VIP Class Notes (Celeste) [R]

Read the article below and talk about it in your next class. 

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Girl Draws With Mouth

Creating beautiful art in a very different way. Sixteen-year-old Robaba Mohammadi was born with partial paralysis of her limbs, but hasn’t let that stop her drawing.

Instead of sketching with her, fingers she uses her mouth. And its given her a great deal of strength.

Robaba says before she started drawing she was so depressed and cried at least two or three times a day. In Afghanistan, disability is often perceived as a weakness.

Not for Robaba, though. She started drawing two years ago and now has lofty goals. The teenager says her dream is to hold an art exhibition in the Aga Khan Museum, one of Canada’s biggest museums, and she’s asking people to help her achieve that.

Maybe Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take notice and help speed up the process.

Difficult words: perceive (see something in a certain way), lofty (big).

lenient – These kids’ parents are lenient so these kids are running in the coffee shop and speak aloud loudly.

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reckless
Busan older people are reckless I thought If you compare with Seoul people.
I think Busan’s older generations are more reckless if you compare them to Seoul people. 

Ten Thousand Men Dance

Over 10,000 men in Aceh, a territory located at the northern end of Sumatra, broke the national record for the largest Saman dance performed simultaneously.

Saman is one of the most popular dances in Indonesia and UNESCO recognised it in 2011. The dance of a thousand hands is traditionally performed by the Acehnese once a year to show unity after the harvest.

The Director General of Culture explained that the event is a proof that common people still uphold their culture and the dance also shows tremendous unity of the people.

Vocabulary

He went to the business trip in Japan. – He went on his/a business trip to/in Japan.

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Californians / the people who live in California / Californian residents / the people from California

Washingtonians = people from WA state

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rough / rugged / aggressive / strong / powerful / masculine
soft / weak / not strong / feminine / careful / cautious

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stimulate v. – to make someone excited and interested about something
eg. The ocean stimulated me.

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flash mob/s n.v. – large group of people who gather in a public place to do a routine dance

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proof n. – evidence or facts to show that sth happened or is real
eg. Do you have any proof that that man stole your wallet?
eg. I asked my friend, “Have you smoked in the room?” He said no but I found proof because I found a cigarette in the ashtray.

Pronunciation

simultaneously (SAI – mul – tane – E – us lee )

simulation ( sim – U – lei – shin )

stimulation ( stim – U – lei – shin )