05/12/2023

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 05/12/2023
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: Netflix to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea as K-content continues to dominate
Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/24/media/netflix-south-korea-investment-intl-hnk/index.html
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶behemoth /buh-hee-muhth/
▶zeitgeist /zite-gaist/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌behemoth (noun) - refers to something huge or enormous, often used to describe a large and powerful organization or entity

Example: The company had grown into a behemoth in the industry, dominating the market with its innovative products.

📌bullish (adjective) -  refers to having a positive outlook or optimistic attitude towards a particular market, investment, or economy

Example: Investors were feeling bullish about the tech industry, causing stocks to soar in the last quarter.

📌zeitgeist (noun) - refers to the prevailing spirit, mood, or characteristic of a particular period of time, especially as reflected in art, literature, or politics

Example: The pop culture of the 1980s was heavily influenced by the zeitgeist of consumerism and materialism.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: On the Sunday, I'm gonna go to see my professor when I was in uni with my friends.
✔Better say: On Sunday, I’m gonna see my university professor with my friends. // My friends and I are going to see our university professor.

✖You said: When he visited to US and he meet the Netflix CEO.
✔Better say: When he visited the US and met with the CEO of Netflix.
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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: Student eats artwork of a banana duct-taped to a museum wall because 'he was hungry'
Link: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/student-eats-maurizio-cattelan-banana-art-south-korea-intl-hnk/index.html

Student eats artwork of a banana duct-taped to a museum wall because 'he was hungry' | CNN