?Reading - Are Left-Handed People Really More Creative

The left-handed brand has come a long way in the last few decades. The majority of people no longer assume that southpaws are tools of Satan, alight with hellfire. Today’s lefties are surrounded by a far more benevolent glow.

Daily 5 New Words

paradox: a situation that seems strange because it involves two ideas or qualities that are very different

(Collocations)

(1) apparent/ great paradox

(2) explain/ resolve a paradox

 

(Example)

(1) It's a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty.

Present Progressive

We make the present progressive by using a form of the verb be in the present tense, followed by the main verb with nd -ing ending, for example, I am writing, you are waiting.

The present progressive tense is used in the following ways:

(1) To talk about something which is happening at the time you are speaking or writing. The words and phrases which are used in this tense:

Reading - Bats Can Plan Their Kills Two Insects Ahead

 

Bats need to eat a lot to power long flights. One species, the Japanese pipistrelle bat, eats enough insects in a single night to increase its weight by 20 percent. So when they go out hunting, they need to eat as much as they possibly can. A new study in the

Daily 5 New Word

 

abound: (verb) to exist in very large numbers

(Example)

(1) Rumors abound as to the reasons for his resignation.

(2) Examples of this abound her book.

(3) The worlds of scinece-fiction abound with wonders.