F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [R]

Vocabulary

kick the bucket (informal) to die

terminally [ill] (adj): 1-very seriously; in a way that will lead to death:
E.g.: terminally ill cancer patients

commemorate (v): 1-to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public ceremony or by making a statue or special building:
E.g.: Gathered all together in this church, we commemorate those who lost their lives in the war.
E.g.: A statue has been built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birthday.

commission (n): 1- a group of people who have been formally chosen to discover information about a problem or examine the reasons why the problem exists:
E.g.: a commission on alcohol abuse/racial tension
E.g.: The government has set up/established a commission to investigate the problem of inner city violence.

portrait (n): 1-a painting, photograph, drawing, etc. of a person or, less commonly, of a group of people:
E.g.: She’s commissioned an artist to paint her portrait/paint a portrait of her.
E.g.: a portrait gallery
E.g.: a portrait painter

portray (v): 1-to represent or describe someone or something in a painting, film, book, or other artistic work:
E.g.: The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress.
E.g.: The writer portrays life in a small village at the turn of the century.

-portray sb as sth
​If a person in a film, book, etc. is portrayed as a particular type of character, they are represented in that way:
E.g.: The father in the film is portrayed as a fairly unpleasant character.

observance (n): 1-the act of obeying a law or following a religious custom:
E.g.: religious observances such as fasting

fast (n): 1-a period of time when you eat no food:
E.g.: Hundreds of prisoners began a fast in protest about prison conditions.

fast (v): 1-to eat no food for a period of time:
E.g.: One day a week he fasts for health reasons.

hunger strike (n): 1-the act of refusing to eat in order to make a protest:
E.g.: The prisoners have gone on (a) hunger strike to protest about prison conditions.

trade union-工会

Pronunciation

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year.[3] It commemorates the movement for women’s rights.[citation needed]

While the first observance of a Women’s Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Woman’s Conference to become an “International Woman’s Day.” After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.