VIP Class Notes (Peter)

Corrections


Original – corrected

China will provide the military troops to Afghanistan; what it did will improve the security and counterterrorism – China will provide military troops to Afghanistan in order to improve security and counterterrorism.

Xinjiang is the neighbor to Afghanistan – Xinjiang borders Afghanistan

Xinjiang has many violent attacks in recent years – Xinjiang has had many violent attacks in recent years

Maybe we can defend the Xinjiang’s violent attacks – Maybe we can prevent violent attacks in Xinjiang

Vocabulary


Tear – (verb), to rip, break
Ex. My friend and I wanted to share a piece of paper, so I tore it in two halves.

Terrain – (noun) topography, landscape
Ex. In order to prevent terrorism, the Chinese Army needs to cooperate with the government of Afghanistan because the Afghani Army is more familiar with the terrain.

Conference – (noun) business meeting
Ex. I plan to go to an overseas conference this winter.

Pronunciation


Isolated (EYE-so-late-id)
Inhospitable (in-hoss-PIT-uh-bull)
Minority (my-NOR-it-tee)
Anonymous (uh-NON-uh-muss)
Anonymity (an-oh-NIM-it-tee)
Extremism (ex-TREEM-is-um)
Contemporary (con-TEMP-or-rare-ee)