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: Record yourself. Use your phone or an MP3 recorder to playback and listen to your speech. Compare it to a native speaker!
- Proverb: Live and let live: Don't interfere with others. Take care of your own needs, and let them take care of theirs.
- Academic Vocabulary: portion: part of something. "A large portion of my morning is spent reading emails."
- Literature: Sherwood Forest: a forest in England. Legend says Robin Hood lived there with his men. He "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor."
- Art: Rorschach test: a test made of inkblots (messy marks on paper); the person tested looks at them and says what they make him think of.
- Slang: You bet: absolutely, for sure. A: "Would you like to come over for dinner?" B: "You bet! What can I bring?"
- Geography: Beverly Hills: city near Los Angeles. Known for being the home of rich people, movie stars. Also famous for TV teen drama "90210."
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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