VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Write about your lockdown experience.

Vocabulary

arbitrary (adj.) random 任意的，武断的，随心所欲的

neighborhood committee (n) 居委会

pass (n) 通行证

permanent (adj.) forever
permanently (adv.)
Some foreigners have left China permanently.

migrant workers (n)

convincing (adj.) 令人信服的

integrate (v) 整合 – integral (adj.) – integration (n)

autonomy (n) 自主权
autonomous region/area.

authority (n)

Deputy GM

I was in lockdown.
Everyone was under lockdown. 
I was stuck at home.

I haven’t known when it would be finished.
Nobody knows when it will be over.

Our business stayed/was unaffected.

service industry worker

He returned his country.
He returned to his country.

He just brought it up without heads-up.
He just brought it up out of the blue. 
Out of the blue (adj.)

High level person.
Top executives. 

Communication is important in this job.
Communication is crucial/key in this job.

the trend/internal dynamics of our industry.

massive information pool

They should have range to make decision.
They need some autonomy to make critical decisions.

Some of my colleagues they have the same problems.
Some of my colleagues face the same problems.

How to simply our communication procedure?

What do you expect from me?
What is your expectations of me?

Financially,

I will bring changes like A, B … to ….
Also, I noticed some problems, such as X, Y… I don’t have authority over these things yet, but I hope to discuss with you today.

Administratively

There is not much to change/ I don’t see the need to put any change in our current …

Clients: What is your schedule on start doing this phase?
Clients: When do we need to start this phase?
I need to follow up with our clients on the starting date of phase 3.

Global Team:

I need to give a clear timeline for/to the GT on when to start and finish.

I have a lot on my plate.