Open F2F Class Notes 27 June (Peter)

Corrections

I am to communication with them – I communicate with them

People’s relationship is very important – people’s relationships are very important

Today I have a meeting – Today I had a meeting

Can you let it short – can you shorten it?

Vocabulary

High Profile Client – a person of high wealth, status, or importance; a VIP client

Connections/Relationships – 关系

Broad – unclear, containing many things

PR – public relations, 公关

Base – Foundation

Lengthen – to make something longer

Shorten – to make something shorter

Idioms – a phrase that means something different from its dictionary meaning, 成语

Ex. The phrase “to run into someone” is an idiom.

Crash – (verb or noun) 碰撞

Phrase – more than one word used together, 短语

Reciprocate – to give back

Phrases

Sorry, could you repeat that again/more slowly?

What does that mean? 什么意思?

To run into someone

Literally, the phrase to run into someone means to run and crash into another person. As an idiom, the phrase to run into someone means to meet up with someone without planning it.

To pay it forward means to do something for someone else that someone did for you.

Ex. If you bought me lunch last week, I may buy someone else lunch this week to pay it forward.

Pronunciation

Profile (PRO-file)

*Note: Annie prefers to have both English and Chinese definitions.

Original: Why are relationships important?

In China,there is a traditional word -“mianzi”through our life ,most everyone regard it in past long years ,I think it’s something like value of a person.

“mianzi”is means respect in China

If you have relationships ,you can do manything conveniently,and then,after you use this convenient,you need to give the same value to someone who helped you before,this is an exchange.

For example,A helped B,B helped C,C helped D,and

Edited: Why are relationships important?

In China, there is a traditional word, “mianzi.” Throughout history, people have had great regard for the word, I think it’s something like the value of a person. “Mianzi” means “respect” in China.

If you have relationships, you can do many things conveniently, and then, after you use this convenience, you need to give the same value to someone who helped you before, this is an exchange.

For example, A helped B ,B helped C, C helped D, etc.