VIP Class Notes (Joyce – Li)

Class focus: 

practice speaking: marketing-related topics

business skills + language

describing

advice: start from general ideas then talk about the details

speaking: use active voice

Vocabulary

job responsibilities – what you have to do for your role

or job scope

WeChat official account

content – words, images in a book, article, social media etc.

ex. content on TikTok

pushy – push others to do sth that you want; aggressive and rude

ex. He’s very pushy so others feel stressed when they work with him.

urgent – in a hurry

ex. I need to talk to you, it’s urgent.

detailed – to care about the little things

ex. My boss is a detailed person.

organised – arrange or plan things

ex. I’m very organised so I prefer to plan my schedule beforehand.

I prioritise work first 

Grammar

in the other hand

on the other hand

image – the picture

imagine – come up with sth in your brain

I would like to learn some business skills for my next job.

I want to prepare for the BEC test.

I just want to learn these skills in advance and when a chance comes to me I will take it.

I just want to learn these skills in advance so that when I get a chance I will take it.

I work in a Japanese company and I don’t have an English environment.

I work in a Japanese company and it doesn’t have an English environment.

I think my spoken English is not good and I want to improve.

I think my spoken English is not good so I want to improve.

My major from my bachelor to master is always about advertising and branding.

My major (from my bachelor to master) has always been advertising and branding.

I’m confusing about my career really

Currently, I’m confused about my career path 

It’s easy to know what I don’t want to do

I considered it before but I got some interviews but I didn’t pass.

I considered it before and I went to some interviews, but I didn’t pass.

I don’t have too much chance to just communicate each other in English.

I haven’t had too much chance to just communicate each other in English.

I have to say I am a little lazy. I don’t have too much materials in my mind.

I have to say I am a little lazy. I can’t recall the vocabulary in my mind/I lack practice.

It’s about brand building station in my company. The daily work for me is to design the layout of the WeChat.

I had an internship at my company. It was in the brand building department. My daily responsibilities/job responsibilities were to design content for the company’s WeChat official account.

This job is I feel under a very big pressure when I work in this position. In advertising company, the time schedule is not control by yourself: it depends on your leader by your boss. There are lots of work that are not very important but emergency. We have to work very late. And, my leader is very… he will push you very hurry hurry.

When I worked in this position/role, I was under a lot of stress. In advertising (companies), you don’t have control over your schedule: it depends on your leader or your boss. There are lots of work that are not very important but urgent/are a priority. We have to work very late. And, my leader is very detailed and urgent/pushy. He will push you to speed up/hurry up.

To represent the image of the whole company

Most part of it

Most of it 

Most of the work 

A large part of the work/it

Pronunciation

represent – reh-pre-sent