VIP Class Notes (Kyle) (S)

*** these notes are a little bit incomplete, we had some WiFi problems and lost the first section but I copied and pasted the rest***

Morphemes : short words from the latin language, this is another Trick for learning English,

I do not believe in philosophical anarchist. You cannot harm people’s to avoid potential crime …

—-> I don’t believe that you can entirely take away people’s free will. 

—> You cannot entirely remove the natural rights of humanity.

The government can create policies and regulations to control the movements of the people.

I would say that immigration into another country should be conditional.

unrestricted – to do something without any restrictions, regulations

islamic – refers to the religion of Islam

Middle Eastern – the geographical region, countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain…. Iraq, Syria, Lebanon

(Israel) …. The Birthright Program = If you are an American (European?) citizen (man or woman) with Jewish ancestry, you can take a free trip to Israel and choose to emigrate there and become a citizen, but you have to serve in the Army for 2 years.

gaining a useful skill – skill sets

Colloquial = Common English = Slang

That’s the most of what I care about – That is the most important thing

bumper cars! – you can do this at the Fair

Where are you based at? Where are you from?   Wherever can make a living. Kyle is planning to be in Shanghai from

Homebody = they prefer to stay close to their parents or at home , plural – homebodies

ex.The average person has the tendency to be a homebody.

ex. The majority of people are homebodies.

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

People =

Humanity =

ex. for the good of humanity,

Humans =

fit it into my schedule  =

Celtics Selltics = basketball team pronunciation

Celtic Keltic = for the Irish culture

All those sports have a physical element.

There should be a legal/acceptable amount of physical contact. 

A man’s game – to play a little rough is Okay sometimes ….  “Rough around the edges” 

ex. That guy is cool but is he a little rough around the edges.

It feels stressful.

notoriously – to be known for

corrupted – to be in alliance with criminals or to commit illegal acts / crimes

cartels – the organized criminal groups of Mexico

No Go zones – areas to be avoided, areas that you should avoid

interact – to engage with….. inter = between/from 1 to 2 act= action 

When new people meet each other,

taboo- not so good, not allowed

Activity = activist movement

For example, MeToo and BLM were useful in the beginning but then they were taken too far. Many people stopped identifying with the movements and their causes, perhaps because the atmosphere became too charged/negative.

attractiveness – to be attracted to something – attractivity 

Confront the problem – to deal with the issue directly

judicial system – juristic

attach certain labels – to expect additional things about you

Orthodox Christian – conforming to what is traditionally accepted as right or true – dong zheng jiao 

the Qu’ran / Koran – the Islamic Holy Book

self-Righteousness – to always think highly of oneself

Buddhism – Boo Dih Sum, “In almost every religion the unbelievers are Evil or foolish. In Buddhism, every who is living is the same. Buddhism asks the believer to improve yourself but not to expect this obligation to others.