02/20/2025

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 02/20/2025
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Free Talking
Topic: Interesting News
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶ bullied /BUL-eed/
▶ punished /PUN-isht/
▶ debt /DET/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌 Stock manipulation (noun): Illegal or unethical practices used to artificially influence the price of a stock for personal gain.
Example sentence: "The company was investigated for stock manipulation after suspicious trading activities."

📌 DUI (noun): Short for "Driving Under the Influence," referring to the criminal offense of operating a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs.
Example sentence: "He was arrested for DUI after failing the breathalyzer test."

📌 Drunk driving (noun): The act of operating a vehicle while intoxicated by alcohol.
Example sentence: "Drunk driving is dangerous and can lead to serious accidents."

📌 Bullied (verb - past tense): Intentionally harmed, threatened, or intimidated by someone, often repeatedly.
Example sentence: "She was bullied at school for being different."

📌 Bullied (adjective): Being the victim of bullying.
Example sentence: "He felt lonely and bullied by his classmates."

📌 Debt (noun): Money that is owed to someone, usually borrowed and needing repayment.
Example sentence: "She is working hard to pay off her student debt."

📌 Debit (noun): A deduction from a bank account, typically due to a purchase or withdrawal.
Example sentence: "The store accepted both credit and debit cards."

📌 Debit (verb): To remove money from an account.
Example sentence: "The bank debited the monthly subscription fee from my account."

📌 Loan (noun): Money or something borrowed that must be repaid, usually with interest.
Example sentence: "She took out a loan to buy a new car."

📌 Loan (verb): To lend something, usually money, to someone with the expectation of repayment.
Example sentence: "The bank agreed to loan him the money for his business."
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: One of my customer ask me something.
✔Better say: One of my customers asked me something.

✖You said: He has final trial. Now we left the last sentence.
✔Better say: He’s at his final trial. Now, only the last sentence remains.

✖You said: Korean prosecutors really corrupted.
✔Better say: Korean prosecutors are really corrupt.

✖You said: If you are fail, it is very difficult to have another chance.
✔Better say: If you fail, it is very difficult to get another chance.
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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: Ed Sheeran busted by Indian police for busking without permission
Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/10/entertainment/ed-sheeran-india-bangalore-busking-intl-hnk/index.html