Journal

Question 1

Autonomous cars are one of the hottest issues these days

Answer 1

Autonomous cars are one of the hottest issues in society today.

Question 2

Many IT and automotive companies invest a substantial amount of money to develop them.

Answer 2

Many IT and automotive companies invest a substantial amount of money in developing them.

• invest…in ~ing

Question 3

Some researchers said fully driverless cars will be launched within 10 years.

Answer 3

Some researchers have said fully driverless cars will be launched within 10 years.

• Some이 문장 맨 앞에서 사용시, negative 한 느낌을 줄 수 있음. 따라서 사용 시에 주의. 단, have p.p 를 함께 사용하면 negative 한 느낌이 줄어듬

Question 4

My research topic is fairly close to them.

Answer 4

My research topic is fairly close to the issue of driverless cars.

Question 5

I have a little bit different view in a way of getting the goal.

Answer 5

I have a different view about getting to the goal.

Question 6

I watched one of the Ted talks to practice my English listening

Answer 6

I watched a Ted talk to practice my English listening

Question 7

He pretended drivers are a type of bug in his talk.

Answer 7

He pretended that drivers are a type of “bugs” in his research.

Question 8

As the director said in the talk, driver assistant systems might have some limitations to avoid all kinds of accidents because the system include one of the biggest unknown factors, the driver.

Answer 8

As the director said in the talk, driver assistant systems might have a few limitations in avoiding all kinds of accidents because the systems include one of the biggest unknown factors - the driver.

Question 9

Even if autonomous cars are evaluated in all of environments without any safety concern, I’m sure that there still exist people who want to drive for themselves.

Answer 9

Even if autonomous cars are evaluated in all environments without any safety concerns, I’m sure that there still exist people who want to drive for themselves.

Question 10

Therefore, even if developing driverless cars, researchers really need to care of humans in the system, not a bug.

Answer 10

Therefore, even when developing driverless cars, researchers really need to consider humans in the system, and not think of them as bugs.

• even if (future/maybe)
• even though (past/already happend)
• even when (present / general idea)

Question 11

If not, we need to incur heavy expenses to resolve the problems.

Answer 11

If not, we cannot avoid incurring heavy expenses to resolve the problems.

(If we do not factor human into the design of driverless cars, it could cost excess time and money in the long run.)

(If we do not factor human into the design of driverless cars, the omission could waste unnecessary time and money spent on solving the fallout later on.)

Question 12

I think I prefer slow rhythm to fast.

Answer 12

I think I prefer slow rhythms to fast.

Question 13

It seems that music resolve my problems and help me to be back to my work.

Answer 13

It seems that music resolves my problems and helps me get back to my work.

Question 14

music has no boarder line.

Answer 14

music has no boarders.

Question 15

Many people are not sure what the goal of their life is.

Answer 15

Many people are not sure what the goals of their lives are.

Question 16

I also ask myself the question: what I really need to care of in my life?

Answer 16

I also ask myself the question: what do I really need to care about in my life?

take care of somebody/something/yourself (=>care : noun)

1 to care for somebody/something/yourself; to be careful about something

• Who’s taking care of the children while you’re away?

2 to be responsible for or to deal with a situation or task

• Don’t worry about the travel arrangements. They’re all being taken care of.

care about something (=>care : verb)

1. to feel that something is important and worth worrying about
   * She cares deeply about environmental issues.
2. care (about somebody) to like or love somebody and worry about what happens to them
   * He genuinely cares about his employees.

Question 17

I’m still looking for answers for the question, but currently I’m more confused in the direction of life.

Answer 17

I’m still looking for answers to the question, but currently I’m more confused about the direction of life.

Question 18

After meeting with them, I set my quals date and time.

Answer 18

After meeting with them, I set the date and time for my quals.

Question 19

It was really hard to make the time that all committee members satisfy.

Answer 19

It was really hard to find a time that all committee members could agree upon.

Question 20

Normally, if three of them agree with a time, then one of them reply that he cannot make it.

Answer 20

If three of them could do a particular day and time, then one of them would reply that he could not make it.

Normally : 한번이 아닌 지난 번에도 몇 번, 이번에도 몇번 (=usually)

Question 21

This process was repeated, and it seriously bothered me.

Answer 21

I had to go through this many times, and it seriously bothered me.

Question 22

I almost gave up taking quals this semester.

Answer 22

I almost gave up on taking the quals this semester.

Question 23

Fortunately, as one of the faculty members changed his schedule that overlapped with a schedule of another committee member, I was finally able to set up my exam schedule.

Answer 23

Fortunately, because one of the faculty members changed his schedule, I was finally able to set up my exam.

Question 24

However, one of my friends in my lab don’t have set up her schedule since one of her committee members said that he would not be her quals committee members because he had already enough number of students who want to take quals from him.

Answer 24

However, one of my friends in my lab couldn’t set up her schedule since a professor she chose to be an her committee declined her request. He said that he had already too many sudents.

Question 25

So, I was unhappy.

Answer 25

So, I felt bad for her.

Question 26

Hopefully she can find other ways that she can take the exam.

Answer 26

Hopefully she can find other ways to take the exam.

Question 27

My M.S. thesis advisor came to Berkeley two days ago with his 10 students to have a workshop for collaboration with my lab.

Answer 27

My M.S. thesis advisor came to Berkeley two days ago with 10 of his students to have a workshop in collaboration with my lab.

Question 28

Actually, he is an alumni of my lab

Answer 28

Actually, he is an alumnus of my lab

Question 29

This workshop is one of the strategy of Hyundai motors that want to expand their research network to the world.

Answer 29

This workshop is a strategy of Hyundai motors; they want to expand their research by collaborating with international institutions.

Question 30

In the workshop, both UC Berkeley and SNU students gave a talk about their current researches and discussed how they can collaborate for improving their research.

Answer 30

In the workshop, both UC Berkeley and SNU students gave talks about their current research and discussed how to improve their research.

research는 항상 단수

Question 31

most of them was already implemented in the real car.

Answer 31

most of them was already implemented in real cars as opposed to simulation.

Question 32

Not only knowledge itself to answer to questions will be important, but also fluency in English to explain the knowledge in efficient ways will be one of the vital properties in order to passing the exam.

Answer 32

I think that fluency in English is one of the most important parts of passing the exam in addition to(equal to) the knowledge itself.

: basic strucure 가 더 make sense 함 (복잡한 구조가 글을 wierd하게 만들 확률이 높음)

Cyndi 문장 (참고): Though having the knowledge itself is important for the quals, of equal importance is demonstrating fluency in English

or

In the quals, possessing knowledge is very important. Of equal importance, however, is having fluency in English.

Question 34

Currently I spend most my time to prepare for my quals.

Answer 34

Currently I spend most of my time to prepareing for my quals.

Question 35

The reason might be that it’s tricky to well organize stuffs as increasing the number of topics that I need to care of.

Answer 35

The reason might be that it’s tricky to organize stuff well as the number of topics that I need to cover has increased.

stuff : 항상 단수

take care of (O) / care of (X)

Question 36

Nevertheless, I tend to be hurry to finish studying course work as soon as possible

Answer 36

Nevertheless, I tend to be too hurried in my approach to the material. (or I want to finish studying as soon as possible, and this makes me feel pressured and uncomfortable)

Question 37

I think I need to keep studying without impatience.

Answer 37

I think I need to keep studying without impatience.

(=keep studying with more patience)