VIP Class Notes (Aileen)

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Tell me about a project or a time where you felt like you really succeeded?

Tell me about a time when you failed at something.

Vocabulary

advantages vs disadvantages

Forbidden City

simultaneously:  at the same time

assume:  to think about someone or something a certain way that’s not necessarily true.

Pronunciation

Switzerland:  Swits-Ser-Lund

Slavery: Slay-ver-ree

Salary:  Sal-er-ree

Celery:  Sell-er-ree

former: For-Mer

formal:  For-Mull

I quit my work this week.

I quit my job this week.

We really wanna see snow becoz we didn’t have chances see it before.

We really want to see snow because we never had any chances to EXPERIENCE it.

I always have misunderstandings with my bosses.
They always learn towards the negative when it comes to me, and I don’t know why.

Negative opinion OF me.

They assume I’m strong-willed and stubborn.

I just focus ON my job.

Ariel, give me some background about yourself.

I’m from Yunning province in Taiwan, one of the main farming cities in Taiwan.

I studied law at Taipei University, and then worked in a law firm.  The firm specialized in entertainment and IPOs.  I worked there for 6 months.

Because the salary that I got wasn’t enough to for me to live on.  There are only about 100 law firms in Taipei, but the students who study law are way more than what these firms are able to hire, so they had the luxury of paying very low salaries.

My next job was in Guangdong, also a Taiwanese company, a totally different industry.  I was there for 2 and half years because my family suggested I  go to Shanghai because there’s so much to learn here.

In Shanghai, my sister introduced me to a company that produces sports equipment to Europe and America.

I’m a big fan of your products.

I think your industry is quite an exciting one, and I want to be a part of it.

I am really interested in this industry and want contribute my skills.

What are you good at?

I’m a great team leader.  I have great leadership skills.  I am super resourceful.  I’m a law expert.

What are you flaws?  I’m honest to a fault, and sometimes can offend people, but I’m working on it.  I’m a little OCD, so I have to do everything in MY certain order, but I’m working on it.