12/13/2024

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 12/13/2024
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: Tacos are officially the world’s most popular street food – here’s the full ranking
Link: https://www.timeout.com/news/tacos-are-officially-the-worlds-most-popular-street-food-heres-the-full-ranking-112824
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶ ceviche /suh-VEE-chay/
▶ paella /py-EH-yuh/
▶ gorged /gorjd/
▶ stat /stat/
▶ empanadas /em-puh-NAH-duhz/
▶ pho /fuh/
▶ crepes /krayps/
▶ frites /freet/
▶ indonesia /in-duh-NEE-zhuh/
▶ guinea /GIN-ee/
▶ croquetas /kroh-KEH-tuhz/
▶ elote /eh-LOH-tay/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌 Ceviche (noun): A dish made with raw fish or seafood marinated in citrus juice, often mixed with onions, chili, and herbs.
Example sentence: "We enjoyed fresh ceviche by the beach during our vacation."

📌 Gorge (verb): To eat a lot of food greedily or excessively.
Example sentence: "He gorged on pizza at the party."

📌 Devour (verb): To eat something quickly and eagerly, often because of hunger.
Example sentence: "She devoured her lunch after skipping breakfast."

📌 Wolf down (verb): To eat something very quickly, usually in a hurry or when extremely hungry.
Example sentence: "He wolfed down his dinner before rushing to the meeting."

📌 Tuck into something (verb): To start eating something with enthusiasm.
Example sentence: "The kids tucked into the chocolate cake as soon as it was served."

📌 Whopping (adjective): Very large or impressive in size, amount, or degree.
Example sentence: "He earned a whopping bonus for his hard work this year."

📌 Palate (noun): The sense of taste, or the roof of the mouth.
Example sentence: "The dish was perfectly spiced to suit everyone's palate."
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: I had a dinner in canteen in workplace.
✔Better say: I had dinner at the company canteen/cafeteria.

✖You said: My nose blocked.
✔Better say: My nose is blocked.

✖You said: I wonder what taste it.
✔Better say: I wonder what it tastes like.
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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: Donald Trump named Time Person of the Year again
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36e71wg7z9o

Time names Donald Trump as person of the year for second time