Online Class Notes (Jesse)

I was thinking about I should start to find someone who can be our shop manager who can instead of me to help my business and organize everything . And I realize that there is a good beautician who was work with me 9 years ago in Chinatown and her name is Gena , I think she might be able to help me .

I talked to her in the morning and she told me that a lot what she want . She wants to be a partnership and her character is a shop manager and shareholder also she wants 30% of profit every week. In my opinion she wants too much and I need to discuss with Steven .

I was thinking (that) I should start to find someone who can be our shop manager who can replace me to help my business and organize everything / who can run the business instead of me. And I realized that there is a good beautician who was working / who worked with me 9 years ago in Chinatown and her name is Gena, and / so I think she might be able to help me .

I talked to her in the morning and she told me that a lot of / about what she wants. She wants to be a partner / shareholder and her position is a shop manager also she wants 30% of profit every week. In my opinion she wants too much and I need to discuss with Steven .

How to lower costs?
How to increase revenue?
How to manage staff better? 

Vocabulary

position – wei zhi

replace (v)
instead of (prep)
eg. I want to find someone to replace me / I want to replace myself
eg2. I want to get her to work instead of me

I want to work for money
I want to get her instead of me

we can negotiate – discuss the details and try to agree

messy – not clean
massive – big
eg. Jesse’s bathroom is messy = you need to clean
eg2. Dion’s house is massive = big

assertive – confident in the way you communicate

case study 

poland
the czech republic
germany

Grammar

I often to talk to myself – I often tell myself 

she speaks very well English – she speaks fluent English / she speaks good English

he has a good hat
she has good English

she runs fast / she runs quickly
she speaks English well / slowly / quickly 

focus on the family

they are having issues with their visa

Pronunciation

ability – “ah bil li tee”