Have you ever helped choose a name for something — a group chat, a class, a team, a pet? How did you decide, and did everyone agree?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. group chat — an online conversation where several people send messages

2. suggest — to offer an idea for other people to think about

3. vote — to choose something by asking each person to give their choice

4. agree on — to reach the same decision together

5. joke — something said to make people laugh

6. make sense — to be easy to understand and reasonable

7. take turns — to do something one person after another

8. change one's mind — to decide something different from before

Sentence Patterns:

1. We chose... because everyone... — used to explain how a group made its decision

2. At first we wanted..., but then... — used to describe how the choice changed during the discussion

3. Not everyone liked it, so in the end we... — used to explain how the group handled disagreement

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. brainstorm — to produce many ideas quickly before judging any of them

2. shortlist — a small group of choices kept after the others are removed

3. consensus — general agreement that everyone in a group can accept

4. put forward — to suggest an idea for other people to consider

5. veto — to refuse a suggestion and stop it from going ahead

6. settle on — to finally choose something after considering the options

7. compromise — an agreement in which each side gives up part of what it wanted

8. stick — to continue to be used or remembered, as in the name stuck

Sentence Patterns:

1. We narrowed it down to..., and in the end we settled on... — used to describe a selection process step by step

2. Nobody was completely happy with it, which is usually how you know it was a... — used to comment on what a compromise looks like

3. The name we picked says more about us than about the thing itself — used to reflect on what a choice reveals

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. nomenclature — the set of names a group uses for the things it cares about

2. arbitrary — based on choice or chance rather than on any rule or reason

3. canvass — to ask every person in a group for their view before deciding

4. ratify — to give official approval to a decision that has been made

5. buy-in — the active support of everyone who has to live with a decision

6. durable — able to last a long time without being changed

7. stakes — the things a person stands to gain or lose in a decision

8. indelible — impossible to remove or forget

Sentence Patterns:

1. We were not really naming a group chat; we were negotiating who had the right to speak for it — used to argue that naming is a small exercise of power

2. The hard part was not producing options but persuading the people who had not been in the room when the decision was made — used to explain the gap between deciding and being accepted

3. Any name chosen by six people will be slightly wrong for all of them, and the fact that it survives anyway is what makes it ours — used to reflect on imperfect collective choices

Think of something that was renamed where you live or study — a school, a street, a shop, a course, a product. Did anything change besides the sign?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. rename — to give something a new name

2. sign — a board in a public place that shows a name or some information

3. street sign — a small board at a corner that gives the name of the road

4. get used to — to slowly become comfortable with something new

5. notice — to see or become aware of something

6. keep calling it — to go on using the old name in daily speech

7. official — decided or approved by the people in charge

8. in name only — true on paper but not in real life

Sentence Patterns:

1. They changed the name of... to..., but people still... — used to contrast an official change with everyday habit

2. The only thing that changed was... — used to say that a change was very small

3. I only noticed the new name when... — used to describe how you found out about the change

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. rebrand — to change a name, logo or image in order to change how people see something

2. signage — all the signs in a place, considered together

3. take effect — to begin to apply officially

4. refer to — to name or mention something in a particular way

5. tradition — a custom that a group has followed for a long time

6. controversy — public disagreement about something people feel strongly about

7. nostalgic — feeling fond and slightly sad about the past

8. catch on — to become popular or widely accepted

Sentence Patterns:

1. The change was announced as..., but in practice... — used to compare an official statement with what actually happened

2. What people objected to was not the name but... — used to identify the real source of the disagreement

3. Years later some people still say..., which shows... — used to treat a habit as evidence of a lasting feeling

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. toponym — a place name, especially one that records something about the place

2. erasure — the removal of a name or record so that something is no longer visible

3. symbolic — standing for something larger rather than being useful in itself

4. institutional — belonging to a large organisation rather than to individual people

5. inertia — the tendency of things to stay as they are unless a force is applied

6. supersede — to replace something older and take its place officially

7. vernacular — the everyday language of ordinary people, as opposed to official language

8. contested — disagreed about by groups who each claim it

Sentence Patterns:

1. A renaming is a claim about the past disguised as an administrative decision — used to argue that names carry a version of history

2. The sign changed in an afternoon, but the language people actually use has not changed at all, and that gap is where the real argument lives — used to contrast official and everyday naming

3. If nothing except the letters on the board had changed, nobody would have objected, which tells you the objection was never about the letters — used to show that resistance reveals what a name was carrying

