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Other People ’ s Money Vocabulary:

Other People ’ s Money Vocabulary:. comply with (environmental restrictions) booby trapped have the jitters about my driving test What a shit pit! paramedic chauffeur out of whack. TRO — Temporary Restraining Order get everybody's ace together settle, sue, defense? injunction

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Other People ’ s Money Vocabulary:

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  1. Other People’s Money Vocabulary: • comply with (environmental restrictions) • booby trapped • have the jitters about my driving test • What a shit pit! • paramedic • chauffeur • out of whack

  2. TRO—Temporary Restraining Order • get everybody's ace together • settle, sue, defense? • injunction • scratch your balls • at salvage • working capital

  3. make a profit • pension liability / liability insurance • standstill agreement • predator • corporate takeover

  4. appeal to your sense of decency • first item on the agenda • Larry the liquidator • murder on a mass scale • going down the tube, slow but sure

  5. Lawrence's first speech: use of fairy-tale and personification + concrete calculation • Lawrence and Kate: negotiation and love/sex battle • Jorge -- resort to the shareholders' conscience and friendship • Mrs. Sulllivan -- glorious history + 1 million dollars.

  6. The skills needed in an Argumentation Paper • A clear Definition, Classification of related issues, • In-Depth Analysis of causes and effects; • Narration and Description of concrete examples • Research into social events and statistics needed for support

  7. Argumentation and Persuasion • Considering the Opponents’ perspectives and their Counter-Arguments • Refuting the counter-arguments • Emotional Appeal • Negotiation and Compromise

  8. What to avoid: • Generalization and absoluate statement e.g. "All women dislike men who smoke cigars.” • How? • Modify your statements • Get concrete examples or proper statistics

  9. Possible Topics • Cohabitation for college students • Compulsory Military Service Should be Abolished in All Countries. • Joint Entrance Exam vs. Multiple Admission Program • Should the Investigator hold charges against the pilots of the international airlines?

  10. Should Journalists insist on not revealing the name of their informant under whatever situation? • Neutering of the rapists. • Legalization of sex-related work; of prostitution; of video arcades. • Today’s variety/entertainment shows (in Taiwan) are no good for children.

  11. T.V. news should avoid showing blooding scenes (such as that of the corpses) or sex scenes with or without mosaic effect.

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