F2F Class Notes March 9th (Ben)

Vocabulary

Hold on to your lilly white butts

correspondent = journalist

shed light on = to speak about, give information about

Because despite our differences, we count on the press to shed light on the most important issues of the day.

nonsense 胡言乱语 = words that have no sense

“Shariah law is coming to Cleveland. Run to the damn hills !”

see eye to eye = 看法一致 to agree on everything

Good friends don’t always see eye to eye but they respect each other.

wall-to-wall = nonstop, never-ending

move on = keep going forward

If your business idea doesn’t work, just move on and try another one.

in case you haven’t noticed = 以免你还没有发现 (often used sarcastically 讽刺 to speak about something very obvious)

My girlfriend asked me why I couldn’t spent the afternoon with her. I told her “in case you haven’t noticed, I have a job !”

appreciate = 1. 欣赏, 2. 赏识

I appreciate what you do for me.

This apartment is appreciated at 1,000,000 RMB.

行使 to exercise (a right)

The Supreme Court ruled that the donor who gave Ted Cruz 6 million dollars was just exercising free speech.

sum 总计

a sum of money = an amount of money

The nonstop focus on billionaire donors creates real problems for our democracy.

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