let’s talk about the article that we read…and perhaps/maybe finish reading the entire article.

Vocabulary

“to be honest…”

Grammar

My mom is doctor / My mom is a doctor

Because he / Because she

to focus on which are the famous brand in skincare / to focus on which are the famous brands in skincare

when i talk the brands with my friend /  when I talk about the brands with my friends

Education in China in primary school is very very boring / good

I got quite good grade / I got quite high marks / My grades were quite high/good

at that year / in that year

starting at the year  / starting in the year

Pronunciation

dem / them

Vocabulary

habit — something you do every day

cognizent — to be aware of, to carefully understand or know

e.g. Christy was very cognizent of the fact that Nick was very sensitive.

e.g. Yes, I’m cognizent of the fact that China and the USA have a difficult relationship right now.

e.g. Yes, I am cognizent of this.

studious — enjoys studying, good at their studies

e.g. Most parents hope that their children will be studious young people.

‘They had us fooled’: Inside Payless’s elaborate prank to dupe people into paying $600 for shoes

A mini-runway, lined with stiletto heels, glistens in bright fluorescent lighting. Shoes of various types sit neatly in individual glass shelves. A statue of an angel carrying several shopping bags stands in the middle as Los Angeles fashionistas mill about, trying on shoes, posing on the red carpet, drinking champagne served in tall, slender glasses.

It was a private launch party of a new luxury brand of shoes called Palessi, designed by Italian designer Bruno Palessi.

“I would pay $400, $500. People are going to be like, ‘Where did you get those? Those are amazing,’ ” a woman said as she tried on a pair of bright-gold sneakers with leopard prints.

The woman was not actually buying a Palessi because there’s no such brand, and there’s no Bruno Palessi.

There is, however, Payless ShoeSource, a discount shoe retailer hoping to shake things up through an elaborate — and expensive — advertising prank to attract new customers and change the perception that the company sells cheap, unfashionable shoes.