Politics Flashcards
How often are presidential elections held in Colombia?
In English we HOLD elections.
The election is held every four years.
Candidates campaign around the country giving speeches and explaining their ideas.
Candidates - /candi.dayts/
Speeches - /spee/.tchiz/
In the USA, voters mark their vote on the ballot paper.
A ballot paper is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in an election or ballot.
The country can bounce back.
What is bounce back?
If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
Example: We lost two or three early games in the World Cup, but we bounced back.
Democracy
Democracy[dih-mok-ruh-see]
He made a peace deal with the paramilitaries.
paramilitaries -pa·ruh·mi·luh·teh·reez
(stress is on the MI)
Do you think it’s easier to befriend Colombians?
befriend = make friends
The Vietnam war was an extremely divisive issue in the US.
Divisive used to describe something that causes great and sometimes unfriendly disagreement within a group of people:
