VIP Class Notes (Tibo) Alisson [S]

Next Class Focus

  • Be careful when using the past tense
  • Focus on nuances and how to make sure you use proper words

Homework


A recent study about the wall found that building it would impact the US economy negatively compared to doing nothing. What is your opinion.

Speaking exercise

I used to work at EY as a financial analyst but I quit. It is too busy and I feel too stressful. I want to take a holiday. I went to sky in Japan.

Next step I am going to do an MBA in 2020. So I have 2 exams. one Is gmat and the other one is for law school. I like to improving my English for the interview mainly.
I have passion in law. I am not really satisfied with my country I am living right mow. We don’t have right to free speech / free vote. so many inequalities in terms of gender inequality.

this government shutdown is the longest from history. it takes 35 days. The main point is trump wants to get money for the wall. Trump said he could get the money from China but the get didn’t agree to use the money to build the wall. He wants the agreement from the congress. But it opened right now and I saw the protest because most people couldn’t get paid and it rised a lot of anger.
I feel he is brave. I know the Democratic Party they don’t like him but he is brave because we can see the difficulties of the globalization. Like the UK and Brexit. The France they have the yellow vest protest as well. It is like the difficulty of the globalization and also the economy in China is full of bubbles. and also the economy.
It states 6.6 but it is not. I think it is minus something.
SO we can see the hottest topic about Huawei.

if the lawsuit is going to have enough evidence the government is gonna give a little compensation to the poor people to decrease their anger.


I used to work at EY as a financial analyst but I quit. I was too busy and I felt too stressful. I want to take a holiday. I went to ski in Japan.

Next step I am going to do an MBA in 2020. So I have 2 exams. one Is gmat and the other one is for law school. I would like to improve my English for the interview mainly.
I have passion in law. I am not really satisfied with my country I am living in right now. We don’t have free speech / free vote. so many inequalities in terms of gender inequality.

this government shutdown is the longest in history. it lasted 35 days. The main point is Trump wants to get money for the wall. Trump said he could get the money from China but the congress didn’t agree to allocate the money to build the wall. He wants congress to agree / to give in. But it opened right now and I saw the protest because most people couldn’t get paid and it raised a lot of anger.
I feel he is brave. I know the Democrats don’t like him but he is brave because we can see the difficulties of globalization. Like the UK and Brexit. in France they have the yellow vest protest as well. It is like the difficulties of the globalization and also the economy in China is full of bubbles. and also the economy.
It states 6.6% growth but it is not. I think it is minus something / negative
So we can see the hottest / latest news topic about Huawei.

if the lawsuit is going to have enough evidence the government is gonna give a little compensation to the victims to decrease their anger.

Vocabulary

lawful / it respects the law
This action is lawful.

unlawful 

is not covered by the contract
This clause is covered in the contract

unconstitutional / doesn’t respect the constitution
Slavery was made unconstitutional after the civil war

civil war / the war between north and south of the US
The north won the civil war.

government shutdown / when the government stops because it ran out of money.
The US just experienced the longest government shutdown in their history.

congress / government body that can approve laws
The democrat won part of congress during the election.

to allocate / to put aside resources for something.
Congress doesn’t want to allocate money to the construction of a wall.

monarchy / a regime with a king.
England is a constitutional monarchy

to be furloughed / not laid off but having to stay home without pay
A lot of government employees were furloughed during the shutdown

class action / an lawsuit initiated by a large number of individuals that get together against a larger entity.
After the failure of one car model Toyota had to deal with a class action in the US.

tax payers / people paying taxes
Tax payers will ultimately pay for the settlement

last / take (with a purpose)
It took me 2hours to prepare dinner
It takes 4h to go to BJ by train.
The war lasted for 100 years.