VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

My son caught a cold and he gave it to me
If you are tired you are easily to catch a cold -> it is easier for you to catch a cold when you are tired / when you are tired you will catch a cold more easily 

half of the kids asked for a sick leave.
I was sick so I sent him to his grandma and after he returned she said she caught a cold too

it affected my immune system 

There are 33 kids in his class and yesterday about 16 asked for a sick leave.
When I was in primary school there were 40-50 in a class

16 go to the kindergarten and some sleep there. -> have a nap there during lunch time
Kids need to sleep / sleeping is good for their growth

when you are too tired you can sleep in any position

if I am in a bad mood I will feel everything is terrible and have no motivation for the work. / to work
You need to work and so most of the time you need to spend with your colleagues. You need to find a work you don’t hate and work with those people that you like.
You should not always work overtime. I hope I can have my own time. / me time
after 1opm I feel the time is mine now.

I will play with/on my phone for 1h.
they realize that but can do nothing against that. / they are aware of it but cannot change things
After covid 19 the competition became more fierce / the competition intensified
Maybe in the past 10 years foreign companies were the best choice but now it changed.
If it is a work life balance company /a company that values work life balance their head counts are frozen. They don’t need to hire more people.
Sales are good but you need to work much harder. in the West the environment is not very good so they focus more on China and ask more from China.
They need China to make up for the loss in other regions

for the light manufacturing industry I heard the competition is not so fierce and you can get off work on time.
for the people / us who work for the retail industry we suffer a lot.
you need to change the way you analyze the numbers

You need to invest to buy traffic and impression.
I don’t think it is healthy.
People buy things in flagship stores on Taobao and they need to give deep discounts to attract consumers.

I prefer to shop offline but I will miss out on the discounts

I like the feeling of being in a realistic room and touching the real things and talking to the real people.
At first I wanted to talk but I found it was a robot / I realized it was a robot.
You can find out even if they make it more realistic because it has no emotions  / it is emotionless

There are almost no waiters and we scanned the QR code and ordered the food and then all was automatic.

He felt it was cool because he is a person / someone who does not like to be disturbed by others.
I feel it was uncomfortable.
When I poured some water

there is a tap and you get water on your own
The tap was leaking and I couldn’t get someone to help

It is cooking machine.
you can cook it even you are a stupid man -> it makes cooking very easy / no matter how bad you are at cooking you can do it

I added him in the group

it was predictable.

They can target customers more precisely / accurately

it was simple back then
You need to pay the money one month ago

Vocabulary

accurate / precise (adj) 精确的
we need an accurate description of our target

deposit (n) 定金
You need to pay a deposit in October

to predict (v) guess something will happen in the future
We predicted 11/11 wouldn’t be as good as last year

to invent (v) to create / to come up with ideas
I invented new ways to do marketing

to invest (v) use money to make more money / fund
He invested in Sephora

me time : time only for yourself
I need some me time to relax

to reverse (v) 彻底转变
We tried to reverse the money transfer but we couldn’t and he ran away with a few billions

pastry (n) 油酥糕点
I like to bake pastry

oven (n) 烤箱
I put the cake in the over

disposable glove (n)
They gave us disposable gloves for eating

disposable (adj) for things you only use once / throw away after using once
Hotels will provide disposable toothbrushes for customers

to lose / to miss out (v) 亏了 / everyone is getting something and you don’t, you feel stupid and left behind
I ended up buying something at 11:55pm because I didn’t want to miss out on 11/11

traffic (n) 通信
We want high traffic on our website

to pour (v) 倒出
I poured some wine into the glass and we cheered

analysis (n)
I read the analysis

analyze (v)
I analyzed the data

to leak (v) 漏洞 /漏/泄露
We have to be careful not to leak information about our super secret project
The tap was leaking

leak (n)
We found the leak

tap (n) 龙头
I took some water from the tap

to lose (v)
Tom lost all his money in the crash

loss (n)
We suffered a loss due to covid

have a nap (v) sleep for a short time to feel more rested
Kids will have a nap after lunch

immune system (n) 免疫系统
Being tired weakens you immune system

Grammar

ago is only usable in the past
I had to pay a deposit 1 month ago

in advance (for the future / present)
you have to pay a deposit 1 month in advance and then pay the rest on 11/11