02/23/2024

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 02/23/2024
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: More South Korean men become stay-at-home dads
Link: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240221050641
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶paternity /puh-tur-nuh-tee/
▶signaling /sig-nuh-ling/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌stay-at-home (adjective): Describing someone who remains at home, especially as a primary caregiver or homemaker.

Example sentence: She is a stay-at-home mom who takes care of her children full-time.

📌compile (verb): To gather or collect information or data from various sources and organize it into a single document or list.

Example sentence: The librarian compiled a list of recommended books for young readers.

📌paternity (noun): The state or condition of being a father; the quality or fact of being a biological or legal father.

Example sentence: The court ordered a paternity test to determine the father of the child.

📌maternity (noun): The state or condition of being a mother; the period during which a woman is pregnant and gives birth to a child.

Example sentence: She took maternity leave from work to care for her newborn baby.

📌rounded (verb): To adjust a number to the nearest whole number or a specified decimal place, typically by increasing it if it is equal to or greater than half of the next smaller unit.

Example sentence: When calculating expenses, it's important to round up to the nearest dollar for accurate budgeting.

📌threefold (adjective): Three times as great or as many.

Example sentence: The company reported a threefold increase in profits compared to last year.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: I my opinion, men also have to experience what child care is because I saw many couples who argued about childcare. If you are working at office only then you don't understand person who stay at home all day by doing only childcare.
✔Better say: In my opinion, men should also experience what childcare is like because I've seen many couples who argue about childcare. If you only work in an office, you won't understand the perspective of someone who stays home all day managing childcare.

✖You said: This task for parents is never-ending task.
✔Better say: This task for parents is never-ending. // This is a never-ending task for parents.

✖You said: You cannot repeat your children’s specific time of their life cycle.
✔Better say: You can't relive your children's specific stages of life.

✖You said: The amount of money whoever make is affordable for their family life.
✔Better say: The amount of money someone earns is sufficient to support their family.
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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: Loud budgeting is in, quiet luxury is out. Meet the TikToker who started the financial trend
Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/05/economy/loud-budgeting-financial-trend-tiktok/index.html

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