F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework


Do you think the first verdict (15 years in jail) was too light?

Speaking exercise

Most of Chinese people think pandas is very cute but Chengdu people always see the pandas so they will think nothing about them. All the humans like the pandas.

I think maybe there is political factor in this sentence, because I heard when the first time the court sentenced this Canadian for 15 years and he applied for the second sentence because he thought it is unfair. And after the Canada government arrest the Huawei CFO this case is sentenced again and the Canadian is sentenced for death punishment so I think I don’t know why the change is so different. Because I just see some news so I don’t know if there are some political factors in this sentence but for this case I think maybe a little and I heard some western countries think the judge is unfair. The Canada president criticized China government’s behavior .

If you are drug smuggling in China this is a very bad behavior in the law and government emphasize that if you doing so you must get very punishment. So in my education the punishment is not very heavy.
Because when I was young the propaganda for no drug smuggling is everywhere. Everyone are banned doing that.


Most of Chinese people think pandas are very cute but Chengdu people can see them frequently so they won’t have any special feelings. Pandas are loved by everyone.

I think maybe there is political factor in this sentence, because I heard when the Canadian man was sentenced for the first time, the court sentenced him to 15 years in jail and he appealed because he thought it was  unfair. And after the Canadian government arrested Huawei’s CFO this case was judged again and the Canadian man was sentenced to the death penalty  so I think I don’t know why the result is so different. Because I just saw/read some news so I don’t know if there are any political factors in this sentence but for this case I think maybe there was a political influence. and I heard some western countries think the judge is biased. The Canadian president criticized the Chinese government’s behavior .

If you are drug smuggling in China this is a very severe crime/offense in the law and the government emphasizes that if you do so you must be punished very heavily.Considering my education / considering how much we talked about it at school, in my opinion the punishment is not very heavy.
Because when I was young the propaganda for no drug smuggling was everywhere. Everyone was banned from doing that.

Vocabulary

crime / the highest level of offense
Killing is a crime.

victim / the people who get hurt
The victims were all very young and everyone was scared they may not be able to go back to school.

to abolish / when you decide not to do something anymore
Segregation was abolished in South Africa in 1989.

death penalty / When someone is sentenced to die
Some murder criminals are so evil I think the court should sentence them to the death penalty

influence / an effect on something
The political tensions between the 2 countries influenced the result of the case.

biased / not neutral
The Judge was biased, he did not judge the case fairly.

to appeal / to ask to be judged again
He wasn’t happy about the result and appealed to be judged again.

Grammar

when ….. for the first time
When I saw you for the first time, I directly fell in love.

to be banned from doing something.
We were banned from playing games after we failed the test.