09/02/2022

💎Student's Name: Soojeong Yeom
💎Date: 09/02/2022
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title: California Phasing Out Gas Vehicles in Climate Change Fight
Website: https://www.voanews.com/a/california-phasing-out-gas-vehicles-in-climate-change-fight-/6717480.html
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶stringent /strin-juhnt/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌stringent (adjective) - strict, precise, and extremely limiting

Example: The city has stringent fire-safety standards.

📌robust (adjective) - (of a person or animal) strong and healthy, or (of an object or system) strong and unlikely to break or fail

Example: She was in robust health.

📌energy grid (noun) - also called a power or electrical grid, is an interconnected network for electricity delivery from producers to consumers.

Example:  Hit by a heavy storm, the power grid cannot function properly.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: They learn very fast than me.
✔Better say: They learn (much) faster than me.

✖You said: When you used the new one we pay, there is a much more convenience.
✔Better say: When you use the paid one, it is more convenient (and it has more functions)

✖You said: I think Korea is beginner of using electric car.
✔Better say: I think Korea is new to using electric cars / Korea has only started using electric cars.
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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: Hong Kong’s ‘selling piglets’ human-trafficking scandal shows how desperate the people of the city have become
Website: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3190238/hong-kongs-selling-piglets-human-trafficking-scandal-shows-how-desperate

‘Selling piglets’ scandal shows how desperate Hong Kong people have become