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!
- Science: communicable disease: a disease which can be passed from one person to another; sometimes also called a "contagious" disease.
- Language Study: question tag: also tag question; "isn't it?" "don't you?" etc. added to a statement to make it a question. "You're Bob, aren't you?"
- Business: utility: usefulness. "We judge new products on their utility." Also, public services ("utilities") such as water and electric supply.
- Literature: cathedral: central or main church of a large area. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" was set in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
- New Words: workflow: a model of work involving a number of steps or operations, and the amount of work finished.
- Slang: Aaanyyywaaaay: changes the subject of conversation. A: "...and then we're going to Hawaii." B: "Aaanyyywaaaay, let's get to work..."
- Modern History: John Wilkes Booth: (1838-1865) famous American actor who shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865.
NOTES:
- Except for the Slang words, all the words in these Mini-Lessons came from lists either on the Oxford University Press site or in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
- The Slang words are from my own list, and I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
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