Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

hackers

official account: 公众号

scary/frightening:  吓人的

rednecks：愤怒的人

mafia: 黑手党 italian mafia

opium: 鸦片

the hype/frenzy: 狂热
ie. Metaverse is the hype. There’s a lot of hype surrounding metaverse.

That was my imagine…
That’s what I thought/imagined/that’s my imagination.

verify the legitimacy of isolating China.

according to logic/reason, the US need to pay back for those national debt.

is keeping to push us
they keep pushing us

potentially China is able to challenge the US position

that’s my worry

very little factories they really can
in reality, very few factories actually can

there is a tradeoff between safety and cost.  When the cost becomes too much, they would have to give up a certain amount of safety.