VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

We practiced describing graphs

1: review the pdf about how to describe graphs
2: describe the pie chart

I go to BJ for business trip and then Mongolia for travel.
It was very cold.

The yurt is very humble and you cannot take a shower because there is no hot water.
I can tolerate only for 1 night. / I can only bear with it for one night

1h cost me 500.
a man ahead of me and he leads the way and holds the rope so my horse can follow

I went to BJ for a business trip and then to Mongolia for travel.
It was very cold.

The yurt was very simple and you could not even take a shower because there was no hot water.
I can tolerate only for 1 night. / I can only bear with it for one night

1h cost me 500.
a man was / rode ahead of me and he led the way and held the rope so my horse could follow

to describe movements on a graph talk about trend + speed
Our sales increased dramatically because of the virus
In Q2 sales kept decreasing but at a slower pace.

the sales have gone through a steady increase  / sales have increased steadily
keep increasing steadily

use by to talk about a movement
We price increased by 2%

use to to talk about a result
The price rose to 25USD.

the price increased by 20%
we saw an increase of 20%

Vocabulary

to outsell (v) : sell more than
Xiaomi phones outsell iPhones because they target the mass market

represent (v) : shown by
The sales are represented by the blue line

pattern (n) something that repeats itself
We notice a pattern as sales always increase sharply from Q3 to Q4

saturation (n) when people already have the product / it is not a new market
The mobile market is already saturated. Most people have more than 1 phone.

tolerate (v)

tolerance (n)

absence makes the heart grow fonder (saying) : when you don’t see someone for a long time you will be happy to see him/her again

absent (adj) : not there
Tom is absent today because he is sick

absence (n)

yurt (n) round shape house
People in Mongolia live in yurts

humble (adj) to describe someone who doesn’t like to show off
Tom is very successful but he stays humble and never shows off.

simple : not complex / not smart
Tom is a bit simple, it took him 10 hours to understand something people normally get in 1h.

rudimentary (adj) : basic
The yurt was rudimentary, it didn’t even have hot water