Today is the last class in our current four-class set. We will begin with our editing exercise. Today's reading is about immigration to Korea. Our listening material is Episode 2 Part 2 of Serial. The vocabulary words will come from the reading. I will explain them in class. I also underlined some phrases that I thought were interesting, perhaps you could ask questions about them in class. Please answer the listening questions. 

Vocabulary

• diaspora- (noun) the dispersion of any people from their original homeland.
• amnesty- (noun) an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses. (verb) grant an official pardon to.
• allocation- (noun) the action or process of allocating or distributing something. ALSO an amount or portion of a resource assigned to a particular recipient.
• demographic- (adj) relating to the structure of populations. (noun) a particular sector of a population.

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Key Words and Phrases

• Tearing me away from my religion- Adnan thinks that Hye Min is making him give up his religion. 
• Gravity and the magnitude- this phrase describes the size and scope of a situation- usually a serious situation. 
• A pantheon of ways a teenager can be disrespectful- pantheon represents a lot of something or great. So this line is saying that there are many ways for a teenager to be disrespectful. 
• Middleground- or common ground describes finding a solution where both parties can agree. 
• Fraught relationship- is usually a troubled relationship full of drama. 
• Chastised him- to tell him what he did was wrong. Similar to scold him. 
• And a pack of lies in which he cloaked himself- this line says that he used lies to hide his true nature. 
• He wanted the phone so he could call girls unfettered- this means he wanted to call girls without any problems, and in his situation without his parents knowing. So he bought a cell phone. 
• It really did seem like run of the mill teenage angst- run of the mill means common and angst is another word for anxiety. 
• Adnan definitely wasn’t mooning over Hye- mooning over is a phrase that means think about a lover. 
• So, yeah a player- a player is a guy that dates multiple women at the same time. 

Listening quesitons

What kind of woman is Adnan’s mom, Shamim Syed?

What happened at the homecoming dance?

What did the English teacher have to say about Adnan?

Who is Don?