07/22/2024

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 07/22/2024
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: Soup broth is damaging South Korea’s highest mountain, warn officials
Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/27/travel/south-korea-highest-mountain-soup-broth-jeju-intl-hnk/index.html
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶damage /da-mij/
▶rules /roolz/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌aquatic (adjective): relating to water; living or growing in water.

Example sentence: "Aquatic plants, like water lilies, thrive in ponds and lakes."

📌jaywalking (noun): crossing the street outside of designated crosswalks or against traffic signals, which is illegal in many places.

Example sentence: "The city issued fines to reduce jaywalking and improve pedestrian safety."

📌peak (mountain) (noun): the highest point of a mountain.

Example sentence: "They reached the peak of the mountain just in time for sunrise."

📌lava tubes (noun): natural tunnels formed by flowing lava, where the outer layer of the lava cools and solidifies while the inside continues to flow.

Example sentence: "Exploring the lava tubes was an exciting adventure for the geologists."
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: It was just resting.
✔Better say: I just took a rest.

✖You said: I late for my assisting session.
✔Better say: I was late for my assisting session.

✖You said: Many people go to Mountain Halla with cup noodles, and they throw the broth anywhere. Not just noodle broth, they throw trash away, even urinate on the mountain. So people who live there complained and the police crackdown control tourist behavior.
✔Better say: Many visitors to Mount Halla bring cup noodles and throw/discard the broth irresponsibly / carelessly. They not only throw away the noodle broth but also litter and even urinate on the mountain. As a result, local residents complained, and the police have cracked down on tourist behavior.

✖You said: If many people crowded in specific area, this kind of thing happened always. Maybe not everyone, but always there are people who don't think about environment and the rules.
✔Better say: When many people crowd into a specific area, this kind of thing always happens. Maybe not everyone, but there are always people who don't consider / who don’t think of the environment or follow the rules. // Whenever large crowds gather in specific areas, there's a chance of this kind of behavior happening. It's not everyone, of course, but unfortunately there will always be some people who disregard the environment and the rules.
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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: Express yourself 11 (page 105)