VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

I learn faster than I think -> I learn faster than I expected

I didn’t read the textbook I learned it from online videos and took the mockup exams

I can do something with the physical thing -> I’m not bad with the practice

Some of them is new to me -> some of them are new to me

I prefer the combined mode / I prefer a combination of both / a mix of both : partly working from home and partly from the office

If I only work in the office I feel exhausted and for the Saturday I need the whole day to get a rest and I have Sunday to go meet friends -> if I work in the office I feel exhausted and I need the whole Saturday to refresh so that just leaves me Sunday to have fun.

They showed the videos to complain about the delivery being very slow / to complain about how slow the delivery was. Commuting is so slow and you don’t have choice.

It is the bottom place -> it is at the end of England, close to France / across the sea from France.

If you get the Chinese license you can exchange it for a local one?

I got up 5 o’clock to buy the food -> I got up at 5am

My roommate snores and she noticed she was allergied by my cat -> she noticed she had an (minor) allergy to my cat / she was allergic (adj) to my cat

You can expose yourself to a lot of allergy sources and use medical injury to conquer allergies -> you can do allergy desensitization

People are careful about the food.

My cat cannot eat beef. / my cat is allergic to beef

At that time the fast food means very luxury -> it was positioned as luxury in China / it had a luxury positioning

Recently we think Chinese don’t like McDonalds because they have so much choices to eat outside.
And more and more people realize fast food is unhealthy and lacks nutrition

Our teacher taught us to think about junk food

The basic cost / production cost of milk tea is 3-5 but it is sold 20-30.
I think I only have one stomach. I have no space to ingest more food.

They adapt to the local taste.

I bought all the food from the supermarket rather than a market. In London we needed to drive a car to go to the market to buy a fish.
If we didn’t do this we could only buy from Tesco.
The price in markets is cheaper.

Vocabulary

Positioning (n) where you position a brand/product in a market
Pizzahut has a higher end positioning in China compared to the west

Entry level (n) cheap goods
Hongmi makes entry level phones

Middle level
Xiaomi makes middle level phones 

High end / premium (n)
The iPhone pro max is a high end phone

Junk food (n) bad quality food
People avoid junk food now

Diarrhea (n) 腹泻
The next day they had diarrhea

allergy desensitization (n) getting exposed to allergy on purpose to build tolerance
She decided to try allergy desensitization

To snore (v) make noise when sleeping
She snores when she sleeps

Drive in reverse (n) drive backwards
I learned to drive in reverse very quickly

Parking spot (n) where you park a car
I parked in the parking spot

Seal (n)
It is locked with a digital seal

District (n) 区
I work in Pudong district

Obscure (adj) unclear
Some parts of the book are obscure

Pronunciation

Cat

Car

Grammar

Using complain

• complain about + problem ( a noun or noun phrase); e.g. ‘I would like to complain about your services’
  ‘I was complaining about having no money’
  
• complain to + a person; e.g. ‘I complained to the customer service representative’.

• complained of + a medical problem; e.g. ‘He complained of not sleeping well’.

• complaint of + date the complaint was written; e.g. ‘I received your complaint of 8 March 2022 ‘.

• complaint on + date the complaint was received; e.g. ‘I received your complaint on 9 March 2022 ‘.

• complained that + clause; e.g. ‘He complained that we had not answered his e-mails’.