Hi all,
We read an article form The Guardian, about a girl who gets into trouble because of a word that she used on TV. Here are some vocabulary from it.
naive = unaware, innocent
cool = relaxed
to pay price = to suffer the consequences of something that has been done
“Phyrric victory means paying a high price for a victory.”
race = ethnicity
body = organisation
“Equality Bodies are organisations that promote racial equality.”
“Greenpeace is an ecological body.”
If something is “axed”, it is ended suddenly.
to reel = being dizzy from a shock
to damn = to send to hell
“Damn it!” 
to mishandle = to mismanage, to deal badly with something
indie = independent
ignorant people = people without culture
“The Commision for Racial Equality is a government organisation that investigates cases about racial inequality.”
footage = the part of a film that shows the event
highlights = the most interesting and exciting parts of an event or activity
to summon = to call for (by the authority, usually when you do something wrong)
censorship = controlling what people see ( eg. on TV)
maliciously = to do to harm
to hung out to dry = to abandon somebody when he/she is in trouble
endearment = lovely things that you say to someone you love
street culture = popular culture
legitimate = legal
to denude = to change in meaning
savage = violent
“cash cow” = cow that gives cash instead of milk
“there is no stereotype” means “there is no over-generalization”.
home counties = the area surrounding London
The homework is reading about race relations and popular culture in Britain / Turkey. How is popular culture marketed? Morals and ethics of reality shows like “Big Brother”.
Let me give you another homework, which is writing the blog this week, while I am in Egypt
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