VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

suspense / suspenseful – a story that makes you feel like you’re waiting to know the outcome
eg. thrillers are often real suspenseful

suspend – pause

“keep you on the edge of your seat”

pretentious – when sb acts like they’re higher level by participating in something like art…
eg. I think some people who go to art galleries seem really pretentious

time keeping device – watch / clock etc

I would like to get more informationI’m really into getting / I’m really keen to / I enjoy getting 

censorship – the idea of cutting movies / tv shows / books by editing parts out
eg. they censor some movies that get released in China

rights
eg. they sold the rights to an American company

it’s a big time investment / you need to invest a lot of time in a tv series like that

time poor
eg. I’m time poor these days

de-stress – to release stress from yourself

relax myselfrelax 

Grammar

the method they promote their products – the way they promote / the method they use to promote 

Pronunciation

their – soft “th”

sss – inside
th – outside

“ay dee” – ad / advertisement

Writing exercise

Hi Louise & Shi Yue,

Greeting from Event team, Cecily!

Apologize for our late reply, please kindly find details as below for the dressing,

  • Pop-Up Event: All black as attached
  • After Party: Workwear as attached

Actually, we have already ordered the party workwear for XXX staff including you and Shi Yue due to the very tight schedule of delivery. The workwear we ordered for you both are small size for tops and trousers, shoe in 24cm (the smallest size Vendor has). Please feel free to let us know if you have any concerns for the arrangement, many thanks!

For the grooming, please also find global guideline as attached. Kindly note that we have hired a grooming team for staff makeup and hair. We are pleased to invite you for the grooming if you like. Address details as below, and you can make your reservation from below linking, @Shi, Yue please feel free to let me know your preferred time and venue if you would like to do the makeup and hair, I can fill out for you since the link might not be accessed from external.

Please do not hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions, thanks a lot!

Hi Louise & Shi Yue,

Greetings from the Event team – I’m Cecily!

Apologies for our late reply / I apologize for our late reply, please kindly find the details as below for the dress-code / the preferred dress,

  • Pop-Up Event: All black as attached
  • After Party: Work-wear as attached

Actually, we have already ordered the party work-wear for XXX staff including both of you, Louise and Shi Yue, due to the very tight schedule of delivery. The work-wear we ordered for you both are small size for tops and trousers, shoes in 24cm (the smallest size the Vendor has). Please feel free to let us know if you have any concerns about / regarding the arrangement, many thanks!

For / In terms of / Regarding the grooming guidelines, please also find the global guidelines as attached. Kindly note that we have hired a grooming team for staff makeup and hair. We are pleased to invite you for the grooming if you like. Address details as below, and you can make your reservation via the below link / through the link below, @Shi, Yue please feel free to let me know your preferred time and venue if you would like to do the makeup and hair – I can fill out the form for you since the link might not be externally accessible.

Please do not hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions, thanks a lot!