08/21/2023

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 08/21/2023
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: Forget 10,000 Steps. Here's How Much Science Says You Actually Need to Walk
Link: https://time.com/6302650/walking-4000-steps-improves-health/
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶dissuade /DIH-swayd/
▶grueling /GROO-uh-ling/


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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌takeaway (noun) - The main point, lesson, or idea that you learn from something, often after an experience or event.

Example sentence: The takeaway from the workshop was the importance of effective communication in teamwork.

📌dissuade (verb) - To convince or persuade someone not to do something or to change their mind about a decision.

Example sentence: His friends tried to dissuade him from dropping out of school by explaining the benefits of education.

📌stroll (noun/verb) -
As a noun: A leisurely and relaxed walk, often taken for pleasure.
As a verb: To walk in a relaxed and unhurried manner.

Example sentence: They decided to take a stroll in the park to enjoy the pleasant weather.

📌grueling (adjective) - Extremely difficult and tiring, requiring intense effort and stamina.

Example sentence: The hikers faced a grueling climb up the steep mountain, leaving them exhausted but proud.

📌cumulatively (adverb) - In a way that gathers or accumulates over time.

Example sentence: The small daily actions, cumulatively, led to significant improvements in his overall health.

📌premature (adjective) - Happening or done too soon, before the appropriate time.

Example sentence: The premature announcement of the results caused confusion among the participants.

📌mortality (noun) - The state of being subject to death, the quality or condition of being mortal.

Example sentence: The medical advancements have led to a decrease in infant mortality rates.

📌cardiovascular (adjective) - Relating to the heart and blood vessels, particularly in terms of diseases or conditions affecting them.

Example sentence: Regular exercise can improve your cardiovascular health and reduce the risk of heart disease.

📌common sense (noun) - Practical and reasonable judgment based on experience and everyday knowledge.

Example sentence: Using common sense, she avoided walking alone in the dark alley at night.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: Commonly, walking 10,000 steps per day is good for your health, This was the common sense. But the researchers found only 4000 steps per day are enough for your health. But still if you walk more, your health will be improved.
✔Better say: It is commonly thought/believed that walking 10,000 steps per day is good for your health. But researchers have found that 4,000 steps per day is enough / may be sufficient. Still, walking more will further improve your health.

✖You said: You don't have to work out very hardly and for long time.
✔Better say: You don't have to work out very hard or for a long time.

✖You said:  I commute to the gym by walking. It gets around 8 to 9,000 steps per day.
✔Better say: I walk to the gym, which gets me about 8 to 9,000 steps per day. // I get around 8 to 9,000 steps per day by walking to the gym.
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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: Let’s Talk Funny Question #3 (page 61)