Online Class Notes (Tibo)

2 hours should be a burden -> would be a burden

I know someone who are not even qualified as me got promoted. -> I know people who are not even as qualified as me got promoted
I am still getting over it

I was getting excited before sleeping because I was checking taobao.
I lost sleep.

during the time when I was awake I started to think about my job.

I am not the kind of person who would be jealous but I feel people who are not as capable got a/ the promotion it is quite unfair and something even strengthened that feeling … my peers were expecting me to get promoted in this cycle but I didn’t / it didn’t happen

but until I lost sleep I noticed it really bothered me -> I didn’t think it really bothered me until I lost sleep

but without a promotion I couldn’t go anywhere -> without a promotion I cannot go anywhere  / not having a promotion limits my choices

Are there any advice you’ve received that have helped shape you as you grew your career and business, or any books that have inspired you that you would recommend to us?
Could you give us some advice you feel would be helpful in growing our career/business or recommend some books to us?

Hey Joyce, nice to meet you here! I have two questions for you:
1. Why did you choose to join the cross border business among so many other entrepreneurship ideas ?

2. What’s your new brand Halara’s position and value proposition among all those fitness brands? Thanks!  / what is the value proposition and position of your new brand Halara/ how do you position Halara among other fitness brands and what’s the value proposition?

Hi Joyce! Thanks for your time.
Cross-border ecommerce companies are usually worried about overstock risk vis-a-vis timely delivery. What’s your take on effective linkage of manufacturing and marketing? What are Chinese brands better at compared to western brands?

Hi! Joyce! Thank you so much for sharing.
How did you find your passion / the direction for your startup? / what inspired to start…?

Description:
Hi Evan, Edith, Ema, Verity, Seonwoo,

When are you available / can you do a calendar check for a performance review and also begin the contract renewal discussion during this time.

Let me know if this time works for all (of you) or if another time suits you better?  / or if there is a better time /

Feel free to forward this invitation to your relevant team members as well and let me know if there are any particular insights or areas you would like us to drill down into.

Grammar

normal sentence : Subject + V
question : V + subject
Tom is handsome
Is Tom handsome?

why were you there? (question)
The reason why I was there there was that ….(sentence)

I don’t know how he managed to pass the interview. (sentence / statement)
How did he pass the interview? (question)

Vocabulary

to get over (v) stop caring about something / stop being affected by something
it took me months to get over the death of my friend

advice (n – plural)
I gave him some advice
I gave him a piece of advice