6/30/2022

💎Student's Name: Soojeon Yeom
💎Date: 6/30/2022
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Free Talking
Topic: 3 things you want to do by the end of the year
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶ valuably /val-yoo-uh-blee/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌 valuably (adverb) - In a valuable way, or in a way that adds value

Example: How do you spend your time valuably?

📌 have a lot on one’s plate - To have a large or excessive amount of things to do or deal with.

Example: I just have a lot on my plate right now while I'm finishing up my degree and doing this huge project for work.

📌 road trip (noun) - a long trip or holiday taken by car

Example: This summer we're going on a road trip around Canada.

📌 look back on - as in recollect or review

Example: One day we'll look back on this and laugh.

📌keep your options open - to wait before making a final decision about something to allow for the possibility of having a different choice

Example: I'll probably take the job, but I'm keeping my options open for now.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: I try to spend my time valuable.
✔Better say: I try to spend valuable time / I try to spend my time valuably (or efficiently, productively)

✖You said: I want to know if I can still valuable in the market.
✔Better say: I want to see/check if I am still valuable in the market.

✖You said: It’s hard to make balance working in the gym and taking care of myself.
✔Better say: It’ hard to balance taking care of my self, working, and going to the gym.

✖You said: The service I work on currently don’t give that kind of sense.
✔Better say: The service I work on currently doesn’t give me that satisfaction / The service I work on currently doesn’t give me that sense of achievement.

✖You said: Sometimes spending time in my office makes me feel time wasting.
✔Better say: Sometimes working in the office make me feel like I’m wasting my time.
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🔴 Homework:
Please prepare for our next class.
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📝 NEXT LESSON:
Course: Article English
Website: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-packages-shrinking-shrinkflation-2022/
Topic: Smaller boxes in the cereal aisle? Say hello to shrinkflation.