F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

Shanghai is the New York of China.

Seoul is the Tokyo of Korea.

CEO – Chief Executive Officer (Head Boss)

CFO – Chief Financial Officer (Finance)

COO – Chief Operations Officer (Admin)

CTO – Chief Technology Officer (IT Stuff)

questionable – to give doubt

eg: I wouldn’t eat at a questionable restaurant.

counsel – some advice, especially from a lawyer or professional

eg: You need to seek legal counsel for that kind of thing.

data – information gathered from measurements or tests

eg: If they didn’t include the empirical data, we can’t rely on the test results, because there is not enough information.

Homework to find the correct synonyms for any five words;
1. The app can match people with others they are most likely to find attractive(engaging/propossessing).
2. Asma Mirza is the company’s chief(head/foreperson/commander) and co-creator.
3. It’s still very controversial(contentious/dubious/questionable/arguable) as to whether humans can even do this.
4. There’s really very little science into whether it would help us predict(foresee/forecast/anticipate/envision?) mates.
5. They note that the app does not only look at genetic information(data/report/counsel?).

Simple summary of the article;
The company named Pheramor launched a new dating app using people’s genetic to help matching mate. They said there are 11 genetic markers based on different pheremones of peoples and the app system uses those markers to find potential matches. However, some of biologic experts noticed that there are not enough scentific evidences to prove whether pheremones can help us predict mates or not. The app creators disputed critics that they look at not only genetic informations but also users’ social media activities to check their interest and its algorithm helps users to find proper mate effieciently.

Homework to find the correct synonyms for any five words:

1. The app can match people with others they are most likely to find attractive(engaging/propossessing).
2. Asma Mirza is the company’s chief(head/foreperson/commander) and co-creator.
3. It’s still very controversial(contentious/dubious/questionable/arguable) as to whether humans can even do this.
4. There’s really very little science into whether it would help us predict (foresee/forecast/anticipate/envision) mates.    /   Forecast your matches, before you match them.   She anticipated good matches, but only got bad ones.
5. They note that the app does not only look at genetic information(data/report/counsel?).

Simple summary of the article;
The company named Pheramor launched a new dating app using people’s genetic info to help match mates. They said there are 11 genetic markers based on different pheremones of people and the app system uses those markers to find potential matches. However, some biology experts noticed that there is not enough scientific evidence to prove whether pheromones can help us predict who our mates will be or not. The app creators disputed critics that they look at not only genetic information but also users’ social media activity to check their interests and it‘s algorithm helps users find proper mates efficiently.