Online Class Notes (Tibo)

If it interests you you can read about Elon Musk’s plan to acquire twitter : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-22/musk-swayed-wall-street-by-pitching-his-vision-for-twitter

Some of my friends in HZ and BJ were notified by different organizations that they needed to prepare for the lockdown.

Both of them just asked me about any experiences to share -> they asked me for advice

More and more people if they have the ability to leave they book a plane / people who are in a position to leave are planning their exit 

He showed me pictures they were asked to take, it was like everything is great -> staged pictures

One of my friend was quite happy that his building got set free. He went out and shot a video and then he came back. There was nothing outside.

We are strongly believe we are going to have clear results. -> we strongly believe

I was taught English starting from 8. Now they cancelled the mandatory English lessons.
If one country the young people don’t do new things long term wise I am worried.

In another scenario, the western world is free to do many things. Are people truly free to choose

Are they exploded to too many fake news -> are they exposed to many fake news.

When you see the results it might take too long / a long time for people to wait and see the results. Results won’t be visible in a short time.

People in the high position also think quite short term. / people in power are incentivized to have short term vision.

If I need to buy an onion I need to join a WeChat group.
Sometimes if there are not enough quantities the order will be cancelled.
this all becomes wasted time.

China is promoting our army’s reputation. / China is showing the strength of its army / China is flexing its muscles

Pronunciation

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Vocabulary

To flex muscles (v) to show power
The military exercise at the border is a way for the country to flex its muscles 

To flex (v) (casual talk) to show off
He bought a new Ferrari to flex (his wealth)

Content moderation policy (n) policy by which content is allowed or deleted
Blood is not allowed in Facebook’s content moderation policy 

Content moderator (n) people who are in charge of monitoring content
Being a content moderator is a tough job

Scapegoat (n) when you find someone to take all responsibility for something
Russia is a scapegoat for the inflation we are experiencing.

Staged (adj): not real / fake / planned for PR
The whole incident was staged

Obedient (adj) listening to orders
Obedient employees are easier to manage