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Donald Trump
On 19 June, in front of a crowd of 20,000 people
gathered in a sports stadium in Orlando, Flori-
da, Donald Trump formally launched his re-
election campaign. In his speech, the Ameri-
can president spoke extensively about Hillary
Clinton, and said that if the country ended up
with a Democrat president and a Democrat
Congress in 2020, the latter would “strip
Americans of their constitutional rights while
flooding the country with illegal immigrants
in the hopes it will expand their political base.”
The crowd cheerfully reprised the cries of
Trump’s first campaign: “Lock her up,” “Build
the wall” and “CNN sucks.”
crowd large gathering of people, audience / to gather to congregate,
assemble / extensively a lot, considerably, significantly / latter the
second (of the two) / to strip to deprive of / to flood to inundate,
overwhelm / to expand to develop, extend, enlarge / cheerfully
happily, here, readily, unashamedly / cry shout, here, slogan / to lock
up to emprison / to suck (slang) to be no good, rubbish, useless.
Stephen Schwarzman
Last month, American author and journalist
Ta-Nehisi Coates testified in Congress during
the first hearing on the hot topic of
reparations for the descendants of slaves. His
essay The Case for Reparations, published in
June 2014, thrust the topic onto the national
stage for the first time. Several Democratic
presidential candidates, such as Tulsi
Gabbard, have recently voiced support for the
idea.
to testify to attest / hearing audience, session / topic
subject, issue, matter / slave person who is owned by
and who works for another / case arguments (for) / to
thrust, thrust, thrust to propel / stage arena / to
voice to express / support approval, solidarity,
endorsement.
Last month, two days after the 25th
anniversary of the fatal stabbing of both his
ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend
Ron Goldman, O.J. Simpson launched his
Twitter account. The former running back said
he is planning to use his Twitter account to
share his thoughts and opinions on “just about
everything.” Simpson, who was acquitted of
murder charges in 1995, was granted parole
two years ago after serving nine years in
prison in connection with a Las Vegas robbery.
stabbing knife attack, here, murder / former ex /
running back offensive back (american football) / to
share to communicate / to grant to give, allow / parole
permission given to a convicted criminal to leave prison
early on condition that he or she behaves well / to serve
to carry out a prison sentence / robbery theft, stealing
of goods.
U.S. billionaire Stephen Schwarzman has
given Oxford University a record £150m
donation to fund humanities research. Part of
the funding will go to a new institute charged
with tackling ethics in artificial intelligence.
Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of private
equity group Blackstone, and a Trump
supporter, said he made the donation to help
people “remember what being human is”
amid what will be the “unstoppable” rise of
robots.
billionaire very rich person who has (at least) a billion
dollars / to fund to finance / humanities languages,
literature, history and philosophy / to tackle to deal
with, address the subject of / founder person who
creates or establishes sth / private equity capital
investment / amid in the context of / rise ascension.
O.J. Simpson Ta-Nehisi Coates
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