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09/01/2023

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💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 09/01/2023
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Free Talking
Topic: Social Media
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶citations /sai-TEY-shuhns/
▶meteoric /mee-tee-OR-ik/
▶negligence /NEG-li-juhns/
▶judicial /joo-DI-shuhl/
▶filing /FAI-ling/
▶affidavit /af-i-DAY-vit/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌Bogus (adjective) - Fake or not genuine, often used to describe something that is deceptive or false.

Example: His excuse for being late sounded so bogus that no one believed him.

📌Filing (noun) - The act of submitting documents or paperwork to an official or appropriate place, such as filing legal documents with a court.

Example: The lawyer submitted the legal filing to the court clerk before the deadline.

📌Affidavit (noun) - A written and signed statement made under oath, often used as evidence in legal proceedings.

Example: The court required him to provide a sworn affidavit explaining his side of the story.

📌Herein (adverb) - Within this document or context, often used in legal or formal writing to refer to something mentioned in the same text.

Example: The answers to the questions can be found herein this booklet.

📌Penned (verb) - The past tense of "pen," which means to write or compose something using a pen or similar writing instrument.

Example: The famous author penned several best-selling novels during his career.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said:  I'm going to go to a wedding of my friend.
✔Better say: I'm going to go to my friend's wedding. // I'm attending my friend's wedding.

✖You said: In US army, they did simulate a war and AI system didn't listen to its owner.
✔Better say: In the US army, they simulated a war, and the AI system didn't listen to its operator/owner. // During a US army war simulation, an AI system disobeyed its owner's orders. // A US army AI system refused to obey its owner during a war simulation.
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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: What Is ‘Phubbing’? Study Shows How Can It Hurt Your Relationships
Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/08/11/what-is-phubbing-study-shows-how-can-it-hurt-your-relationships/?sh=6b2360e13fe3

 

What Is ‘Phubbing’? Study Shows How Can It Hurt Your Relationships

Searching for #phubbing on TikTok and other social media platforms will reveal lots of complaints.

www.forbes.com

 

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