Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Last week, the Ukraine government announced a new legal provision which is about official language in Ukraine. The new provision is all people should use Ukrainian to replace Russian as the official language in public area like supermarket, café, bank, pharmacy, library and gas station, otherwise you will be gotten the punishment. For lots of Ukraine, before the collapse of the Soviet Union，they were educated in Russian and had gotten used to use Russia as key communicated language. According to the research, only 67.5% Ukrainian speak Ukrainian as their mother language as well as 35% use Russian as their mother language, therefore it means Ukraine has
been a stable bilingual country with Ukrainian and Russian in past 30 years, and it made me curious why Ukraine gave up Russian after 30 years. After checking information from website, I found the reason about it in that Russia has always been the biggest threat to Ukraine’s independence，and the typical example was in the year of 2014, Ukraine experienced a “ independence crisis” and more than 96% Ukrainian supported to rejoin Russia, so it made the Ukraine government realized that reduced the impact from Russian is quite important for the citizen. But how to change the habit of lots of citizen? I think this is a challenge, let’s wait and see what will happen together.

Last week, the Ukraine government announced a new legal provision which is about official language in Ukraine. The new provision is all people should use Ukrainian to replace Russian as the official language in public areas like supermarket, café, bank, pharmacy, library and gas station, otherwise you will be punished / you will receive punishment / will be prosecuted (charged). For lots of Ukrainians, before the collapse of the Soviet Union，they were educated in Russian and had gotten used to using Russian as the / a key language for communication. According to the research, only 67.5% of Ukrainians speak Ukrainian as their mother language and 35% use Russian as their mother language / mother tongue, therefore, it means Ukraine has been a stable bilingual country with Ukrainian and Russian in the past 30 years, and it made me curious why Ukraine gave up Russian after 30 years. After checking online / looking it up / browsing the web / researching it online, I found (that) the reason was (that) Russia has always been the biggest threat to Ukraine’s independence，and the typical example was in the year of 2014 when Ukraine experienced an “ independence crisis” and more than 96% of Ukrainians supported rejoining Russia, so it made the Ukraine government realize that reducing the impact from Russia is quite important for the citizens. But how to change the habit of lots of citizens? I think this is a challenge, and / but let’s wait and see what will happen together / see what happens.

Vocabulary

in the year 2000 / 0 / 1000 

in that – explains what you just said
eg. Your English has improved in that you can now talk with Australians, and not just Americans
eg2. She is beautiful in that her eyes, nose and mouth all look perfect, like a painting.

appoint friends to hang out – make appointments with friends to hang out

appoint – ren ming
eg. Biden appointed her as his Vice President

check if any manpower for me – check if there is any manpower for me 

that rely on the budget and the brief – it depends on the budget and the brief

up to – you can decide
depends on – based on
eg. It’s up to you if you do your homework. I will give homework depending on the student’s needs.

56 ethnic groups

sweat shops – factories that force workers including kids to work long hours with low pay and poor conditions