Jul 14th，English learning notes
Sliver Valentine
1)Key words:
erratic unstable [ɪ'rætɪk]
Shrink shrinks[ʃrɪŋk] shrinkage shrinkage['ʃrɪŋkɪdʒ]
glacier [ˈɡlæsiə(r)]
threaten threat ['θret(ə)n]
tourism tourism[ˈtʊərɪz(ə)m]
abnormal deformity of [æbˈnɔː(r)m(ə)l]
unfavourable unfavorable [ʌn'feɪv(ə)rəb(ə)l]
consequence consequence [ˈkɒnsɪkwəns]
climate Climate ['klaɪmət]
widespread extensive['waɪd.spred]
Protest protest [prəˈtest] protester demonstrators
amid in... Medium [ə'mɪd]
devastating devastating[ˈdevəˌsteɪtɪŋ]
immigration migration[.ɪmɪ'ɡreɪʃ(ə)n]
unity unity [ˈjuːnəti]
Ouster recall [ˈaʊstə(r)]
cathedral Cathedral [kəˈθiːdrəl]
*clause clause [klɔːz]
gloomy dim [ˈɡluːmi]
preference preference['pref(ə)rəns]
2)Review words:
Hipster catches the hipster ['hɪpstə]
flyer small (advertisement) flyer [ˈflaɪə(r)]
smash smash [smæʃ]
Alarming disturbing [əˈlɑː(r)mɪŋ] alarm alarm
3)Particular phrases:
Off the air stops playing
Trickle down from... Drop down
be torn between... and... Tangled up in...
Red tape red tape
Not quite incompletely
4) Toponymy &Transliteration words:
Himalayan mountains Himalayas
Sri Lankan Sri Lanka
Gotabaya Rajapaksa Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former president of Sri Lanka
Joseph Heller was an American novelist
5）Expansion notes:
Catch-22's paradoxical embarrassment
Dilemma dilemma /dɪˈlemə/
6）A beauty celebrity per day:
Agathe Rousselle, French actress, model and photographer, born in 1988
7）A foreign movie per day:
Titane Titanium French thriller
8) A foreign TV show per day：
What We Do in the Shadows
