Online Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Coffee Table (n): 1- a small, low table that is usually in front of the sofa in a living room.
E.g.: He put the snacks on the coffee table, so his guests could help himself.

Infuriating (adj): 1- causing great anger.
E.g.: It’s infuriating when people keep spelling your name wrong, isn’t it?
E.g.: It’s infuriating to be kept waiting this long!

Rhetoric (n): 1- speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people.
E.g.: I was convinced by her rhetoric into donating all my savings to the charity.
E.g.: His controversial rhetoric is designed to divide people.

Polarize (n): 1- to cause something, especially something that contains different people or opinions, to divide into two completely opposing groups.
E.g.: The debate is becoming polarized and there seems to be no middle ground.

Biodiversity (n): 1- the number and types of plants and animals that exist in a place.
E.g.: Brazil has the world’s largest biodiversity.
E.g.: Climate change is a huge threat to the world’s biodiversity.

Brexit (n): 1- an exit (= act of leaving) by the United Kingdom from the European Union (short for “British exit”):
E.g.: There have been various attempts to calculate how much Brexit will cost.
E.g.: People now realize that Brexit is way harder than initially thought.

Grammar

I have to prepare for a lot of things. – I have to prepare a lot of things

Pronunciation

Infuriating: /ɪnˈfjʊr.i.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ//in.fiu.ree.ei.ting/

Rhetoric: /ˈret̬.ɚ.ɪk/

Brexit: /ˈbrek.sɪt/