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: Consider culture. Language without culture is just a "secret code," like -•-• --- -•• •. When connected to culture, it comes alive!
- Proverb: Too many cooks spoil the broth: A plan must be specific and carried out by a few. When too many get involved, the work slows down.
- Academic Vocabulary: flexible: able to change in new situations. "The best employees show flexibility in times of trouble."
- Literature: Trojan War: Greeks fought Troy for 10 years. The setting for Homer's "The Iliad"; "The Odyssey" is the story of a general coming home.
- Art: Edgar Degas: (1834-1917) French painter and sculptor, best known for delicate images of ballet dancers.
- Slang: to tell someone what's what: explain when someone has done wrong. "If Joe's sales don't improve, I'll have to tell him what's what."
- Geography: atlas: a book of maps. In Greek myth, Atlas was a Titan who held the world on his shoulders, so now a book that "holds the world."
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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