08/25/2023

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 08/25/2023
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: Lana Del Rey raises eyebrows by wearing white dress to Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley’s wedding
Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/jack-antonoff-wedding-lana-del-rey-dress-b2396710.html
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶nuptials /NUHP-shuls/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌Nuptials (noun) - Another word for a wedding or marriage ceremony.

Example sentence: The couple's joyful nuptials were attended by their closest family and friends.

📌Tied the knot (idiom) - A casual expression referring to getting married.

Example sentence: After years of dating, they finally tied the knot and celebrated their wedding with family and friends.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: I cleaning my trash.
✔Better say: I threw out/away my trash.

✖You said: In common just between people not to wear white dress especially if you are friend of bride.
✔Better say: It is customary not to wear a white dress to a wedding, especially if you are a friend of the bride. // It is considered impolite to wear a white dress to a wedding, especially if you are a friend of the bride.

✖You said:  I just watched the title of the article.
✔Better say: I just read the title of the article.

✖You said: At least you have to care how you wear.
✔Better say: You should at least be careful of what you wear. // You should be mindful of what you wear.

✖You said:  I don't know there is not this kind of culture in abroad, but in Korea, when you attend a wedding, you give some money to the couple. It came from traditional culture.
✔Better say: I am not sure if this is the case in other countries, but in Korea, it is customary to give money to the couple when you attend their wedding. This is part of our tradition.

✖You said: Some people blame if the money is too small.
✔Better say: Some people may criticize you / Some people complain if you give the couple too little money.

✖You said: It doesn't look for wedding outfit.
✔Better say: It doesn’t look like a wedding outfit.

✖You said: There is nothing can do.
✔Better say: There is nothing I can do. // There is nothing that can be done.

✖You said: That is not a manner to wear for wedding.
✔Better say: That is not an appropriate attire for a wedding. // It is not good manners to wear this to a wedding.
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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: ‘Tipflation’: You don’t have to tip at the counter, etiquette experts say—why workers disagree
Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/24/workers-customers-and-etiquette-experts-debate-tipping-at-the-counter.html

'Tipflation': You don't have to tip at the counter, etiquette experts say—why workers disagree