VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Homework

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

Pronunciation

smiling (da xiao) – eye / smelling (wen) – ehhh

Grammar

in the workat work 

when I is a student at college when I was a college student 

Vocabulary

do the decisionmake the decision

at home / at work / out – places you go every day
eg. I am at home / I am at work / I am out

i get a part time workjob 

work / job / company
I go to work to work on my work 

work = place / verb / things you do (any task)
job = position / responsibility (big task)
company = Apple / Google / Baidu

word of mouth – people tell their friends
eg. we get many students through word of mouth

the snowball effect / snowball (v)
eg. my business is starting to snowball

connections / contacts / relationships – guan xi
eg. he has some connections in the JingAn brand

communicate / contact / deal with / work with 
eg. maybe if there are some colleagues that you don’t deal with often, during a trip you can get to know them.

socialise / social / society – relating to people
eg. I often socialise with my staff on the weekends
eg2. I’m not very social
eg3. There are many problems with our society

get angry at you – shen ni de qi

awkward – gan ga

have a closer relationship < > more distant relationship
eg. me and my boss are a little distant

intern – a student who comes to work just to learn and maybe will join the company after a period of time
eg. we had 2 interns that left recently