Your Next Hotel Room May be Smarter Than You

InterContinental Hotels has teamed up (объединились)  with Baidu to create Smart Rooms fueled by artificial (искусственный) intelligence. The rooms don’t require an app or a special button. Instead guests at InterContinental Beijing Sanlitun and InterContinental Guangzhou Exhibition Centre can do things like tell their room they are “going to sleep,” and the room will recognize…

Business Communication Skills Tip

Business Etiquette Tips for Cell Phone Users in the Workplace. Tip #2: Take Personal Calls in a Private Place Hearing someone talk loudly on a cell phone, especially about personal business is distracting and discourteous to coworkers trying to do their jobs. It’s best to go to an empty conference room or other private location…

Grammar Tip

How to Use First Conditional Sentences First conditional sentences are used to express situations in which the outcome is likely (but not guaranteed) to happen in the future. Look at the examples below:Example: If you rest, you will feel better. – Если ты отдохнешь, то почувствуешь себя лучше.Example: If you set your mind to a…

Clumsy (adj.)

Today’s Word of the Day is: “clumsy” (adj.) Transcription: [klʌm.zi] Translation: неуклюжий, бестактный Meaning: A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way Example: I’m sorry about spilling your wine — that was very clumsy of me.- Прости, что пролил твоё вино — это было очень неуклюже с…