F2F Class Notes (Jacob)

Homework

Write about the differences that became apparent during the 1980s-2000 between China and Taiwan.


Vocabulary

Battery – 电池 used to power electronics
eg. I need two batteries for my TV remote.

Negative (-) – used for cold temperatures or numbers below 0
Positive (+) – used for low and numbers temperatures above 0

Inequality gap – the range from the richest to poorest people
eg. The inequality gap didn’t decrease at all during the governance of Chiang Kai Shek.

County level elections

4.5% = four and a half percent, four point five percent

Submerge – to go under (water or something else)
Emerge -to appear or come out of somewhere


Grammar

During his governance of China ….
During the rule of his government in China

People don’t use a historical perspective to analyze authoritarian leaders from before 1940-1980.


Pronunciation

Cease [Sea-se]