F2F Class Notes December 13th (Thea)

Vocabulary

Get to know each other – To spend time or take time to get to know or become familiar with what another person is like

E.g.,- They took the time to get to know each other before getting married

Pronunciation

used = yusd

worked = werkd

during = djuring

crowded = krawded

now = nao

call = kaul

health = hell th

lower = lou wer

Practice reading the text below. Here’s the link for the audio; http://breakingnewsenglish.com/1611/161127-social-status-2l.html

A new study shows that a low social status can be bad for your health. Researchers from Duke University in the USA looked at the behavior and health of 45 female monkeys. The monkeys with a lower social status had more health problems. The monkeys were split into five groups. The researchers gave the monkeys time to get to know each other. Then they took one monkey from each group and put her into another group. This meant she was the “new girl” at the bottom of the group. Researchers found that the “new girl” was unhealthier than the other monkeys.