VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

She has no responsibilities
Her English is pretty good.
Now she has a freelancer job as an interpreter.
She works on foreigner meetings or speeches.
I think she enjoys/

sometimes she will feel pressure because the income is not stable but she seems to be happy because she doesn’t have to work Monday to Friday. The complicated office politics
It depends on people’s choices and it is a nice because even you do jobs as a freelancer you can still build good relationships with previous people.
Recently I become more crazy busy because I start to major some courses .I am ready to finish my MBA course next May.
They are serious about about your performance in the course. It is mostly online

We have virtual classes every week and we have to talk to the 5 professors in English and many of my classmates are Japanese they pick partial English courses and partial Japanese courses.
I feel that is a shame. They feel safe and don’t want to be isolated from Japanese group.
Nowadays young Japanese youth are good at English in their 20s.
To some extent their English are better than the previous generation.

if you can speak English a little fluently then you have more opportunities than your competitors in Asia.
The English education starts from elementary school. My daughter also studies elementary school in English and in Chinese. 2h per day and when she goes back home she keeps studying

Japanese they feel that they have to improve their English , you can see in the future Japan is going to be the second country which will accept more investments.
You see the HK situation so the Japanese articulating policies to accept those financial talents who used to be in HK. who will escape from HK.
In prediction in the magazine Japanese will become another asian financial hug in maybe 5 or 10 years and it will compete with SG.
Many people say HKers are cold, they focus on how to earn profit.
HK is different with Shanghai because it is a

He is a New Yorker and I watched the show and I saw the style of NYC is very aggressive. Just like HK they grip every second they are sharp. you can feel the tension. Even you just watch the video even they just talk in common sense they are trying to push you in some directions.
NYC is the typical business capital so that is funny because HKers because they accept capitalism concept they are kind of similar but interesting because if in the future I build relationships with Americans maybe I need to compete to make arguments.
You have to stand your ground
That needs you to think quickly and you have to keep the rhythm and fight to state your point.
I admit it is difficult because their talk is so quick. the speed is hard to follow.

I am not the Tump.

5 years ago I struggled and I competed with local Chinese colleagues, I jumped ship to another company. I just focused on how to survive in SH.
They will expect the young one can take your job and do it more efficiently / be more efficient
Since I take the MBA course I need to use VPN and I receive these info outside china and I become enthusiastic in politics.

Young Taiwanese they care about politics more than other populations because of HK.
then what does it for me to keep any money or how do I keep my life normal because I can talk and blame the politicians and I will be suppressed because they think I say the wrong things.
That is the reason young Taiwanese don’t care abut the economy becomes worse but they care about the freedom.

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She has no responsibilities / she doesn’t have to bear much responsibilities
Her English is pretty good.
Now she has a freelancer job as an interpreter. / before that she was doing odd jobs
She works on foreigner meetings or speeches.
I think she enjoys it

sometimes she will feel financial pressure because the income is not stable / she is in a precarious financial situaton  but she seems to be happy because she doesn’t have to work Monday to Friday /regular hours / office hours The complicated office politics

It depends on people’s choices and it is nice because even you do jobs as a freelancer you can still build good relationships with various people.

Recently I become more crazy busy because I start to major some courses .I am ready to finish my MBA course next May.
They are serious about about your performance in the course. It is mostly online

We have virtual classes every week and we have to talk to the 5 professors in English and many of my classmates are Japanese they pick partial English courses and partial Japanese courses.
I feel that is a shame. They feel safe and don’t want to be isolated from Japanese group.
Nowadays young Japanese youth are good at English in their 20s.
To some extent their English are better than the previous generation.

if you can speak English moderately well then you have more opportunities than your competitors in Asia.
The English education starts from elementary school. My daughter also studies elementary school in English and in Chinese. 2h per day and when she goes back home she keeps studying

the Japanese  / Japanese people feel that they have to improve their English , you can see in the future Japan is going to be a particular which will accept more investments /  Japan will become a financial hub 
You see the HK situation so the Japanese are articulating /making policies to accept those financial talents who used to be in HK. who will escape from HK. / Japan is trying to attract talents that will leave HK because of
In predictions/according to predictions in the magazine Japan will become another Asian financial hug in maybe 5 or 10 years / in the next decade and it will compete with SG.
Many people say HKers are cold, they focus on how to earn profit. / they always have money on their mind
HK is different with Shanghai because it is a capitalistic country.

He is a New Yorker and I watched the show and I saw the style of NYC is very aggressive. Just like HKers they grasp every second they are sharp. you can feel the tension. Even if you just watch the video even/ even behind the screen / even without being there/  if they just talk they are trying to push you in some directions.  / they are trying to influence you.
NYC is the typical business capital so that is funny because HKers because they accept capitalistic  concepts/ follow capitalism they are kind of similar but it is interesting because if in the future I build relationships with Americans maybe I need to compete to make arguments. You have to stand your ground
That needs/requires you to think quickly / to be quick witted  and you have to keep the rhythm and fight to state your point.
I admit it is difficult because their conversation is so quick. the speed is hard/makes it hard to follow.

I am not a Tump fan.

5 years ago I struggled and I competed with local Chinese colleagues, I jumped ship to another company. I just focused on how to survive in SH.
They will expect the young one to take your job and do it more efficiently / be more efficient
Since I started the MBA course I need to use a VPN and I receive these info outside China and I become more enthusiastic in politics.

Young Taiwanese they care about politics more than other populations because of HK / because of what is happening in HK.
then what does it mean for me to keep any money/save money or how do I keep my life normal because I can talk and blame the politicians but somewhere else I will be suppressed because they think I say the wrong things.
That is the reason young Taiwanese don’t care about the economy becoming worse but they care about the freedom. / that is why they care about freedom more than the economy / they value their freedom more than the economy.

Vocabulary

wit (n) mental sharpness
The debate became a battle of wit

grasp (v)  take and hold
I grasped the rope

intellectual (n/adj) : someone very smart / related to being smart
I like intellectual conversations
Tom is an intellectual who wrote 10 philosophy books

talent (n) : someone with potential
We need to develop talents before the olympics

fabricate (v) invent to deceive / fake
Evidences of the crime were fabricated and he was sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit

precarious (adj) : not stable / not safe
He was in a precarious situation after losing his job

odd jobs (n) : irregular jobs
He moved around the country while doing odd jobs for a living

grip (n) firm hold on something
He has a strong grip on the policies

shame (n): being shameful / not wanting others to know about something
He felt shame for failing the test

it’s a shame : it’s a pity / missed opportunity / unfortunate
It’s a shame that we couldn’t see Tom while we were in Tokyo

capitalism (n) free market system
I studied capitalism in school.
China opened to capitalism during DXP.

capitalistic (adj)
Capital allocation is optimal in a capitalistic system

socialism (n)
He was impressed but when he read Marx

Marxist (adj/n) : supporter of Marx’s ideas

socialist (adj)
China has a socialist government

exuberant (adj) : very showy / strong in energy or excitement
Americans are exuberant

stereotype (n) : cliche kind of idea / typical representation of something
People think that everyone in Japan is bad at English , that is a stereotype

Pronunciation

observe

chaotic (adj)

chaos (n)

Grammar

keep doing something
I kept working hard for my family

interrupt someone : stop someone who is speaking or performing an action
I interrupted my boss

discriminate (v) judge with a bias
Kelly felt discriminated against because she had top qualifications but was never promoted to a manager position and all the managers were men.

positive discrimination (n):
There are some spots reserved for black people in top universities : this is positive discrimination