02/05/2024

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 02/05/2024
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📝 TODAY'S 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
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶exacerbating /uhg-za-sr-bay-tuhng/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌Big guy (noun phrase) - a colloquial term used to refer to a person, often implying physical size or importance.
Example sentence: "Hey, big guy, how's it going?"

📌Rack up (phrasal verb) - to accumulate or gather something, especially in large quantities or amounts.
Example sentence: "She managed to rack up a lot of frequent flyer miles with all her business trips."

📌Hanging on (verb phrase) - to continue to persist or endure, often despite challenges or difficulties.
Example sentence: "Despite the setbacks, she's still hanging on and trying to make things work."

📌Chime in (phrasal verb) - to join or participate in a conversation or discussion, often by offering one's opinion or perspective.
Example sentence: "Feel free to chime in with any thoughts or suggestions you may have."

📌Exacerbating (adjective/verb) - making a problem, situation, or condition worse or more severe.
Example sentence: "The lack of rainfall is exacerbating the drought conditions in the region."

📌Evoke (verb) - to bring forth or elicit a particular feeling, emotion, memory, or response.
Example sentence: "The painting evoked a sense of nostalgia for her childhood."
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said:  It was relaxed.
✔Better say: It was relaxing.

✖You said:  I called bank in UK.
✔Better say: I called the bank in the UK.

✖You said: I didn't open the app often.
✔Better say: I don't open the app often. (we use the present tense since you still use Twitter)
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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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Course: English Test Course
Book: IELTS