📔Writing
Session #n70: Useful expressions and linking words/phrases in "For and Against Essays"

🔅to list and add points:
🔹In the first place,
🔹To start/ begin with,
🔹Secondly, Thirdly, finally,
🔹In addition (to this), Furthermore, Moreover, Besides, etc.

🔅to introduce or list advantages:
🔹The main/ first/ most important advantage of...,
🔹One/ Another/ An additional advantage of...,
🔹One point of view in favour of...,
🔹It is often suggested/ believed/ argued that...,
🔹Some/ Many people suggested/ believed/ argued that..;
🔹Some/ Many people are in favour of/ are convinced that.. etc.

🔅to introduce or list disadvantages:
🔹The main/ most important disadvantage/ drawback of...,
🔹One/ Another/ An additional disadvantage of...,
🔹One point/ argument against.;
🔹Some/ Many people are against... , etc.

🔅to introduce examples/ reasons/ results:
🔹for example/ instance, such as, like, in particular,
🔹therefore, for this reason, because, as, since, as a result. etc.

🔅to show contrast:
🔹On the other hand, However, still, Nonetheless, Nevertheless,
🔹But, Although, Even though.
🔹Despite/ In spite of (the fact that), etc.

🔅to introduce a conclusion:
🔹In concusion, To conclude/ sum up,
🔹All in all, Finally, Lastly,
🔹All things considered, To put it in a nutshell, Taking everything into account/ consideration, etc.

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⚜🎵🔴PRONUNCIATION🔴🎵⚜

Today's lesson is about the difference between /W/ and /V/ sound, let's practise by speaking out some examples:

⭕️when, while,weather,worm, which, word, warm, winter, woman, week, awaiting, awake, award

⭕️ very, vary, various, variety, vibration, voice, village, video, vampire

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🌴 SLANG 🌴
✔️ BROUHAHA

📚Meaning-a situation that causes upset, anger, or confusion:

〰️🦋〰️

〰️🌸There was a big brouhaha when the town council decided to close the park.
〰️🌸My sister, the drama queen, made a huge brouhaha over her broken nail.
〰️🌸The spoiled child causes a brouhaha when she doesn’t get her way.
〰️🌸Afshin will make a brouhaha if he arrives at the office and there is no fresh coffee.

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♨️ Today's Idioms ♨️

❗️ "all that glitters is not gold" ❗️

✳️Meaning:
appearance is something misleading. Things that appear valuable or might worthwhile might not be as good as they look.

✅Example:
The house look beautiful from the outside but the inside part of the house looks terrible, all that glitters is not gold.

‼️ "bank on" ‼️

✳️Meaning:
to expect something or rely on.

✅ Example:
Can I bank on your friend's prediction about stock market?

‼️❗️ "A fool and his money are soon parted" ❗️‼️

✳️Meaning:
this means that stupid people spend money without thinking about it enough.

✅ Example:
John likes his extravagant life style- but then a fool and his money are soon parted.

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​​🔰 Vocabulary class
✳️ Today's words are:

1️⃣ jump to conclusions
📖 to form an opinion about something before you have all the facts
📌 SYN Leap to conclusions

🏷 There may be a simple explanation. Let’s not jump to conclusions.
🏷 Breaking a habit, be it over-eating, over-drinking, biting your nails or jumping to conclusions, is a tall order.

2️⃣ misinterpret /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive]

📖 to not understand the correct meaning of something that someone says or does, or of facts that you are considering
📌 SYN misread, misconstrue

🏷 Some parts of the report could be misinterpreted.
🏷 She had misinterpreted his silence as anger.

3️⃣ look out for somebody/something phrasal verb

📖 to pay attention to what is happening around you, so that you will notice a particular person or thing if you see them

🏷 Look out for your Aunt while you’re at the station.
🏷 He’s looking out for a nice apartment downtown.

4️⃣ perspire /pəˈspaɪə $ pərˈspaɪr/ verb [intransitive] formal

📖 if you perspire, parts of your body become wet, especially because you are hot or have been doing hard work
📌 SYN sweat

🏷 Willie was perspiring heavily.
🏷 As he struggled to make the cut in Majorca, his lips were dry and his forehead was perspiring.

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🗣Articulation practice. 👅
Enunciating your words clearly is an essential element to communicating your message. The proper enunciation of words will help you better communicate with your audience, whether it's a one-on-one conversation or a speech to thousands. If your words are indistinct and require your audience to focus too intently, people will tune you out.
Articulation exercises are designed to:
-Help you refrain from mumbling
-Develop good habits such as opening your mouth wide enough to articulate your words clearly
-Stop tripping over words or phrases that are tricky to say
-Relax, strengthen, and stretch your facial muscles and voice.

