VIP Class Notes (Raph)[S][R]

Vocabulary

Privacy (n): 1- someone’s right to keep their personal matters and relationships secret. 2- the state of being alone.
E.g.: The new law is here to protect people’s privacy.
E.g.: ​I hate sharing a bedroom – I never get any privacy.

Reliable (adj): 1- Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way you expect.
E.g.: ​Is your watch reliable?
E.g.: You can never get reliable information about the government from the government.
E.g.: ​Mark is very reliable – if he says he’ll do something, he’ll do it.

Disaster (n): 1- an event that results in great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty.
E.g.: ​It would be a disaster for me if I lost my job.
E.g.: ​This is one of the worst natural disasters ever to happen in this area.

Original:

Last time I went to American, to there with some business for my company. We attended a one start-up in PNP on Sunny Valley. When my touch the American people, I found a lot of different from Chinese people. Example for they worked happily and they can bring their dog or cat to office. Family was important to American people, and they can put down their work if family needs there. But in China so many Chinese people think the work is number one, and put the work before family.

Edited:

Last time I went to America, I was there for some business for my company / I was on a business trip. We visited a start-up in PNP on Sunny Valley. When communicating / interacting with American people, I found a lot of differences between them and Chinese people. For example, they work happily / they have a happy work environment and they can bring their dogs or cats / pets to the office. Family is also very important to American people, and they can leave their work if their family needs them. But in China so many people think that work is number one, and put the work before family.

Amazon Alexa to Answer Questions On Health
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1907/190712-alexa.html)

Technology has taken another step in helping us with our healthcare. We can now ask the digital device Alexa for advice if we are worried about our health. Alexa is a virtual assistant created by the website Amazon.com. It is capable of listening to people and answering their questions. As well as voice interaction capabilities, Alexa can make to-do lists, play music upon voice request, and give us the latest news. Now Alexa can answer our health queries. Amazon has linked up with the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK to add a health advice capability to the software. Alexa will be able to search the NHS website for information and find an answer that is agreed on by many health experts.Alexa’s new health advice capability has been met with a mixed response. The UK Health Secretary said: “Technology like this is a great example of how people can access reliable, world-leading advice from the comfort of their home, reducing the pressure on our hardworking doctors and pharmacists.” He added: “We want to empower every patient to take better control of their healthcare.” Other people say we need to be careful about trusting the advice of a piece of software. They say we must go to a human doctor if we have serious health problems. Other people are concerned about privacy. The group Big Brother Watch is worried about hacking. It said: “It’s a data protection disaster waiting to happen.”

Pronunciation

Primary: /ˈpraɪ.mer.i/

Private: /ˈpraɪ.vət/

Privacy/ˈpraɪ.və.si/

Elementary: /ˌel.əˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/

Tuition: /ˈtu.ee.shen/

Secretary: /ˈsek.rə.ter.i/

Pressure: /ˈpreʃ.ɚ//pre.shur/

Empower: /im.pau.er/