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The Voice of Biden
Everybody is talking about Joe Biden.
Since the presidential debate on June 27th, Joe Biden’s has been on everybody’s lips.
One must admit that his performance was somewhat catastrophic, and it cast doubt on his mental ability to lead the country.
Is he in his right mind?
That’s what everyone is wondering.
Joe Biden thinks he is and insists to whomever wants to hear it that he is the only decent candidate for the job.
He keeps on fighting and maintains that he is fit to lead.
Can he really, though?
I personally doubt it.
I also doubt that Trump is the solution either, because I don’t see how choosing him over Biden is a better choice, since both men are in their seventies and eighties respectively.
They seem equally the same to me.
It’s utterly ridiculous and absurd that they are the only two choices.
Isn’t there anyone else to lead the United Stated?
No young blood? No new blood?
It doesn’t seem to be the case.
Who has billions of dollars to spend in their forties anyway?
Not too many people, for sure.
I honestly think that having to choose between two equally old people is not the smartest move.
If I was American, I would boycott the election and would motivate people not to vote as a strategy for the voice of the people to be heard.
It is clear to me that the people must regain control over that of the power of money and greed.
They must rebel and there aren’t many ways to go about it.
Regaining power by means of silence is a powerful tool against the almighty ultra rich who want to control everything.
Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
That will never happen.
One thing is for certain is that the country is in a vey bad shape and that it needs someone with an iron fist to put it back on track.
Having a woman wouldn’t hurt but will Kamala Harris be a good enough candidate against Trump?
Biden alluded on Thursday that she could.
We’ll see.
In the meantime, Joe Biden is making a fool of himself as he’s trying to get out of the mess he created for himself.
Will be come out a winner?
Will he resign?
Will he tell the truth about his mental health?
Let’s not fool ourselves.
Governments are known for hiding the truth to their citizens.
How disappointing human nature can be!
True or False (write your answers and tune in for explanations tomorrow)
- People have been talking about Joe Biden lately.
- “To cast doubt on something” is synonym of “to make something seem certain”.
- “To be in one’s right mind” means “to be in an unhealthy state of mind”.
- Trump and Biden are young men.
- “Blood” has the same pronunciation as “foot”.
- “In their forties” refers to someone who is about 30 years old.
- “The smartest” is the comparative form of “smart”.
- “If” + simple past + simple future.
- “Would boycott” and “would motivate” are conjugated in the simple future.
- “Rebel” is both a “noun” and a “verb”.
- “Let’s” is the contraction of “let is”.
- “An iron fist” is a fist that is made from iron.
- “Wouldn’t hurt” in that context means “wouldn’t be a good thing”.
- “To allude” is a synonym of “to suggest”.
- “We’ll” is the contraction of “we will”.
- “To make a fool of oneself” is a synonym of “to fool oneself”.
- “His” is a possessive pronoun.
- “Will he come out”, “will he resign”, “will he tell” are verbs conjugated in the conditional.
- “How” + an adverb.
Some Practice Questions
- In your opinion, is Joe Biden still fit to lead?
- Would a female president be a good thing?
- Do you think that the people would get its power back if it decided not to vote?
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