VIP Class Notes (Tony)

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Reading practice, find a suitable article.

~~oral~~ warning ~~notice~~ – verbal warning

invincible – can not be hurt or damaged, like Superman

eg: Are the managers invincible, or can they be punished too?

eg: He’s the CEO son, we can’t fire him, he is basically invincible.

eg: No, they are not invincible, if it’s our factory, if they continue to do a bad job, they could be fired.

retention rate – how long people stay at the company

eg: Our company has really high retention rate.

turnover rate – how often people get fired or quit

eg: Our turnover rate is basically zero.

sensitive topic – something you think people shouldn’t talk about

eg: That’s kind of a sensitive topic.

eg: I’d rather not talk about that. It’s a sensitive topic.

had to put up with – forced to tolerate a bad situation or rude person

eg: They had to put up with some rude staff at the factory.

elderly – a polite way to say old person

eg: We should all respect the elderly.

assumptions – a strong guess

eg: Don’t make assumptions, just ask.

Jeff Bezos is the CEO of Amazon, and one of the richest people in the world.

what exciting news(N.) (uncountable)

a news(ADJ) article

~~a piece of news~~

some news

did you see the news (N)

Luckily we‘ve never had to fire any managers.

we have a big order that’s supposed to ship go to travel abroad.

THE – Don’t use THE for names

~~The~~ danielle

~~the~~ amazon

~~the~~ microsoft

Exceptions:

1. use the name as ADJ for another N.

The microsoft (ADJ) internship.

2. if THE is part of it’s name.

eg: The great wall. The Grand Canyon. The Statue of Liberty.