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: Tell stories in different tenses. Use past tense for what happened, present for what's happening now, future for what will happen.
- Proverb: The devil is in the details: It's easy to make a general plan. But once we start becoming specific, it gets harder.
- Academic Vocabulary: accompany: go with; be with. "He accompanied his boss on the trip." "Thunder always accompanies lightning."
- Literature: Atlantis: mythical island in the Atlantic Ocean. The supposedly advanced civilization was destroyed when Atlantis sank.
- Art: aesthetics: a branch of philosophy that studies what is beautiful, especially relating to art, music, design, etc.
- Slang: What the…?: expresses surprise or annoyance. A: "I can't come to your party tomorrow." B: "What the...? But you promised!"
- Geography: Twin Cities: in the US, St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN. Also, any two close cities with close connections, like Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
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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