F2F Class Notes (Raph)[R]

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Homework

Go to www.breakingnewsenglish.com, pick an article, read it carefully and then write a paragraph explaining it with your own words.

Vocabulary

Preserve (v): 1- to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed.
E.g.: The government is creating new policies to help preserve the environment.

Endangered (adj): 1- in danger of being harmed, lost, unsuccessful, etc.. 2- endangered animals/ or plants may soon disappear, because there are very few now alive.
E.g.: Social workers who look after abused or endangered children often have stressful days at work.
E.g.: The organization protects endangered animals and plants.

Character (n): 1- the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different from others.
E.g.: Politeness is traditionally part of the British character.
E.g.: It would be very out of character (= not typical) of her to lie.

Sanity (n): 1- the state of having a healthy mind and not being mentally ill.
E.g.: He’d been behaving so strangely that they began to doubt/question his sanity.

Sane (adj): 1- having a healthy mind and not mentally ill. (≠ Insane)
E.g.: In the doctor’s opinion he was sane at the time of the murder.

Darken (v): 1- to become dark.
E.g.: After laying in the sun for half an hour, her skin finally began to darken.

Suntan/Tan (n/v): 1- pleasantly brown skin caused by being in the hot sun:
E.g.: She’s was showing off her suntan in a little white dress.
E.g.: Chinese people do not like to tan.

Wrinkle (n): 1- a small line in the skin caused by old age:
E.g.: She has fine wrinkles around the eyes.

Radiation (n): 1- 辐射

Sunblock (n): 1- 防晒霜

Reading

New suntan drug could prevent skin cancer
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1706/170617-suntan-2.html)

Scientists have made a drug that can copy how sunlight affects our skin. It tricks our skin into making it darker so we get a suntan. The drug gets our body to make a natural pigment called melanin. A pigment is what gives our skin its color. Plants also have pigments that give them different colors. The scientists are from a hospital in the USA. They say their drug could be good for our health. The biggest benefits could be to prevent skin cancer and slow down how old people look. Getting a suntan can give us skin cancer, make our skin look old and give us wrinkles.The scientists said the drug could safely give us a suntan because it has no harmful UV rays. UV rays burn our skin and damage it. The rays make light-skinned people turn red. The drug gets the body to make dark melanin. This darkens our skin and makes it look tanned. Melanin is the body’s natural sunblock. It protects the skin from UV radiation and cancer. A researcher said the drug could help fight skin cancer. This is the most common type of cancer. The researcher said: “Dark pigment is associated with a lower risk of all forms of skin cancer.”

Pronunciation

Rome: /roʊm/

Italy: /ˈɪt̬.əl.i/

Town: /taʊn/

Character: /ˈker.ək.tɚ/

Endangered: /ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒɚd/

Preserve: /prɪˈzɝːv/

Suntan: /ˈsʌn.tæn/

Darken: /ˈdɑːr.kən/