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07/07/2023

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💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 07/07/2023
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: Air passenger gets plane all to himself after waiting out 18-hour delay
Link: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/solo-air-passenger-plane-18-hour-delay/index.html
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌attentive (adjective): Being focused, observant, and paying close attention to someone or something.

Example: The teacher praised the attentive student who actively participated in class discussions.

📌all to myself (phrase): Having something exclusively for one's own use or enjoyment, without sharing it with others.

Example: I had the entire house to myself for the weekend, and it was delightful to have all that space all to myself.

📌pushed back (phrase): The act of delaying or rescheduling something to a later time or date.

Example: The meeting has been pushed back to next week due to scheduling conflicts.

📌jaunty (adjective): Having a cheerful, lively, and carefree manner or appearance.

Example: She walked into the room with a jaunty step, radiating confidence and positivity.

📌penance (noun): An act of self-imposed punishment or self-discipline performed as a way to atone for wrongdoing.

Example: As a form of penance, he decided to volunteer at a local charity to give back to the community.

📌a whale of a time (idiom): Having an immensely enjoyable or exciting experience.

Example: We went on a road trip with friends and had a whale of a time exploring new places and making unforgettable memories.

📌curse (noun): A solemn utterance or invocation that is believed to bring harm, misfortune, or calamity upon someone or something.

Example: The villagers believed that the abandoned house was cursed and avoided going near it.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said:  I cooked myself.
✔Better say: I cooked for myself. // I cooked myself lunch/dinner.

✖You said: In the next time, he wants a personal plane, as well as a luggage tracker.


✔Better say: Next time, he wants a personal plane, as well as a luggage tracker.

✖You said: People canceled the flight or buy another tickets but Stringer wait until it departured. He was the only one passenger on the flight.
✔Better say: People canceled their flights or bought new tickets, but Stringer waited until his flight departed. He was the only passenger on the flight.
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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: Article English
Title: A man checked into a 5-star hotel in India for one night. The hotel says he stayed for 603 days — and didn't pay his $70,000 bill.
Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/india-hotel-guest-overstayed-years-didnt-pay-delhi-roseate-2023-6

A man checked into a 5-star hotel in India for one night. The hotel says he stayed for 603 days — and didn't pay his $70,000

The hotel, located near Delhi's main airport, claims staff members helped the guest evade his bills by falsifying accounts, per The Indian Express.

www.businessinsider.com

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