F2F Class Notes January 21st (Ben)

Vocabulary

a predecessor = someone who was before you 前任

Trump’s predecessor was Obama.

overhaul = big change

Donald Trump has taken his first steps as president, signing an executive order which targets the signature health care reforms of his predecessor.

从句：which targets the signature health care reforms of his predecessor

主语 order

动词 target

宾语 reforms

signature 招牌 = the most important

a proclamation = something you declare, an official declaration

an address = a speech

pledge = promise

a carnage = a big killing, a massacre 大屠杀

rampant = growing in an uncontrollable way (inflation, crime, population)

abandon = leave something or someone forever

In Friday’s inaugural address he pledged to put “America first” and to end the “American carnage” of abandoned factories and rampant crime.

perceive = feel, think

Trump is often perceived as a bad man (even though he might be good).

Mexicans are perceived to be threatened by Trump. (but they might not be)

Organisers say they want to highlight racial and gender equality and other issues perceived to be under threat from Mr Trump’s administration.

Pronunciation

executive = eg- ZA – ku – div