VIP Class Notes (George)

Homework

Watch the movie, the Crucible and discuss it next time

Next Class Focus

Discuss McCarthyism with Jack next time

Vocabulary

Talent- tianfu, to be good at something

e.g. That girl has a natural talent for playing the violin.

Search Engine- Yahoo, Baidu, Google.

e.g. I think google is the best search engine in the world.

Disappointed- When you don’t feel good about someone or something anymore.

e.g. When I found out he lied to me, I felt very disappointed.

Prosecuted- When someone tries to bring bad consequences against you for something you did.

e.g. He was prosecuted by the government because he criticized them.

Steel- a kind of metal

e.g. Many buildings and bridges require steel when being built.

Capitalism- Doing business for profit, making money

e.g. Apple and other such businesses are capitalists, they are only concerned with making money.

Profit- Extra money you make from doing business.

e.g. We buy the apples for 100, sell them for 300 and gain 200 in profit.

Communism- A political system, where everyone should be equal.

e.g. China and Cuba are still two countries that have had communism for many years now.

Authoritarianism- when a government controls people too much.

e.g. There seems to be increasingly more authoritarianism around the world lately.