General elections in Brazil were held on 7 October. Two candidates, Jair Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad, will contest a run-off vote in three weeks’ time. The sole purpose of the following video, is to give us a chance to learn the vocabulary we need to discuss in English, this decisive moment in Brazil. It doesn’t affirm any political preference.
For more on elections see a few of the other earlier Blog posts here, here and here.
Wow! What a great quotation at times of political turmoil here in Brazil.
At its best is an idiom and it means of or at the highest standard of quality possible.
Example: You’ll love their new album; it’s simply jazz at its best.
If we have a sentence like this: At best, Doug will be only an hour late. This means in the best possible scenario.
Now: He was never at his best early in the morning. It means he was never performing as well or effectively as he is able to, early in the morning.
Este post tem a intenção de reunir todo o vocabulário direta ou indiretamente relacionado ao universo da política e das eleições, em um só lugar para facilitar sua busca e para você conseguir conversar com desenvoltura em inglês, sobre o processo eleitoral e as eleições em si. A postagem anterior, apresentou uma introdução à este vocabulário.
Quer saber por que Sócrates, o fundador da Filosofia Grega, na qual a Democracia surgiu, era tão pessimista com relação à ela? Veja aqui. Veja também postagens anteriores sobre eleições aqui, aqui, aqui e aqui.
Informações sobre as eleições acesse http://www.tse.jus.br/
Fonte da postagem http://www.teclasap.com.br/eleicoes/
General elections in Brazil are so close now, scheduled to be held on 7 October. We’ve started talking about it here. Now, find a list of some useful vocabulary for you to start discussing this in English.
Useful Vocabulary
campaign (n) In an election a campaign is an organized effort which seeks to win the vote of the electorate. Often called a ‘political campaign’ or an ‘election campaign’.
campaign (v) The things a candidate does to be elected. (kissing babies, shaking hands, giving speeches, etc.)
candidate (n) The person who is running in an election
coalition (n) If there’s no outright winner in an election a government can be formed in which several parties cooperate.
debate (n) A formal discussion of the merits of something.
debate (v) To argue for and against something.
elect (v) The act of voting to select the winner of a political office.
election (n)The formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.
electorate (n) The people who are eligible to vote in an election.
government (n) The political body with the power to make and/or enforce laws for a country.
party (n) An organization formed to gain political power.
political (adj) Related to politics.
politician (n) A person active in politics.
politics (n) The process by which governments make decisions.
run (v) To campaign to stand for a political position.
Speaking
*Be careful about asking this. For many people, voting is a personal matter.
General elections are scheduled to be held in Brazil in October 2018 to elect the President and Vice President, the National Congress, State and Federal District Governors and Vice Governors, State Legislative Assemblies and Federal District Legislative Chamber.
The leading presidential candidate is sitting in jail. A right-wing candidate from a minor party who draws comparisons to Donald Trump is rising in the polls. More than 90 percent of the deputies named in Lava Jato are running for reelection.
So what went wrong? There must be something wrong! Why don’t we start learning why Socrates, the founding father of Greek Philosophy, in which Democracy rose, was so pessimistic about it.