"Artificial" can mean "made by people" (artificial light) or "not genuine" (an artificial smile). When you hear "artificial intelligence," which meaning comes first — and does it change how you feel about it?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. meaning — the idea that a word or sentence carries

2. made by people — created by humans instead of growing in nature

3. real — true and actual, not copied or pretended

4. fake — not real, made to look like something it is not

5. genuine — true and honest, not pretended

6. smile — the look on your face when you are happy

7. feeling — something you sense inside, such as trust or worry

8. at first — when you first hear or see something, before you think more

Sentence Patterns:

1. When I hear the word..., the first meaning I think of is... — used to say which sense of a word reaches you first

2. To me, it sounds like... rather than... — used to choose between two possible meanings

3. It doesn't change how I feel, because... — used to say the word itself does not affect your opinion

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. literal — following the basic, exact meaning of a word

2. figurative — using a word in a non-literal, imaginative way to suggest something else

3. tone — the general feeling or attitude that a word or remark carries

4. associate — to connect one thing in your mind with another

5. imply — to suggest something without saying it directly

6. instinct — a natural feeling or reaction that comes without thinking

7. neutral — not positive or negative; without strong feeling either way

8. second thought — a feeling of doubt or a change of mind after more thinking

Sentence Patterns:

1. Read literally, the word "artificial" simply means..., but in everyday use it often carries... — used to separate a dictionary meaning from a suggested one

2. My instinct is to hear it as..., which probably says more about... than about the technology itself — used to trace your reaction back to habit or to the word rather than the thing

3. That tone makes me (more / less) willing to trust it, because... — used to link the feeling a word carries to your level of trust

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. pejorative — expressing disapproval or criticism; giving a negative impression

2. semantic — relating to meaning in language

3. loaded — carrying a hidden extra meaning or strong feeling beyond the plain sense

4. ambiguity — the state of having more than one possible meaning

5. conflation — the act of joining two different ideas as if they were one

6. manufactured — produced to a plan rather than arising on its own; deliberately made

7. ostensible — stated or appearing to be true, though not necessarily so

8. disingenuous — not honest about your real motives while seeming sincere

Sentence Patterns:

1. "Artificial" carries a pejorative shadow it never quite sheds, so the objection to it is semantic before it is technical — used to argue that the complaint lives in the language, not in the engineering

2. The word trades on a conflation of two senses — made by people, and not genuine — and the second sense quietly contaminates the first — used to show how one meaning spreads into the other

3. What unsettles people is not the "made by people" half of the word but the manufactured feeling the other half smuggles in — used to separate the harmless sense from the damaging one

"Super" means above or beyond (supermarket, superhuman, superfood). If the same tools are called "super intelligence," does anything change for you — nothing, a little, or a lot?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. above — higher than something else

2. beyond — past the normal limit; more than usual

3. super- — a word part put in front of another word to mean "very" or "above"

4. supermarket — a large shop that sells food and everyday things

5. superhuman — having strength or ability far greater than a normal person

6. supernatural — beyond what is natural or what science can explain

7. powerful — having a lot of strength or effect

8. name — the word we use when we talk about a person or thing

Sentence Patterns:

1. When I hear "super", I think of things like... — used to bring in familiar examples of the prefix

2. The name sounds..., but the tool is still... — used to compare a new name with the old reality

3. For me, changing the name changes (nothing / a little / a lot), because... — used to answer the question directly and give your reason

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. prefix — a word part added to the front of a word to change its meaning

2. exaggerate — to describe something as bigger or better than it really is

3. hype — excited talk that makes something sound more impressive than it is

4. oversell — to praise something so much that people expect too much

5. upgrade — to move something to a higher or better level

6. implication — something that is suggested but not openly stated

7. perception — the way people understand or think about something

8. promise — to say that something will happen or be good in the future

Sentence Patterns:

1. Changing the prefix alters the implication: "artificial" suggests..., while "super" suggests... — used to contrast what each word quietly suggests

2. If the name changes but the tool doesn't, then what actually changes is people's... — used to move the discussion from the label to the effect on people

3. It sounds like an upgrade, but I'd want to ask whether... — used to accept the new name for a moment and then test it

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. superlative — the highest degree of a quality; a word expressing the utmost level

2. grandiosity — the quality of seeming grander or more important than reality supports

3. inflation — the act of making something seem larger or more valuable than it is

4. overstatement — a claim that says more than the facts allow

5. semantics — the study of meaning in language, or the meaning of a particular word

