VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

We have 200 attendance -> attendees in this meeting

we had to arrange a bus to take them from the airport to the hotel

There were many different groups arriving at different time
Many arrived early to have their own meeting during this time.
Many people change their schedule

They are not alone to attend this meeting so when we reached one person they would bring a group with them , each company had a contact , one person responsible to deal with emergencies.

Every day we slept around 2 o’clock and woke up at 6 / we were not able to go to bed until 2am

Maybe it is better since Wednesday is a holiday, maybe I will take a few days off to recover.
I think about taking Thursday and Friday off to bridge with the national holiday on Wednesday. / I decided to take Thursday and Friday off to end the week early / end the week on Tuesday.

It is like when you go to a restaurant and a glass of water is very expensive

some people may be fooled
I have heard many people held their wedding in Disney.
They have this wedding service but you need to book at least 10 tables.

you need to spend at least XX / a minimum of XX

It is not realistic , it is a bit strange.
If you are addicted to Disney tales / if you are a Disney fan you may want to have your wedding there.

I went to Disney twice this year.
There are too many people there.

I went there on working days but there were too many people.

Most people like it, it is similar to our life

People can relate to it.
You hope they get together. These 2 years love reality tv shows are really popular.
There are like 5 different shows.

you must have seen that

we have a saying, there is not a tv show without it.

We won’t do big jokes

Japanese companies are very strict with advertising, we don’t have much interesting ads. We just promote our products to each doctors or hospitals.

If it belongs to prescription drugs / it is a prescription drug you need to pay extra to get a number a see a doctor to get a prescription.

I have seen a few medicine became OTC drugs or are now available on both channels.
If you fulfill the requirements of the regulator you can be available on both channels.

it gives clear instructions  -> it gives visibility for companies but it is also stricter and stricter.

we have a team of 10 in Shanghai and we also have many more spread all over China.

Vocabulary

take a day off (v) decide to use a day of your annual leave to rest
I took a day off on Monday

attendees (n) people who attend
There were 200 attendees

attendance (n) 出席
We need to increase the attendance at our events

local policy (n) policy observed in a specific region
There are more and more local policies since 2017

national policy (n) policy observed all across the country
Most policies are national policies

regulator (n) the state body making rules and decisions
The regulator decided to open the market

over the counter (OTC) (adj) which you can buy without a prescription
Paracetamol can be obtained over the counter

prescription (n) 处方上开的药 / 开处方
We only sell prescription drugs

play on words / pun (n) : when you make a joke on similar words or pronunciation but different meanings
We have many play on words in Chinese.
We made a pun on the word xx

divorce (v/n) breaking a marriage
They decided to divorce

reality tv (n) making a tv show with real people
love reality tv shows are popular in China

to queue (v) wait in line
We had to queue for 2h

fireworks (n) explosions in the sky
Disney has a firework show at 9pm

Grammar

we slept until 2 = we woke up at 2
-> we couldn’t sleep until 2am