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Australia to dump sludge in Great Barrier Reef

WORD CHECK UP

1. Sludge

2. Outrageous

3. Revenue

Guide Questions

1. What is the reason why Australian government has decided to

dump the sludge in the Great Barrier Reef?

2. How big is the Great Barrier Reef?

3. How important is the Great Barrier Reef?

Personal Application:

1. State your thoughts about the issue.

2. If you are playing a big role in the Australian government, would

you agree to dump sludge in the Great Barrier Reef? Why?

3. Why should we need to give more importance such reef?

Explanation :

Ins and outs - The detailed or complicated facts of something

Example : I know how to use computers, but I don't really understand the ins and outs of how they work.

Ins and outs!!!

Michael

Thanks for letting me do this, Miss Dakar.

Miss Dakar No problem, Michael. It's very nice of you to volunteer to teach our kids.

Michael I've been travelling around India and I want to give something back in return.

Miss Dakar Great. How long will you be able to stay here?

Michael I have one more week left before I have to fly back to Taiwan.

Miss Dakar Let me tell you the ins and outs of our school.

Michael I'm all ears.

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DAY 2 ARTICLE

The Day the News Fails

News is true, and the news media only reports facts. That’s the general notion and how the news media became so influential. Something happened a few months ago, and it changed the view.

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 from Inchon, South Korea, crashed at San Francisco International Airport in the United States on July 6, 2013. The Boeing 777-200ER carrying 307 passengers was on final approach to land. The crash cost lives of three passengers and injured 181 people. KTVU, a local news station in the Bay Area near the airport, reported the names of the pilots: “Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk,” and “Bang Ding Ow.” The names turned out to be racist jokes: Cpt. Something Wrong, Way too law, Holy f**k. (“Bang Ding Ow” may refer to sounds relating to a crash.). KTVU made a public apology and fired several employees allegedly involved in the misreport. KTVU also said in a statement that an official from The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) had confirmed the names to them. The NTSB is a U.S. government agency responsible for civil transportation

accident investigation. It later announced termination of a summer intern over the incident. Competition among news people to get information out before anyone else is mounting up. They often struggle whether to sacrifice the absolute accuracy over being the first to report the news. What would you do if you were a reporter, the person in charge of the newsroom, or an ordinary citizen? Who’s responsible for damages caused by inaccurate reports? WORD CHECK UP

1. Blame

2. Inaccurate

3. Struggle

Personal Application:

1. Give your opinion about the article.

2. How do reporters in your country delivers news?

3. Who’s responsible for the accident?

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DAY 3 PICTURE ANALYSISI

DISCUSSIONS:

1. What’s the setting of this picture?

2. Who are the characters?

3. What are they doing?

4. What is the issue in this photo?

5. What idea is implied by the photo?

6. What can you say about driverless cars?

7. Is it possible to have driverless cars?

8. Is your government making innovative ideas for driverless car?

9. Would you ride on a driverless car?

10. How safe do you think are driverless cars?

GRAMMAR REFRESHER:

The following passage contains 10 mistakes, such as grammatical errors, wrong prepositions and conjunctions. Correct the mistakes and rewrite the correct version of this passage.

A remote tribal village located on a snow-capped mountain has (1) being drawndroves of people there. The news (2) has travel far and wide that a pair of bulls (3)taught to be sacred animals of a folklore can perform miracles. The owner, a farmer has (4) until than claimed the pair has cured many people of their sickness. (5)Because many people were incredulous of the news. Yet, hundreds of people (6)has been flooding the village ever since. The sick, the weak and the curious (7)comes. Everyone (8) want to (9) xperience the (10) magic cure. .

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DAY 4 DEBATE

Korea should abandon its policies regarding Internet censorship Internet censorship is a divisive and controversial subject. At the heart of the matter is a classic dilemma for governments and citizens alike. This dilemma is the constant struggle between the promotion of democracy and the care for safety and security. Censorship in Korea has primarily occurred on the Internet. Certain websites that host inappropriate images and also websites that contain information that is sympathetic to North Korea are blocked. Recently, countries like Great Britain have also introduced similar policies designed to protect the youth from seeing inappropriate material. Policy makers have argued that these types of policies are good for the public and protect individuals. However, critics have argued that these types of policies are incompatible with democracy which holds individual rights, such as the freedom of speech, to be sacred. What do you think?

Pros: Korea is a democratic country.

Therefore, Korea should abandon any

policy that restricts the freedoms of its

citizens. This means that Korea should

abandon its current policies regarding

Internet censorship.

Internet censorship restricts individual’s

access to information and prevents

individuals from asserting their freedom of speech. This type of policy can only

do harm to citizens who may not be able to trust a government that practices

censorship.

Furthermore, citizens should be trusted to protect themselves on the Internet.

There are tools available for parents to protect their children from inappropriate

content and the decision should be left to families instead of being decided for

them by the government.

Cons: The government must trust its citizens to make the right decision.

Instead of practicing Internet censorship, the government should educate its

citizens not to visit dangerous or inappropriate websites. By simply censoring

this website, many citizens do not learn why these websites are dangerous.

This means that censorship is ultimately ineffective at protecting citizens and

may even be counterproductive if citizens find a way around the policies. In

conclusion, Korea should abandon its policies regarding Internet censorship

because they are ineffective and restrict democracy.

WORD CHECK UP

1. Censorship

2. Ineffective

3. Dilemma

Personal Application:

1. What can you say about the issue?

2. Which side are you on with this debate? State your reason.

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DAY 5 BUSINESS IDIOM FOCUS

Read and be familiar with the Business Idiom below and use them in your conversation.

Why study idioms?

One of the keys to speaking like a native is the ability to use and

understand casual expressions, or idioms.

1. be on the road: be traveling.

Example 1: "You won't be able to contact me tomorrow because

I'll be on the road."

Example 2: I will be going to my hometown so I should be on

the road

2. be over: be finished; end.be very tired of someone or

something.\

Example 1: "I can't see you until around 4 o'clock. My meetings

won't be over until then."

Example 2: I cannot let her go until it’s over.

3. be up and running: (for a technological process) be operational; be ready to use .

Example 1: "Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web has been up and

running since December 1995."

Example 2: ICELC has been up and running for 8 years.

4. be used to: be accustomed to; not uncomfortable with.

Example 1: "It won't be hard to get up at 5:00 AM. I'm used to

getting up early."

Example 2: It’s hard for me to live in Korea because I am not

used to with the weather.