VIP Class Notes (Tibo) (S)

Speaking exercise

I will increase the salary for the employees to increase productivity.
you have a step by step increase bonus based on the KPI.

set the KPI they have to check in on time and a bonus

social campaign that is not my job, I am not in charge of this
I do the inside promotion, they do the outside promotion. I will focus on the platform and the sales results, sales revenue.
They will focus on social media and the new users

the key point is wether I interested in this case.
I prefer to have more freedom in my work. / autonomy

at our age we are worried about a lot. We have no confidence we worried and we will be shy.
I bought a apartment, I borrowed a lot of money from the bank so I worry about this and I have a wife and a family so I am worried about losing a job.
I have to support them so sometimes I don’t think marriage is the best for life but it happens. I can’t go back so I should move on so I have a lot of pressure.
at my age we are the only child of my parents and they are old and I have my family and mothers and fathers from each side.

in our parent’s mindset they think marriage is the most important thing in our life. One time my father told me when you married after you have a son I can close my eyes. So both my parents had cancer.
She never questions me but she is too easygoing. She always forgets her things / she often loses things because she doesn’t pay attention.

we always say dating is very difficult but I think marriage is much more difficult than dating.

they said you are born in Shanghai you are lucky because you have a house from the beginning and then I will refute  because if you don’t like the city you can go home. if you cannot make more money you can go back to your own city but if I don’t like this city I have to stay here because my life is here.
some of my friends they don’t study well and have a low salary they cannot go back their life is here. They even cannot get married.

I felt the same way before but I think it is segments. it is step by step, if you want to improve the city first you should make sure others understand what the priority of the money or how important money is.
we have no better way. Everything has the good sides and bad sides.

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I will increase the salary for/of the employees to increase/boost productivity.
you have a step by step increase bonus based on the KPI. / your bonus will increase step by step based on your KPI

we set the KPI and they have to check in on time.
social campaign that is not my job, I am not in charge of this  / they are in charge of this
I do the inside promotion, they do the outside promotion. I will focus on the platforms and the sales results, sales revenues.
They will focus on social media and new users acquisition

the key point is wether I am interested in this case.
I prefer to have more freedom in my work. / autonomy
I don’t like boring jobs / repetitive jobs.

at our age we are worried about a lot. We have no confidence we are worried and we will be shy.
I bought a apartment, I borrowed a lot of money from the bank / I took a loan so I worry about this and I have a wife and a family so I am worried about losing my job.
I have to support them so sometimes I don’t think marriage is the best for life but it happens. I can’t go back so I should move on and that gives me a lot of pressure.
at my age we are the only child in our families and they are old and I have my family and mothers and fathers from each side.

in our parent’s mindset  marriage is the most important thing in our life. One time my father told me after you get married and have a son I can close my eyes peacefully and both my parents had cancer.
She never questions me but she is too easygoing. She always forgets her things / she often loses things because she doesn’t pay attention.

we always say dating is very difficult but I think marriage is much more difficult than dating.

they said /think you are born in Shanghai you are lucky because you have a house from the beginning / you have a head start because you have a house and then I will refute because if you don’t like the city you can go home. if you cannot make more money you can go back to your own city but if I don’t like this city I have to stay here because my life is here.
some of my friends they didn’t study well and have a low salary they cannot go back because / as their life is here. They even cannot get married.

I felt the same way before but I think it is step by step / it takes time  if you want to improve the city first you should make sure others understand what the priority is.

we have no better way. Everything has advantages and disadvantages

Vocabulary

appropriate (adj) suitable
it is not appropriate to do that

head start (n) : starting from a better position in a race
He had a head start because his family was very rich

to question (v) interrogate
I was questioned by the police about the issue in the factory

to influence (v) change by a little
If I can influence the people around me that’s enough

authoritative (adj) Using authority very much
My boss is too authoritative

to refute (v) say something is not true
He refuted the argument of the salesman

rational (adj) 理性
It is a rational purchase

emotional (adj) 感性
A car is an emotional purchase

to allocate (v)distribute
we need to allocate money in the most efficient way

repetitive (adj)
I don’t like repetitive jobs / tasks

liable (adj) responsible
is a driver liable for an accident caused by the autonomous driving system?

liability (n)
(LLC) limited liability company

founder (n) the one creating the company
Steve jobs is one of the founders of apple.

contract (n)  合同
I signed a contract with the supplier

commission (n) payment % based on a sales value
Sellers get a commission on each sale

clause / provision (n) 条款
We added a clause in the contract to specify how the bonus is to be given

to acquire (v) obtain / get
We need to acquire data about our buyers

acquisition (n)
new user acquisition was our priority at the beginning

incentive (n) a thing done to motivate
We had an incentive to boost new user acquisition

to boost (v) : increase suddenly
we tried to boost productivity by offering a higher bonus

to incentivize (v)
We incentivized people to repost our ad on their WeChat moments by giving 10 iPhones to the winners.

to check in (v)  打卡
I checked in late this morning

productive (adj)

autonomy (n) 自治
kids don’t have autonomy they depend on their parents

original (adj) : from the manufacturer / from the company making it
I use the original tires with my car

third party (adj) : from another company / maker
We do not recommend using third party tires

autonomous (adj) driving
Autonomous driving is the future of cars