Vocabulary

sovereign – sovereignty
reign – rule

law – laws

legal – lawful

illegal – unlawful

A “scam” is a newer word and a “racket” is an older word.

A scam or a racket is a dishonest business.

Have you read “War is a Racket” by General Smedley Butler, the most decorated marine in the history of the United States Military?

Have you ever worked in an armaments factory?

Questions

Have you ever made your own christmas decorations?

Are you an interior decorator?

Have you ever decorated a cake?

Have you ever decorated a christmas tree?

Are you a businessman?
Are you a dishonest businessman?
Are you an honest businessman?

Adverbs

fundamentally
basically

a method of solving problems

conditionals

if we dont have a good system, then we might as well not have a system at all

the system has ben rigged
It has been rigged.
it is not fair.
People are not getting a fair go.

Human Rights

What is the origin of this?
What is the source of this?
What is the authority for this?

it is a self governing colony
that is what it remains
for the purposes of the law
as far as the law is concerned
so far as the law is concerned

that has long been proven not to be the case

the decision is

Phrasal Verbs

which was handed down on the
which was handed out in the

he said he had a duty to protect the system
he said he had an obligaton to protect the system

the Australia Act has logistical and legal problems

“We have a bureaucracy which has inheritted its attitudes from the convict days, which has not changed its ways of thinking since the convict days.”

Conditionals

we are in court
we would be in court

The true function of the courts was not justice.

The 1914 Crimes Act

the entire Australian Taxation Office is illegal
the entire Australian Taxation Office is not illegal

Have you ever been involved in a scam?
Have you ever been tricked in a scam?

Vocabulary

codes – cryptology

encryption – to encrypt

I participated as … in ….

Employees with top secret Q clearances

What is Arthur’s security clearance?

During my career I was …

Look at the pictures of aeroplanes, can you fly?

I received technical training.

This is a picture of …

Mt involvement with black programs is still classified.

Questions

What is a black program?

Link to the WORK page

Questions

Listen to the music. Do you like it?

What is the name of the radio host?

Is it Clint Eastwood or Vinnie Eastwood?

LISTENING

Listen to the audio and read the notes. Do you follow the thread of the conversation? Are you learning new vocabulary. FOCUS on the vocabulary.

The vocabulary is the most important thing at first. learn what the words mean. Listen to the flow of the sound. Relax. Enjoy. Do not worry if you do not understand everything. Nobody can understand everything all the time except …

Past Continuous Tense

You were telling me that you have some unconventional news to spread and you have chosen specifically at the Vinnie Eastwood Show.

“Used to”

I used to be principal solicitor.

litigation

I took the call.

It was a strange man telling me a strange story.

a war criminal

Stuff like that.
Things like that.

I should have told him to keep taking the medication.

I was a bit bored.

I read that material.

Passive Voice

I was shocked.

I spent the next few weeks.

Australia’s constitutional problems

the New South Wales State Government
the Queensland State Government

ADVERBS

specifically – generally

The Legal System

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The General Assembly of the United Nations

The Japanese Government has this information

a case in the international court

Australian Antarctic waters

The International Court of Justice

New Zealand

Parliament

An Act – a bill of law

a democratic vote
a unanimous vote.

the royal signature

the British parliament at Westminster

the Governor-General
the Queen

chosen – appointed

sovereignty

the Japanese know about this
the Japanese don’t know about this

the Chinese are aware of it
the Chinese are not aware of it

a Chinese born gentleman by the name of Stern Hu
an American born gentleman by the name of Woodrow Wilson
a Canadian born gentleman by the name of Benjamin Fulford

the Australian government
the Chinese government
the Japanese government

the Chinese government

Australia’s currency and stock market

I am not au fait with what is going on in Canada and New Zealand.

We have proof that back in the 1990′s a Governor-General was appointed by a forged document.

A Title

Baron Falconer

That document was slid across the desk.

Royalty

That is a forgery because the design of the royal seal was changed.

The Royal Seal went from the custody of the

This is the same Jack Straw that blocked investigations of … in State Institutions

a bank account somewhere

it has probably happened for New Zealand and Canada too

it is all behind closed doors

the levels of secrecy concerning government

the public is completely in the dark

about as in the dark as you can get

you have actually got documentation with the Buckingham Palace logo on it

I will leave that to others

power prices are rising

the reason that they are down there

the United Nations can’t give a colony territory

Australia is not a nation

It is a colony

Keeping the people in the dark is not that easy ..it requires quite the massive budget .. methinks

the bribery

the Australian taxpayer

not worth the paper they are written on

the reason this initially happened is because hundreds of years ago Britain had the strongest navy in the world…

What happened was towards the end of the

The President of the United States

Woodrow Wilson

an International body which came to be known as the League of Nations

British Colonies

Make a list of British colonies past and present!

Towards the end of the First World war, they granted Australia, New Zealand and Canada their sovereignty.

South Africa

Australia, New Zealand and Canada …

come in at 30 seconds

standards of living

if you talk about standards of living

her standard of living will not be …

Let’s embrace the future together.

What do you think about education and study?
Do you agree with the viewpoint of the speaker?

Vocabulary

Metaphors

It is crucial – it is very very important.

Cruce – crux – cross

What does the word “paradigm” mean?

It means “way of looking at it” or “worldview”.

It describes events in past simple tense. It describes circumstances and situations in present simple tense.

phrases

I am afraid I would have to start

we do not really need a world government.

a single government elected by the people of the world

People are worried about the situation with Iran and some kind of wider conflict happening there

probably from the point of view of the United States is the thing that we would be most concerned about.

The current structure of world institutions is not fair.

Asians are sixty five per cent of the world population.

I think it is an issue that understandably and legitimately is raised by the nations with a smaller percentage

the world situation was a totally different one…

This should be addressed.