09/07/2022

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 09/07/2022
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Debate English
Book: Express Yourself 1
Title/Page: Lifestyles - Points to Ponder #6-7 (page 15)
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶reimburse /ree-im-burs/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌blows (noun) - if something that happens is a blow to someone or something, it is very upsetting, disappointing, or damaging to them.

Example: The latest price increase would be a serious blow to many households.

📌reimburse (verb) - repay (a sum of money that has been spent or lost)

Example: She was reimbursed by the gas company for the damage to her house.

📌life insurance (noun) - a system in which you make regular payments to an insurance company in exchange for a fixed amount of money that will be paid after you die to someone you chose

Example: I've got a life insurance policy that will look after my family if disaster strikes.

📌health insurance (noun) - an arrangement in which you make regular payments to an insurance company in exchange for that company paying most or all of the costs of your medical care

Example: Employers with 200 or more workers are required to offer health insurance for employees and their dependents.

📌content (adjective) - pleased with your situation and not hoping for change or improvement

Example: He seems fairly content with (his) life.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: The insurance I quit was for compensation after my death. The insurance I keep is for paying for hospital.
✔Better say: I canceled my life insurance but I kept my health insurance which helps me pay for my medical/hospital bills.

✖You said: Korean parents tried to tell their kids what they have to do when they’re growing.
✔Better say: Korean parents try to tell their kids what to do while growing up.

✖You said: If you are young, even though that was the bad decision, you have protection from your parents. So from younger age, we need to practice how we design our life.
✔Better say: When you are young, even if you make a bad decision, your parents will protect you. So from a young age, we need to practice how to make our own decisions / how to design our own lives.

✖You said: When I get adult, after university graduate, I struggled to stand by myself.
✔Better say: When I became an adult, after graduating from university, I struggled to stand on my own feet.
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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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Course: Free Talking
Topic: Hometown