V6 - week 10

• Engels
• Praktijkonderwijs
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Today's class

Vocabulary Units 15/16/17 (18)

Socio-cultural knowledge - news article

Exam practice reading - 1st sitting/vwo 2016/txt 1/2/3 & 7

examenidioom unit 15

1. To distinguish 
2. To squat 
3. Obsolete 
4. To startle 
5. (in) jeopardy
6. Stealthy/stealthily 
7. Irrevocably 
8. Squalid 
9. To distort
10. To shrink 

examenidioom unit 15

1. To distinguish - onderscheid maken; onderscheiden
2. To squat - hurken
3. Obsolete - verouderd
4. To startle - schrikken
5. (in) jeopardy - gevaar
6. Stealthy/stealthily - heimelijk; onopvallend
7. Irrevocably - onherroepelijk
8. Squalid - smerig
9. To distort - verdraaien
10. To shrink - krimpen

examenidioom unit 16

1. Liability 
2. To juggle 
3. Occupation 
4. To expire
5. Demanding 
6. Employment agency 
7. A temp
8. Merit
9. Vacancy 
10. Term 

examenidioom unit 16

1. Liability - risico; blok aan het been
2. To juggle - combineren (to juggle a career and kids)
3. Occupation - beroep
4. To expire - aflopen, eindigen
5. Demanding - veeleisend
6. Employment agency - uitzendbureau
7. A temp - uitzendkracht
8. Merit - kwaliteit
9. Vacancy - vacature
10. Term - voorwaarde

examenidioom unit 17

1. Alleged 
2. Felony 
3. To pursue 
4. On parole 
5. Thrust 
6. To acquit 
7. To maim 
8. Illicit 
9. To seize 
10. Perpetrator 

examenidioom unit 17

1. Alleged -zogenaamd
2. Felony - misdrijf
3. To pursue - achtervolgen
4. On parole - voorwaardelijk vrij
5. Thrust - steek
6. To acquit - vrijspreken
7. To maim - verminken
8. Illicit - onwettig
9. To seize - grijpen; beetpakken
10. Perpetrator - dader

5G and QAnon: how conspiracy theorists steered Canada’s anti-vaccine trucker protest

New vocabulary & questions

1.  Frigid
2. (a) Fringe political party/figure
3. Convoy
4. To grant an injunction
5. Cease
6. Contend

Questions:

1) What is the double meaning of "frigid" in this article

2) The protest in Ottawa is mainly made up of truckers objecting compulsory vaccination to cross the US/Canadian border

3) Give 4 examples why the convoy has "seized" the capital and is "extreme"

www.theguardian.com