Online Class Notes (Mike)
Reading
Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech in the southern city of Nara on Friday morning.
Security officials at the scene tackled the gunman, and the 41-year-old suspect is now in police custody.
A search of the alleged gunman’s home uncovered what police believe are explosives, local media reported.
Speaking before Mr Abe’s death was announced, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the attack, saying: “It is barbaric and malicious and it cannot be tolerated.”
“This attack is an act of brutality that happened during the elections – the very foundation of our democracy – and is absolutely unforgivable,” Mr Kishida said.
During a news conference at Nara Medical University Hospital, doctors said Mr Abe had sustained two bullet wounds to his neck, about 5cm (1inch) apart, and also suffered damage to his heart.
Mr Abe was said to be conscious and responsive in the minutes after the attack, but the 67-year-old’s condition later deteriorated.
Doctors said no vital signs were detected by the time the former prime minister was transferred for treatment and he had to receive a blood transfusion in hospital.
Vocabulary
center around (v)
digital toolbox
practical (adj.)
Instagram is not a practical app for me.
editable (adj.) – non-editable
content: uncountable
offend (v) – defend
I felt really offended by what you said.
offense (n) 进攻 – defense
offensive (adj.) – defensive
pollen (n) 花粉
I am allergic to pollen.
atmosphere (n) 气氛
implement/carry out/execute：执行/实施
punctual (adj.) 准时的
punctuality (n) 准时性
Vladimir Putin
let alone
You couldn’t trust her to look after your dog, let along your child.
He would never walk again let alone play golf.
not to mention
The financial cost is already high, not to mention the time cost.
fear (v/n)
We can feel that he has strong fears for his boss.
intimidating (adj.) 吓人的
intimidate (v) 恐吓，威吓
threaten (v) 威胁
assassin (n) 刺客
assassinate (v) 刺杀
He was assassinated by an assassin.
assassination (n) 刺杀
He and JFK both died from assassination.
psychopath (n) 变态，精神变态者，精神病患者
Speaking exercise
I have a lot of communications to do.
My work centers around communicating with people.
Our client needs manual to define their scope of their design.
Actually, it not that simple, it is also about the future plan, for example,
the technical industry
the tech industry
It contains a lot of contents.
It has a lot in it.
She replied my prompt.
She replied my promptly.
people like Cindy who speaks average likes to speak in English as much they can.
I noticed that those who like to speak in English only/prefer to speak English are the ones with mediocre English.
Only whose with average English skills like to use English all the time.
because one of my colleagues he will be
because one of my colleagues will be
what is the limitation on their intranet to work on this toolbox.
we need to discuss the downside/disadvantage/weakness/limitation of putting this on their intranet.
some employees can only limited content.
some of them have (un)limited access to …
we will responsible for
we will be responsible for
I have no idea/clue about that.
I am still concerned about it.
It’s happened all the time.
It has happened a lot.
It’s happening all the time.
The incharge person
The person in charge of the project is
He is also having a lot of pressure.
He is under a lot of pressure from his boss.
It didn’t announce from the news.
It was not announced from the news.
It is bouncing back.
I worry that we could not deliver it according to the timeline.
I worry that we could not deliver it on time.
I worry that we could not deliver it as scheduled.
This project is not so significant to the global team, so they might not spend much time/energy on it.
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