F2F Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
from scratch – make sth. using the very basic ingredients.
eg: My mom can make a cake from scratch.
county – smaller than province, but bigger than city.
eg: The new city will cover at least three counties
articulated – very well thought out, clearly expressed and easily understood
eg: His speech was articulated perfectly, it was very powerful and moving.
incline – go up
eg: Sales haven’t declined, in fact they are inclining.
inclined to – leaning toward, preferring
eg: I’m leaning towards buying an Audi, but I’m inclined to just spend all my money on a Maserati.
Reading
In a surprise move that caught most of China off guard, the Communist Party’s powerful Central Committee, along with the State Council, which functions as China’s cabinet, issued an April 1 resolution unveiling a planned Xiong’an New Area, which encompasses three existing counties in Beijing’s adjacent Hebei province. Development of the New Area will be phased: in the short term, a 38 square mile area, later doubling to about 77 square miles and, eventually, expanding to about 770 square miles, not much smaller than Tokyo.
That impressive size was not what generated the resultant awe permeating the Chinese Internet. Xinhua, the official news agency that carried the announcement, made it clear that this was not to be just another new special zone among an array of similar projects: “Xiong’an is a New Area that follows the path of Shenzhen and Shanghai’s Pudong New District. It is an initiative for the next millennium, a major event of national significance.”
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