04/08/2024

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 04/08/2024
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: Ads for paid dates spring up online as cherry blossoms flower
Link: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/04/135_372042.html
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶remuneration /ruh-myoo-nr-ay-shn/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌ballot (noun): A piece of paper or a small ball used in voting to record a person's choice in an election or to decide on an issue.

Example sentence: In the election, voters cast their votes by marking their choices on the ballot paper.

📌spring up (phrasal verb): to appear or emerge suddenly or unexpectedly; to come into existence or become noticeable without warning.

Example sentence: New restaurants always seem to spring up in our neighborhood.

📌provision (noun): the act of supplying or providing something that is needed; a supply of something essential.

Example sentence: The government made provisions for emergency shelters during the hurricane.

📌upfront (adjective/adverb): paid or provided in advance; straightforward and honest in behavior or communication.

Example sentence: The company requires customers to pay upfront for their services.

📌iterations (noun): the repetition or version of a process or activity, especially for the purpose of improvement or refinement.

Example sentence: The software development team went through several iterations to perfect the user interface.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: The food court doesn't open.
✔Better say: The food court isn't open yet.

✖You said: Every year, people are increased who vote earlier.
✔Better say: Every year, the number of people voting early is increasing.
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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: More Talking Points (page 93)