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Speakout - Day 10

The document provides guidance on pronunciation practice techniques for English learners, including self-correction, shadowing, and using a sing-song manner. It also includes vocabulary words with their informal, formal, American, and British meanings to review such as "on the rocks," "table," and terms related to romantic relationships. Learners are encouraged to develop their vocabulary recall by providing sample contexts and idioms for key words.

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Speakout - Day 10

The document provides guidance on pronunciation practice techniques for English learners, including self-correction, shadowing, and using a sing-song manner. It also includes vocabulary words with their informal, formal, American, and British meanings to review such as "on the rocks," "table," and terms related to romantic relationships. Learners are encouraged to develop their vocabulary recall by providing sample contexts and idioms for key words.

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Speak out – Day 10

INSTRUCTOR: NGUYEN THU NGUYET


Pronunciation practice

 Self-correction (listen and read the scripts/ subtitles at the same time)
 Shadowing: you listen to a model (i.e. a video or audio of someone
speaking) and you repeat what they say in real time
 Sing-song manner (watch a video)
Revision

Get caught/ sandwiched


 face a difficult choice between two duties or responsibilities between
 visit a place quickly Drop by/ swing by/ stop by
Liquid courage/ Dutch courage/
 the confidence some people get from drinking alcohol
beer muscle Get/ start/ set
 start doing something in order to encourage other people to do the same the ball rolling
 (alcoholic drink) with ice/ without ice On the rocks/ straight up
 Likely to fail soon On the rocks
 Agree Second
 Give information to someone Fill somebody in on something (I) vs. afford (F)
 Love Heart (I)/ enamored (F)
Revision

 Order someone to do a particular task Detail


 Be about to flow out (tears) well
 Delay the discussion (US) Table
 Suggest something for discussion (UK) Table
Disarm
 To make someone like you, esp. unexpectedly
Implications
 Possible effects
 Prevent something harmful from spearding Contain

 Operate something Man


Deets (I) vs. Minutiae (F)
 Details
Tone and register
Tone and register
Vocabulary range
Vocabulary range
Vocabulary recall

 Sample entry for “Romantic relationship”


 Receiver of action: start/ have a relationship with/ warm-up a relationship
 Doer of action: A love that stood the test of time
 Being described as: a May-December romance
 Idioms and fixed expressions:
 Cradle robber
 Trophy wife/ husband
 Cougar and boytoy
 Sugar daddy/ sugar baby
Vocabulary recall

 She's been having a fling with her boss.


 I didn’t really hit it off with him at first. (S)
 According to an Us Weekly insider, the lovebirds have shacked up together, but for
Evan, it first “took a long time of figuring himself out again before he was ready to
date.”
Shack up (I, disapproving) vs. cohabit (F) vs. live with/ live together (N)
 I’m sorry I’ve been stringing you along.
 Did he send you any signals?
 Seth Rollinsand Becky Lynch are officially an item. (I) vs. a couple (N) vs. cohabitees (F)

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