08/29/2023

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 08/29/2023
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Debate English
Book: Express Yourself 1
Title/Page: Points to Ponder 5-8 (page 63)
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌Unplug (verb) - Figuratively, it means to take a break from electronic devices or distractions, often to relax and disconnect from technology.

Example sentence: Sometimes it's important to unplug from screens and spend time outdoors to refresh your mind and body.

📌By and large (idiom) - In general or mostly, referring to the overall situation or the majority of something.

Example sentence: By and large, people prefer to stay indoors during rainy days to avoid getting wet.

📌Hold (verb) - When you put someone on pause during a phone conversation, usually because you need to check something or get more information.

Example sentence: Please hold for a moment while I check if the item is available in our store.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: Many people dreamed about unplug time but they just cannot do it.
✔Better say: Many people want to unplug but find it difficult to do so. // Many people dream about having unplugged time, but they just can't seem to do it.

✖You said: When I be with somebody, I don't open my smartphone.
✔Better say: When I'm with someone, I don’t use my smartphone.

✖You said: We might be struggle with crowd, but we didn’t.
✔Better say: We would have struggled with the crowd, but we didn't.

✖You said: We didn’t plan yet.
✔Better say: We haven't made any plans yet.
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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: Issue 06 Family (page 68)