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: database: collection of information in a computer, arranged so it's easy to find a particular piece of information.
- Language Study: suffix: one or more letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning, like "-ly" in "friendly," "-s" in "books," etc.
- Business: consumption: use of something. Users are called "consumers," verb is "to consume." "Consumption of beer goes up in summer."
- Literature: romanticism: 19th-century artistic movement based on personal feelings, free imagination, fewer rules. Opposite of "classicism."
- New Words: light pollution: too much light in a city making it hard to see the stars. "The light pollution made it hard to see the meteor shower."
- Slang: Gotta run: "I have to go (quickly)." A: "Can you help me with my homework?" B: "Not now. Gotta run. Maybe tomorrow!"
- Modern History: I cannot tell a lie: legend says George Washington chopped down his father's cherry tree, then admitted he did it with these words.
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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