VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

The gold medal for the 44th Chess Olympiad has been shared by India and Russia. The countries received joint-gold because of a glitch with the Internet. The Olympiad takes place every two years to find the best chess-playing nation in the world. This year it was held online for the first time. The online version of the competition was because of coronavirus. The final was between players from Russia and India. However, some games came to an end after two Indian players lost their Internet connection. Officials at the tournament said they had no choice but to award the gold medal to the two countries. They said this was fair because the Indian players lost time when the Internet connection failed.

Vocabulary

roller skate – lun hua

eventually / gradually – over time, as time goes by

personal values – jia zhi guan

interviewee – the person taking an interview

hypocrite – two faced

compensation – pei chang jin

court – fa yuan

against the law – wei fan

cost efficient – minimum cost but maximum result

capacitated  – occupied

civil design or architecture – Cheng shi gui Hua

exaggerated – kua Zhang

bold – big and obvious

Review the vocab and write one sentence for each new word