Vocabulary

How have you been / How are you recently

e.g. I’ve been great – things are going well for me.

e.g. Oh I haven’t seen you in a long time, how have you been (during this time)?

What have you been up to? / What have you been doing lately?

U.S. officials planning for a future in which Huawei has a major share of 5G global networks

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-officials-planning-for-a-future-in-which-huawei-has-a-major-share-of-5g-global-networks/2019/04/01/2bb60446-523c-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html?utm_term=.b6544c68fe77

U.S. national security officials are planning for a future in which the Chinese firm Huawei will have a major share of the advanced global telecommunications market, and have begun to think about how to thwart potential espionage and disruptive cyberattacks enabled by interconnected networks.

“We are going to have to figure out a way in a 5G world that we’re able to manage the risks in a diverse network that includes technology that we can’t trust,” said Sue Gordon, the deputy to the director of the U.S. intelligence community. “We’re just going to have to figure that out.”

Officials have not let up on their campaign to urge other countries to block Huawei — a firm with close ties to the Chinese government — from their burgeoning 5G networks, which will power everything from self-driving cars to military operations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/second-woman-alleges-that-joe-biden-touched-her-inappropriately/2019/04/01/3fe78378-54b1-11e9-9136-f8e636f1f6df_story.html?utm_term=.389b98d5703b

A former congressional aide to Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) says former vice president Joe Biden touched her inappropriately at a 2009 fundraiser, the second woman to make allegations against Biden in the past week.

Biden has long been known for his intimate physical style. But the appropriateness of his behavior toward women is coming under scrutiny as he nears an announcement on a potential 2020 presidential bid. Late last week, Lucy Flores, a former Nevada state legislator, penned an essay in which she said that Biden acted inappropriately toward her at a 2014 campaign event and made her feel uncomfortable.

In a statement Monday, the former congressional aide, Amy Lappos, said she was speaking out about her own experience because she was disappointed in the “ridiculously dismissive” way Democrats — including Biden — had responded to Flores’s account.

Vocabulary

thwart / stop / let up

to have a share of something / is to own a % of something

espionage / spying / 间谍

disruptive / to disrupt / to make difficult 

e.g. AirBNB is a very disruptive company in the hotel industry.

e.g. If you walk into a movie theater, please turn of your cell phone so you don’t disrupt the movie.

cyber / anything relating to technology or the internet / cyberspace

to figure out / to find a solution

e.g. I am trying to learn Chinese but I just can’t figure it out.

replace “on” with “with regard to” or “regarding” / about this thing

The article is talking about the (P) Chinese company H which has developed fast very quickly in recent years especially on with regard to 5G technology – maybe some Americans think (P) the this (P) new technology will affect the security of their country‘s the threaten is in at a very high level. And also they think Huawei is a company with the a controversial background.

I think it’s common in China but I can’t accept this kind of behavior – it’s easy to understand what they want to do such deal why they would want to act this way – they can get the (P) interest attention which they wanted [desired]. Also I think it’s fire fair for both of them (P) because no one use power to control their to do such things. no one forced them to do this. But I think its unfair to other people who work in the same company because they may lose the opportunity to get promotion promoted even sometimes they don’t even know what happened, and will feel disappointed with the company.

Pronunciation

the / tongue

they