F2F Class Notes 6th September (Celeste) [1]

Next class: Please click on the link below to review the article and new vocabulary.

On day two of the G20 summit in China, world leaders are searching for ways to boost fragile economic growth.

Argentina has the world’s largest recoverable shale gas reserves, after China, according to the US Energy Information Administration. However some of the gas reserves lie under land claimed by Mapuche indigenous people, who say the fracking is polluting their land. Grace Livingstone visits the Argentine province of Neuquen to investigate.

A subspecies of the world’s largest primate, the eastern gorilla, has been listed as critically endangered, suggesting that it is close to extinction. Four out of the six great apes are now threatened with extinction. Newsday discusses the crisis with the Wildlife Conservation Society.

fragile  ( fra – jile ) adj. – easy to break, delicate

indigenous ( in – dij – uh – nuhs ) adj. – native

primate ( prI -mate )

eastern ( E – sterrrn )

crisis – danger / problem / issue / conflict

endangered  ( N – danj – jerrd ) adj. – being threatened with extinction

Article for the next class: 

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/02/news/economy/china-g20-trade-troubles-tpp-ttip/index.html

haunt / haunting / haunted / will haunt ( hont ) v. – to annoy or pester, to visit frequently, often scary

going bust ( native ) – broken, not working/operating, not happening

eg. Japan or bust!

on the rocks (native) – tough condition / when you order a drink

eg. Giant trade deals are on the rocks.

eg. I’d like a whisky on the rocks. (with ice)

unleash v.- to take of the leash, to let loose

phobia (fo – bee – uhh) n. – persistent, irrational fear of sth specific

germs = bacteria / viruses

eg. Some people have germaphobia, they are scared of germs.

jeopardy ( jep – perdy ) n. – hazard, risk

pursue / pursuing / pursued / will pursue v. – to follow, to chase after