F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Homework

https://v.qq.com/x/cover/1nof1ugdh13vox4.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom

Next Class Focus

Write what the student / consultant should remember or do for next class. ie. review last class vocabulary again and make sentences.

Vocabulary

ethnic cleansing-the organized, often violent attempt by a particular cultural or racial group to completely remove from a country or area all members of a different group

genocide-the murder of a whole group of people, especially a whole nation, race, or religious group:
E.g.: victims of genocide

The Holocaust-大屠杀

slaughter (n)- the killing of many people cruelly and unfairly, especially in a war:
Hardly anyone in the town escaped the slaughter when the rebels were defeated.

direct/indirect

euphemism (n): a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word:
E.g.: “Senior citizen” is a euphemism for “old person”.
E.g.: The article made so much use of euphemism that often its meaning was unclear.

wounded (adj): 1-injured, especially with a cut or hole in the skin:
E.g.: a wounded soldier