F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Do you think the post on the Instagram account of D&G was real or do you think someone hacked the account?

I will take my computer when I come to everywhere.
I work on news, mostly is about police news. I will always contact with the police department.
I am very interested in the news happened yesterday.
Many of my friends they think the foreigners cares much about the ethnic discrimination and most Chinese people think the advertisement video from D&G shows their arrogance and superiority to asian people.
In my opinion I really hate any rationism behavior.
My most friends evaluate Trump is insane.
Some of his words are interesting. Some of his behaviors is very funny. We can make fun out of him.
IMO all the relations based on interesting.

I will take my computer when I go anywhere. / I will take my computer with me everywhere / I carry my computer everywhere / I carry my computer all the time / I always have my computer with me / My computer is always with me.
I work on news, It mostly is about police news. I often contact the police department for information.
I am very interested in the news that happened yesterday. / I’m very interest in what happened yesterday.
Many of my friends (they) think western people care much about the ethnic discrimination and most Chinese people think the advertisement video from D&G shows their arrogance and superiority to asian people.
In my opinion, they are racist. / I really hate racist behaviors.
Most of my friends think that Trump is insane.
Some of his words are interesting. Some of his behaviors are very funny. We can make fun out of him.
IMO all the relations are based on interest.

Vocabulary

 plug / socket
Is there any socket available? I need to plug my charger.

double standards / to judge things differently
While John always easily criticized others for being lazy, he never felt he was lazy himself. His friends accused him of having double standards.

to be racist (n) ( to judge people based on their race / skin color)
He doesn’t like African people, he is racist.

to be sexist ( to judge based on the gender)
She didn’t get the job because she was a woman. The recruiter was sexist.

racism (n) ( the fact of judging people based on their race / skin color)
John was not hired because he was Asian, this is racism.
Racism is a problem we need to solve.

Fraud / deception
A case of financial fraud / A financial fraud case/ a financial theft

to withdraw (from) ( to leave a battleground/ deal)
The president decided to withdraw from NATO.
The president decided to withdraw from Irak.

Positive discrimination (neutral)
Positive discrimination is a policy that helps to integrated people that were discriminated against in society.

To discriminate / to make a difference (can be neutral)
Babies as young as 2 can discriminate between different facial expressions

immigrants / people who go to another country
John is an immigrant.

to immigrate / to move to another country
My parents immigrated to Canada when I was 10.

To emigrate / to move out of you country
We emigrated when I was 10 /We left China when I was 10.

interesting (something you are curious about)/interest (personal gain)
I like watching movies, it’s interesting.
The relationship between American and China is based on interest.
A lot of big companies lobby politician for their interests.

To Lobby / to convince  someone with power  to do something that is good for you.
Many cigarette companies lobby so that taxes on Tabacco do not increase.

patriotic /to qualify someone who loves his country
John is very patriotic. He has the flag in his garden.

Patriotism ( the fact of loving your country)
we need to teach patriotism in schools.

elite ( the top of a society)
The elite controls the country secretly…

A fraud / someone who pretends to be qualified but isn’t
My lawyer was a fraud, he didn’t have the qualifications to be a lawyer but he still took my case and I got cheated 200USD.

To cheat
John cheated when we played cards.

cheat (n) (the person)
John is a cheat
John is a thief

politically correct / neutral way of talking so that no one feels hurt
Most presidents are politically correct but Donal Trump often says things that sound crazy.