VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

+ think about common situation that happen at work and we could role play in the class

they try to guide us to buy their software -> they push us / force us to buy the software  / they try to trap us

maybe my expression is not correct

His education was in a law school / he went to law school/ he got a master degree in a law school / he got a master degree in law. His major was law so sometimes we still need to consult a law firm

I believe he knew what happened -> he understood what happened
We

he has written

I grew up in SH and I finished my education in SH.
I have been working in an industrial company for around 2 years as an office manager
The person in this position is always trying / as a manager I am trying/ My job is to find simpler and more efficient ways for coworkers that can implement. -> simpler and more efficient ways for coworkers to work / simpler and more efficient ways that can be implemented
And help the company run smoothly.

Because the working language is English so I want to improve quickly especially for spoken English.
Having good comm is very important for my daily work.

I am in charge of accounting / business development. Everyone takes different tasks / we work like a startup / I often have to multitask / I wear different caps , I am an accountant, a manager …

the most that I talk with my boss is about admin tasks and some potential business opportunities. -> the thing I talk about the most with my boss is …. / I mostly talk about business op with my boss

I received an email from a potential client on an air purifier design.
They might have a new project of an air purifier new generation.

we don’t have experience on designing air purifier.

Sometimes they would like to see the exactly same product that  / even if you show similar products they are not that interesting in them.

They would see how do we work? -> they should see how we work 

sometimes the appearance is limited by technology. / sometimes the design choice have to follow technological requirements…
For the size you have to consider it as per customer’s engineering request  / you have to follow their brief / their request

It sounds like they really want to work with a design company who has experience with air purifiers already.
Since we need business I would like to take any opportunity that we might have. / I feel it is worth trying… I will ask them to visit us.

In the meanwhile -> meanwhile I will ask who will come to visit us.
If there will be a high level person from their company / if they send a leader I would like to have you engaged

Sometimes when I am in a group… when people talk about something I don’t get them.

to dress up as a vampire

We don’t decorate it for halloween because we are a European company. We celebrate Christmas and Chinese new year.
He will show us traditions from Sweden

Vocabulary

mostly (adv)
I mostly work on client development

write (write / wrote / written )

trap (v) induce (someone), by means of trickery or deception
They try to trap us and make us buy the software

trap (n) device used to catch an animal
The rabbit got caught in a trap
We lay a trap and wait for the rabbit to come

expertise (n) expert skill or knowledge
We have a lot expertise in design

to illuminate (v) to light
We will illuminate the street for Christmas

Illumination (n)
There are Chinese new year illumination in yu garden

skeleton (n) whole body of bones
We studied a skeleton in the class

Grammar

use the present when you talk in general / about habits
I usually get a coffee in the morning

normal sentence
S + V
Tom likes ice cream

Question : V + S
Does he like icecream?

Pronunciation

halloween

lantern

qualification

qualify

history
knowhow

expertise

manage (v)
manager (n)