VIP Class Notes (Ally)

The scientific method:  how to overcome current work difficulties?

Observations/problems:

1. I cannot join in/participate their conversations.
2. The way of looking to solve the problem is different for a doctor. (I didn’t execute the trials/procedures that strictly. I just followed general rules/guidelines.)

Vocabulary

OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

methodology: 方法论; (从事某一活动的)方法，原则

thorough: complete+careful
ie. Read the file thoroughly/ Skim through …

ramification: (众多复杂而又难以预料的)结果，后果

outliers: something not in the big group

say: 决定权; 发言权;

facilitate: 促进; 促使

favorable: 有利的; 赞许的; 顺利的; 令人愉快的; 讨人喜欢的 .. something you like
ie. I got a favorable response from my global team; we are a “go”/we can proceed.
ie. I think it’s more favorable to book the hotel in advance because it’s busy season in CBS.

precarious: 不稳定的; 危险的; 摇摇欲坠的; 不稳的; 不确定的; 不保险的; 不稳固的

doubt: huai yi + good thing
ie. I doubt your boss will be pleased.

skeptical: huai yi. skepticism
ie. I’m skeptical of your new boss.

Grammar

It is + noun
ie. It (substitute the thing) is a (thing) chair.
It is + adj
ie. It (environment, temp, feeling, vibe … something we can’t capture)’s warm.

They do some of our work.
Some of our work overlap. The boundaries are not very clear.

You don’t have much say in the trial.

there are outliers.

The trial is specifically for/designed for the patient who are refractory and relapsed from the first line treatment. If you don’t define them clearly, you would violate the criteria of the trial.

Observations/problems:

1. I cannot join in/participate their conversations.
2. The way of looking to solve the problem is different for a doctor. (I didn’t execute the trials/procedures that strictly. I just followed general rules/guidelines.)

The way that solve the problem as a scientist is different from …
The problem-solving methodology is different as a scientist than as a doctor.
The way to solve problems is different for a doctor than for a scientist.
The doctor’s methodology is different from that of a scientist/a scientist’s.

The people from America is more confident than those from China.
The tickets bought from the internet/online are cheaper than those from the movie theater.
The girl with blonde hair/in red is cleverer than the one with black hair/in black.

Before I enter the company, I know confidentiality.
Before I entered the company, I already knew/understood the meaning/importance/principle of confidentiality./knew that some internal operations were going to be confidential.

It’s a long time for me to adjust to the new env.
It took a long time for me to adjust to the new environment
It was hard for me to adjust to the new environment.
“I studied for 5 years. It was a long time”

“how are you doing?”
same old. still busy.
not too good … work is driving me nuts
just the usual.
good, how are you?

“long time no see”
It’s(It has) been so long.
I haven’t seen you in so long/forever.

Pronunciation

EXecute
ExeCUtion

compLIance