Online Class Notes (David)
Grammar
To exit market – To exit the Chinese market
In current condition – Under the current conditions/circumstances
The major of the people – the majority of the people
Pronunciation
Commerce – COM’-merce
Economic – ecah-nah-mic
Alternative – al-TER-na-tive
survey – SUR-vey
integrated – IN-tegrated
inaugural – in-AW-gyur-all
algorithms – AL-gor-ih-thems
Vocabulary
Radical – something extreme and unexpected
ex: Tom was not prepared for Mary’s radical change from shy teenager to outgoing college student.
Congress – the US Federal governing group
Council – a group of people who meet for a purpose, usually to give advice
circumstance – a fact or condition of a thing or event
ex: Seeing old friends at a funeral is not a great circumstance.
inaugural – the first time something happens
ex: It was the inaugural issue of the town’s new magazine.
algorithms – a set of detailed instructions or steps used to reach a decision or conclusion, usually used by computers
ex: Many complex algorithms are used by the NSA to decode spy messages.
microcosm – a small universe, a small example of a bigger idea or thing.
ex: The classroom is often a microcosm of the real world.
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