VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

I bought some food
My fridge is full of food / I stocked up on food

I have /adopted a cat, I don’t want to be too lonely in my apartment.

I created a WeChat group. And every noon we will do some exercises together.
One is a sport leader trying to have engagement with people. / a sport leader / influencer trying to engage with more people

They are much more difficult than me -> they have much more difficult time than me / what they experience is much more difficult than me

They know how to live outside in the wilderness.

She found a tube and later she was so happy and wanted to boil some warm water for a bath and then lost the fire maker. -> she lost her lighter 

If you have hometown outside China it might be risky -> it depends where you come from

The challenge in China is not the pandemic 

the hospitals do not allow people to go there -> are closed to the public / refuse patients

Due to she doesn’t have a negative covid test they refused ->
She died because she didn’t get medical care on time / due to not having a negative covid test she was refused.

For abroad the city view we have more choice  -> abroad, city views / cityscapes  are more varied

I just joined the company and my role is customer relationship.
Before it was about analyzing data and identifying key clients and how to increase the service.

Although the tech part is important it is still the fund manager who makes/takes all the decisions.

When they judge your company it is partly based on their personal feeling.
They want a more personal touch so I prepared a program for this whole activity.

There will be 2 objectives. 

I want they came with more understanding of our brand values. -> I want them to come with a better understanding of our brand values
I segment it into 3 different areas.
They invest in people.
You need to understand where is the future trend -> where the future trend is
The third part is emerging markets.

Most clients pay for our services and it is focused on emerging markets.

I want people to remember our name -> I want to increase brand awareness / name awareness

These fund managers may be tired of expert meetings so my activities might be less stressful.

Some are always ongoing. Before we don’t care about the personal things and now we send birthday flowers. It is not costly we just need someone to do it.

bimonthly we will organize people to see some big movies. / we will organize the private screening of a movie for them

We are thinking about personal engagement activities.

 

Vocabulary

Brand / name awareness (n)
We want to increase our brand awareness

Various  (det / adj) (several / many)
various people came to the party

Varied (adj)
They have a varied art collection

asthma (n) respiratory disease
Many people now suffer from asthma due to the air pollution

lighter (n) device used to make fire
He used a lighter to light the cigarette

Match (n) disposable device used to make fire
We used a match to start a fire

Pronunciation

pandemic