F2F Class Notes (Jacob) [S, W]

Homework

What is the benefit/weakness of a party government vs multiply parties for planning a countries future? (minority government big weakness of western countries)


Vocabulary

Deceit/Deceive – cause someone to believe/think something that is not true

Totalitarian –Ā relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

Authoritarian – favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom.

BREXIT – British ExitĀ from the EU (European Union)

Parliament(ary) –Ā the people vote for a regional leader and he represents the people from your region in the national government

Minority government –Ā  when no party in the government has a majority (more then 50%)

Military – meaning all the branches of the armed forces (army, navy, air force)


Speaking exercise

Original

Currently I think the Chinese government doesn’t tell people thatĀ  it doesn’t allow people to do something that government thinks is illegal. I think mostly looks fair, but something I don’t know is unfair. The government says the president is voted for by everyone all over the country but I don’t think so.

(CPC development)
Someway it works such as developing sports, infrastructure, economy, army (military), and space travel. It depends (for taxes), if one system is good. If one tax or taxes is too enough, then it depends.

Edited

Currently I think the Chinese government doesn’t tell people that it doesn’t allow people to do something that government thinks is illegal. I think mostly looks fair, but something I don’t know isĀ might/could beĀ unfair. The government says the president is voted for by everyone all overĀ  the country but I don’t think so.

(CPC development)
Someway it works such as developing sports, infrastructure, economy, army (military), and space travel. It depends (for taxes), if one system is good, one tax or taxes is too enoughĀ much.


Writing exercise

OriginalĀ 

There is no real peace between the two Koreas even though it looks that they made a big forward step on the demilitarized zone. The effort of their relationship improving is still very weak due to the political of the north side and the autocracy of the Kim’s family.
But I have to say that Kim Jong-un is a cunning person. He has a high IQ.
When he began to rule the country, he solidified his power quietly with some peopleā€™s help. I think there was some political enemies in North Korea in the beginning. He paid little attention to international affairs. Then he showed his despotism. He reorganized and took full control of the army. He killed people even though the person had helped him. He ignored the worldā€™s opposition and continued to develop nuclear weapons just like his father. Maybe his purpose is to establish the image of a strong leader in North Korea.
Now he shows another face to international community. North Korea announced to start reform and opening-up. Kim Jong-un came to China twice to visit President Xi in just over 40 days and went to the DMZ to meet with President Moon Jae-in. Perhaps he want to meet with President Trump at one special place one day.

EditedĀ 

There is no real peace between the two Koreas even though it looks that likeĀ they made a big step forward on the demilitarized zone. The effort of improving their relationship is still very weak due to the political situationĀ of the north side and the autocracy of the Kim‘s family.
But I have to say that Kim Jong-un is a cunning person. He has a high IQ.
When he began to rule the country, he solidified his power quietly with some peopleā€™s help. I think there was some political enemies in North Korea in the beginning. He paid little attention to international affairs. Then he showed his despotism. He reorganized and took full control of the army. He killed people even though the person had helped him. He ignored the worldā€™s opposition and continued to develop nuclear weapons just like his father. Maybe his purpose is to establish the hisĀ image of asĀ a strong leader in North Korea.
Now he shows another face to theĀ international community. North Korea announced to start reforms and opening-up. Kim Jong-un came to China twice to visit President Xi in just over 40 days and went to the DMZ to meet with President Moon Jae-in. Perhaps he willĀ want to meet with President Trump at one aĀ special place one day.