Daily English School - 249

Date: 09/27/2024


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Student: Dawoon Kim


Topic: Amazon staff to return to office five days a week


https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2409/240919-amazon-hybrid-work-policy.html#google_vignette

Amazon staff to return to office five days a week

Sentence Construction:


X We gonna have dinner.  >> We're going to have dinner.


X I'm gonna returning home. >> I'm going to return home. / I will go back home.


X Studying in graduate school is one of the most important milestone for me. >> Studying in graduate school is one of the most important milestones for me.


X To solve some problems, we have to make a lot of strategies. >> To solve some problems, we need to develop a lot of strategies.


X Chinese co-makers have closed the gap between them and top tier co-makers.


X In London marathon, one of the Kenya players has taken the leap in the front groups.  >> In the London Marathon, one of the Kenyan runners has taken a leap into the front group.



Pronunciation:
* sacred /sey-krid/
* region /ree-juhn/
* milestone /mahyl-stohn/
* strategy /strat-i-jee/
* specific /spi-sif-ik/
* competition /kom-pi-tish-uhn/
* rivalry /rahy-vuhl-ree/



Build Lexicon:


* Collaboration := (n.) The action of working together to achieve a common goal.


Example: Effective collaboration among team members leads to better results in projects.


* Dissent := (n.) Disagreement or refusal to accept a prevailing opinion.


Example: Dissent among employees can indicate deeper issues within a company's culture.


* Protest := (n.) A statement or action expressing disapproval of something.


Example: The workers organized a protest to voice their concerns about the return-to-office policy.



Discover Idioms & Expressions:


* Back to square one := To return to the starting point after a failure.


Example: After the project was scrapped, the team found themselves back to square one.


* Get the ball rolling := To start a process or action.
Example: The company held a meeting to get the ball rolling on the new policy changes.



Practice:
* Read the lexicon, idioms and expressions. Then, construct sentences for each and be ready to recite them in class.
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