VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Write out your answer to the “successful friend” question

The friend I want to describe is someone I met in my company and her name is Heather. She is the manager in our company for 4 years, 34 years old, with 2 kids, a typical Shanghainese woman.
The reason I think she is a successful person is because she is a working machine, she impresses everyone by her high ability and could work intendent. even she got 2 babies, one is 1 years old and the other is 4 years old, but she still could balance work and life very well. I could bet that everyone love her because she is always nice to everyone and glad to share her experience to others.
As I said, we are working in the same company and she is my boss for 2 years, I meet her every day and i’ve cooperated 5 projects with her, she is always patient and the best boss.
I know her very well and we often hung out on weekends, so we become friends from colleague.
There are many reasons to describe how successful the person is, like how many he could earn and how hard they spent on their work then finally get an achievement and so on.
But as my opinion, it’s important to balance work and life, so she is the successful friend I think.

Write out your answer to the “successful friend” question

The friend I want to describe is someone I met in my company and her name is Heather. She has been a manager in our company for 4 years, and is 34 years old, with 2 kids… a typical Shanghainese woman.
The reason I think she is a successful person is because she is a working machine, she impresses everyone with her strong ability and could work independently. Even though she has a 4 year old and a 2 year old, she still can balance work and life very well. I bet that everyone loves her because she is always nice to everyone and glad to share her experience with others.
As I said, we are working in the same company and she has been my boss for 2 years. I meet her every day and I’ve cooperated on 5 projects with her. She is always patient and is the best boss I’ve ever had.
I know her very well and we often hang out on weekends, so we went from being colleagues to being friends.
There are many ways to look at how successful someone is, like how much he could earn and how hard they work to get achievements and so on.
But in my opinion, it’s important to balance work and life, so she is the successful friend that first came to mind.

Vocabulary

bored / boring / bore
You bore me
You are boring
I am bored because of you

Tired / tiring / tire
You tire me out.
You are tiring.
I am tired because of you.

sth comes to mind = i think of sth

success can mean many different things

there are many ways of looking at success

success means different things to different people

Grammar

which = thing / idea (it)
eg. I went to a cafe which was one of the most popular in Shanghai
eg2. I bought a phone yesterday which I’ve been planning to do for a long time.
eg3. I taught a kid today in the afternoon which was really difficult and tiring.

who = person (he / she / they)
eg. I met a girl outside yesterday who was my classmate at university.
eg2. I met a girl outside yesterday who I went to university with.

she was moving out of a house in which a chinese girl was living.

Pronunciation

literally – “litchrelee” (us) / “lidderehly” (au)

tree = “chree“