Date: 07/24/2025
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Student: Dawoon Kim
Topic: 14 dead, 12 missing after five days of torrential rain across South Korea https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10535387
Sentence Construction:
X Every people don't want to work on the street. >> Not everyone wants to work on the street.
X I think nobody want go outside because of hot. >> I think nobody wants to go outside because it's hot.
X I'm always go to the office. >> I always go to the office.
X Today's evening I'm going to walk to the park with my dog. >> This evening, I'm going to walk to the park with my dog.
X I always buy a ticket with inclusive meal. >> I always buy a ticket with an inclusive meal.
X Last week in Korea there was heavy rain. >> Last week in Korea, there was heavy rain.
Pronunciation:
* diabetes /dahy-uh-bee-tis, -teez/
* inclusive /in-kloo-siv/
* standard /stan-derd/
* monitor /mon-i-ter/
* reflect /ri-flekt/
* support /suh-pawrt/
* temporarily /tem-puh-rair-uh-lee, tem-puh-rer-/
* evacuate /ih-vak-yoo-eyt]/
* infrastructure /in-fruh-struhk-cher/
* province /prov-ins/
Build Lexicon:
* Evacuate := (v.) To move people from a dangerous place to safety.
Example: People had to evacuate their homes due to the flooding.
* Erosion := (n.) The wearing away of soil or land by wind or water.
Example: Heavy rainfall caused serious soil erosion in the area.
* Flood := (n.) A large amount of water covering land that is usually dry.
Example: The flood destroyed houses and blocked roads.
Discover Idioms & Expressions:
* Hit hard := To affect something or someone severely.
Example: The southern provinces were hit hard by the heavy rain.
* On high alert := Watching for danger and ready to act.
Example: The emergency services were on high alert due to the storm.
* Weather the storm := To survive a difficult situation.
Example: Many families are trying to weather the storm and rebuild.
Practice:
* Read the lexicon, idioms and expressions. Then, construct sentences for each and be ready to recite them in class.
* Our next topic, Library battles beetles to save 100,000 old books
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2507/250717-library-book-beetle.html
