Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

calligraphy: 书法

extra-curricular: outside of school
ie. What ec classes do you have?

pros and cons: yesses and nos

open-book: 开卷

take-home exam

macro:宏观

micro: 微观

common sense: 常识

architecture: 建筑

sue: 控告;提起诉讼;(尤指在法庭上)提出请求
ie. I’m suing Trump. (in court)

accuse: 控告 but not officially
ie. I’m accusing Trump. (我在指控他做了什么什么)

supreme court:最高法院

official:正式 书面 官方的、

politician:政客

defamation: 诽谤

inflammatory: 发炎  煽动性

characterization; 人物 塑造

racist: 有种族歧视的人

sexist: 有性别歧视的人
ie. Your question is very sexist.

lackey: 小弟 走狗

Adolf Hitler: 希特勒

escalator: 手扶梯

escalate:升级 (for conflicts)
ie. The Russia-Ukraine conflict escalated.

Speaking exercise

they even don’t know we get a test
they don’t even know we got a test