VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework


describe the first page of an app or website and use the words we saw today

Next Class Focus


Focus on app description / wechat mini program vocabulary
UI designer / developer communication role-play

Speaking exercise


My name is Yara, I work in a foreigner company. I am a product manager.
In my usual life I like at home in the whole day. I don’t like travel, sports. In the free time I will look some books.
business books but now I want to improve my English level. First I hope my English can help my work.
Now I use seldom use English but I guess after 1 year later I will use English usually.
an app in the phone. This apps is in WeChat / it is a WeChat app / WeChat mini program 
My job is design this app before design this app I will collect customers’ requirements and then I communicate with developers.
In my company there are 5 product managers for this app.

sometimes they will meet some difficult questions. They let me describe why I am design the app this way / following this idea


My name is Yara, I work in a foreign company / American company.
I am a product manager. / my position is project manager.

In my usual life I like to stay at home the whole day/all day long.
I don’t like to travel / I don’t like trips, sports. In the free time I will read some books.
I read business books but now I want to improve my English level.
First I hope my English can help my work.I hope my English can be useful at work / I hope I can use English to work better.

Now I seldom use English but I guess after 1 year I will use English often. / a year later I will use English more often / in a year….
It is an app on the phone. This apps is in WeChat / it is a WeChat app / WeChat mini program 
My job is to design this app.
before I design this app I will collect customers’ requirements and then I communicate with developers.
In my company there are 5 product managers for this app. / there are 5 product managers working on this app.

Vocabulary

colorful (adj) : with many colors
The page could be more colorful
If we make the page more colorful it will be more attractive.

attractive (adj) 有吸引的 / beautiful
Judy is an attractive women
The UI is very attractive.

banner (n) : big picture on website / app which changes after some time
we made a banner for the new discount

discount (n) 打折
There is a 25% discount on pizzas

icon (n) : small picture representing something
The head icon represents my account

to represent (v)代表/相当于
The head on the top left represent my account
The menu in red represents your selection

to highlight (v)  高亮
the selection is highlighted in red.

greyed out  : not selected / put in grey
The items that are out of stock are greyed out because you can’t buy them

account (n) 账户
I need to create an account to use the app

top (n) 顶
my account is at the top of the page

bottom (n) 地步
there are small notes at the bottom of the page

to  confirm (v)  确认
you click on the button to confirm your order and then pay

item (n) : something in a menu
The menu has 3 items

poster (n) : big picture on a wall
when I was 14 I had the poster of my favorite singer on my wall

requirements (n) : what is needed / what one wants 需要
the main requirement is that the app opens quickly

to require (v)
Our company requires us to wear a uniform

uniform (n): special company clothes
employees in the store need to wear the uniform

uniform (adj) : the same
the app design and the website design must be uniform.

to collect (v): put together / gather 收集
I collected the feedback of the users

WeChat mini program : small app within WeChat
I used a WeChat mini program to order food.

foreign (adj)
I work in a foreign company.

foreigner (n) : someone from another country
He needs a visa because he is a foreigner

visa (n) 签证
I need a visa if I want to travel to Japan

developer (dev) (n) : people making something
He is an app developer

programmer (n) : someone writing programs / app
Tom is a programmer

to continue (v) : not stop
I continued running even when I was tired

to prefer  (v) 更喜欢
I prefer tea than coffee

to input 输入
you can input your email address

address (n) 地址
The school address is 355 lalala road in Lilili town.

plus (n) +
you can click on the plus icon to add a product

minus (n) –
you can click on the minus icon to remove a product

cross (n) x +
you click on the cross to close the app

Grammar

like to do / like doing
I like to run
I like painting

like + n
I like computers

talking about the future
in x years/months/days
the boss will travel to China in 2 days

talking about the past
ago
He travelled to China 2 weeks ago

using next / last 
I will go to Beijing next month 
He came to China last year

talking about position
first : top / bottom then: left / right
there is an icon on the top right of the page