6. rhetorical — designed to persuade an audience rather than to state facts

7. aspirational — describing not what something is now, but what it hopes to become

8. augment — to make something greater by adding to it

Sentence Patterns:

1. "Super" is the language of the superlative — it names a ceiling nobody has reached, and naming a ceiling is not the same as reaching it — used to separate a claim from an achievement

2. The rename is a rhetorical move rather than a technical one; it changes the grade of the word without touching the grade of the machine — used to argue that the change is in persuasion, not in capability

3. There is a difference between an aspirational label and a descriptive one, and "super intelligence" has quietly crossed from the second to the first — used to name the shift from describing to hoping

In English or Chinese, can you think of a word chosen mainly to make something sound better or worse than it is? Who was it meant to persuade — and did it work?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. word choice — the decision to use one word instead of another

2. sound better — to seem nicer or more acceptable than before

3. sound worse — to seem more unpleasant or more serious than before

4. label — a name we put on a person, group, or thing

5. persuade — to make someone agree with you or think in a certain way

6. mislead — to make someone believe something that is not true

7. slogan — a short, easy phrase used in advertising or politics

8. successful — getting the result you wanted

Sentence Patterns:

1. They chose the word... instead of..., because... — used to point out a deliberate choice between two words

2. It was meant to persuade... — used to name the audience the word was aimed at

3. Did it work? For me, (yes / no), because... — used to judge whether the persuasion succeeded

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. spin — the way a story is presented to give a certain impression

2. euphemism — a mild or pleasant word used in place of a harsh one

3. wording — the particular words a person chooses when saying something

4. reframe — to describe the same facts in a way that changes how they are understood

5. soften — to make something unpleasant seem less harsh

6. disguise — to hide the real nature of something

7. tactic — a planned method used to achieve a particular aim

8. intended audience — the specific group of people a message is aimed at

Sentence Patterns:

1. The same fact can be reframed as... or as..., and the difference is entirely in the wording — used to show that the facts stayed the same while the impression changed

2. That is a euphemism for..., and calling it that already takes a side — used to name a softening word and then step outside it

3. It was aimed at (group), and it probably worked on them because... — used to connect a target audience to the reason the word succeeded

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. doublespeak — language that deliberately disguises or reverses the plain meaning of words

2. sanitise — to remove the offensive or unpleasant details from something

3. propaganda — information spread mainly to influence opinion rather than to inform

4. manipulate — to control how someone thinks or feels, often unfairly

5. lexicon — the full set of words used by a person, group, or field

6. equivocation — the use of unclear language to avoid committing to a clear meaning

7. codify — to fix something into an official or systematic form

8. connotation — the feeling or association a word carries beyond its plain meaning

Sentence Patterns:

1. The word was doing the work of an argument — it smuggled a conclusion into the lexicon and let people repeat it without ever defending it — used to show how a single word can carry an unargued claim

2. A euphemism succeeds when the audience forgets it is one, and the surest sign it worked is that the old word starts to sound rude — used to explain how successful softening becomes invisible

3. Whoever controls the terms controls the argument, which is why the fight over a name is never only about the name — used to link naming to power

When a name is changed from above — by a government, a company or a school — what do you usually do: adopt it, ignore it, or keep using the old word? Give an example you have lived through.

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. rename — to give something or someone a new name

2. from above — coming from the people in power, not from ordinary people

3. adopt — to start using something new, such as a new name

4. ignore — to pay no attention to something

5. in charge — having the power to decide

6. get used to — to slowly feel that something new is normal

7. old habit — something you keep doing without thinking because you have done it for a long time

8. slip of the tongue — a small mistake when you say the old word by accident

Sentence Patterns:

1. When they changed the name to..., I... — used to say what you actually did after the change

2. At first I kept saying..., but now I... — used to show how your own habit changed over time

3. The official name is..., but everyone I know still says... — used to compare the official name with everyday life

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. top-down — decided by the people at the top and passed down to everyone else

2. comply — to do what an official order or rule requires

3. go along with — to accept a change without arguing, even when you are not sure about it

4. resist — to refuse to accept or follow a change

5. catch on — to become widely used or accepted over time

6. stick with — to keep using the old word or way instead of switching

7. in practice — in real everyday situations, not only in official documents

8. reluctant — not wanting to do something, but doing it anyway

Sentence Patterns:

