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: protozoa: animal-like single-celled living things. Seen easily in a microscope, they are usually grouped by the way move.
- Language Study: acronym: group of initial letters that can be pronounced as a word. FAQ (pronounced like "back") is; FBI or CEO are not.
- Business: rationing: controlling distribution of resources, as when a country limits sales of gasoline or other limited items during a war.
- Literature: Platonism: idea (from Plato) that an "ideal" world exists; things in this world are imperfect reflections of that.
- New Words: graphic novel: an illustrated book like a comic book, but (usually) with more serious content.
- Slang: Sheesh!: shows surprise or frustration. A: "I'm going to be late to your party." B: "Sheesh! Are you ever on time?"
- Modern History: Enlightenment: also "Age of Reason," time in 18th-century Europe promoting science and opposing superstition and abuses by religion.
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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