VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

After the holiday I was sick because of the flu / I caught the flu.
My boss gave me so much work that I didn’t have time / I was overwhelmed with work.

We all revise our resumes to find another job.
I don’t want to work there, although now I have much work to do but I don’t really want to do it / I don’t feel motivated.

Even though the economic situation is not very good I still want to quit this job because my boss and the company are so terrible. / I want to quit despite the terrible economic situation because I can’t stand it anymore

I asked the boss if he paid for our social insurance but there was no answer from him / he didn’t answer / he ignored my question.

I don’t want to do an assistant job but the assistant job is more easily to find -> I don’t really want to do an assistant job but it is easier to find / it is easier to get that position. / it is a way to get a foot in the door 

I have seen one opportunity on a job app which was in operations. It is a job from a french company, I think it is suitable for me but I haven’t applied for it.

I still wait for a real answer ->I still want to get a clear answer from my current company

Because of the situation they haven’t resigned yet. / they are waiting to get an offer before quitting.

If I want to do an HR job I have to take a pay cut. Sometimes I am worried about the situation. / If I move my career toward HR I might have to accept a pay cut and that worries me.

For HR in China the salary is not really high compared to sales or product managers. / the salary is not so competitive compared to other jobs.

My job includes branding, hr and admin work.
The branding work accounts for 50% and the hr work for 20% and the admin work for 30% but I really don’t want to do admin.

The branding work is also a challenge for me, I hate branding, there is only the choice to do HR. / Hr is the only logical choice.

He told me to let more persons to follow our account but he didn’t tell me how to do. So I have to find the method by myself, I really hate this. -> he asked me to get more followers for our account  / he asked me to grow our social media accounts but he lets me figure out how / without giving me any lead.

we now haven’t many programs -> we don’t have many programs
He wants me to find more clients / reach out to medical companies.

It is so complex and I can’t tolerate it / I can’t stand it

sometimes I have to submit the articles to other accounts that have more influence than us. / I try to get our articles published on big accounts to get more exposure

I can’t imagine that it comes in our lifetime.  / I didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

I have imagined it so I can accept it, I have read novels on the internet about fiction . -> it is something I have thought about a lot before / I read a lot about virtual worlds before. For example I read many web novels, many authors / writes describe virtual words and they are more advanced so I am not very surprised by what VR can do , I am just surprised that Apple could do this. / I am surprised they were able to produce it so quickly.

It depends on the competitors, the price that Apple announced might be reasonable because of the R&D cost

In the future I think it will change. Maybe it is good for the whole society but not for people who work.

For example in the past without wechat the leader could not contact me to add some work but now he can contact me anytime so I hate this, I don’t have my personal time.

I think we will be faster / I think it will increase our productivity

At the very beginning people enjoy the virtual world but after some time I worry that the nature will be exclusive place for privileged people

traveling is difficult for people who live in big cities.

I don’t like electric devices

I think the city electronic devices, the modern world/ cities make me tired and upset.  / I feel very tired being in a modern city.

I hate when people call me directly , you can send messages but don’t call me

They don’t like our job because they have to do cold calls

Vocabulary

electric (adj) using electricity
Tesla makes electric cars

electronic devices (n) phone / tablet / e-reader …/ gaming devices
You have to turn off the wifi of your electronic devices when you take a plane

worker (n) people doing manual jobs or working in factories
The factory had to lay off 10,000 workers

exclusive (adj) only for.. / only … is allowed
It is an exclusive product only for our VIPs

exclusivity (n) something available only on  / at a place
This product is a store exclusivity , you cannot buy it online

R&D (n) Research & development
Apple probably had a huge R&D budget for the vision pro

exposure (n) how many people see you or your content
I try to improve the exposure of our account

grow (an account) increase followers and reputation
He asked me to grow the company’s twitter account

follower (n) people who follow a social media account
We want to get more followers

get a foot in the door (expression) start to enter a new field / company
I joined with an assistant position, it was a way to get a foot in the door and then I was promoted