F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)

Vocabulary

tariffs -关税

e.g. Trump recently raised tariffs on China – this isn’t good for the Chinese economy!

wield / wielding – 挥 – to use a weapon

e.g. Trump is wielding the tariffs like a weapon.

power couple / a husband and wife that have lots of power

e.g. Angela Baby & Huang Jiao Ming are a Chinese power couple!

She’s on fire! – She’s really hot!

It’s stupid! – I can’t believe it! – It’s unbelievable!

Pronunciation

escalated – ES-CUH-LAY-TID

steeply – STEE-PUH-LEE

bitterly – BIT-TER-LEE

devastate – DEV-UH-STATE

roll – ROLL-UH

chief – CHEEF

strategist – STRAT-IH-JIST

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/07/719947020/inside-the-white-houses-bitter-fight-over-china