F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Discrimination (n): 1- treating a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their skin colour, sex, sexuality, etc.
E.g.: Racial/sex/age discrimination.
E.g.: AIDS victims often experience discrimination.
E.g.: There should be no discrimination on the of color.
E.g.: She believes the research understates the amount of discrimination women suffer.

Racism (n): 1- unfair treatment of people based on their racial background. 2- 种族主义.
E.g.: There’s still a lot of racism in most parts of the world.

Minority (n): 1-  a smaller number or part.any small group in society that is different from the rest because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or a person who belongs to such a group.
E.g.: t’s only a tiny minority of people who are causing the problem.
E.g.: Children with single parents at my school were very much in the minority (= there were very few).
E.g.: There are many religious minorities living in China.
E.g.: The plan was designed to help women and minorities overcome discrimination in the workplace.

Majority (n): 1- he larger number or part of something:
E.g.: The majority of the employees have university degrees.
E.g.: A large majority of people approve of the policy.
E.g.: In Britain women are in the/a majority.

Insist (v): 1- to say firmly or demand forcefully, especially when others disagree with or oppose what you say.
E.g.: Greg still insists (that) he did nothing wrong.
E.g.: Please go first – I insist!
E.g.: She insisted on seeing her lawyer.

Funeral (n): 1- a ceremony for burying or burning the body of a dead person.
E.g.: The funeral will be held next Friday.
E.g.: Over 300 people attended the funeral.

Life Expectancy (n): 1- 预期寿命

Grammar

It’s more bad than thought. – It’s worse than thought.

Pronunciation

Discrimination: /dɪˌskrɪm.əˈneɪ.ʃ^ən//dis.kri.me.na.shen/

Racism: /ˈreɪ.sɪ.z^əm//rei.see.zem/

Funeral: /ˈfjuː.nɚ.əl//few.ne.ral/

Expectancy:  /ɪkˈspek.t^ən.si/