Date: 01/16/2024
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Student:Dawoon
Topic: Why stocks paying juicy dividends could make a comeback this year
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/12/investing/premarket-stocks-trading-dividend-rates/index.html
Sentence Construction:
X Korea interest rate, we don’t have enough financial power now.
X They should rent money from the bank.>> They should lend money from the bank.
Pronunciation:
*manage [ma·nuhj]
*mortgage [mor·guhj]
Build Lexicon:
*Dividend:= (n.) is a reward paid to the shareholders for their investment in a company's equity, and it usually originates from the company's net profits.
Example:= For investors, dividends represent an asset, but for the company, they are shown as a liability.
*Inflation:=(n.) the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time. Inflation is typically a broad measure, such as the overall increase in prices or the increase in the cost of living in a country.
Example:= Bags that did survive inflation were installed on pickup trucks for further testing.
Discover Idioms & Expressions:
*Mortgage rates:= the rate of interest that someone pays to borrow money using a mortgage.
Example:= Britain's biggest home loan lender yesterday raised its standard mortgage rate.
*Personal Consumption:= personal (mainly household) spending on goods and services.
Example:= The major part of the food so produced was used for personal consumption by family members, including the families of adult children.
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.
