Next class and in future classes, try and stop Lily if she makes the mistake of using THE incorrectly or if she mispronouncing TH-words.

What is one way we can stop people from being racist to each other?

The first the reason I went to see this movie is because I know knew – it won the Oscar – so I wanted to watch it. It is famous in China. Then I went to see this movie on the weekend with my friend. Before I saw this movie I don’t didn’t know how serious the situation was between white men and black men – the difference between different colors.

It is unfair and I found out/[discovered] another thing between the black man men– there are is also some [internal conflict between black men] – black men don’t like other black men because the poor black men think the character in the movie – he is rich and he is different from the poor black men. So that black man try tries his best to improve this situation.

Usually, don’t say “THE” ..remove “THE” + make the noun PLURAL (so add in S)

Get better but there are still this situation Things are getting better but we still have this situation. When I see some news I also can see – maybe not black men – other yellow and white – do you know advertisement – there is a piece of news maybe in last year, Italian brand – there I think there is still this situation. I often see news stories about conflict between many different types of people: between yellow and white, between black and brown, etc.

I think it is a fact many Chinese/Shang don’t like other provinces – there are maybe 2 or 3 provinces including Anhui, Henan – Shanghainese people don’t like this these 2 provinces very much. SH think Anhuinese like to steal things – and Henanese like to steal a round iron thing in the road (井盖) – many years ago they can stole could steal that and sell that it so they can get/earn money. I think it’s weird. I can’t understand this – but it is a fact nonetheless.

I have used H and because the system is Android – when I use it for two years it becomes slower after 2 years it became slow – so I changed the to  Apple then and I haven’t changed back since to Android. This operating system is not popular in at my work – so maybe it’s not suitable for me.  Many people around me don’t like using iPhone just because they think H is getting better and better. Because of that news I think that maybe it will change some people’s minds.

Pronunciation

etc. / ET-SET-ER-UH

then vs. than /

men vs. man / 

run vs. ran

women (WIH-MIN) vs. woman (WUH-MIN)

Vocabulary

internal / inside / within the group

racism / 种族主义 / judging someone poorly because they are a different “race”

e.g. D&G said some racist things towards China (ADJ). They were being racists (N). That is racism (V)!

race / a type of person, usually you can tell by the color of their skin or the shape of their eyes

e.g. There are 4-5 very large races of humans in the world: Europeans (Indian, Middle East), Asians, Africans, Hispanics

e.g. Oh do you know Lily? What race is she? Oh she’s Asian.

ethnicity / a more specific or smaller group within the bigger group of “race”

e.g. All Chinese people are Asian. But not all Asian people are Chinese. Some people are Japanese. Chinese and Japanese are different ethnicities.

e.g. European is the race, but English is the ethnicity.

cyber / anything on the internet or computer

to let up / to stop

close ties / close relationships / communication

U.S. officials planning for a future in which Huawei has a major share of 5G global networks

U.S. national security officials are planning for a future in which the Chinese firm Huawei will have a major share of the advanced global telecommunications market, and have begun to think about how to thwart/stop potential espionage (间谍) and disruptive (破坏性) cyberattacks enabled [made possible by] by interconnected networks [the internet].

“We are going to have to figure out a way in a 5G world that we’re able to manage the risks in a diverse network that includes technology that we can’t trust,” said Sue Gordon, the deputy to the director of the U.S. intelligence community. “We’re just going to have to figure that out.”

Officials have not let up on their campaign to urge other countries to block Huawei — a firm with close ties to the Chinese government — from their burgeoning 5G networks, which will power everything from self-driving cars to military operations.