F2F Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

exaggerate: 夸张; 夸大

vigilance: caution (n) 警惕; 用心,小心戒备,小心谨慎,非常小心

persist: keep up something difficult

Grammar

how to say – how can I say/how can I put it

Speaking exercise

Work ran long/my meeting ran long/I was caught up in work/I was stuck at work/I was stuck in traffic

I have to show up at the meeting

their sales is declining a lot
their sales is declining rapidly
their sales has declined a lot

they don’t like this brand was popular in the market because they feels like this brand was classic as before
they don’t like this brand though it was popular in the market, because they feel like this brand isn’t as classic as before.

they want to separate themselves from the young generation.

they want BV present elegant and trendy like before.
they want BV to be elegant and trendy like before/to represent elegance and fashion like before.

they want to keep the style like before
they want to keep the old/original/previous style

after DL be the head designer…
after DL became the head designer … (event)
when DL was the head designer… (state)

the sales from RTW contributes/makes up the majority(>50%)/a big part (maybe 20%..) of their total sales.

if you can consistent (adj) for it
if you can be consistent/persist

also/in addition/besides this – another matter is …Something else I want to mention is ….

on the other hand – besides this ; you want to talk about another matter (maybe in contrast to this one)