Online Class Notes (Nicholas)

Pronunciation

since

patent / not pay-tent /

born

elderly / complete the whole word

malware – a type of computer virus that lets a hacker track a person’s computer and what they do with the computer without the person knowing

e.g. The US planted malware in Japanese nuclear facilities.

approval rating – the percentage of people who approve of the President

e.g. Trump’s approval rating is at its all-time high.

vulnerable – adj – possible to defeat this person

e.g. Trump is vulnerable in the next election; someone could beat him, but he probably will win.

once the money is circulating (adverb / verb) / circulation (noun)- how money changes hands

to indicate – to show or prove something

leading indicator – these are indicators that indicate before a recession will happen/before an economic boom will happen

lagging indicator – these are indicators or metrics or graphs that prove or show the economy is chaining after it has already changed

“it dipped into negative territory” – just started to go negative or below zero

endowment – the amount of money that schools collect from donations

e.g. Harvard’s endowment is enormous.

when he was elected for the USA President / when he was elected as the US President

different colors in the map / different colors on the map

which welcome ~~the~~ Huawei

related to China auto market / related to the Chinese auto market

I think one of the reason / I think one of the reasons

there are some tax reduction policy in the last years / there was a tax reduction policy in previous years

they are highly linked/[highly correlated]

this mean / this means