Week 3 ( May 2, 2012)

I. Activity one

Site:Net Academy (https://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2)
Topic:Reading (Unit30)
Your score (if any):
Key words learned:
stipulate (v)
Mean: if an agreement, law, or rule stipulates something, it must be done
Ex: Laws stipulate the maximum interest rate that banks can charge.


candidate (n)
Mean: someone who is being considered for a job or is competing in an election
Ex: a presidential candidate


electorate (n)
Mean: all people in a country who have the right to vote
Ex: A majority of the electorate oppose the law.


ballot (v)
Mean: a system of voting, usually in secret, or an occasion when you vote in this way
Ex: The party leader is elected by secret ballot.


legitimacy (n)
=justice,legality


assortment (n)
Mean: a mixture of different things or of various kinds of the same thing
Ex: a wide assortment of friends.


uphold (v)
Mean: to defend or support a law, system, or principle so that it continues to exist
EX: a committee that aims to uphold educational standards.


Rating of the site: :( :/ :I :)
Comments: I thought words are difficult!
Time spent doing activity: 85min.