Date: 10/12/2023
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Student: Dawoon
Topic: Glacial lake bursts in India leaving 100 missing and 14 dead
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/05/india/india-sikkim-floods-search-damage-climate-intl-hnk/index.html
Sentence Construction:
X They usually don’t.>> They are not usually accurate.
X The person was in there huge water came from the mountain.>> The person suffering from the huge water came from the mountain.
X Why this article is difficult for me is I have a lot of ideas about that I didn’t have much English word to explain this.>> Why this article is difficult for me is because I have a lot of ideas about why I didn’t have many English words to explain this.
X I just think about that in Korean in my brain but I can speak exactly. >> I just think about that in Korean, in my brain but I can speak it exactly.
Pronunciation:
*accurate [a·kyr·uht]
* tribes [tribez]
Build Lexicon:
*cloudburst:= a sudden, very heavy rainfall, usually local in nature and of brief duration.
Example:= Sharma says cloudbursts occur when cumulonimbus clouds, enormous water-filled, cauliflower-shaped clouds, empty their contents because of cold air.
*deluge (n.) a severe flood.
Example:= This may be the worst deluge in living memory.
Discover Idioms & Expressions:
* Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF):= is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake.
Example:= Scientists have warned for decades that India's Himalayan glacial lakes are disasters waiting to happen.
*Incessant rain:= process or activity is one that continues without stopping.
Example:= Watson's progress was delayed by a day of incessant rain.
Prepare:
* Study for the next article.
* Review the expressions and lexicons.
