Date: 01/02/2024
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Student: Dawoon
Topic: 10 New Year’s Superstitions From Around the World
https://www.vogue.com/article/new-years-eve-traditions
Sentence Construction:
X We enjoy to celebrating Lunar New Year.>> We enjoy celebrating the Lunar New Year.
X We go to our ancestor.>> We have to visit our ancestors.
X After bowing tomb.>> After we bow the tomb.
Pronunciation:
*lantern [lan·trn]
*ancestors [an·seh·strz]
Build Lexicon:
* Superstition:=(n.) is any belief or practice considered by non-practitioners to be irrational or supernatural, attributed to fate or magic, perceived supernatural influence, or fear of that which is unknown.
Example:= According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.
*drenched:=(v.) wet thoroughly; soak.
Example:= I fell in the stream and got drenched.
Discover Idioms & Expressions:
*first-footing:= is the first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day and is seen as a bringer of good fortune for the coming year. Similar practices are also found in Greek, Vietnamese, and Georgian new year traditions.
Example:=Have your First Foot step over the threshold saying”A Happy New Year and Good Tidings to you and yours”.
*polka-dot apparel:= one of a pattern of small circular regularly spaced spots on a fabric.
Example:= She was wearing a white cotton dress with red polka dots.
Prepare:
* Read the lexicon, idioms and expressions. Then, construct sentences for each and share them
in class.
* Pick a podcast and listen to it daily.
* Prepare for the next article.
