VIP Class Notes (Tibo) (S)

Today we focused on:


worked on presentation structure

Next Class Focus


– continue working on presentation + body language
– practice presenting graphs

Speaking exercise

they just lose it -> they loosened it  / they made it more flexible /

they have been quite used to our competitor but then they are more defensive. -> they have been using our competitor for a long time so they are reluctant to change

Vocabulary

lenient (adj) : tolerant / not strict
We are supposed to arrive by 9 but our boss is lenient so it is ok if we arrive at 9:30

rhetorical question : question for which you don’t expect an answer
I said ” what can we learn from this? well ……” that was a rhetorical question

rhetoric (n): eloquence / ability to convince people when speaking
Obama has a strong rhetoric

to appropriate (v) : to make it your own
BP built the oil rig in Russia and the Russian government decided to appropriate it.

if worst comes to worst  : if the worst happens / in the worst case scenario
If worst comes to worst we will lose this client