VIP Class Notes (George) [W]

Homework

Try and read a english news article about politics and see how much you understand. Make sure you save the article so we can check it together.

Vocabulary

Party Member-  Means that you belong to a specific group of people, usually related to politics.

e.g. When I was young, my dad told me to become a party member so I could have a good future.

CCP Chinese Communist Party- (zhonguo gong chan dang) China’s main political party/group, whose leader is President Xi Jiping.

e.g. Recently, the CCP has been trying to develop many rural parts of China.

Urban- Anything that is related to cities and places that are very modern and populated.

e.g. I really like living an urban life, I don’t think I could like in the countryside.

Rural- Anything that is related to the villages and the countryside, less developed.

e.g. I want to live in a rural area when I retire.

Politics- (zhengzhi) things that relate to government and controlling a country.

e.g. I don’t really like to talk about politics, I think they’re a bit boring.

Ancestors- the people who came before you, your parents parents parents.

e.g. During Chinese New Year, my family pays respect to our ancestors.

Superstitious- When you believe in curses, ghosts, and other kinds of things like that.

e.g. My mom is very superstitious, she does a lot of weird things to prevent bad luck.

Writing exercise

Original

Today I check my company’s laptop information. It’s a Lenovo Thinkpad L440 that I used for 3 years. It’s 14 inch black computer, and with Microsoft Windows 7 professional operating system. The CPU is Intel Core i5-4300M, and RAM is 8 GB. With 64-bit Operating System. The resolution is 1366*768.

Corrected

Today I checked my company’s laptop information. It’s a Lenovo Thinkpad L440 that I have been using for 3 years. It’s 14 inch black laptop, and the operating system is Microsoft Windows 7 professional. The CPU is Intel Core i5-4300M, and RAM is 8 GB, with a 64-bit Operating System. The resolution is 1366*768.