English Diary — Sep 9, 2026 (语料：施靖宇 9/9 口述回顾)
英文版（地道自然，非逐字直译）
Today
The morning was spent on LH-related work — nothing crazy, just the usual.
In the afternoon, though, I was in a meeting from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Three hours. Man, that dragged on. But honestly, even though the meeting felt like it went on forever, it actually sparked a lot of ideas — I came away thinking about a bunch of things I could do. Then I lost all of them the second I left the room. Classic.
One idea that did stay with me: a software sample manager. We have different machines — template machines, lockstitchers, double-needle machines — and a lot of the software is shared across them. So the idea is to keep the common parts managed as one shared set, and pull out the machine-specific parts as separate items. The whole point is to always have the latest version of each software sample in one place, with a full history — V1, then V2, and so on — along with why it changed, what changed, when, any gotchas, and my test results. Since my weak spot is keeping tables updated (I never do), I'd want an AI agent to do the maintenance for me — I'd just hand it everything while it's still fresh in my mind, and it keeps the document straight. And if the boss ever wants it, I can export it to Excel so he can't even tell AI did the work.
That's one thing. The problem point record is a separate thing entirely — it's about how I answer and document issues. The chain for that is long: review the issue, update the problem point record, then mirror it into the instruction manual, the service manual, the software sample doc, and maybe the quality evaluation doc. Change one thing and you have to cascade it through five documents.
On the work side, I've been thinking about switching to a multi-dim table view in Feishu for tracking, and reworking how I log my day. The problem point record is a shared file that everyone edits, so I can't just move the whole thing into Feishu or I'd have to maintain it twice. Maybe I pull out the electrical-related problem points into a separate Feishu doc, and have AI diff the Feishu table against the Excel record and flag what's not synced — then I just paste it across.
Also: every time I write up a problem point, I keep getting called out for having no documentation — just two screenshots slapped on and done. So I need a template: problem → cause → full chain of evidence, showing the thinking, not just the result. What the boss actually cares about isn't the detail — it's the reassurance. Confirm nothing's broken, it won't delay the schedule, and I have a plan to recover. That's the security he wants.
Personal growth: I'm trying to get better at English, Japanese, and the electrical / hardware / software side, but it's slow going. I keep thinking I should lean on AI more for this — maybe somehow build a proper beginner-friendly, adaptive learning method out of it.
On English specifically, I watched a few videos today and picked up three methods: - i+1 (comprehensible input): read/listen to material that's just a little above what you already understand. Ideal in theory — hard to find in practice. AI could help match it. - The back-translation method: take English at your level, translate it to Chinese, then translate your Chinese back into English and compare with the original. It instantly exposes words and structures you thought you knew but actually didn't. - Chunked listening: stop parsing word by word; listen for how phrases actually sound when a native speaker says them at speed (with all the reduced sounds — 失去爆破/连读). Understand a sentence as a few chunks rather than word by word. Same logic applies to Japanese.
But all three assume you can already read English at a basic level. You can't skip vocabulary. So the plan is to grind through word lists. There's this book from 英语兔 — root/affix based, covering about 3,700 high-frequency words for the gaokao, ¥59, paper-only, no digital edition. It's a bit tedious since I can't click through a digital version, but honestly ¥59 is nothing — that's less than two Star Rail monthly passes, which I happily buy. No reason to penny-pinch on something this cost-effective.
Goal: chip away at it every day and hopefully see real progress in English within the next stretch.
地道表达速记（最值得背的 12 个）
| 表达 | 意思 | 怎么用 |
|---|---|---|
| That dragged on. | 太拖沓了（形容会议/过程冗长） | 比 "the meeting was very long" 自然得多 |
| Classic. | 老样子 / 果然如此 | 单字成句，遇到意料中的倒霉事自嘲 |
| lost them all the second I left | 一离开就全忘了 | "the second…" = as soon as，口语"一……就" |
| came away thinking about | 带着想法离开（会场） | 开会/听课结束 got great takeaways 的固定说法 |
| sparked a lot of ideas | 激发了很多想法 | spark = 点燃 |
| while it's still fresh in my mind | 趁还有印象 | 表达"趁热记录下来" |
| keeps the document straight | 把文档理清楚不乱 | keep … straight = 保持条理 |
| he can't even tell | 他根本分辨不出 | can't tell = 难以分辨，比 can't notice 地道 |
| cascade it through | 连锁牵动到各处 | 改一处 → 牵一发动全身，用 cascade（级联）极贴切 |
| slapped on | 随手贴上去 | two screenshots slapped on = 两张图一贴草草了事 |
| called out for | 被点名批评 | get called out for something = 当众被指出问题 |
| grind through / chip away at | 硬啃 / 每天小步推进 | grind = 苦练刷题；chip away = 一点点磨 |
| penny-pinch | 抠门儿、精打细算 | No reason to penny-pinch on… = 没必要在这上抠 |
| lean on | 借助/倚靠 | lean on AI = 依靠 AI，比 rely on 更口语 |
| picked up | 顺便学到/了解到 | picked up three methods = 学到了三个方法 |
学习方法说明
这版是"地道自然英语"，不是逐字直译——保留了你 9/9 口述的全部信息点，但用真实英语母语者记录一天的口气重写了。背的时候建议：先默读整篇 → 只看中文意思回忆英文 → 用"地道表达速记"表核对，专攻那些你一看中文会翻译成中式英语、但母语者其实这么说的地方。