Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

fly = take a plane / take a flight

you also spend 5 hours – it also takes 5 hours
The flight takes 5 hours. I spend 2 hours reading, and then I spend 3 more hours sleeping.

It takes 2 hours for me to dry my hair

banquet – a big meal all at one table

buffet – “all you can eat”

Grammar

I have gone back to X since Y
I have been back in X since Y

which = “and it” / and …. it
eg. I have a phone and it is black = I have a phone which is black
eg. I have a phone and I bought it in Japan = I have a phone which I bought in Japan

where = “and at that place”
eg. I went to a park and at that park there were many dogs = I went to a park where there were many dogs

bored – feeling
boring – describe sth / sb

stressed – feeling
stressful – describe sth / sb

quit (present)/ quit (past) / quit (already)

religious / religion – belief system

I’m Christian / Christianity is my religion
I’m Buddhist / Buddhism is my religion

I’m Catholic / Catholicism is my religion
The Pope is Catholic

Tomorrow is the end of year, and this year I think it would be markedness, because I resigned from Alibaba and rejoined in Logitech, and not only that, I have been backed to Shanghai since Aug., where is my home. When I made the decision which is quitted, I really didn’t know this choice was correct or mistake, but I believed it should be arranged by destiny, because I felt very stressful from my boss when I stay in Ali, and so fortunately was when I told this difficult situation to my ex-boss of Logitech, he said you could come back.
If I need to review past 4 months, I think it also been up and down, but the totally trend was positive, because I familiar with business more and more, and became more and more professional, and most important was that my basic idea have been from platform views switch manufacture’s.
From marketplace views, due to business model I need to focus on mechanism and interaction products, because commissions are our biggest revenue, so we must continue to expand market size and consumer accounts. So, all of platform company employees are most concerning about essential value for users and partners, such as improve experience of purchase funnel, increase cash flow speeds etc., we often ask ourselves is that really help for attractive advancements and how to promote sustainability.
But in brand’s views, we only care about revenue and margin. As for how to get these targets, such as through ecommerce, offline flag store, distributors or wholesalers etc., all of them is don’t matter, or rather it’s not that important.
As you know, this transformation was anguished. But I can ask for help from our big boss, he would tell me frankly and directly, it’s very useful to me. The truly thing is making your relationship smoothly with your report manager. In most of Chinese local companies and China’s branch of multinational companies, present your respects to your boss, especially my boss who is a typically Chinese and more than fifty years old, so you know it’s a big challenge for me because I don’t good at to handle relationship to others.

Tomorrow is the end of the year, and this year I think it would be special, because I resigned from Alibaba and rejoined in Logitech, and not only that, I have been back in Shanghai since Aug, which is my home. When I made the decision to quit, I really didn’t know this choice was correct or wrong / or a mistake, but I believed it should be arranged by destiny / it was destiny, because I felt very stressed from my boss when I stayed in Ali, and so fortunately was when I told this difficult situation to my ex-boss of Logitech, he said you could come back.
If I need to review the past 4 months, I think it has also been up and down, but the whole trend was positive, because I am / have become familiar with the business more and more, and have become / am more and more professional, and most the important thing was that my entire business perspective has shifted from platform to manufacturer. / my basic idea has switched from the view of platform to manufacturer.

From marketplace views, due to business model I need to focus on mechanism and interaction products, because commissions are our biggest revenue, so we must continue to expand market size and consumer accounts. So, all of platform company employees are most concerning about essential value for users and partners, such as improve experience of purchase funnel, increase cash flow speeds etc., we often ask ourselves is that really help for attractive advancements and how to promote sustainability.
But in brand’s views, we only care about revenue and margin. As for how to get these targets, such as through ecommerce, offline flag store, distributors or wholesalers etc., all of them is don’t matter, or rather it’s not that important.
As you know, this transformation was anguished. But I can ask for help from our big boss, he would tell me frankly and directly, it’s very useful to me. The truly thing is making your relationship smoothly with your report manager. In most of Chinese local companies and China’s branch of multinational companies, present your respects to your boss, especially my boss who is a typically Chinese and more than fifty years old, so you know it’s a big challenge for me because I don’t good at to handle relationship to others.