Daily English School - 326

Date: 03/31/2025
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Student: Dawoon Kim
Topic: Big Rise in Number of Marriages in South Korea
https://engoo.com/app/daily-news/article/big-rise-in-number-of-marriages-in-south-korea/1XGwEAZfEfCslLuluC03hA

Sentence Construction:
X One of my friend already stayed in Germany for working.  >> One of my friends has already stayed in Germany for work.
X He's living in Germany other town. >> He's living in another town in Germany.
X One of my friend had surgery to remove kidney stones, he didn't drink water.  >> One of my friends had surgery to remove kidney stones because he didn't drink enough water.
X My mother really hate to eat processed food. >>My mother really hates eating processed food.
X I like to learn the hard way because it can give me more experience >>
X not intention. >> It was not an intention to marry someone of a different nationality.

Pronunciation:
* teacher /tee-cher/
* carnivore /kahr-nuh-vawr/
* experience ik-speer-ee-uhns/
* someone /suhm-wuhn, -wuhn/
* surgery /sur-juh-ree/
* specific /spi-sif-ik/
* category /kat-i-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee/
* intention /in-ten-shuhn/

Build Lexicon:
* Encourage := (v.) To give support, confidence, or hope to someone.
Example: The government launched campaigns to encourage more young people to get married.
* Trend := (n.) A general direction in which something is developing or changing.
Example: The trend of international marriages has been increasing in South Korea.
* Convince := (v.) To persuade someone to believe or do something.
Example: Some young people are not convinced that marriage is necessary for happiness.

Discover Idioms & Expressions:
* Tie the knot := To get married.
Example: More than 222,000 couples tied the knot in South Korea in 2024.
* Weigh the pros and cons := To consider both the advantages and disadvantages before making a decision.
Example: Many young people weigh the pros and cons before deciding to get married.
* A match made in heaven := A relationship that is perfect and meant to be
Example: Some couples believe their marriage is a match made in heaven.

Practice:
* Read the lexicon, idioms and expressions. Then, construct sentences for each and be ready to recite them in class.
* Our next topic, Unanswered phones and a desperate wait outside the shattered Bangkok high-rise toppled by Myanmar quake
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/29/asia/myanmar-thailand-quake-bangkok-rescue-hnk-intl/index.html