1. Officially it is called..., but in practice everyone says... — used to contrast the rule with daily reality

2. I went along with it at first, mainly because..., but I still... — used to describe partial, half-hearted acceptance

3. The people who made the change never had to... — used to point out that an order from above costs the decision-makers nothing

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. edict — a formal order from someone in authority that others are expected to obey

2. nomenclature — the official system of names used by an institution or a field

3. prescriptive — telling people which words they must use, rather than describing the words they do use

4. unilateral — decided by one side alone, without the agreement of anyone else

5. acquiesce — to accept an order without protest, even when you disagree with it

6. entrench — to fix something so firmly that changing it later becomes very hard

7. de facto — true in real life, whether or not any rule or document says so

8. ossify — to become hardened and unable to change, as a habit or a language can

Sentence Patterns:

1. The order changed the letterhead, not the language: officially we now say..., while everyone around me still says... — used to argue that a rename from above can be fully obeyed and completely ineffective

2. I did what people usually do with an edict from above — acquiesced on paper and dragged my feet in speech, writing... and saying... — used to describe the gap between formal compliance and private habit

3. What stayed with me was the moment I caught myself mid-sentence, in front of..., saying... — used to dramatise the instant an old name resurfaces and what it reveals about how deeply it was entrenched

The order comes from the US president. If you follow this news, what was your first reaction? If you do not, does it surprise you that a president can rename a technology by order?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. first reaction — the feeling or thought you have the moment you hear something

2. follow the news — to read or watch reports about something regularly

3. in the news — being reported by newspapers, TV or websites

4. order — something a leader says must be done

5. surprise — the feeling you get when something is not what you expected

6. unbelievable — very hard to believe

7. at first — at the beginning, before you had time to think more

8. make sense — to seem reasonable and easy to understand

Sentence Patterns:

1. When I first heard that..., I thought... — used to give your immediate reaction before any analysis

2. It surprises me that a president can..., because... — used to say what you find hard to believe, and why

3. I do not follow this news closely, but... — used to answer the second half of the question honestly

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. knee-jerk reaction — an opinion given immediately, before you have thought it through

2. executive order — an official instruction from a president that government agencies must follow

3. sceptical — doubting that something is true or will work

4. shrug off — to treat something as unimportant and not worth worrying about

5. symbolic — important for what it signals rather than for practical results

6. take seriously — to treat something as real and important

7. announcement — a public statement that tells people about a decision

8. come as a surprise — to be unexpected

Sentence Patterns:

1. My first thought when I saw the headline was that... — used to report the instant impression before the analysis

2. It does not surprise me that a president can..., because... — used to explain why this power seems normal or expected to you

3. What struck me was not the order itself but... — used to separate the event from the detail that stayed with you

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. incredulity — the state of being unable to believe what you have just heard

2. pronouncement — a formal public statement made as if it settles the matter

3. executive fiat — a decision made by a leader's own authority, without any new law being passed

4. indicative — serving as a sign that something else is true or is happening

5. grandstanding — saying or doing something mainly to attract attention rather than to solve a problem

6. precedent — an earlier action that later decision-makers can point to as a reason to do the same

7. semantic — connected with meaning in language rather than with facts

8. astonishment — a strong feeling of surprise

Sentence Patterns:

1. My first reaction was incredulity, and then something closer to recognition: renaming a technology by fiat is less a scientific decision than a semantic one, and the two have rarely been further apart — used to move from the emotional reaction to the analysis

2. What astonishes me is not that a president can do it — leaders sign orders all the time — but that the definition is due only after the name, which tells you the name came first and the thinking afterwards — used to separate what is legal from what is logical

3. If a single pronouncement can rename a technology in sixty days, the question worth asking is what the next one might rename — used to turn one reaction into a question about precedent

The order covers federal agencies, but California told its state agencies to keep "AI." Two official names in one country — a healthy disagreement, or a mess?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. federal — belonging to the national government of a country such as the United States

2. state — a part of a country with its own government, like California

3. agency — a government office that does a particular job

4. document — an official paper or computer file

5. disagree — to have a different opinion from another person or group

6. healthy — normal and useful, not a sign of trouble

7. mess — a confusing situation that is hard to deal with

8. confusing — hard to understand because the parts do not fit together

Sentence Patterns:

1. On one side..., but on the other side... — used to set out the two names and who chose each one

2. Two names for the same thing sounds like a mess, but... — used to give your own view of the disagreement

3. If I had to write it at work or at school, I would use... because... — used to say what you would do in the middle of the confusion

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. jurisdiction — the area or level of government that has the power to decide something

