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Welcome to Your English Toolbox, Peter, and thisis your Weekly English Recap.
Today, we will practice 38 sentence pairs fromepisodes 185 to 191.
We will revisit rain, luck, meaning in context,online habits, persuasion, prices, and work.
First, listen to a useful sentence. You will havefour seconds to repeat it aloud.
After those four seconds, I will say the same ideain different words.
Listen for the meaning and notice what changes.You will also have a short pause after the second
sentence. Use that pause to try the alternativephrasing yourself.
Keep your voice relaxed and take the full fourseconds.
Let us begin with rain, weather, and what the raintouches. After a dry spell,
the first rain brought an earthy smell to thegarden. After a long period without rain,
the garden smelled like damp soil when it rained.The smell came from tiny drops
hitting the dry ground. The scent appeared whensmall raindrops struck the dry soil.
The rain released small particles into the air.The shower sent tiny bits of material
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up from the ground. The pavement was damp, but thesky was beginning to clear.
The ground was wet, but the clouds were startingto disappear.
We took shelter under a tree until the showerpassed. We stood somewhere protected
until the brief rain ended. Now let us move toluck, chance, and the choices we make.
Finding two tickets at the last minute was astroke of luck. Getting two tickets unexpectedly
just before the event was good fortune. Her firstsuccess may have been beginner's luck.
She may have done well because she was new to theactivity. I would rather be lucky than
overconfident. I prefer good fortune to believingtoo strongly in my own skill.
It was a lucky break, but we still had to preparecarefully. Fortunate happened,
but we still needed to get ready properly. Do notleave the result entirely to chance.
Do not depend only on luck for the outcome. Listenfor the three lives of the word
fine. Tuesday is fine with me. Tuesday works forme. The doctor said that my leg was fine.
Doctor said that there was nothing wrong with myleg. To pay a fine for parking in the wrong place.
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It is too fine for me to read without my glasses.The writing is too small and detailed
for me to read without glasses. Sound lessenthusiastic than great. Acceptable without
meaning wonderful. We will practice language foronline habits and careful reading.
I started doom scrolling after one worryingheadline. I kept scrolling through upsetting news.
After I saw one bad headline, I lost track of timewhile I was scrolling through the news.
I did not notice how much time passed. While Iread news online, that headline
made a dramatic claim without enough context.Sounded striking. But it did not include enough
surrounding information. I muted the accountbecause every post made me anxious. I stopped
seeing that account because its posts kept makingme worried. Take a break before you
share something upsetting before you pass oninformation that makes you feel worried.
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Next sentences come from the fable about the NorthWind and the Sun.
The wind tried to force the traveler to remove hiscloak. The wind used pressure to make the
traveler take off his coat, donned his cloak moretightly. The traveler gripped his coat
more firmly. The sun persuaded him with gentlewarmth. By being warm, she gave up after trying
the same argument three times. She stopped tryingafter repeating the same argument three times.
Is not always the same as being forceful. Be clearand strong without using pressure.
At a separate price, budget, and value. Ticketswere cheap because we booked them early.
Little because we reserved them in advance. Thisflat is not affordable on my current budget.
Not reasonably. Pay for this flat with the money Ihave now. The coat was good value for money
because it lasted for years. The coat was worthits price because it stayed useful for many years.
Looks cheap. Talking about its quality. Not itsprice. Bag looks poor quality.
Even though I am not describing how much it costs.Care what you get before you decide
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which option is better value. Look at the benefitsbefore you choose the option that
gives you more for the price. Finally, let uspractice workplace language with care.
Quiet quitting does not usually mean formallyleaving a job. Quiet quitting normally does not
mean handing in your resignation. She completesthe work in her job description,
but she does not take on extra tasks. She does thework required by her role,
but she does not accept additional duties. Leavingat the agreed time
does not prove that someone has stopped caring.Going home when work ends does not show
exactly how a person feels about their job. Weshould not guess a colleague's motivation
from one action. We should not decide why acolleague acted from one thing that we saw.
Clear boundaries before extra work becomes anexpectation. Limits clear before additional work
starts to feel required. The rain finally brokethe try spell.
Rain ended the long period without water. Goodluck helps, but preparation matters too.
But being ready. Clear boundaries protect time andenergy at work. Setting limits
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helps people keep enough time and energy. You havepracticed 38 pairs from this week's
seven episodes. Choose one expression aboutweather, one about price, and one about work.
Make a true sentence about your own life with eachof them. If you want a second round,
say the alternative sentence before I do. The fulltranscript, vocabulary, and practice
are on your English toolbox. Thank you forpracticing with me.
This is Peter, and I will see you next time.
