F2F Class Notes December 19th (Ben)

Vocabulary

a resume = a CV 简历 (curriculum vitae)

resume = to start after being stopped

The players are going to have a rest during the half-time, then the game will resume.

vac = empty

vacuum cleaner = a machine with an empty space

vacation = free time, empty time

a vacant room = free, empty

evacuate = make a place empty (by making other people leave it or by leaving it yourself)

In case of fire, evacuate the building as calmly as possible.

an ambulance = a car for sick people

an enclave = a piece of land inside a bigger area

There are many rebel enclaves in Syria.

besiege = occupy, surround

The foe is besieging us, we must stand our ground (Mao Zedong)

敌军围困万千重，我自岿然不动。（毛泽东）

dire = very bad

The refugees are in dire conditions. Syria is in a dire state.

compromise = reach a compromise 妥协

You cannot always have everything the way you want. You need to compromise.

unanimous = 意见一致的

una = one, nimous = name –> unanimous = in one name, like one person

If the Security Council votes a draft, the decision must be unanimous: everybody should agree.

Grammar

名词成为形容词 –> 单数 + 连接号

A seven-year-old child is seven years old.

Pronunciation

cancel = CAN – sul

council = CAON – sil

Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city.

At least 350 people reportedly left rebel enclaves late on Sunday, heading towards other rebel-held territory.

Among those to have left is seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who had tweeted about conditions in besieged areas of Aleppo.

A separate evacuation of government-controlled parts of Idlib province, besieged by rebels, started early on Monday.

Thousands more are waiting to leave east Aleppo amid dire conditions.

The UN Security Council is said to have agreed a compromise to allow UN monitoring of the operation. Russia earlier rejected a French-drafted plan to send UN officials to east Aleppo as “a disaster”.

“We expect to vote unanimously for this text,” said US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power.

The Security Council meeting will start at 09:00 (14:00 GMT) in New York.

Initial efforts to evacuate the last rebel-held enclaves in the city collapsed on Friday, leaving civilians stranded at various points along the route out without access to food or shelter. Bombardment of east Aleppo has left it virtually without medical facilities.