F2F Class Notes _8th Apr (Harmony)

Demo StudentIren

Review:

Vital:  necessary, very important

Ex:  Your vital task is to finish your work.

Reading:

  • He is doing better than expected

Donald (don – ulled)

Presidency (prez – ih – den – cee)

Economist (

Worlds (were – lds)

Jihadism (also jihadist movement, jihadi movement and variants) is a 21st-centuryneologism found in the Western languages to describe Islamist militant movements perceived as a military movement “rooted in Islam” and “existentially threatening” to the West.[1]

Destabilising/ destabilise:  to make unstable

Ex:  A lot of changes in a company will destabilise the employees engagement.

Lack (lahk)

Prone:  a natural tendency to something

Ex:  My immune system is poor, I am prone to getting sick.

Ex: If you don’t start to exercise your body will be prone to illness.

Disrupt:  to cause disorder, to destroy or to break apart.

Ex:  You shouldn’t disrupt somebody’s conversation until they finish their topic.

Their (there)

The EIU rated Mr Trump as being riskier than the United Kingdom leaving the European Union or an armed confrontation in the South China Sea.
= If elected, the EIU thinks that Mr. Trump’s presidency will have more risks than if (for example) the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, or if there was to be a military conflict in the South China Sea.

Confrontation:  conflict, to confront someone.  To disagree about something and cause a conflict.

Ex:  If you don’t think about anyone else, you will produce a lot of confrontation between yourself and others.

 

Worst that could happen:

China encountering a sharp economic slowdown and Russia’s foreign policy in Ukraine and Syria resulting in a new cold war.
Still Bad:

Trumps presidency

Less Bad:

the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, or if there was to be a military conflict in the South China Sea.

Rhetoric (rett – or – ick):  campaign promises, exaggeration, using words to influence people.

  • Things that might not come true, but politicians say in order to get votes.

Ex:  A lot of politicians will use rhetoric when they run for a position.

Muslim – 必应è¯å…¸