VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Ex Machina / Blade Runner 2049 with Ryan Gosling

Send in some business emails.

Email Closings

Thank you in advance for your quick response / for responding ASAP.

I look forward to working with you / meeting you

I look forward to hearing from you / your reply / your response / your email

Let me know if you have any questions / concerns / problems / issues / comments

Please contact me if you have any questions / Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions / Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions

Thank you for your help.

Please keep me in copy (CC) / copied / in the loop.

Please email NAME (copied) to follow this up / reply to NAME to discuss this further
eg. Please reply to the customer directly, but keep me in copy.

Vocabulary

colleague / co-worker

inconsiderate – rude – not thoughtful – unkind
e.g. The woman who asked to wash her clothes was inconsiderate of all the work you did.

internet – 互联网
keyboard warrior – people who only fight behind a computer
two-faced people

consciousness – 意识
e.g. Maybe one day AI or computers will achieve consciousness.

Pronunciation

clothes / clothing

Original

Last month we did an offsite meeting and we I prepared some team clothes before that meeting and my team mate had already known that I did this and she came to me and asked have we finished the clothes making yet, and I answered sure and I already put it into our hotel room, and you will see it when you arrive, and then out of my expectation she replied to me that “so we just put it on before we wash it?” so I didn’t know what to say but I said it’s a good question because I didn’t think it before and she reminded me, but nothing gonna change.

Corrected

Last month we did an offsite meeting and I prepared some team clothes before that meeting / beforehand and my team mate had already known that I did this / already knew this and she came to me and asked have we finished the making the clothes yet, and I answered sure and I have already / already put it into our hotel room, and you will see it when you arrive, and then to my surprise / she said something I didn’t expect she replied to me that “so we just put it on before washing it?” so I didn’t know what to say but I said it’s a good question because I didn’t think of it before / [I hadn’t considered it] and she reminded me, but nothing’s gonna change / but it’s too late.

Original

The government sure they controlling us – I think it’s great – because we don’t need to worry about there are lot of bad people and the internet like keyboard warriors but we still cannot express for free in China – maybe it’s good.

Corrected

The government sure they are controlling us – I think it’s great – because we don’t need to worry about if we post photos on social media and receive negative feedback. There are lot of bad people on the internet like keyboard warriors for example but we still cannot express freely in China – maybe it’s good.

Original

I think it would be dangerous but I think we should improve ourselves and try to not be replaced by them and I think its a good thing because there are lots of work like simple repeat actually we don’t need to do that and if we have some robots or AI technical we can get use of this. In other hand, you can fall in love with robots, it’s a good experience like those movies.

Corrected

I think it could be dangerous but I think we should improve ourselves and try to not be replaced by them and I think its a good thing because there are lots of jobs / tasks that are simple repeatable actually we don’t need to do that and if we have some robots or AI technology we can use them for this. On the other hand, you can fall in love with robots, it’s a good experience like those movies.

Grammar

but I begin from the last year October
I began last October
I started last October

I’m not a local people
I’m not a local person