06/05/2023

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 06/05/2023
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: Pope Francis warns that choosing pets over children ‘diminishes us’
Link: https://www.today.com/parents/babies/pope-francis-warns-choosing-pets-children-diminishes-us-rcna11061
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶equated /ee-KWAY-ted/
▶divisive /di-VY-siv/
▶womb/ woom/
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: We went to cafe which we can see Han river view.
✔Better say: We went to a cafe where we could see the (view of) Han river.

✖You said:  We had healing time.
✔Better say: We had a relaxing time.

✖You said: Recently many couples don't have a child but raise pets instead.
✔Better say: Recently, many couples choose not to have children and (opt to) raise pets instead.

✖You said:  The most serious country in the world. (grammatically correct)
✔Better say: The country with the most serious (low birth rate) problem. // The country with the lowest birth rate. (more correct based on the context)

✖You said: Even though I got married, I don't have a child.
✔Better say:  Even if I get married, I won't have a child. // Even if I get married, I don't plan on having children.

✖You said: The doctors said to me I got surgery for womb so the way to have a  child will be low.
✔Better say: The doctors told me that because I had a surgery in my womb, the probability/chance of having a child is low. // The doctors told me that due to the surgery I had on my uterus, the chances of conceiving a child will be low.
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🔴 Homework:
Please take note of what you learned in this lesson and apply it in your future conversations.
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📝 NEXT LESSON:
Course: Debate English
Book: Express Yourself 1
Title/Page: Question 2 (page 47)