VIP Class Notes (Phoebe)

Make a sentence with each word from the vocabulary and grammar sections.

Write your opinions on what Tesla team should do in terms of technology and public relationships about the accidents with braking system of Tesla recently.

Original:

I saw a video on TikTok, a blogger says it is different from fuel cars, because it starts quickly. When you brake the car, the system automatically differ… You drive the car low speed, maybe the system happens wrongly. The car don’t recognise you stop the car… The team should teach customers how to drive the car, now in their shops there is a professional employee, I think they can upload some videos about driving Tesla. Chinese CEO is 直率, she said drivers can drive Tesla correctly, they need to train the car, then they 雇佣 some bloggers to say the car is good online. I think she could be 委婉, I think she is not a public person.

With corrections:

I saw a video on TikTok, a blogger says said it is was different from fuel cars, because it starts started quickly. When you brake the car, the system automatically differ… differentiate between energy recycling and braking. When You you drive the car at low speed, maybe the system cannot differentiate between two/cannot function correctly happens wrongly. The car don’t doesn’t recognise that you want to stop the car, instead the car system recognised it as energy recovery situation.  The team should teach customers how to drive the car, now in their shops every/each Tesla shop there is a professional employee, I think they can upload some videos about driving Tesla cars. The Chinese CEO is 直率 straightforward, she said drivers were capable of driving Tesla cars can drive Tesla correctly, as long as they were trained in advance need to train the car, then they hired some bloggers to say the car is good online there was nothing wrong with the cars online. I think she could be more subtle, I think she is not a public person I don’t think she is very good at dealing with public relations.

The EU is set to unveil detailed plans for a bloc-wide digital wallet on Wednesday following requests from member states to find a safe way for citizens to access public and private services online.

The digital wallet would securely store payment details and passwords and allow citizens from all 27 countries to log into local government websites or pay utility bills using a single recognised identity, sources said.

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Using the wallet was not compulsory, those involved said, but citizens who chose to sign up would benefit from an extra-secure digital ecosystem and greater flexibility ideal for post-pandemic life.

Vocabulary

differ v.

A differs from B =  A and B are different

differentiate v. 

differentiate A from B/different between A and B

brake v. /n.

brake (v) the car

put on the brake (n.)

instead 取而代之地是

straightforward adj.

subtle adj. 委婉、不直接 euphemistic

reserved adj. 内敛的，矜持的

in advance/beforehand

deal with/cope with

I can deal/cope with this task/those people.

post-COVID: after COVID

pre-COVID: before COVID happened

utility bills 公共设施账单（电费、水费……）

vault n. 保险箱、保险库

Grammar

be capable of doing sth

He is capable of fixing the car.

as long as

As long as you finish the homework, I will hang out with you/I will buy something for you.

while

I was watching TV while reading a book/while I was reading a book.

When I was watching TV, I was also reading a book.

As I was watching TV, I also read a book/I was also reading a book.

instead adv.        instead of sth

We didn’t go to cinema, instead we stayed at home.

Instead of going to cinema, we stayed at home.

we did sth…. following + n. 

(n. happened after we did sth as a result)

Pronunciation

private

securely

compulsory