Say the following five tongue twisters three times each.
Start slowly and slightly increase your speed each time:

🗣"The keen king gave the queen a pink and green ring" (Target area: vowel sounds) 🗣

🗣 "Put the peanut butter on the bread before placing it in the paper bag" (Target area: P and B sounds) 🗣

🗣 "The tiny two-toed tree toad descended down the tree trunk to catch dinner" (Target area: T and D sounds)" 🗣

🗣 "Gwen grew green grapes and glorious guava in her grand garden" (Target area: G sounds)

🗣 "The sun was shining on Sharon Street, where I saw Shane and Sarah sitting near the shoe shop" (Target area: S and SH sounds) 🗣

🗒 About tongue twisters:
Repeating different tongue twisters is not only fun, it helps improve your enunciation and develop good habits. It also increases the flexibilty and agility of your tongue.
There are several types of tongue twisters, each with a different intended goal:
- Mixing vowel sounds to habituate your facial muscles to these sounds so you open your mouth appropriately
- Mixing consonants, such as <p> and <b> or <l> and <r>, that are sometimes said unclearly when you rush your speech and don't position your tongue appropriately
- Mixing letter combinations, such as <s> and <sh> or <th> and <ph>, that can be tricky when they are near one another.

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"Mathematics ــــــــــــ me no end, and ــــــــــــ me so angry when I was at school !"

🅰 Confuse, makes
🅱 Confuses, made
🅾 Confuse, made
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😉🌺 Well done guys🌺
The answer is 🅱️ take up

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🔆 If you take up an activity or asubject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as acareer. 🔆

❇️ Examples :
🔰 He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport

🔰 I took up skiing last fall.


🔆 Synonyms of :
❗️ start, begin, engage in, assume, adopt, become involved in ❗️

📔 Writing
Session #n71: MAIN BODY PARAGRAPHS in "For and Against Essays"

🔴 You should start each main body paragraph with a topic sentence which introduces or summarises the main topic of the paragraph. The topic sentence should be followed by supporting sentences which justify the argument presented in the topic sentence, by giving examples or reasons.

⚠️You should use linking words/phrases to present your justifications, such as:
first of all, what is more, for example, because, since, in particular, etc.

🔵 TECHNIQUES TO BEGIN OR END YOUR ESSAY

To attract the reader's interest and make the beginning or ending of your essay more effective, you can use some of the following writing techniques:

a) address the reader directly e.g. "If you take the time to train your dog, it will learn to obey you.

b) include a quotation (i.e.a sentence or phrase taken from a book, play, etc.) When we use a quotation, it is necessary to mention the name of the person who said/ wrote it. e.g. As George Orwell wrote, "All animals are
equal, but some are more equal than others."

c) include a rhetorical question e.g. Is it true that a dog is man's best friend?

⚠️ A rhetorical question is a question that you ask without expecting an answer. The question might be one that does not have an answer. It might also be one that has an obvious answer but you have asked the question to make a point, to persuade or for literary effect.

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Today's SPEAKING tips

✅ The fourth prompt from card:

✔️Finally, if there’s time, I could deal with the last question of...
✔️To end with, if I still have time, I could take care of the final question of...
✔️As a final point, if time permits, I’d like to bring in the point of...
✔️To cut a long story short, as my very last point, with reference to the question of...

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Today's phrasal verbs are:
🔘 Get back (to);
🔘 Get up;
🔘 Get around.

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​​🔰 Vocabulary class
✳️ Today's words are:

1️⃣ generalization (also generalisation British English) /ˌdʒenərəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun
📖 countable a statement about all the members of a group that may be true in some or many situations but is not true in every case

🏷 You can’t make generalizations about what men and women are like.
🏷 In our example, the data seem too contradictory to support any clear generalization about gender and voting.

2️⃣ clench /klentʃ/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
📖 to hold something tightly in your hand or between your teeth

🏷 a cigar clenched between his teeth
🏷 She clenched her fists, on the verge of tears.

3️⃣ fold your arms
📖 to bend your arms so that they rest together against your body

🏷 George stood silently with his arms folded.
🏷 Mr Bumble put down his hat, unbuttoned his coat, folded his arms, and sat back in his chair.

4️⃣ obstinacy noun [uncountable]
📖 a determination not to change your opinion or attitude.

📌 SYN stubbornness

🏷 His reputation is for his obstinacy
🏷 The obstinacy of the human spirit has no end

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🎧Listening practice🎧
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