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

Read the reading section and practice pronouncing the nouns.

Please practice the student listening to the consultant saying the pronunciation section of the notes. Then review the reading section.

I am following a tv play that is the season II of “ The big little lies” produced by HBO. The play is about what happens between 5 women living in a beautiful small town whose lives look perfect but are destroyed by involving in an accident or murder. The season I of the play won a lot of awards,including the 75th Golden Globe Award for American film and tvs. Meryl Streep joined this season and acted as a hypocritical mother-in-law, trying to take custody of her grandson. Her participation made the play even more exciting. I’m looking forward to seeing how the story will be devloping.

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I am following a tv show / series that is in season II of “ Big Little Lies” produced by HBO. The show is about what happens between 5 women living in a beautiful small town whose lives look perfect but are destroyed by being involved in an  / so-called “accident“ or murder. Season I of the series won a lot of awards, including the 75th Golden Globe Award for American film and TV Series. Meryl Streep joined this season and acted as a hypocritical mother-in-law, trying to take custody of her grandson. Her participation made the episodes / storyline / cast line-up even more exciting. I’m looking forward to seeing how the story will develop / play out / unfold.

Pronunciation

Woman woah /men
Women: We /men
I am a woman and I don’t like women
Vineyard: vin / yerd
Insects
fruit:

Develop: :(broader meaning ), economic, country, people. To change, to gain.
Play out ( causal ): what is going to happen next
Unfold: Open to show it, to see more clearly.
Episodes: 1 story or event as part of a larger sequence.  
Series:  a group of episodes, a sequence. 
Storyline: a timeline for a character that develops.
Cast: Actors of the series or episodes. 
Cast line-up: Main characters or famous actors that make the show more exciting.
line-up: sequence

Research shows that insects feel pain, but not like human pain. The author of the research report said we don’t really think insects feel pain. He said many insects can sense and avoid dangerous things they think will be painful. The author said: “We knew that insects could sense ‘pain’ but what we didn’t know is that an injury could lead to long-lasting hyper-sensitivity…in a similar way to human patients’ experiences.”
The researchers looked at injured fruit flies. The scientists damaged one leg on fruit flies and let it heal. After the leg healed, the flies were more sensitive. They tried to protect their legs. The flies remembered the pain. This changed their behaviour. An injured insect becomes more sensitive until it dies. The researcher wants to do more research to understand how humans feel pain. He wants to make drugs to stop pain.