VIP Class Notes (Li)

Today we focused on:

Finish the last two questions from reading 4 and start doing reading 5

https://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_academic_reading4.htm

Vocabulary

antisocial – against the laws and customs of society

ex. antisocial behaviour

submit – to hand in documents/homework

ex. Students submit their homework online during the holidays.

innate – prisoner

fate – events outside your control 命运

garner – gather or collect

ex. Local authorities collect data from prisons to help fight against street gangs.

tacit – understood or implied without being said

ex. tacit knowledge/ideas

advent – an event happening/sbd arriving or invention being made

ex. The advent of the Internet transformed our lives completely.

fast/rapid  

diffuse – spread in many directions

grapple – to fight in order to win

ex. They grappled with the judge’s ruling.