VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

under house arrest 软禁

illegal conducts 法律不端行为

detain (v) 拘留 = under detention

charge (n/v) 指控

extradition (n) 引渡

fury – furious – infuriate: angry

retaliate (v) to make an attack in return for sth , 复仇，报复

allege (v) 声称

state – statement： 陈述

perpetrate (v) 犯（罪），做（坏事）
ie. The men were planning to perpetrate a robbery.
ie. The attack was perpetrated by a street gang.

bound for: head to

scheme: a systematic or organized plan for a specific purpose
ie. The company has a new scheme for insurance coverage.

scapegoat (n) 替罪羊

violate – violent – violation

shady = under the table: suspicious, 可疑的，见不得人的
ie. Shady deals

relief – relieve

belief – believe

Grammar

in- 
1) the opposite of, not, negate,
2) to make, to let, to have,

unpolite
impolite

dis + v
in + adj

How food affects your mood?

What happened is not fair on Mr. Meng.
What happened is not fair for Mr. Meng.

if she is not a citizen any other countries, they can’t charge or arrest her.
if she is not a citizen of another country, then they can’t charge or arrest her.

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, was detained on fraud charges in December 2018 at the request of the US. On Friday, the US Department of Justice dropped an extradition request for her.

The case infuriated China and strained relations with the US and Canada. It also prompted accusations that China had detained Canadian citizens in retaliation, which China denied. Shortly afterwards she boarded an Air China flight bound for the Chinese city of Shenzhen, AFP news agency reports.

The US alleged Ms Meng misled the bank HSBC over the true nature of Huawei’s relationship with a company called Skycom, putting the bank at risk of violating US sanctions against Iran. She had been under house arrest in her multimillion-dollar Vancouver home for nearly three years.

As part of the deal, Ms Meng agreed to a “statement of facts” admitting that she knowingly made false statements to HSBC. The Department of Justice said Ms Meng had “taken responsibility for her principal role in perpetrating a scheme to defraud a global financial institution”.