07/25/2022

💎Student's Name: Soojeong Yeom
💎Date: 07/25/2022
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: The world’s most powerful passports in 2022: Japan top for fifth year in a row, as Asian countries dominate
Website: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3186024/worlds-most-powerful-passports-2022-japan-top-fifth-year
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶chaotic /key-o-tik/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌recharge (verb) - to get new energy or to give new energy to something

Example: It's important to have regular breaks and to take time to recharge.

📌pitiful (adjective) - used to say that you consider something to be very bad or not satisfactory or not enough; making people feel sympathy

Example: Their suffering was pitiful to see.

📌dominate (verb) - to be the largest, most important, or most noticeable part of something

Examples: The dispute is likely to dominate the news.

📌retreat (verb) - to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger

Examples: When she came towards me shouting, I retreated (behind my desk).
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: Interesting but not surprised.
✔Better say: Interesting but not surprising / It’s interesting but I’m not surprised.

✖You said: I don’t have strong against for normal Japanese people but I have some reluctant feeling for the Japanese politician.
✔Better say: I don’t have strong opinions against normal/ordinary Japanese people but I am reluctant towards Japanese politicians/the Japanese government.

✖You said: Japan intrude our country in 1910.
✔Better say: Japan colonized our country in 1910.

✖You said: If they have attention for political issue, they have similar vibe.
✔Better say: If they are interested in/care about political issues, they’ll think similarly/ they’ll have a similar way of thinking.
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🔴 Homework:
Please prepare for our next class.
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📝 NEXT LESSON:
Course: Debate English
Book: Express Yourself 1
Title/Page: Lifestyles - Express yourself #15 (page 9)