Online Class Notes (Lily) [R]

Vocabulary

1.deny (verb)= 否认
ex: stop denying, I know you did it!
ex: he keeps denying the fact that he cheated.

2. curfew= 宵禁
ex: US announces curfew after the protest.

3. protest= 抗议
ex: people are protesting against the police who killed the black man.

4. viral= spread quickly
ex: if your video goes viral, you will be a popular KOL.

5. mayor= 市长
ex: the mayor of LA announced a curfew.

6. political stand= 政治立场
ex: Chinese people don’t have a political stand.

7. no say= no voice
ex: I have no say in the family
ex: We have no say to the political issues.

Demonstrations and riots have spread to cities across the United States after a video went viral of George Floyd being suffocated to death by a white police officer in the mid-western US state of Minnesota on Monday.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced at a press conference Saturday afternoon that a curfew will be in effect in the city’s downtown beginning from 8 pm Saturday to 5:30 am Sunday local time.