VIP Class Notes (Raph)[R][S]

Vocabulary

Social Media (n): 1- websites and computer programs that allow people to communicate and share information on the internet using a computer or mobile phone.
E.g.: Companies are increasingly making use of social media in order to market their goods.

Follower (n): 1- someone who has a great interest in something. 2- someone who supports, admires, or believes in a particular person, group, or idea. 3-  someone who chooses to see a particular person’s posts (= messages) on social media.
E.g.: They are big followers of their football team.
E.g.: He’s a follower of Buddhism
E.g.: She has over 100,000 followers on Twitter.

24/7 (adv/adj): 1- 24 hours a day, seven days a week: all the time.
E.g.: We’re open for business 24/7.
E.g.: We offer 24/7 internet access.

Participant (n): 1-  a person who takes part in or becomes involved in a particular activity.
E.g.: The games is an international sporting event with more than three thousand participants.
E.g.: She has been an active participant in the discussion.
E.g.: The students claim to be willing participants in the experiment.
E.g.: We were participants in a live debate on television.
E.g.: The majority of course participants find subsequent employment.

Constant (adj): 1- happening a lot or all the time. 2- staying the same, or not getting less or more.
E.g.: He’s in constant trouble with the police.
E.g.: The constant noise drove me crazy.
E.g.: We ran at a fairly constant speed.
E.g.: The fridge keeps food at a constant temperature.

Constantly (adv): 1- all the time or often.
E.g.: She has the TV on constantly.
E.g.: He’s constantly changing his mind.

Insomnia (n): 1 the condition of being unable to sleep, over a long period of time.
E.g.: Holly suffered from insomnia caused by stress at work.

Writing A To-do List May Help You Sleep Faster
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1801/180116-to-do-list.html)

Scientists have an idea that could help us get to sleep faster. All you need is a pen and paper. The scientists are from Baylor University in Texas, USA. They did research into how we can fall asleep more quickly. They found that writing a to-do list helps people get to sleep faster. Doctor Michael K. Scullin was the lead researcher of the study. He said to-do lists make us relax because we don’t need to worry about the things we have to do. He said that if we write down the things we need to do, we can forget about them, so we become calmer. He added: “We live in a 24/7 culture in which our to-do lists seem to be constantly growing and causing us to worry about unfinished tasks at bedtime.”

The researchers looked at the sleeping patterns of 57 male and female university students aged between 18 and 30. Half of them had to write down a to-do list five minutes before they slept. They had to turn the lights out by 10:30pm and could not have access to technology. The researchers found that the participants who wrote to-do lists fell asleep an average of 9 minutes faster than those who didn’t. They also found that the students who wrote really detailed lists fell asleep faster than students who wrote simple, general lists. The USA’s National Sleep Foundation said that around 40 per cent of American adults have difficulty falling asleep at least a few times each month.

Original:

In the morning I made breakfast for my son. Today, he would visit to Children Garden together with his teacher and classmates, so I need take some food with him. In the morning I typed some summary paper in the computer in my office. I helped a retired teacher who he doesn’t access to Internet. After that I revised some primer for protein which I want to express. In the afternoon I post the summary to the retired teacher by express. After that I talked about having lunch tomorrow with my colleagues.

Edited:

This morning I made breakfast for my son. He was going to visit the Children‘s Garden with his teacher and classmates, so he needed to take some food with him. When I got to the office, I wrote a summary paper on the computer to help a retired teacher who doesn’t have access to the Internet. After that I revised some protein primers that I want to express. In the afternoon I mailed the summary to the retired teacher. After that I talked with my colleagues about the food we are having for lunch tomorrow.

Pronunciation

Read (Present): /riːd/

Read (Past): /red/

Red: /red/

Ride: /raɪd/

Said: /sed/

Sad: /sæd/

Side: /saɪd/

Inspire: /ɪnˈspaɪr/

Awe: /ɑː/

Awesome: /ˈɑː.səm/

Register:  /ˈredʒ.ə.stɚ/

Flood: /flʌd/

Calm: /kɑːm/

Cow: /kaʊ/

Culture: /ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/

Participants: /pɑːrˈtɪs.ə.pənt/

Insomnia: /ɪnˈsɑːm.ni.ə/

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