Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Homework

Summarize an article and make sure you use some of the words / points from today

Vocabulary

all right – all are correct / all on the right side
alright – OK

continuity (n) – è¿žé•œ – the logical connection between different shots – “con tin NYOU itee”

it challenges the legality (n) of America’s electoral system

hypocrite (n) – person [HIP poh krit] / hypocritical (adj) [hip po KRIT tick kal] / hypocracy (n) [hi POCK krah see] when you say sth is bad, but you do it yourself
eg. Trump is a hypocrite
eg2. Hypocracy is very common in politics

leverage – bargaining power
eg. Trump always tries to get leverage over people / countries

according to – this is where the information / data came from
eg. according to Jesse, the visa for China is hard to get / according to this newspaper, Trump lost

NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization – the group of countries that agreed to protect each other if any of them were attacked – designed to protect the world against the USSR and another world war

Grammar

they feedback me they give feedback to me 

in the right track on the right track / I’m on track
eg. Biden is on track to win

everything must be transparent

while + as – better for right now (ing verbs)
when – generally at that time

which – describe what you just said

I drink the coffee
The coffee is drunk by me

The media announces the election results
The election results are announced (by the media)

The media have not announced the election results
The election results have not been announced (by the media)

Writing exercise

When I write this article, the result of US presidential election has not yet announced, and the reason I write the article is that the election is a world spotlight in year2020. Before the election, a lot of gossip and drama happened,for example: Trump always tells lies, Biden’s Son’s scandal,Legality of postal voting…. I feel that people all over the world seem to be watching a farce. Regarding the data from UK gambling company’s estimation, the bet on the next president of US has exceed 1 billion Us dollar and the figure is super scary in that it is higher than all kinds of sports events. To be honest,it is a game to normal people with fun, but for political people, this is a key election as it will affect the world,if Trump win a second term of office, the world will be full of gunpower with his “ US priority “ logic. And if Biden win the election, the world will be in another
situation since Biden’s strategy is:make friends with EU, saving America from decline,that’s why the election catch the attention of the world.

While / As I’m writing this article, the result of US presidential election has not yet been announced, and the reason I am writing the article is that the election is in the global spotlight in 2020. Before the election, there was a lot of gossip and drama happened,for example: Trump always tells lies, Biden’s Son’s scandal,Legality of postal voting…. I feel that people all over the world seem to be watching a farce. According to the data from the UK gambling association, the bet on the next president of the US has exceeded 1 billion US dollars which is a super scary figure in that it is higher than all kinds of sports events. To be honest,it is a game to normal people with fun, but for political people, this is a key election as it will affect the world,in that if Trump wins a second term of office, the world will be full of gunpower / the world will be very volatile with his “ US priority “ logic. And if Biden wins the election, the world will be in another situation since Biden’s strategy is:make friends with the EU, and save America from decline,and that’s why the election has caught the attention of the world.