02/17/2022

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 02/17/2022
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: What a Surprise: Sarcasm Is 'Evidence of Maturity'
Link: https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/what-a-surprise-sarcasm-is-evidence-of-maturity/rQMeToixEe2TP0dNdrvLSw
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶figuratively /fig-yer-uh-tiv-lee/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌literal (adjective) - the literal meaning of a word is its original, basic meaning

Example: The literal meaning of "dawn" is the time of day when light first appears in the sky before sunrise.

📌figuratively (adverb) - in a way that uses words and phrases with a more imaginative meaning than usual

Example: She waited for hours, but the clock figuratively didn't move.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: I was plan to go to the gym today.
✔Better say: I was planning to go to the gym today.

✖You said: I'm plan to watch the movie.
✔Better say: I'm planning to watch the movie // I'm going to watch the movie// I'm watching the movie tomorrow.

✖You said: When the kids of my friends are on their teen ages, they could become sarcastic to my friend.
✔Better say: When my friends' kids are in their teenage years / become teenagers.

✖You said: Even we don't say out of mouth but we talk ourselves internally.
✔Better say: Even if we don't say it out loud, we talk to ourselves internally.
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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: Schoolbags Are Too Heavy, Say Japanese Children
Link: https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/schoolbags-are-too-heavy-say-japanese-children/0Rq5YqxwEe2cjt-7cxADqQ

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