Double F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Original

Maybe sometimes I do because something can’t be explained such as some accident which happened incidentally. Maybe sometimes I don’t believe because I think human can change a lot of things by their efforts, but for some older people such as my parents, my grandfather, they believe something has already confirmed by the God, such as how long they can live, how much money they can earn, even how much children they would have. Such like today is the day for the higher education entrance exam I remember before the exam I also believed I can decide final result by myself, but at the moment which we were waiting for the final result, I always cherished and hopes that the God can give me a better exam. Maybe many years ago I can agree with your opinion but now maybe it’s different. At the time I joined the exam if you failed it means you will lose a lot such as good job in the future, good life, even good wife, but now it’s different, you have a lot of different channels to achieve the goal.

Corrected 

Maybe sometimes I do because some things can’t be explained such as some accidents which happened incidentally. Maybe sometimes I don’t believe because I think humans can change a lot of things by their efforts, but for some older people such as my parents, my grandfather, they believe things have already been confirmed by the Gods / God, such as how long they would live, how much money they would earn, even how many children they would have. Such like today is the day for the higher education entrance exam I remember before the exam I also believed I could  the final result by myself, but at the moment which we were waiting for the final result, I always cherished and hoped that the Gods could give me a better result. Maybe many years ago I would agree with your opinion but now maybe it’s different. At the time I took the exam if you failed it meant you would lose a lot such as a good job in the future, a good life, or even a good wife, but now it’s different, you have a lot of different channels to achieve your goals.

Original

I think maybe God is a place where you can release your pressure because something maybe you can’t talk to any others and you will feel uncomfortable, if you can have a channel to talk it’s a very safe channel, to help you release your pressure, and on the other hand I think maybe human should have a things to fear, it can help you to avoid doing some wrong things. In China the most people believe buddhism especially as some senior manager in our company, they use buddhism to make them peaceful. They think believe them they can get peaceful. When of our senior manager has come to a very remote mountain with a very famous master in Buddhism. Because when we were young we had a lot of channel to learn the new things and we had the opportunity to know a lot of western culture and some science and technology. So I think if you get more knowledge and more new concept, you will not believe the God.

Corrected 

I think maybe God is a place where you can release your pressure / get relief because sometimes maybe you can’t talk to any others and you will feel uncomfortable, if you can have a channel to talk it’s a very safe channel, to help you release your pressure, and on the other hand I think maybe humans should have things to fear, it can help you to avoid doing some wrong things / can help you avoid bad behaviors. In China the most people believe in buddhism especially as some senior managers in our company, they [practice] buddhism to make them feel peaceful. They think if you believe in them then you can get inner peace. One of our senior managers went to a very remote mountain with a very famous master of Buddhism. Because when we were young we had a lot of channels to learn the new things and we had the  opportunities to know a lot of western culture and advanced science and technology. So I think if you [acquire] more knowledge and more new concepts, which will make you not believe in the God.

Grammar

at that moment – telling a specific story with a specific example
at that time – one point in the past
at the time – general

people practice religion
what faith / religion do you practice?

Remove the word “THE” – make the noun plural
e.g. We had opportunities.

many friends of me – many friend of mine – many of my friends

I worked for two companies 

so I never experienced a small company

Vocabulary

devout – 虔诚
e.g. Nicholas’ mother is a devout Christian.

moral compass
e.g. Sometimes religion is good because it gives children a strong moral compass.

placebo effect
e.g. Sometimes patients will get well, even if they receive fake medicine – this is the placebo effect at work!

“happy wife, happy life”

bridge the gap – 
e.g. If a company wants a result from an employee, but the employee doesn’t have the required skills, there exists a gap, so the company needs to bridge that gap through training.

“it’s a numbers game” – sometimes it’s not the quality of your attempt, it’s how many attempts
e.g. If you make cold calls eventually some will say “yes”, and if 1% say yes, but if you make 1,000 calls a day, you will have some success, so it’s a number game.
e.g. The more calls you make, the more success you will have.

leverage – use

hungry – ambition – to be ambitious
e.g. I like young professionals that have a PHD (poor, hungry, determined).

soft skills = people skills = EQ