that we can’t reach the KPI this month

take risk (v)冒险
Young people like to take risks

for life : forever / until death
I will stay with her for life

to work out (v) : exercise 🏋
I work out to keep fit

transparent (adj) 透明
transparent bags were popular a few years ago

to expire (v) : 过期
lipsticks expire after 3 years

expiry date (n) date at which something expires
some people check the expiry date before buying cosmetics

Grammar

very + adj
Tom is very tall
This red is very bright

really + like
I really like this lipsticks I will buy 100 of then

on for date/day
On July 5th
On Monday

in for month / season / year
in January
in summer
in 2015