VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

review how to read numbers + pdf about graphs

practice on graphs and numbers

I just resigned for a gap to refresh myself and improve oral English. I found myself not good at english expression -> at expressing myself in English .
I got some pressure from my previous work /job / position so I decided to take a gap.

I haven’t decided how long but maybe I will take 4 months. At the end of the year there are not so many good job openings. / the job market doesn’t look good at the end of the year / I am waiting for the job market to get better.

there is a peak season of job transfers after CNY.

I can understand most of the meetings but I found myself not able to respond quickly

it is related to the logic or what you think or what you want to say to the audience. / it is about the message you want to express/convey

I am not quick to get the insight from the numbers. / analyzing numbers isn’t my thing /… is one of my weaknesses

how many  products do they buy?
The total amount they pay / the total amount they spend / the total spent amount / the sales number / basket value …

this also needs you / requires you  to do a lot of analysis.
If people … they are good at it or sensitive to the data they will tell a lot of info from the data. / they will infer a lot info

if I spend more time on that maybe I can do better. / improve …

Vocabulary

to infer (v) to deduce from an evidence/clue (something is not explicit but you can guess it)
I was at Tom’s place and around 11pm he said he needed to wake up early tomorrow. I inferred that he was politely asking us to leave.

peak season (n)

low season (n)

to peak (v) to reach the highest point
sales of ice cream peak in summer

to bottom (v)
sales of ice cream bottom in winter

situation (n)

talking about graphs :

trend + speed

Pronunciation

persuasive

2,124,200 : 2 million 123 thousand thousand 200

345,250.26 three hundred forty five thousand two hundred fifty point two six

start from the left and stop at the coma (,). At the coma read the scale  repeat the process until the end.

if you have specific numbers : no s
There were two hundred fifty people in the room

if non specific numbers : s
there were hundreds of people in the room

2/5 : two fifths
3 5/7 : three and five sevenths

uncountable (something that cannot be counted)
Money / time / rice /… are uncountable.

scale

x00 hundred,

x,000 thousand

x,000,000 million

x,000,000,000 billion

x,000,000,000,000 trillion

main currencies :
USD : dollar
CNY : yuan
JPY : yen
EUR : eur
RUB: rubble
AUD : Australian dollar
GBP : Pound

discounts :

logic is the opposite of Chinese
3折 = 70% off / a discount of 70%
8.5折  = 15% off