02/02/2024

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 02/02/2024
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: South Korea warns people not to eat fried toothpicks after trend goes viral
Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/01/29/south-korean-fried-toothpicks-viral-trend/72396175007/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌Starch (noun) - a type of carbohydrate found in foods like potatoes, rice, and grains. It gives these foods energy and helps make them thick when cooked.

Example sentence: "Potatoes and rice have starch, which gives them energy and makes them thick when you cook them."

📌Stranded (adjective) - left in a difficult or helpless situation, often with no means of transportation or assistance.

Example sentence: "After missing the last bus home, she found herself stranded at the bus stop late at night."
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: Maybe someone can try it with curiosity, but it's very strange it become viral.
✔Better say: Maybe someone tried it out of curiosity, but it's strange how it became viral.

✖You said: We don't know the whole ingredients to make it.
✔Better say: We don't know all the ingredients needed to make it.

✖You said: I have to go hometown.
✔Better say: I have to go to my hometown. // I have to visit my hometown.

✖You said: It could make confusion.
✔Better say: It could cause confusion.

✖You said: I have known one of the Youtubers who is doing mukbang. She was controversial.
✔Better say: I know one YouTuber who does mukbangs and she's quite controversial. // One of the mukbang YouTubers I follow is known for being controversial.
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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: Elmo asks the internet 'How are you doing?' Turns out, they’re not doing great.
Link: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/elmo-mental-health-post-viral/story?id=106823656

Why the internet is talking about Elmo’s tweet