Ethan的日记5/28

Hi everyone, welcome back to my channel. I’m Ethan.

Today is Wednesday, May 28th. It’s cloudy and a bit chilly out.

I want to share a bit about my job today.

I work as a data analyst at a food delivery company. My main job is to track and analyze all kinds of company data, and see if anything looks unusual or needs attention.

Most of the time, I just work with Excel—using formulas and tables to get the job done. But because a lot of the work is super repetitive, I taught myself some Python and VBA to automate everything. Both are great for office automation and have really cut down my workload.

We’ve made templates for all the daily reports. Now I just download the raw data, drop it into the right worksheet, and boom—it updates automatically.

I use Python to scrape the data every day, and then VBA to update the Excel files, since some of my coworkers don’t know how to code. VBA works better in that case because it’s more compatible and easier for others to use.

Other than the weekly and monthly report templates, most things are fully automated now. On a normal day, I only need to work about half an hour to get everything done.

Our company’s management is super relaxed. As long as you finish your work, you can chill, play games—nobody really cares. I usually use my free time to study English.

But lately, the company added a new task: I have to make daily phone calls to check if employees understand company policies. It takes up about two extra hours every day, so things have gotten a bit busier.

Technically, my job never takes a break—even on weekends. Before, I didn’t have to go to the office on Sundays, but I still had to finish my daily tasks. Now they’ve finally let me stay home on weekends, but I still have to get the work done.

Luckily, I automated everything, otherwise it would be hard to enjoy my weekends with two hours of work hanging over my head.

So that’s a bit about my work. It’s not super stressful, but I wouldn’t call it totally free either.

I make these kinds of videos to help myself figure out how to talk about real-life stuff in English.

If you enjoy these chats, feel free to like, comment, and follow. See you next time—bye!

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工作内容与自动化工具（5月28日）

类别	英文表达	中文意思	示例句
名词	data analyst	数据分析师	I work as a data analyst at a food delivery company.
动词短语	track and analyze	跟踪并分析	I track and analyze company data.
动词短语	look unusual	看起来异常	I check if anything looks unusual or needs attention.
名词	Excel formulas	Excel 公式	I mostly work with Excel and a few formulas.
名词	repetitive work	重复性工作	The work was too repetitive, so I automated it.
动词短语	teach oneself	自学	I taught myself Python and VBA.
名词	office automation	办公自动化	Python and VBA are great for office automation.
名词	template	模板	We’ve created templates for our daily reports.
动词短语	scrape data	抓取数据	I use Python to scrape the data each day.
动词短语	update a file	更新文件	I use VBA to update the Excel files automatically.
表达句型	as long as…	只要……	As long as you finish your work, you can do whatever you want.
表达句型	boom—it updates automatically	咻一下就自动更新了	Drop the data in and boom—it updates automatically.
表达句型	hang over my head	压在头上	It’s hard to enjoy weekends with work hanging over my head.
表达句型	chill / play games	放松 / 打游戏	You can chill or play games—nobody really cares.

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