VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)
only we three / only the three of us
Pronunciation
catastrophe / KUH-TAS-TRUH-FEE
e.g. The trip was a catastrophe. (NOUN)
catastrophic / KAH-TIS-STROFIC
e.g. The trip was catastrophic. (ADJ)
Vocabulary
ride sharing / DiDi / Kuaidi / Uber
Aggregate / To add all together
e.g. The data is aggregated by a sophistiated alogoritihm.
candidly / 坦率
He talks to his customers and audience very candidly on Twitter.
e.g. to be candid vs. to act candidly
polarizing / extreme / you either love him or you hate him/her/thing.
e.g. Obama is a very polarizing figure.
socially awkward / social awkwardness / smart person, but they have difficulty with people
e.g. Elon Musk is intelligent but socially awkward.
he went rogue / he went crazy and acted independently by himself, and was not responsible to anyone
there’s a large chasm between the rich and the poor
incentivize vs. disincentive / encourage vs. discourage
e.g. We need to incentivize smart people to have more babies — give them money.
e.g. We need to disincentive stupid people from having big families.
cog in a wheel / you just play your role, don’t do anything special
e.g. Societies make people that are just cogs in a wheel.
stagnates / the growth is slow / stagnation
successors / the leaders that come after in business or government
descendants / the family members that come after you
we will reach a point-of-no-return / the point where you cannot go back, it’s a huge decision
Grammar
(company) his opponent is too strong / their opponents were too strong / the competition was too strong
was no good to both parties / didn’t benefit either party
“it begs the questions…” / I heard this information and thought of THIS question immediately
“Have you had this experience…”
What I talked about / What I mentioned
One of my experience / One of my experiences
extremely clever / extremely gifted
I agree with him / I share his sentiment
apply it to human / apply it to humans
e.g. The mad scientist went rogue.
the whole academic will abandon him / the whole academic community will abandon him
is so prosperous country / is such a prosperous country
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