09/23/2022

💎Student's Name: Sujeong Yeom
💎Date: 09/23/2022
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📝 TODAY'S LESSON:
Course: Article English
Title:  Pumpkin spice among new Merriam-Webster entries
Website: https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/around-ontario/beyond-local-pumpkin-spice-among-new-merriam-webster-entries-5799394
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🎧 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

▶pastry /pey-stree/
▶subvariant /sub-vair-ee-uhnt/
▶fluid /floo-id/
▶nutmeg /nuht-meg/
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🔍 VOCABULARY WORDS

📌exclaim (verb) - to say or shout something suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure, etc.

Example: She exclaimed in delight upon hearing the news.

📌at large (idiom) - generally

Example: This group is not representative of the population at large.

📌polarize (verb) - to cause people in a group to have opposing positions

Example: The issue has polarized the nation.

📌put away (phrasal verb) - to put something in the place or container where it is usually kept

Example: Put your toys away now.
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🛠️ SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

✖You said: I have to put my summer clothes into closet.
✔Better say: I have to put/store/pack my summer clothes away / I need to transition my closet from summer to fall.

✖You said: Is it normally you use?
✔Better say: Do you normally use that (word)?

✖You said: I talked about with my director I may finish another task in urgent. Firstly, I finish another urgent task in the next week and after that maybe I can come back to this issue.
✔Better say: I told my director that I will finish another urgent task next week. Once I finish that, I will come back to this issue/ I will continue this task.
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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:  Pumpkin spice among new Merriam-Webster entries
Website: https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/around-ontario/beyond-local-pumpkin-spice-among-new-merriam-webster-entries-5799394