VIP Class Notes (Tibo)
Speaking exercise
I can’t celebrate my birthday with my colleagues and classmates.
It depends on my mood.
If I don’t want to be busy with work I just wanna own my own time -> have my own time
if I take a vacation I just want to hang out and go shopping and explore the new cities but sometimes I also work to meet my clients in that city.
If I just type a lot of words on the we chart I think it is better to meet face to face.
They will trust me more.
I meet them once a year.
don’t scale people by their looking -> don’t judge people by their appearance
some girls have sugar daddy and they will buy Maserati.
it is not convenient. It is more like 2 people dating.
It isn’t convenient because if I go shopping I can’t put my items into the car. / trunks.
It is cheaper than before because Tesla wants to have more advantage over their competitors .
They want to have a monopoly. / they want to have a dominant position in the Chinese market
Prada’s spokesperson is a superstar and actress. I think she is a second tier star but she has a lot of fans.
She attend a TV show with a guy at the end they broke up but before they broke up this girl went to the US with this guy to do a surgery.
She let other woman to be pregnant instead of her and this guy posted this thing on Weibo yesterday the Prada stock price went down sharply because this is illegal in china.
A lot of fans are disappointed.
She wants that woman to have an abortion but it is too late. she knows she can’t so she felt terrible to let a baby to come to this new world.
She doesn’t want to have this baby.
they delete their all articles about her.
I can’t celebrate my birthday with my colleagues and classmates.
It depends on my mood.
If I don’t want to be busy with work I just wanna have my own time / relax.
if I take a vacation I just want to hang out and go shopping and explore the new cities but sometimes I also work to meet my clients in that city. / sometimes I combine work and travel. I visit a city and meet a client at the same city. / I visit a city and plan a meeting with my client at the same time.
I think it is better to meet face to face than to type a lot of words on wechat
They will trust me more. / it helps build trust.
I meet them once a year.
don’t judge people by their appearance / how they look
some girls/sugar babies who have sugar daddies will get a Maserati.
it is not convenient. It is more suitable for 2 people dating.
It isn’t convenient because if I go shopping I can’t put my items/what I buy into the car. / trunks.
It is cheaper than before because Tesla wants to have an advantage over their competitors . / Tesla decided to lower the price to compete better.
They want to have a dominant position in the Chinese market
Prada’s spokesperson is a superstar and actress. I think she is a second tier star but she has a lot of fans.
She attended a TV show with a guy and at the end they broke up but before they broke up this girl went to the US with this guy and had a surgery.
She found a surrogate mother and this guy posted about it / posted the scandal on Weibo yesterday. Prada’s stock price went down sharply /plummeted / collapsed because this is illegal in china.
A lot of fans were disappointed.
She wants that woman to have an abortion but it is too late. she knows she can’t so she felt terrible to let a baby to come to this new world. / be born
She doesn’t want to have this baby.
they deleted all their articles about her. / they deleted everything connecting them with her
Vocabulary
gigolo (n) : young man who gets paid to be with rich partners
Tom became a gigolo after losing his job
feminine (adj) girlish
He acts in a feminine way
religious (adj) believing in god
Tom is very religious , he goes to church every week end
figure (n) body shape
She decided to go to the gym to improve her figure
arrogant (adj)too self confident
She had a very arrogant attitude
surrogate mother (n) having another woman carry your baby
She went to the US to find a surrogate mother
black market (n) : illegal selling and buying
He bought drugs on the black market
to abort (v) stop a pregnancy / stop something before the normal end
She decided to abort
The product was not ready so we decided to abort and reschedule the launch.
abortion (n)
She decide to have an abortion
traffic (n) 流量
She posted on her Weibo and it generated a lot of traffic on the brand’s website
dominant (adj)most powerful
Microsoft of the dominant OS maker
trunks (n) : storage space at the back of the car
Tesla have big trunks
notification (n) message about
I received a notification
income (n) : money received (regularly)
He has a high income
scale (n) grading system
The chart has a scale of 1:1,000,000
I use the log scale
to scale (v) : to expend / grow
this system works great with a small team but I am afraid it won’t be able to scale as we get bigger
We used to be a small team with only 1 office in SH but we realized we needed to open offices in BJ and SZ to scale the business
subsidiary (n) subordinate company
We opened a subsidiary in Suzhou
subsidy (n) money given by the government to help an industry or business
The government is giving subsidies
appearance (n) look
electric (adj) using electricity
I bought an electric car
electronic(adj) digital / on computer
I have an electronic receipt
model (n) : range of product
They have different models for different target customers
(car) plate (n) number for a car
You cannot drive in Shanghai unless you have a Shanghainese car plate
Grammar
ban someone from doing something
The government banned driver from other cities from driving in Shanghai on weekdays .
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