VIP Class Notes (Ally)

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Vocabulary

sarcastic: feng ci (n) sarcasm

conjoined twins: 连体婴儿

specs / specifications: tech info about product

facial recognition: 面部识别

infringement: 侵权; (对他人权利等的)侵犯，侵害; (对法律、规则等的)违反，违背

die-hard fan: fanatic

detest: hate

playboy mansion

chandelier: 水晶灯

panties：underwear

social phobia

sweatshirt: singular noun

guinea pig: lab rat/ lab money 实验对象

Even no single brand he likes.
He doesn’t like any single brand.
There’s not one single brand that he likes.
No single brand is good enough for the great Tibo.

Every year they launch new model, you buy it?
You buy a new model every time/year it comes out?
You always get the latest model?

I will arrange a lunch/dinner appointment with my friends.
I would have lots of lunches and dinners with my friends.
I get together with my friends and we have lunch or dinner together.
I go on lunch or dinner dates with my friends

Actually I don’t have many friends, but many people like me.
Actually I’m not a social- holic/ I don’t do extremely well in social situations/I am not social animal, but many people like me.

Before my parents travel to US, I lived with them.
Before my parents moved/went to the US, I lived with them.

This is what I get from washing dishes.

recommended me pdd, as (because) it’s very cheap
recommended me pdd, as (zuo Wei)a cheaper alternative (to tb)

several 10 ..
less than/under 100

she is a changeable person
she likes shopping so she buys lots of things/She spends lots of money and time shopping

she bought similar pants like me
she bought similar pants like these/mine
she bought these pants too
she bought a similar pair (of pants) at half price.

MUJI is a Japanese retail company which sells a wide variety of household and consumer goods. MUJI’s design philosophy is minimalist that it emphasis on reducing production and packaging waste, “no-logo” or “no-brand” policy, and recycling. The brand name MUJI is derived from the first Japanese brand name which is translated as no-brand quality goods in 1980. Its no-brand strategy means that little money is spent on advertisement or marketing, and its success is attributed to word of mouth, a simple and relaxing shopping experience. MUJI ha attractive to customers who prefer unbranded but good quality products. Besides, MUJI product design is also one of its brand identity. For example, MUJI products have a limited color range, and most colors they use often are black, white, grey, brown, dark red, blue and green. Normally you can rarely see bright colors like yellow, pink, orange, etc. Moreover, the products are displayed on shelves with minimal packaging that displaying only functional information and price tag. It is very hard to see plastic bags or over-packaging products in MUJI shops because they are waste of resources and prices in the brand’s philosophy. When a customer finishes shopping and checks out, all the products will be put in a good quality kraft paper bag with only MUJI logo on it.

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MUJI is a Japanese retail company which sells a wide variety of household and consumer goods. MUJI’s design philosophy is minimalist that it emphasizes production and packaging waste reduction, “no-logo” or “no-brand” policy, and recycling. In 1980, the name Muji was established … The brand name MUJI is derived from the first 1980 Japanese brand name which is translated as no-brand quality goods. Its no-brand strategy means that little money is spent on advertisement or marketing, and its success is attributed to word of mouth, and a simple and relaxing shopping experience. MUJI has attracted(v) customers who prefer unbranded but good quality products. Besides, MUJI product design is also one of its brand identity. For example, MUJI products have a limited color range, and most of the colors they use are black, white, grey, brown, dark red, blue and green. Normally, it is hard to/You can rarely see bright colors like yellow, pink, orange, etc./Normally, bright colors like… are not part of Muji’s color scheme/palette. Moreover, the products are displayed on shelves with minimal packaging that only shows (v for the phrase) functional information and price tag. It is very hard to see plastic bags or over-packaged products/over-packaging in MUJI shops because they consider it as a waste of resources and costs according to/under the brand’s philosophy. When a customer finishes shopping and checks out, all the products will be put in a good quality kraft paper bag with only the MUJI logo on it.

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