VIP Class Notes (Whitney) [W + R]

Try thinking of a unique product or service that is not yet on the market to write an elevator pitch about.

Write an elevator pitch about Naomi’s product, service or idea.

Vocabulary

活动/打折 = the word “event” in English does not automatically mean there will be a discount.

Topic: Business English

The Elevator Pitch: 电梯实验
“How to introduce a new product or idea in a very short amount of time.”
Pretend you’re in an elevator with a CEO that you admire. You have from the time it takes to go from the top floor to the bottom floor to convince them to invest in your idea.

1. Identify your goal – 介绍一个明确目标
2. Explain what you do – 解释你的工作／职位
3. Communicate your USP – 把你的独特的点列出来
4. Engage with a question – 提出疑问／让对方回答一个问题
5. Put it all together – 总结

Once you have written an elevator pitch, you have to practise it until you can remember it by heart.

Writing an email to my supervisor: 

Topic: Email sales report (销量报告) to your supervisor and share your opinion. This week’s sales have been less than satisfactory, how would you explain this in an email to your boss?

Hi Are,

I’m just writing to clarify our sales report. The weather is cold this week, so our store naturally has less customers reduce clear. But our puffer puffy jackets/down jacket sales are good, so to improve customer flow, I think we can introduce some discounts. make some events, such as a discount.

Please find attached event discount information

Get back to me as soon as possible, cheers!

Kind Regards.

Homework Correction: 

My best friend‘s name is Seven, she was my classmate since when we were still in senior high school. We shared the same books and played together. Our favorite hobby is drawing, so we went to Beijing to learn drawing when in our third year of high school. was grade three high school students. The course of learning was hard, but we were also left with a very nice memory.

She is like my little sun, if I fell sad, she always comforts me and stays with me. She is gentle and cute, in effect (therefore), everyone love her so much, she has lots of friends. Now I am in Shanghai and she is in my hometown. I am busy at work and she is busy with exams. We haven’t seen each other since July, but we are still best friends. I am the only child, I don’t have a sister but she is like a sister to me, I can’t live without her.

Grammar

Our = plural (no “s” at the end)

‘s = it belongs to someone
My best friend’s name, this name belongs to your best friend.

were: past tense of are, plural more than one thing e.g. parents, cakes, friends.
I know where you were last night.
My parents were in Shanghai last month.
I thought that cakes were your favourite dessert.

adding an s to the verb 

Only verbs with a third-person singular noun or pronoun (he, she, boat, courage) as a subject ever have an added s on the end.

If she needs me, I’ll be there always.
If you need me, I’ll be there always.

hadn’t vs. didn’t

Haven’t and didn’t are different time-wise

Haven’t: from the past until now.
I haven’t taken a holiday since Chinese New Year.

We haven’t seen each other since July.

Didn’t: specific point in time that has already passed.
Naomi is having a conversation with a friend at 9 PM.

F: “Did you eat dinner at 6 PM?”
N: “I didn’t eat dinner at 6 PM”

You could have eaten dinner at a different time, for example, if you ate at 7 PM instead of 6 PM.

F: “Have you had dinner yet?”
N: “I haven’t eaten dinner yet today.”

For the whole day, you haven’t had time to have dinner.