VIP Class Notes (Jacob) [S]

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how to say train & chain


Vocabulary

Obscure – something that is difficult to see the difference or see it clearly (blurry, unclear)
eg. The difference between the use of some English words is very obscure.

Wrestle – to fight with or use your strength to out power someone

Contagious – something that can be transferred from one to another

A shot/A vaccination – getting needle filled with a weak virus to help protect you
eg. Should vaccinations be required by law?

Tetanus – 破伤风

Renounce – to take back something that you previously adopted
eg. He renounced his religion when he cheated on his wife.

Small pox – a disease that wiped out half of the native americans

Exterminate – to wipe out something complete (the complete removal, often through killing)
Eradicate – to completely destroy or get rid of something
Extinct – when some type of animal or plant complete disappears or is destroyed
Exterminator – someone who kills bugs/pests in peoples homes

Quarantine – to separate and monitor someone who might have a disease.

Community – a group of people that live in close to proximity

Man slaughter – someone dying due to an unforeseen circumstance or event
vs
Murder – Intent was involved

Jehovah witness – a religion in the US  (a form of christianity)

Derivative – something that comes from a main source/form
eg. The price of gas is a derivative of the value of oil.

Remedies – unapproved types of things that are meant to make you feel better
eg. My favorite home-remedy for a cold is chicken noodle soup.

Externality – an affect on a party that is not directly involved

Repercussion – the affects of our actions
eg. The repercussions of not getting a vaccination are potentially very dangerous

Exacerbated – to make something worse
eg. The decision to kill the sparrows exacerbated the problem in China.


Grammar

In case of (not ‘in case to’)

If he doesn’t have an organization community to belong to.

These are strongly connected/correlated


Pronunciation

event (Ee-vent).….I am going to an event (Aa-vent) tonight

Pocketed

respiratory [Res-per-ra-tory]

Vaccination [Vax-cin-na-shin]

Balcon


Speaking exercise

Whether preventing extinction is important to prevent or can be allowed.

Original

I guess there is a discussion between the two opinions all the time. The fact is, we, mankind, is one species in the world. Which means we are a part of the creature train. Since we are already here, I guess its important to protect the way how we get here. Protect the creature train that help man become man. Of course we can say one species doesn’t matter tot he whole creature train like rat or some plant which looks unimportant. But the whole ecological system is so complication that we cannot make a judgement easily that the extinction of one species wont affect the whole ecological system. We have got so many lessons in the history. We built dams and thought it won’t hurt the fishes. But the results are almost all the fishes are affected and most of them become extinct.