12/01/2023

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 12/01/2023
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
📝 NEXT LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: Child kills man with stone, sparking debate over legal immunity of children
Link:  https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231120000514
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶lenient /lee-nee-uhnt/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌Dispatch (verb, noun): the act of sending someone or something to a destination; to deal with a task or situation promptly.

Example sentence: The manager requested the quick dispatch of the urgent documents to the client.

📌Subsequent (adjective): coming after or following in order; succeeding.

Example sentence: The subsequent chapters of the novel revealed unexpected twists in the plot.

📌Lenient (adjective): inclined to be gentle, merciful, or tolerant; not strict or severe.

Example sentence: The teacher was lenient with the students who needed extra time to complete the assignment.

📌Protective Custody (noun): a legal status in which a person is kept under close supervision and care, often to ensure their safety or the safety of others.

Example sentence: The witness was placed in protective custody to shield them from potential harm during the trial.

📌Custody (noun): the protective care or guardianship of someone or something; the legal right to care for a child or property.

Example sentence: After the divorce, the parents agreed to share custody of their children.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: Sometimes my plan ruined by talking.
✔Better say: Sometimes my plans get derailed by conversations. // My plans sometimes get sidetracked by chatting.

✖You said: If I talk to a friend I didn't talk for a long time, when we start to talk we greeting each other and talk a little bit about news, about ourselves, and suddenly we lost what to say.
✔Better say:  When I catch up with a friend I haven't spoken to in a while, our initial conversation usually involves greetings, exchanging news, and personal updates, but then we run out of things to say. ///// If I talk to a friend I haven't spoken to in a long time, when we start talking, we greet each other and discuss a bit of news and talk about ourselves, and suddenly we don't know what to say.

✖You said: When you are not able to listen to my voice, I also couldn't.
✔Better say: When you couldn’t hear my voice, I also couldn’t hear yours.

✖You said: We have to be care when we walk through the road near apartment building.
✔Better say:  We have to be careful when we walk on the road near the/our apartment building.
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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: Airline to honor $1.30 flight tickets sold during glitch
Link:  https://edition.cnn.com/travel/china-southern-airline-tickets-glitch/index.html

Airline to honor $1.30 flight tickets sold during glitch | CNN