F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Homework

Use your vocabulary from Raph’s class and write your opinion of this plan that India and Japan have for new economic trade routes.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/07/31/india-and-japan-join-forces-to-counter-china-and-build-their-own-new-silk-road/#4b44b5594982

Vocabulary

Lost track of time – didn’t see the time, didn’t pay attention

trade routes

knee jerk reaction – an immediate unthinking emotional reaction produced by an event or statement to which the reacting person is highly sensitive

eg: Japan’s new plan may be a knee-jerk reaction.