VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

subsidy: 补贴; 补助金; 津贴

parallel: same line, aligned with

infrastructure/amenities: she shi

ventilation system: air condition system

messing with you: 搞你 making trouble for you
ie. Stop messing with me.
ie. If you keep messing with me, I will report you to our boss..

resorts: tourist place where you stay at and do things, bigger than a hotel

fascination/ obsession: 痴迷; 着魔; 困扰; 使人痴迷的人(或objects)

pathetic: can xi xi

Grammar

a business trip
-> use go on / go for

2 hours
-> 2 point five hours
-> 2 and a half
-> 2 hours and 30 minutes
-> a little over 2 hours
-> a little under 2 hours

The flight/the trip will take 2 and a half hours.
I will spend 2 and a half hours on the flight.
The flight/trip is 2 and a half hours long

I always go on business trips. The cities always be -> are always BJ GZ SZ.
I’m always on business trips, but usually just in BJ GZ SZ.
The cities I usually go to on business trips are …

I need to make the road show/performance to the funds.

“ever in English?” – have you ever… in English
“no…”

Most of our clients are Chinese.
Our clients are mostly Chinese.

Our spendings/expenses in the others cities are covered by our company.

They can just cover 600 yuan, but we can add some more expense to that.
They can just cover 600 yuan, but we can add some/more (amount) to that.

The hotels are cheaper on work days because there are not so many people, like holiday.
The hotels are cheaper on work days because there are not so many people, unlike on holidays./because it’s not a busy season.

If you have a trip to a place, maybe you can rent a B&B. Not a business trip, but your own trip to a place.
You can stay at a BB when you go on vacation/on a personal trip, but big hotel chains are better for business trips.

I didn’t stay at SH’s hotel.
I haven’t stayed at any / a SH hotel.

“are you big on hotels?” -“do you care about hotels?”

I always don’t spend my weekends there, so in the work days we always don’t have other entertainment. But this weekend, I will go to a client event. We will have client even in the weekend. We will have some entertainment, such as … I haven’t gone there. So I don’t know the real entertainment is.
I don’t/never spend my weekends there, so on/during work days we never have other entertainment. But this weekend, I will go to a client event. There is a client event on the weekend. We will have some entertainment for half a day, such as … I haven’t gone there before. So I don’t know what the real entertainment is (like).

Our company hosts the client’s events.

I don’t always -> I usually, with exceptions
I always don’t* -> I never, no exceptions

Pronunciation

make: mAke

meet mit met mat

bang ban bin ben been being(be+ying)