VIP Class Notes (George) [W]

Review the new vocabulary

Vocabulary

Woes- troubles or worries

e.g. That poor woman has many woes, her husband died and her children are both blind.

Curb- stop something from happening

e.g. America is trying to curb Iran’s nuclear weapons.

Bypass- go around something

e.g. Someone who is good at using computers can bypass your password.

Currency-huobi money in the international economy

e.g. China’s currency is the RMB

Plummet- to fall downwards very fast

e.g. He jumped off the building and plummeted to his death.

Withdraw- to pull back from something to go away from something, not be part of it

e.g. Trump withdrew the US from the Paris agreement.

Negotiate-tan pan to try and find an agreement on something

e.g. Trump says he is the best negotiator in the world.

Relief- When something brings you back to a better condition, makes you feel better

e.g. Iran wants relief from the sanctions because they are hurting its economy.

Watchdog- A group that watches the actions of other people, to make sure they don’t do bad things.

e.g. Guoji Dashe is a human rights watchdog.It watches for bad things happening to people in countries.

Comply- you agree to something

e.g. I complied with the overtime my boss made us work.

Punitive- something that punishes someone

e.g. You need to give him punitive action, make him pay 100 rmb.

(obligation),（treaty) and agreement all the same meaning, to do something, an agreement.

Embassy- dashiguan

graffiti- when people use paint to draw on the walls of buildings

crisis-Something very bad that happens

e.g. There is a crisis in Syria right now because of the war.

Original

I check online about the definition of Economic Sanctions. Now I know it’s a ( punitive measures) from one country or several countries to another country which has destroyed the international (obligation),（treaty) and agreement. It’s also a method that strong countries to hit weak countries. Iran is always under the Economic Sanctions of American. I have been to Iran, and when I passed by the old US (Embassy), especially when I saw the (graffiti) on the wall. I can feel the strong fury emotion that Iranians to Americans. On May 8 2018, US president Trump announced at the White House that the United States withdraw from the Iraqi nuclear agreement. With this, US will re-impose Economic Sanctions to Iran, and this made Iran went to a bad situation, but even this , Iran president Rouhani hasn’t lose his confident and he was defiant as US re-imposes measures. I believe they will overcome this (crisis).

Corrected

I check online about the definition of Economic Sanctions. Now I know it’s a  punitive measure from one country or several countries to another country which has destroyed the international (obligation),（treaty) and agreement. It’s also a method that strong countries use to hit weak countries. Iran is always under  Economic Sanctions by America. I have been to Iran, and when I passed by the old US (Embassy), especially when I saw the (graffiti) on the wall. I can feel the strong fury that Iranians feel against Americans. On May 8 2018, US president Trump announced at the White House that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement. With this, the US will re-impose Economic Sanctions against Iran, and this will bring Iran into a bad situation, but even this , Iran president Rouhani hasn’t lost his confidence and he was defiant as the US re-imposed measures. I believe they will overcome this (crisis).