F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Today we focused on:

Discussed BLM protests

Speaking exercise

Our company didn’t allow us to take public transportation so we rent a car
it is very longer.

I think at first it is right to have this protest  but gradually it became very complicated and outside to the first
People rob the stores.
I haven’t heard our store being robbed.

They are protesting against the white people and they feel they are treated unfairly and although I think it is because everybody is trapped at home so they may want to use this way

they are protesting in a right way not against legal but some of them are too over
If they protest in the legal way it is acceptable but most

Our company they officially said they support them. We have an announcement on the website and announce we support the black. We hope we are in a right way for the political. It is very hard to say. It seems we already choose to support them.
We don’t have this problem in China.
They go to GZ for business.
Because maybe they just want to protest white people. There are no conflict with the Chinese.

I guess in west countries the hierarchy between black and white is more obvious.
The world is not fair. In the very poor area the government will support them.
Maybe Chinese would not protest for something. it is not our culture.
I know in western countries they protest for everything.

I think it affect the young generation because the economy is going down and the job opportunities are affected by the protest and the virus so many people lose their job.


Our company didn’t allow us to take public transportation so we rented a car
it is much longer.

I think at first it is right to have this protest  but gradually it became very complicated and violent / and it evolved into a violent movement
People looted stores.
I haven’t heard about our stores being robbed.

They are protesting against the white people and they feel they are treated unfairly and although I think it is because everybody is trapped at home so they may want to use this way as an excuse / Maybe being stuck at home makes things worse / being stuck at home exacerbate 

they are protesting peacefully, most don’t break the law but some of them take it too far.
If they protest in the legal way it is acceptable.

Our company they officially said they support them. / Our company announced they officially support the BLM movement

We had an announcement on the website / we posted on our website and announced we support the movement.
We hope it won’t work against us in the future. / we hope we were right to take a side

It is very hard to say. It seems we already chose to support them.
We don’t have this problem in China.
They go to GZ for business.

Maybe there isn’t any BLM protest in China because the anger is directed at black people / they only hold a grudge against white people

I guess in western countries the inequalities between black and white are more obvious.
The world is not fair. In the very poor area the government will support them.
Maybe Chinese would not protest for something. it is not our culture.
I know in western countries they protest for everything.

I think it affect the young generation because the economy is going down and the job opportunities are affected by the protest and the virus so many people lost their job. / the virus is exacerbating social inequalities

Vocabulary

to hold a grudge : be angry for something which happened in the past / be resentful
Tom still holds a grudge against me for being promoted instead of him

to take something too far: go above the limit
We kidnapped our friend as a prank but he felt we took it too far and he got really scared

to exacerbate (v) : to make a problem worse
It was already for young people to find a job and the problem exacerbated because of the virus

strike (n) : when people refuse to work to protest against something
Teachers went a strike to ask for a higher salary

inequality (n) : situation in which people are not equal
income inequalities are very high.

to loot : take a property during a conflict / war
Many protesters looted stores around town

to rob : to steal with a physical conflict
They took their guns and robbed a bank

use something as an excuse:
They just used going to the supermarket as an excuse to go out

Grammar

very + adj
Tom is very tall

much + comparative
It is much cheaper than the other solution