VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S+W+R]

Worked on how to read numbers

Why use the active voice?

work on how to structure a presentation

this tattoo is very meaningful to me.

make one tattoo per year.
when I was 33
My first tattoo is on my lower leg. it is my family name. It is very special family name in China so I decide to mark it on my body.
I talked to my mom to express my ideas and she said no you cannot do such things. In her opinions she is not good for girl. They are very traditional but I do it then to tell her I have my first tattoo but my mom thought it is a sticker. One month later it is still on my lower leg my mum wow you finally do the things you want to do. Finally I got my first tattoo when I was 33.
Having a meaningful tattoo I think is the most important reason.

our CFO have no idea of the e commerce

this is our expensive application by Baozun. the baoground is Small and JD require the brand flagshop has to update the visual.

the detail of the number of designs is including 5 parts..

this tattoo is very meaningful to me.

I get one tattoo per year.
I started when I was 33
My first tattoo is on my lower leg. it is my family name. It is a very special family name in China so I decided to mark it on my body.
I talked to my mom to express my ideas and she said no you cannot do such things / she was against it / she thought I was crazy.. In her opinions good girls don’t get tattoos . She is very traditional but I did it anyway then to told her I had my first tattoo but my mom thought it was a sticker. One month later it was still on my lower leg my mum realized it was real and said you finally did the things you wanted to do. Finally I got my first tattoo when I was 33.
Having a meaningful tattoo I think is the most important.

our CFO has no idea  about e commerce / doesn’t know anything about e commerce / is not familiar with e commerce

If you cannot finish a sentence just drop it and start a new one with I mean …
due to the update there was ….
I mean… we had to update the rules because of the update

slide correction:
required due to T-mall & JD ‘s update to the flag shop visual rules

Vocabulary

bucket list (n): list of things to do before dying
getting tattoos was on my bucket list

update (n/v)
There is an update available
We updated our design

abbreviation (n) : short form for a word
TM is the abbreviation for Small

to lay off (v) : 解雇
Some of my friends working in travel agencies were laid off due to the virus

Grammar

share something : many people can use one thing
I share the car with my wife (we both use the car)

share with : send
I will share the slides with you

due to + n
Due to the virus (A) everything was closed (B)
I have to cancel my personal training lesson due to an urgent meeting

due to
due to what happened last year we decided to lay off some employees

due to connects with a reason (A due to B)
We had to lay off some employees (A) due to the poor sales results (B)

active voice : subject doing an action-> more natural
we expect to do 8-10 designs

Pronunciation

practice

application

optimization

when reading numbers : start from the left until the coma and go to the right then say the unit when you reach the coma and then repeat

140,600 : one hundred forty thousand six hundred

15,800 : fifteen thousand eight hundred

5,967,520 : five million nine hundred sixty seven thousand five hundred twenty

5,890.86 : five thousand eight hundred ninety point eight six

x,000 : thousand
x,000,000 million
x,000,000,000 billion
x,000,000,000,000 trillion

and comes between hundred and tenth (UK style)
890 : eight hundred and ninety (UK style)/ eight hundred ninety (US style)

sometimes people count by the hundred :
1,000 = one thousand / ten hundred

no S when you have an exact number
there are three hundred people in the room

there are hundreds of people in the room (no exact number = s)

Percentage:
37% – thirty-seven percent
3/8 – three-eighths
5/16 – five-sixteenths
7/8 – seven-eighths
1/32 – one thirty-second Exceptions to this rule are:
1/4, 3/4 – one-quarter, three quarters
1/3, 2/3 – one third, two-thirds
1/2 – one-half

Currency:

USD : Dollar
JPY : Yen
CNY : Yuan
EUR : Euro
RUB : Rubble 
GBP: Pound