F2F Class Notes November 10th (Ben)

Vocabulary

empty-handed = with empty hands

You can’t come to a friend’s party empty-handed. It’s rude.

a colony 殖民地 = land controlled by another country

My island used to be a British colony but now we’re independent.

take office = 上任 start work as a boss

What will happen when Trump takes office?

rhetoric = empty words

Unless you have a solid plan, “Let’s make America great again” is just rhetoric and an empty promise.

evasive = that evades the question

When asked what to do about nuclear weapons talks, Trump was very evasive.

an ideology = a group of ideas

The Communist Party still runs the country but its ideology is long gone (逝者已矣)

Corrections

We discussed the election (no “for”)

Trump was elected to be President –> was elected President

The people elected Trump as their president.

Pronunciation

politics = PO – lidics