F2F Class Notes (Raph)[R]

Vocabulary

Haunt (v): 1-  (of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly.
E.g.: A ghostly lady is said to haunt this building looking for her children.

Fuel (n/v): 1- something that is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned. 2- Something that fuels a feeling or a type of behaviour increases it or makes it stronger. 3- 汽油
E.g.: Wood, coal (煤炭), oil, petrol, and gas are all different kinds of fuel.
E.g.: Plutonium is a fuel used to produce nuclear energy (核能).
E.g.:The rapid promotion of the director’s son has itself fueled resentment within the company.
E.g.:The president’s speech fueled speculation that she is about to resign.

Anti-Semitism (n): 1- the strong dislike or cruel and unfair treatment of Jewish people. 2- 反犹太主义
E.g.: Nazi anti-Semitism forced him to emigrate to the US

Hate Crime (n): 1- a crime or crimes, usually involving violence, committed against someone because of their race or religion, because they are gay, etc..
E.g.: New figures show that hate crime rose 14% over the last 12 months.
E.g.: A transgender woman’s death is now being investigated as a hate crime by the police department

Hostility (n): 1- an occasion when someone is unfriendly or shows that they do not like something:
E.g.: They showed open (= obvious) hostility to/towards their new neighbors.

Surge (n): 1- a sudden and great increase.
E.g.:An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash.
E.g.:There has been a surge in house prices recently.

Labor (n): 1- practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort. 2- workers, especially people who do practical work with their hands.
E.g.:The car parts themselves are not expensive, it’s the labor that costs the money.

Crack down (phr v): 1- to start dealing with bad or illegal behavior in a more severe way.
E.g.:The library is cracking down on people who lose their books.

Within (adv): 1- inside or not further than an area or period of time:
E.g.: Two thirds of Californians live within 15 miles of the coast.
E.g.: In 1992 cross-border controls within the EU were dismantled.
E.g.: The hotel lies within easy reach of (= not far from) the ski slopes.

Elsewhere (adv): 1- at, in, from, or to another place or other places; anywhere or somewhere else:
E.g.: The report looks at economic growth in Europe and elsewhere.
E.g.: They couldn’t find what they wanted and decided to look elsewhere.
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Israel (n): 1- 以色列

Jew (n): 1- 犹

Jews in UK want to leave because of hate crimes
(Source: breakingnewsenglish.com/1708/170822-hate-crimes.html)

Many Jews in Britain want to leave the country because of an increase in anti-Semitism hate crimes. Anti-Semitism is hostility towards or discrimination against Jews. It is a hate crime. A recent increase in anti-Semitism has made one third of Jewish people in Britain want to move overseas. New research shows that only 59 per cent of British Jews feel welcome in the UK, which is their home. More than 10,000 British Jews were interviewed in the large-scale study. Around 40 per cent of Britain’s Jews said they felt afraid and hid their religion in public. The research is from the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA). It found there has been a 45 per cent surge in anti-Semitic crime since 2014.

The study revealed that more than three-quarters believed that Britain’s largest left-wing political party, the Labour Party, has fueled anti-Semitism. People said its negative opinions on Israel created bad feeling towards Jews. They also said its leader failed to crack down on anti-Semitism within the party. Another reason was the fact that very few anti-Semitic hate crimes go to court. Fewer than 24 such crimes go to court each year. The CAA warned that: “Without urgent change, British Jews may start to leave, as has happened elsewhere in Europe.” The UK government said: “There can never be an excuse for hatred towards the Jewish community, and wherever we find it, we shall oppose and challenge it.”

Pronunciation

Pole: /poʊl/

Penguin: /ˈpeŋ.ɡwɪn/

Darkest: /ˈdɑr.kəst/

Percent: /pɚˈsent/

Religion: /rɪˈlɪdʒ.ən/

Elsewhere: /ˈels.wer/

Israel: /ˈɪz.reɪl/

Jew: /dʒuː/

Jewish: /ˈdʒu·ɪʃ/

Anti-Semitism: /ˌæn.t̬iˈsem.ə.tɪ.zəm/

Anti-Semitic: ˌæn.t̬i.səˈmɪ.tɪk/