1. 9am - Read an Article
Opinion | The Wreckage Betsy DeVos Leaves Behind
The Education Department lies in ruins right when it’s needed most.
www.nytimes.com
[Words & Phrases]
- wreckage: the broken parts of a vehicle, building, etc., that has been badly damaged or destroyed
- corrosive: causing someone or something to become weak and damaged = destructive
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the corrosive effects of drug use
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She argues that racism is dangerous and corrosive to society.
- subsidiary: (1) not as important as something else
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a subsidiary issue
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subsidiary details
- subsidiary: (2) a company that is owned or controlled by another company
- saddle [someone] with [something]: to cause someone to have a problem, burden, responsibility, etc.
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His actions have saddled the company with too much debt.
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My boss saddled me with the task of organizing the conference.
- bully pulpit: an important public position that allows a person to express beliefs and opinions to many people
[Engagement Points]
- Her lack of vision has been apparent in a variety of contexts, but never more so than this fall.
- he will face the herculean task of clearing away the wreckage left by his predecessor.
- This telling remark implies a vision of the Education Department as a mere bystander in a crisis.
2. 12pm - Watch a Video
[Words & Phrases]
- dorky = silly, foolish, stupid, but in a cute way
- run with: stay in the company of someone or some group = hang out with
- run around with: to spend a lot of time with someone
- sucker punch: to hit (a person) suddenly and usually without any obvious reason
[Engagement Points]
- You're the weakest link.
Weakest Link (aka The Weakest Link) is a British television quiz show, mainly broadcast on BBC Two as well as BBC One. It was devised by Fintan Coyle and Cathy Dunning and developed for television by the BBC Entertainment Department. The game begins with a team of nine contestants, who take turns answering general knowledge questions within a time limit to create chains of nine correct answers in a row. At the end of each round, the players then vote one contestant, "the weakest link", out of the game. After two players are left, they play in a head-to-head penalty shootout format, with five questions asked to each contestant in turn, to determine the winner.
- catch-22: a difficult situation for which there is no easy or possible solution
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I'm in a catch-22: to get the job I need experience, but how do I get experience if I can't get the job?
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catch-22 situation/dilemma
Joseph Heller coined the term in his 1961 novel Catch-22, which describes absurd bureaucratic constraints on soldiers in World War II. The term is introduced by the character Doc Daneeka, an army psychiatrist who invokes "Catch-22" to explain why any pilot requesting mental evaluation for insanity—hoping to be found not sane enough to fly and thereby escape dangerous missions—demonstrates his own sanity in creating the request and thus cannot be declared insane. This phrase also means a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
"You mean there's a catch?"
"Sure there's a catch," Doc Daneeka replied. "Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy."
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If he flew them, he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to, he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
3. 3pm - Repeat phrases
[Words & Phrases]
- What have you been up to?
- Implication = the background information of a situation
- How late are you open? = When do you close?
- How do I get to [location]?
- [#] of the [item]
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200 grams of the beef.
4. 6pm - Speaking Practice
[Weekly World News] Take interesting articles from the weekly tabloids (Weekly World News is especially good). Each speaker is required to explain the amazing things reported.
#1.
#2.
- Reporting live from [City], I’m [Name], [News Channel]. --> Reporting live from Seoul, I'm Jenny, Toastmasters News.
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