2. contradict — to say the opposite of what another person or group has said

3. overlap — to cover part of the same area or subject

4. inconsistency — a situation in which two rules or statements do not match

5. autonomy — the freedom of a region or an organisation to decide for itself

6. at odds — in disagreement with each other

7. bureaucracy — the system of government offices and the rules they follow

8. workable — able to be used or managed in practice

Sentence Patterns:

1. Because each level of government has its own..., the two names can coexist without... — used to explain how both orders can be valid at the same time

2. What looks like a contradiction is really... — used to reframe the disagreement as something more familiar

3. The practical question is not which name is correct, but which one... — used to move the discussion from principle to daily use

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. federalism — the arrangement in which a national government and regional governments each hold real power

2. sovereignty — the authority of a government or another body to decide for itself

3. plurality — the state of having more than one accepted version or answer at the same time

4. patchwork — a system made of mismatched pieces joined together without a single design

5. incoherent — not forming one logical whole, because the parts conflict with each other

6. divergence — the process of two things moving further apart from each other

7. harmonise — to bring different rules or systems into agreement with each other

8. concurrent — existing or happening at the same time, with neither one replacing the other

Sentence Patterns:

1. What looks like jurisdictional chaos may be federalism working as designed: the costs of a patchwork are real, but so is the value of letting each level... — used to argue that disagreement between levels of government is a feature rather than only a failure

2. Two names are harmless until a document crosses a state line; at that point the divergence stops being a matter of principle and becomes a matter of cost, which is where... — used to move the debate from symbolism to practical consequence

3. A country can live with a plurality of names, but not with a plurality of meanings: once "SI" and "AI" promise different things, then... — used to raise the deeper risk that the two labels end up describing two different technologies

Some say a name is only a label and the technology does not care what we call it. Others say a name decides what people expect, what they fear, and which rules they accept. Which side do you lean toward?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. label — a word or name we put on something to describe it

2. nickname — a short, informal name used instead of the real one

3. care about — to feel that something is important

4. trust — the feeling that something is safe and honest

5. fear — the feeling you get when you think something is dangerous

6. rule — an official instruction about what you must or must not do

7. excite — to make someone feel interested and eager

8. make a difference — to change something in a way that matters

Sentence Patterns:

1. To me, a name is just..., because... — used to state your side in a simple, direct way

2. When people hear the word..., they think of... — used to show what a name makes people expect

3. I lean toward the idea that..., because... — used to say which side you agree with more

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. perception — the way people see and understand something

2. expectation — a belief about what something will be like

3. connotation — the extra feeling or idea a word carries beyond its plain meaning

4. misleading — giving people a wrong idea about something

5. exaggerate — to make something seem bigger or more important than it is

6. shape — to influence how something develops or is understood

7. regulation — an official rule that controls how something may be done

8. impression — the feeling or opinion you form about something

Sentence Patterns:

1. The word we attach to something shapes..., whether we admit it or not — used to argue that naming has real consequences

2. If a name sounds..., people will naturally expect... — used to link the feeling of a word to what the public assumes

3. I lean toward the view that a name is never neutral, because it decides... — used to take a clear position and justify it

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. nomenclature — the system or set of names used for a thing or a field

2. euphemism — a mild or vague word used in place of a harsher one

3. semantic — relating to meaning in language

4. legitimise — to make something seem acceptable or officially valid

5. anchor — to fix the meaning of something so that it stays stable

6. normative — setting a standard of what is considered normal or correct

7. obfuscate — to make something unclear on purpose

8. credence — belief that something is true

Sentence Patterns:

1. A label is never a description; it is a forecast — the moment you call a system super, you have told the public what to expect from it long before any evidence arrives — used to argue that naming is an act of prediction rather than neutral description

2. The technology does not care what we call it, but the legislator, the investor and the frightened parent all do, and that is exactly why the word matters — used to separate the machine's indifference from the human consequences

3. Renaming is the cheapest kind of policy: it costs nothing, changes no code, and quietly rewrites what people believe they are looking at — used to argue that a name does regulatory work without any regulation

The US government chose the name first and asked for an official definition within 60 days. Is a name before its definition odd to you, or normal — and what does a name do in the meantime?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. definition — an explanation of what a word means

2. official — approved by a government or by the people in charge

3. choose — to decide which one you want

4. in the meantime — during the time between two events

5. wait for — to stay somewhere until something happens

6. decide — to make a choice after thinking about it

7. explain — to make something clear so that other people understand it

8. order — to tell someone officially that they must do something

Sentence Patterns:

