To get the most from them, you should try to use them in sentences, or discuss them with friends. Writing something on Twitter or Weibo is a great way to practice!
- Tip: Take risks. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough!
- Proverb: It takes two to tango: When people fight, it's never just one person's fault; both should take the blame.
- Academic Vocabulary: symbol: Something used to represent another thing. "An ant symbolizes hard work."
- Literature: the Magi: The "Wise Men" (maybe astrologers) who came to visit the baby Jesus shortly after his birth. Tradition says there were three.
- Art: Bolshoi Theater: A theater in Moscow, Russia, home of the Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera. "Bolshoi" means "Grand" in Russian.
- Slang: to get something: To understand. "You must follow the directions carefully. Get it?" "I get it." (or "I got it.")
- Geography: hemisphere: Half the globe; Northern/Southern (above/below the equator) and Eastern/Western (east/west of 0ยบ longitude).
NOTES:
- Academic Vocabulary is the Academic Word List from Oxford University Press. This is "a list of words that you are likely to meet if you study at an English-speaking university."
- The Proverb, and the Literature, Art, and Geography words are from lists in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
- The Tip and Slang words are from my own lists, and I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
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