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1 自动驾驶汽车self-driving car
2 无人机drone
3 极大地改善了生活质量greatly improve life of quality
4 弹性工作制a flexitime/flextime system
5 机器人robot
6 在线学习online learning
7 有效减少压力effectively reduce stress
8 咨询服务counseling service
9 身心健康physical and mental health
10 固定fixed
11 朝九晚五的工作a nine-to-five job
12 实现工作和生活很好的平衡achieve good work-life balance


When we say getting a counseling service, we often refer to the emotional or health problem.If it is related to finance, for example, we usually say consulting service.
Use the vocab in your own sentence.[呲牙] Lisa already started it.
under great/heavy (not big) stress; side/sad 
advanced technology  先进的技术
work flextime 弹性工作
quality of life
group dynamics 
collaboration
pedestrian 行人


1)     Well, I think _______ carry out a survey, find out why the staff are so stressed…
2)     I have another idea. ________ we encourage staff to keep fit? _____ paying their subscription to a gym?
We should do
Why don't we do...?
How about doing?
subscription: an amount of money that you pay regularly in orderto be a member of an organization or a club (俱乐部)会员 订阅费
subscribe to our magazine 订阅我们的杂志
We could hire more staff for them, give them an assistant. You know, some of them even work at the weekend. How about banning staff from working at weekends - that'd solve the problem. That’d have more time to relax then, wouldn't they?
ban someone from doing sth
禁止某人做某事
4)   Well, it might be a ______________ to set up a counselling service …
 it might be a good idea to set up a counselling service...
use it when you give suggestions with a soft and indirect tone
5) ___________ meet tomorrow, same time, and try to come up with a plan 
Mm, I think this needs further thought. Let's meet tomorrow, same time, and try to come up with a plan to improve the staff’s health and fitness. 
I'm afraid this might need further thought. 恐怕这还得需要再想一想
come up with a plan = think of a plan
One indirect way to show your disagreement:
 I think this needs further thought.