Learning from the enemy

url: http://www.economist.com/news/china/21613292-damaging-confrontation-looms-over-election-2017-learning-enemy

* a damaging confrontation looms over an election in 2017

        loom: n. 织布机，v. 隐约可见, 赫然耸现

        Ex.  the mountains looms through the clouds

        这个动词用的比较好

        同时注意damaging 这个形容词， 很有破坏力的 

 

* ...seems to have been taking lessons from the other 

         take lesson from 吸取教训

＊ Both sides still have a lot to learn 

         have a lot to learn;  take lesson from

*  喜欢用这样的句式： it is clear that,  it is almost certain

* street protest 街道游行

* On the other hand, it may prefer to provoke

      prefer to + do