Date: 05/14/2025
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Student: Dawoon Kim
Topic: FREE TALKING - Restaurant
Sentence Construction:
X Sometimes, it can above 30 degrees sometimes. >> Sometimes, it can go above 30 degrees.
X The temperature is really up and down. >> The temperature is really unpredictable.
X It was really hard taking a car before. >> It was really hard to take a car before.
X Previous owner throw her away. >> The previous owner threw her away.
X She can be died. >> She could have died.
X Nobody know who is previous owner. >> Nobody knows who the previous owner is.
X I didn't understand why. >> I also didn’t know why.
Pronunciation:
* smart /smahrt/
* people /pee-puhl/
* responsibility /ri-spon-suh-bil-i-tee/
* favorite /fey-ver-it, feyv-rit/
* thought /thawt/
* potato /puh-tey-toh, -tuh/
Build Lexicon:
* Reservation := (n.) An arrangement to save a table at a restaurant in advance.
Example: My dad made a reservation for dinner at 7 p.m.
* Waiter/Waitress := (n.) A person who serves food and drinks at a restaurant.
Example: The waitress brought our food with a big smile.
* Menu := (n.) A list of food and drink items offered by a restaurant.
Example: I looked at the menu and ordered spaghetti and lemonade.
Discover Idioms & Expressions:
* A full plate := Having a lot to do or deal with.
Example: The waiter had a full plate with so many customers to serve.
* Spill the beans := To reveal a secret, often accidentally.
Example: At dinner, she spilled the beans about the surprise party.
* Bite off more than you can chew := To take on more than you can handle.
Example: He tried to help in the kitchen, but he bit off more than he could chew.
Practice:
* Read the lexicon, idioms and expressions. Then, construct sentences for each and be ready to recite them in class.
* Our next topic, More than half of South Koreans feel chronic resentment: survey https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10481731
