F2F Class Notes 25th March (Tony)
Vocabulary
born and raised
there’s healthy competition in shanghai
not good at speaking mandarin
getting used to speaking
something is being lost
cause a backlash
an eye for an eye, makes the whole world blind (Eventually nobody will have eyes)
drag down – to slowly pull to a lower level
eg: Unhealthy competition can drag people down.
backlash – a strong public reaction against something
eg: There’s some backlash against outsiders in Shanghai.
gray area – not one thing or another thing, it is in between them
eg: Whether cantonese is another language or not, is a gray area.
ethnicity – group of people based on DNA/Culture
eg: There are 56 ethnicities in China.
mayor – leader of a city
eg: The mayor of San Francisco is Chinese.
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