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: Make a study schedule. Doing a little every day is better than a lot once a week; make a daily plan and follow it!
- Proverb: A fool and his money are soon parted: Think of the opposite: Wise people use their money carefully.
- Academic Vocabulary: subsequent: coming after something else. "The first cup of coffee is $3; subsequent cups are free."
- Literature: Moses: legendary 13th-12th century BCE leader of people of Israel. Recorded 10 Commandments, brought people out of Egypt.
- Art: fetish: originally, a thing that ancient people thought was very powerful, such as a small carved animal worn on a necklace.
- Slang: Nailed that sucker!: did something successfully. A: "Here, shoot a basket." (B shoots and it goes in.) B: "HAH! Nailed that sucker!"
- Geography: The Alps: mountain range in Southern Europe, from France, Switzerland, Italy to Austria, Slovenia, Croatia. Mont Blanc is 4810 meters.
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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