VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

figure (sth) out
i.e I figured it out by myself.

problem/challenge/difficulty

urgent
i.e There is a huge fire, we need to put it down urgently.
i.e This is an urgent matter, I need you to come to the office immediately.

in a hurry

come up with
i.e My boss came up with a wonderful solution.

estimate – evaluate

respectively （adj)分别的
i.e They arrived here at 1pm and 3pm respectively.

work load 工作量

calculate – calculator – calculation
i.e My calculation is that this project will take 10 days.

recommend – recommendation

vocabulary (n)

lately, I have less work.
lately, I don’t have that much work.

This is client is not good,
this client is difficult/ they have really bad attitude.

They want a new function and they order us complete it in 2 month.
They wanted a new function and they requested/required it to be done in 2 months.

When I knew the requirements clearly, I ……that to be done over 2 months.
When I figured out the requirements, I estimated that it would take more than 2 months.

Then, I told the client it’s impossible, I can’t finish it in 2 months, but the client’s attitude was very strong.
Then, I told the client it’s impossible, there is now way that I can get it done in 2 months , and they wouldn’t give in.

The reason was their biz dep need to use the function ……
The reason was that their biz dep needed this function urgently.

I have no idea so I need to talk it with my engineer
I have no idea so I need to talk about it with my engineer

The dev M told me that we have risks to make it done in 2 months.
The dev M told me that there will be risks if we tried to get it done in 2 months.

But today, we had a new method to make it.
But today, we came up with a new solution.

Then we had an urgent meeting to discuss the solution.

BTW, the engineer include 3 parts: front… back-end, QA
BTW, there are 3 types/kinds of  engineers: front end, back end,  and QA

They estimated/evaluated the work load respectively.

finally we … the work load. We would take it in one and half month.
finally we calculated the work load and the conclusion was that it would take us a month and a half.

So I feel really good today.
That’s why I feel so good today.

Pronunciation

kind :  k ai in d

month

months

Grammar

go – went – gone

know – knew 

take 
sth take sb ___ time
i.e I go to the office would take 30 minutes.
i.e Going to the office would take me 30 minutes.

spend
sb spend ___ time on sth/doing sth
i.e I spend a lot of time learning English
i.e I spend a lot of time on English.

waste
i.e I wasted a lot time on explaining it.