F2F Class Notes 29th September (Celeste)***

Homework: Read the article below. If there are words that you don’t know, find them in the dictionary. If they still don’t make sense, talk about it in your next class.

My office is a 5 minute walk to the metro station.

My office is 5 minutes away from the metro station.

I had to run here because I was planning on taking the bus but I changed my mind at the last minute.

I watched a recording of the debate.

majority (versus) vs. minority

US election: Who won the first debate?

It was a battle between the lawyer and the salesman, and for the most part the lawyer came out on top.

It may be hard to remember, but before Mrs Clinton was a secretary of state, or a senator or a first lady, she was a lawyer – and, by all regards, a talented one.

And after all these years, she still campaigns like one. Meticulous, cautious, controlled. What works in the courtroom, with its rules and customs, often doesn’t fly in free-wheeling political debates, however.

Mr Trump, on the other hand, is the consummate salesman. Rules, tradition, even the truth are only relevant in so much as they help seal the deal.

The weakness of this approach is the perception that the salesman is all talk and no substance – a problem that can be exacerbated by 90 minutes under the debate spotlights.

In the end, the lawyerly preparations paid off for Mrs Clinton, as she controlled the evening with forensic precision.

While Mr Trump had a strategy – and pursued it on occasion – he was often blown off course by the former secretary of state and torpedoed by his own sometimes badgering performance.

While Mrs Clinton was occasionally prone to know-it-all-ness – particularly in her repeated appeals to outside fact-checkers – she largely maintained the upper hand.

Here are three ways she scored points, two times Mr Trump gained an edge and one very important wildcard.