Online Class Notes (Ally)

Homework

describe your work partner and your working relationship

Vocabulary

irreparable: not  – repair -able

video clip: short movie

billboard: 大幅广告牌

Grammar

for facts/info : always present simple tense
for events: add tense

some: for certain things, or for describing amounts
generally speaking – just add “s” to make it plural

Speaking exercise

I have worked for magazine … since I graduated from university.
After graduation, I worked for a home decoration and design magazine for 5 years.

I established Designbox with my friend together, who is from the same industry, but we didn’t work in the same company, 11 years ago.
After I left the magazine I worked for 5 years, I established a new company 11 years ago with my friend, who we didn’t work in the same company but same industry.
11 years ago, I left the magazine and established a new company with a friend, who is from the same industry, but not the same company. (add info about different companies: ie. we were competitors before but we found that we make better partners)

About … I want to present my company’s introduction for you.
About my work experience… I want to introduce my company in a short ppt.

Our company named Design box, which is integrated and creative agency.
Our company is named Design box. It is an integrated and creative agency.
Our company, named Design box, is an integrated an creative agency.

We like a studio. We just have 17 colleagues.
Our company size is small, like// is a studio, with 17 employees. (add info about small company size: ie. so we are more flexible and can provide more customized solutions for our clients)

Our major business has divided 3 categories.
Our major business has been/is divided into 3 categories.

For next class:

The first one is PR relationship with some media.

We have been thinking some KOL on some social platforms, to ….devocate ? some cooperations with our clients.

The second part is marketing services. We provide some localized marketing strategies for some local brands, which want to enter the Chinese market.

The third part, which provide very large cash flow for our company, is events. We provide some creative ideas for our clients and organize offline exhibitions … Finally we provide some reports for them.

These are 3 business parts for our company.

We are studio-scale company, we have some different team… execution team, creative team …

esp. during some tough period, like current.

In a big company, a role who just want to do the work in his or her role.

They are very famous brands all over the world.

I think home decoration hasn’t got very long history.

I think which makes our company have very tired feelings is …

we have good reputation.

we have not a sales person.

because recently 2 years, we focused on online services.

it’s a very long history European brand

which I’m most satisfied with is our concept

China market is much more mature than other country

Pronunciation

tired feeling – more “er”

fountain – FOUNtain