Reviewing Learned Words

(1) His gloom was now compounded by the failing mark on his geometry now.

(gloom): a feeling of great sadness and lack of hope

 - (Example) a time of high unemployment and economic gloom

(2) The annals of sports are replete with the names of great black athletes.

(3) One of the great paradoxes of American life is that through minority groups have suffered injustices, nowhere in the world have so many varied groups lived together so harmoniously.

(4) A tinge of garlic is all that's necessary for most recipes.

(5) A cruel king would not allow the prince to enter his realm restricting him to the forest, which abounded with wild animals.

 

Future - will

The Future with "will"

We put the verb will in front of the main verb. This is the most common way of expressing future time. The short form of will is 'll nd the short form of will not is won't. You usually use these in spoken English instead of will or will not. The main verb can be either in its 'simple' form or in its 'progressive' form.

Reading - Some Fish Eggs Can Hatch After Being Pooped Out by Swans

A question that’s often baffled scientists is how certain species of fish can sometimes appear—and even proliferate—in isolated bodies of water not previously known to harbor them. A new study has demonstrated that the most unlikely explanation might actually be correct: It’s possible they fell from the sky.

Listening - Sylvia Plath's biography

We are going to listen to a file about Sylvia Plath's biography.

Listen to the file two times. Then, read the script and focus on the words and phrases. Finally, try to mimic the listening file. When you mimick you try to listen to the listening audio and try to speak in the way which the speaker speaks. After this step, try to listen and repeat and follow the speaker without looking at the script.

 

Long Reading - Rich People and Climate Change

Rich people don't just have bigger bank balances and more lavish lifestyles than the rest of us -- they also have bigger carbon footprints.