2015년 3월 22일 일요일

# Week 2 assignment


1. a Short Description

This video is a shortcut of U.K drama "Newsroom Season 1".  In this video, the main character said that  the U.S. is not the greatest country in the world.

2.Why you find it interesting
  Main character James warned the nationalism and let the audience should recognize U.S also has some problems.  It motivates me that I should also be cautious of the nationalism. Actually, some of Koreans think that Korea is great and we have noting to worry about. However that is not true. I belive we should consider our country objective and clear.

 3.Language learning points
 ● And with a straight face you're gonna tell students that America is so star - spangled awesome that
        = shameless face.
we're the only ones in the world who have freedom?


- This compound word use commonly as 'expressionless face'. However, in this speech, it uses as 'shameless face'. I found that word-meaning as a context clue. I feel again that it is important to find the word-meaning by using context clue.



● We lead the world in only 3 categories:
 Number of incarcerated citizens per capita
                                                                                                                     = per head


● I don't know what the fxxx you're talking about - Yosemite?

- Yosemite is a series of waterfalls in central California, in the Yosemite National Park, with a total drop of 770 m (2525 ft). He-James-uses sarcasm toward the society girl's saying "why the America is the greatest country in the world?"