VIP Class Notes (Vicki)
Vocabulary
collaboration – lian ming
contract – he tong
The contract is in progress.
be in charge
worst
failure – shi bai
serum – jing hua
sales quantity – xiao liao
commission – ti cheng
object – mu di
overstepped – jie ru
in a mess – hun luan
vendor – jing xiao shang
category – hang ye
branch (noun.) – the arm of a tree
branch (v.) – fen zhi
branch out – going to a different direction
manufacturer – the person or the company to make the product
previous – last one
previously –
giant (adj.) – huge
giant (noun.) – a very big company that dominates the industry
dominate – tong zhi
construction worker – jian zhu gong ren
emerge – to appear
pharmacy (noun.) – yao dian
pharmaceutical (adj.) – zhi yao de
nasal (adj.) – nose
lone wolf – someone who does not like to social
Reading
A businessman who sells bottled water is now the richest man in China. The business magazine Bloomberg named Mr Zhong Shanshan as China’s richest man in its latest Billionaires Index. The magazine said Mr Zhong is worth over $58 billion. This makes him $2 billion richer than the previous number one, Jack Ma. Mr Ma founded the retail Internet giant Alibaba. Mr Zhong made his wealth from his Nongfu Spring bottled water company. He then branched out into making vaccines. He is the chairman of a vaccine manufacturer called the Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy. Mr Zhong is now 17th on the global rich list. It seems that he will move up that list in the future.
Zhong Shanshan, 66, was a construction worker before he got into business. He started his Nongfu Spring company in 1996. This was just as China’s market for bottled water was emerging. Bottled water is now a huge industry in China. Most people who live in China prefer drinking bottled water to tap water for health reasons. They prefer not to trust tap water. Zhong’s pharmaceutical company is also helping in the fight against COVID-19. It is developing a nasal-spray vaccine with the help of researchers from a top university. Chinese media call Mr Zhong a “lone wolf” because he is rarely seen in public. He rarely gives interviews and he likes to keep himself to himself.
Pronunciation
billionaire [billion n air]
vaccine [vak sing]
pharmaceutical [far ma sue tea call]
Homework
Review the vocab and write one sentence for each word
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