Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

happy belated birthday
eg. Hye Lulu so sorry I forgot your bday! But happy belated birthday anyway!

back to the grind / reality – back to working hard
eg. holiday is over… back to the grind!

upward mobility / deadend / future prospects
upward mobility in small companies is poor
this is a deadend job
my future prospects in the company are not good

she has an alterior motive – hidden agenda – a secret motivation for doing sth

reminisce – to think of, remember, and talk about past experiences
eg. me and my friends always reminisce about our childhood

i was a bit under the weather / i felt a bit off – feel a bit sick / tired / unhappy

precious
eg. “lulu is so precious”

shanghai is the biggest offender – the worst when it comes to that

exascerbate – to make things worse
eg. having more females in the office exascerbates the office politics

Grammar

when i’m really young i went there – when I was really young 

earliest day i go back to homethe earliest day that I could go back home was… 

go to gym – go to the gym 

more near to nowmore recently / nearer to now 

she was so annoying about thatshe was so annoyed about that 

it was behind methey’re talking behind my back 

“keep your opinions to yourself” – shuttup and stop telling everyone what you think

foreign – french / european / western / non-chinese

talk the background story of it first – talk about 

regardless their age – regardless of their ag 

i think nothing i can to change their feeling I think there’s nothing I can do to change their feeling 

Writing exercise

Hi Elise,

Happy Friday!

As the information we shared ago, the pop up banner is helpful for the membership program, including the member count increase and the click rate of the banner.
We notice that TOMFORD launched a new membership program to engage and interact with customers , which can also increase loyalty of store members. Regarding the new membership program, members will be award by gifting a mini lipstick or mini liquid foundation, who constantly sign in the store for 15 days.
Thus we will try to have a similar mechanic which will give 30 round mirrors to the customers who sign in the store for 15 days.

Hi Elise,

Happy Friday!

As per the information we shared previously, the pop up banner is helpful for the membership program, including the member count increase and the click rate of the banner.
We noticed that TOMFORD launched a new membership program to engage and interact with customers , which can also increased loyalty of store members. Regarding the new membership program, members who constantly sign in the store for 15 days will be awarded with a mini lipstick or mini liquid foundation as a gift.
Thus we will try to have a similar mechanic which will give 30 round-mirrors to the customers who sign into the store for 15 days.