Online Class Notes (Phil)

Today we focused on:

discussed legal systems in china and other countries

Vocabulary

unfair competition

monopoly, to monopolize – to control an industry or area

The government introduced a new law to stop certain industries monopolizing

online payment system – WeChat and Alipay

integrated, to integrate – to become part of something

in our industry we can integrate payment system and trading system together

Compensation, to compensate – money given to somebody in the event of an accident

If my pet is injured I can get compensated

out of court settlement – agreement takes place outside of the court

bureaucratic – a lot of procedures and rules

If I want to study overseas its very bureaucratic to apply

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.
make sentences using new vocabulary

Priority, to prioritise – to make something more important than others

the government would like to prioritise medical workers for the vaccine