VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Explained in details vocab from the meeting pdf

Vocabulary

absent (adj) not present / not there
Tom is absent today because he had to take his son to the hospital
When people saw the group picture of the meeting they noticed Tom was absent and wondered why.

Accomplish (v) succeed in doing
We accomplish a lot today
Tom has accomplished great things, he became the most well known British painter
Shanghai has not accomplished 0 covid yet
We hired a new CEO we hope he will accomplish great things for the company

accomplishment (n)
Please tell us about your accomplishments in your last position

Address (v) talk about + topic / speak to
The CEO didn’t address the IPO in the interview
We need to address the shipping delay
When we had diner Tom addressed the rules of his company
Tom will address the investors during the annual meeting

IPO (n) Initial Public Offering 首次公开发行（股票
The IPO of Alibaba was in HK

to allocate (v) to assign task / roles/  to use resources for a certain purpose分配
The HR decided to allocate 50% of the HR budget to a team building trip.
I will allocate the project to Tom
We need to allocate 2 more people to this project
We need to allocate 2 days for that business trip

allocation (n)
Tom was not happy with the budget allocation, he felt the marketing department didn’t get enough money to launch a great campaign

board of director (n) 董事会
The board of director decided to change the CEO

Collaborate (v)
The marketing department and the service department will collaborate on this project

collaboration (n)

comment (v/n)
Do you have any comments?
Tom commented on how we allocate the budget

formal (adj)
I had to write a formal letter

formalities (n) 正式手续 / 俗套
There are formalities to follow when you meet with the queen of England
I hate formalities
My job is to help the manager with many of the formalities of the deals

confidential (adj) secret
You are not allowed to share this document to people outside of the company, it is confidential.
Please keep this confidential.

to implement (v) to make sure something happens / to make sure something comes to life / is follow
The CEO made a 5 year plan for the company, now managers have to implement that plan
We need to implement the new rules from the government

implementation (n) 执行 /实践 /实施
The company decided to us AI in their smartphones but the implementation was terrible
different cities implement 0 covid differently

consensus (n) 一致意见
The consensus is that the iphone 14 pro is better than the iphone 14
We did not manage to reach a consensus during the meeting so we won’t be able to collaborate

compulsory / mandatory / required (adj) 必修的/必须做的
Wearing a suit is mandatory for the annual dinner
Attendance is compulsory

Raise your hand if you agree with ….
Raise your hand if you think XYZ is a good idea

to participate (v) to take part 参与某事
The CEO will not participate in the meeting because he got sick

participant (n) person who participates
All the participants in the game have to wear a special t-shirt

Pronunciation

unanimous (you na nee muss)