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- http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/helicopter-parenting/3194736.html - article for homework
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- Homework: read the article about helicopter parenting. Make sure you understand all the words.
- Is it a problem in your country too?
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- What is “helicopter parenting”?
- Why can it be a problem?
- Is there a difference between a child of helicopter parents and a spoiled child?
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- What happened in Massachusetts yesterday? We had a primary election. People voted (privately and secretly) either between Clinton and Sanders to be nominated by the Democratic party, or between Trump, Cruz, Rubio, etc. to be nominated the Republican party.
- Super Tuesday: the day with the most primaries and caucuses in a presidential election year
- caucus: when people from the same party vote publicly for one of their party’s candidates
- nominate: name the person that your party is going to put in the election
- delegate: someone who acts on behalf of someone else, in this case each candidate wants to win delegates from each state. At the party’s convention, the delegates will vote to decide who gets the nomination.
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- http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/trump-clinton-control-race-for-president/3215860.html
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- Notice the grammar of the headline. What words should we add to make it a correct sentence?
- “Trump and Clinton control the race for (the) US President.”
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- Read the article and, with your partner(s), try to figure out the meanings of any words you don’t understand.
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- Homework: Try to find an article that remains optimistic about Rubio, Kasich, or Carson winning the Republican nomination.
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