F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Speaking exercise

A couple days ago  Coca Cola released some ad campaign posters and they’re fighting online. The posters angried many people in Budapest. These people made online presentation petition to government and they wanna call for boycott of the CC. And then CC answered saying ” This is a love revolution and we stand for values and human rights and we support acceptance  of LGBTQ couples and we believe  that all the people are equal. A person was pro-government  answered that they won the battle but the fighting goes on, so they must stop this AD campaign

A couple days ago  Coca Cola released some ad campaign posters and people started they’re fighting online. The posters made many people angry in Budapest. These people made online presentation petition to the government and they wanna call for a boycott of the CC. And then, CC answered saying ” This is a love revolution and we stand for values and human rights and we support acceptance  of LGBTQ couples also we believe  that all the people are equal. A person who is  pro-government  answered that they won the battle but the fighting goes on, so they must stop this AD campaign

Vocabulary

illiberal (adj):limiting freedom of expression, thought, behaviour, etc.
(言论、思想、行为等)不自由的,不开明的,狭隘的
illiberal policies
专制的政策

encourage (v):to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen
刺激,激励;促进;助长
We were encouraged to learn foreign languages at school.
在校时,学校鼓励我们学习外语。
The council is encouraging the development of the property for both employment and recreation.
市政委员会鼓励开发该房地产项目旨在促进就业和增加娱乐设施。

strike (v/n):to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses罢工
Democratization has brought workers the right to strike and join a trade union.
民主化赋予工人罢工和加入工会的权利。
We’re striking for better pay and improved safety standards.
我们举行罢工,要求加薪并提高安全标准。

petition (n):a document signed by a large number of people demanding or asking for some action from the government or another authority
请愿书
I signed a petition against the proposed closure of the local hospital today.

ghost (v): end a personal relationship with (someone) by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication.
“I didn’t want to ghost her, so we ended up having ‘the talk’ and it was horrible”
I got ghosted, he just disappeared without any explanation.