F2F Class Notes (JJ)

Vocabulary

mutual friend: 共同朋友

to be born in ___:

diplomat: 外交官

diplomatic: adj. 非常会社交的（工作场合的）

avant-garde: 先进的 adj.

pioneering: 先进的，先锋的 adj.

pioneer: n. 先锋的人

commute: the time spent traveling to a place (n. or verb)

Ex：Amy finds that l’Oreal is in a good location because she doesn’t have to spend too much time on the commute

She doesn’t commute for a long time to go to work.

confrontation: n. 对峙

to confront v.

conflict: n. 冲突

straight forward: 直接的

to encourage: v. 鼓励

Ex: The culture of l’Oreal encourages employees to confront each other to find better solutions.

considerate: adj. 顾及到他人的情绪, caring

evolve: v. 升级，提高水平, 提升

evolution: 提升

pace: 节奏

fast-paced: 节奏快的

overtime

to multitask: v.

multitasking: n.

He is born from Beijing —> He is not born in Beijing but he grew up there.

she sell it to l’Oreal —> she sold it to l’Oreal

most of the person/part of the person —> most of the people/staff

the way of communication not nice —> the method of communication/the way they communicate with each other is not very friendly/polite/considerate.

It’s always can find support or resources to make it happen —> You can always find support or resources to make it happen

this makes l’Oreal change very quick —> (…) change/grow/evolve very quickly

everybody has multitask to do at the same time —> everybody has a lot of tasks to do/everybody has to multitask.

Write about your plans for the summer.