Online Class Notes (Tibo) (S)

actually I have worked from home for over 1 month.  Today is the second time I went outside. Our office is not fully resumed so the work arrangement is on rotation basis. Team 1 and team 2. this week team 1 worked worked in the office and we switch next week.
It can lower the risk for all the people got the disease for the worst case.
If unfortunately one team got the disease it is still safe for the operation.

There are some technical problems at the beginning for the first 2-3 weeks but our IT colleagues worked hard to resolve them and now.
this is the good side.
but this is not so efficient for work because you cannot see other colleagues it is inefficient to discussing or communicate stuff with others.
We have a lecture in the end f march and the economic of our bank with have a talk.
Especially for traveling, restaurants and some manufacturing. People are not encouraged to go outside so a lot of consuming activities are declining sharply.

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Actually I have been working from home for over 1 month.  Today is the second time I went outside. Our office did not fully resume normal operations / is not fully operational  so the work arrangement is on a rotation basis. Team 1 and team 2. this week team 1 worked in the office and we switch next week.
It can lower the risk of all the people getting the disease in the worst case. / in the worst scenario
If unfortunately one team get the disease the company can still operate.

There were some technical problems at the beginning for the first 2-3 weeks but our IT colleagues worked hard to resolve them and now its ok.
this is the good side. / advantage / positive / plus
but this is not so efficient for work because you cannot see other colleagues it is inefficient to discuss or communicate stuff with others.
We have a lecture in the end of march and the economist of our bank with have a talk. / deliver a presentation

Especially for  the traveling, food and manufacturing industry.
People are not encouraged to go outside so a lot of consuming activities are declining sharply.

Vocabulary

plus (n) : advantage
I have more freedom when I work from home this is a plus.

to discourage : (opposite of encourage)
people are discouraged to go outside.

economist (n) : person who knows a lot about the economy
The economist will give a presentation about the situation

investiture : inauguration  / event to celebrate someone taking functions
Many people were invited to the investiture of the new Pope.

to turn down : refuse
I turned down the offer

to play down  : to make something seem not important / minimize
The government played down the seriousness of the situation

spark (n) : small fire particle
I used rocks to make sparks and start a fire.

to spark : to start / lead to
The news of the virus sparked fear among the population

speculation: thinking about how something will change in the future.
There is too much speculation around the price of bitcoins, and it changes very rapidly

to speculate (v) : estimate / guess
He decided to buy gold because he speculated the price of gold would go up.

density : how packed something is
population density is higher in China than in the US.

medal (n) 🥇 : something you give to a winner
he won the gold medal in the race.