Topic is “Fake News”
Vocabulary
・accurate：(adj.)correct, exact
・witness：(n.)a person who sees a crime or an accident
・go viral：(phrv)to become very popular very quickly
・outlet：(n.)media organization, news comes from, source of the news
・offer aid：help
・victim：(n.)a person who has suffered the effects of violence or illness or bad luck, is inside the accident
・deliberate：(adj.)intentional or planned, often with the result of being harmful to someone
・hoax：(n.)a trick or something else that is intended to deceive someone (≒scam)
・invent：（v.）to design or create
・influence：(v.)to persuade someone to do or think something different
・gullible：(adj.)easily tricked
・catchy：(adj.)attractive, easy to remember, eye-catching
・to circulate：(v.)go around, spread
・deceptive：(adj.)misleading
・a democracy：(n.)a system in which everyone has equal rights and opportunities, and can help make decisions
・a millennial：(n.)a person born in the ’80s or ’90s
・probaganda：(n.)one-sided information (with a goal of hurting the other side)
・in the spotlight：the centre of attention
・to stumble upon：(v.)to find by chance
・to trend：(v.)to become temporarily popular
・exaggeration：/ɪɡˌzædʒ.əˈreɪ.ʃən/(n.)the fact of making something seem larger, more important, better or worse than it really is. (negative)
・something smells fishy：(idm)if a situation or an explanation smells fishy, it causes you to think that something is being dishonest.
・opponent：(n.)a person you are sompeting against, in politics or sports (competitor)
I realized I have to use an English dictionary because if I know a word in Japanese and don’t know how to explain it in English, I can’t follow a class.
・an affair：(n.)①secret situation, relationship ②event
・gossip：(n.)talk about other people’s private lives
・resign：(v.)to give up a job or position
・bankrupt：(adj.)unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts
・stab：(v.)to injure someone with a sharp pointed object such as a knife
・a summit：(n.)an important formal meeting
・a ceasefire：(n.)to stop fighting (temporarily)
・negotiate：(v.)to make an agreement, to have formal discussions
・tragically：(adv.)in a way that is very sad, and often involving death and suffering
・abuse：(n.)cruel, violent, or unfair of someone
・cruel /ˈkruː.əl/：(adj.)extremely unkind and unplesant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally
・parted：(adj.)separated
・provoke：(v.)to make a person angry
・rip：(v.)to remove something quickly without being careful
・eyewitness：(n.)a person who saw something happen
・calamitous：(adj.)causing great damage
・fate：(n.)what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat
・instantly：(adv.)immediately
What’s the difference between Crime and Justice?
→illegal activities and judge
What’s the difference between Business and Economics?
→a particular company or selling and all business
What’s the difference between Eyewitness and Witness????
What does “Instantly, sealing his calamitous fate” mean????
→????????? I couldn’t understand…
Grammer：Reported speech
This part was too hard for me to understand…
Direct speech
・Open question
・Closed question
・Request
・Statement (affirmative sentence)
・Order (command)
・「,」「””」
Indirect speech
・Open question：ask, wh+S+V
・Closed question：ask, if
・Request：ask
・Statement：say or tell
・Order：tell to do
・yesterday：the day before
・today：that day
・last week：the week before, the previous week
・tomorrow：the next day, the following day
・next month：the following week
・this/these：that/those
・here：there
・now：then
★backshift
★to change pronouns
Grammar: Reporting Verbs
to do something
・agree to do somthing
・offer to do something
・refuse to do something
・promise to do something
・threaten to do something
somebody+to do something
・advice me to do something
・ask me to do something
・convince me to do something
・encourage me to do something
・invite me to do something
・persuade me to do something
・remind me todo something
・tell me to do something
・warn me to do something
doing something
・apologise (to somebody) for doing something
・insist on doing something
・accuse somebody of doing something
・recommend doing something
・admit doing something
・regret doing something
・blame somebody for doing something
・suggest doing something
・deny doing something
Conversation Slang
・G’day：good dsy. hi
・How you goin？/ How you going?：How are you?
・Yeah nah：no
・Nah yeah：yes
・Righto：right, no way/ you’re kidding/ not a chance
・O’i mate：when you forget someone’s name
・Bevies：Drinks (alcoholic)
・Bottle O：bottle shop (alcohol shop)
・Woolies：Woolworthes
・Favourites：a very popular brand of assorted shocolates
・Brakky：breakfast
・Avo：avocado
・Barbie：BBQ
・Snag：sausage
・Bangers and mash：sausages and mashed potato. Usually served with veggies (vegetables)
・Smoko：lunch break
This week was also too hard…
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