1. First they picked the name, and only later did they... — used to point out the order in which things happened

2. In the meantime, the name is already..., even though nobody has defined it — used to describe what happens during the waiting period

3. I find it odd that... / I find it quite normal that... — used to give your own judgement on the order

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. interpret — to understand and explain what something means

2. sequence — the order in which a series of events happens

3. vague — not clear and not exact

4. work backwards — to start from the result and then fill in the reasons

5. deadline — a fixed date by which something must be finished

6. gap — an empty space between two things, such as a name and its meaning

7. put the cart before the horse — to do things in the wrong order

8. clarify — to make something clearer and easier to understand

Sentence Patterns:

1. Normally you define a thing and then name it, but here the order was reversed, which suggests... — used to comment on the unusual sequence

2. The 60-day deadline tells us that the name was already a decision, while the definition is still... — used to contrast a settled name with an unsettled meaning

3. While the definition is still being written, the name is already shaping... — used to describe the interim effect of a name

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. provisional — temporary and open to being changed later

2. stipulative — setting out how a word is to be used rather than reporting how it is used

3. prescribe — to state officially how a term must be used

4. codify — to collect and set down rules or meanings in an official system

5. ratify — to give formal approval to a decision that has already been made

6. terminology — the set of special words used in a particular field

7. retroactive — applying to events that have already happened

8. arbitrary — based on personal choice or convenience rather than on reason or system

Sentence Patterns:

1. A definition arriving after the name is not a delay but a ratification — the word has already been doing its work while the paperwork catches up — used to argue that the sequence reveals which decision really came first

2. Governments rarely name a thing in order to describe it; they name it in order to govern it, and the definition that follows is the fence built around the name — used to explain the political function of naming before defining

3. For sixty days the term floats free: cited in memos, quoted in headlines, understood differently by every reader, and that ambiguity is itself a kind of policy — used to describe what a name does while its definition is still pending

If the choice were yours, what would you name this technology for the whole world — and what should people feel when they hear it?

🌱 BEGINNER (High School Level) 🌱

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. name — to give something the word that people will call it

2. tool — a thing you use to do a job

3. helper — someone or something that makes a job easier

4. clever — able to learn and understand things quickly

5. hope — the feeling that something good will happen

6. scary — making you feel afraid

7. calm — quiet and relaxed, not worried

8. power — the ability to do things or to control people and events

Sentence Patterns:

1. If I could name it, I would call it... — used to give your own name for the technology

2. When people hear that word, I want them to feel... — used to describe the feeling the name should create

3. I chose this name because it sounds... — used to explain your choice in a simple way

🌿 INTERMEDIATE (CET-4 Level) 🌿

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. convey — to communicate a feeling or an idea

2. reassure — to make someone feel less worried

3. approachable — friendly and not frightening to deal with

4. trustworthy — able to be trusted to be honest and safe

5. humble — not claiming to be more important than it really is

6. neutral — without strong feeling in either direction

7. aspiration — a strong hope or ambition for the future

8. household name — a name that almost everyone knows

Sentence Patterns:

1. A name has to do two jobs at once: it should tell people what the thing is, and it should make them feel... — used to set out the requirements for your own name

2. If I had to choose one word for the whole world, I would pick..., because it conveys... — used to present and justify your choice

3. The feeling I want the name to leave behind is..., not... — used to define the emotion as much as the word

🌳 ADVANCED (CET-6 Level) 🌳

Vocabulary & Phrases:

1. auspicious — suggesting that good things are likely to follow

2. ominous — suggesting that something bad is about to happen

3. understate — to present something as smaller or less powerful than it is

4. anthropomorphic — describing a machine as if it were a person

5. custodial — relating to looking after something carefully on someone else's behalf

6. covenant — a serious, formal promise or agreement

7. humility — a modest view of one's own importance

8. deference — polite respect shown to something more powerful than you

Sentence Patterns:

1. A good name for a powerful thing is deliberately modest: it should understate the capability and leave the awe, if there is any, to the evidence — used to argue for a name that lowers expectations rather than raising them

2. Names are promises made on behalf of a technology that never agreed to them, so the honest choice is a word that describes what the system does today and reserves judgement about tomorrow — used to argue that naming should stay inside what has already been demonstrated

3. If the whole world must share one word, it should not be a title the machine has not earned but a job description it can be held to — used to propose accountability as the test for a global name