Transcript

Vocabulary spotlight

reach new heights

/riːtʃ niː haɪts/

verb phrase

To improve a lot and get much better than before. I want you to improve your English a lot, not just a little.

Now, my job as your teacher though, is to try to make it as easy as possible for you to reach new heights in English. 0:26

Additional example

After months of practice, she finally started to reach new heights in speaking.

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Practice exercises

Sort each feeling into what it comes from: the heat or the rain.

I talk about what I feel in Seoul. Sort each feeling into the weather type that causes it.

Heat
Rainy season

Exercise 1 of 6

Your daily English task

Write a short message about the weather today

Write one short message you could realistically send to a friend or colleague about the weather today. Include: 1) what it’s like (e.g. hot/cold/wet/windy/cloudy/foggy/snowy/etc.), 2) what effect does it have on you (e.g., “I don’t want to go outside” / “Everything feels sticky”), 3) how it affects your plans for the day (what you’ll do because of it). Optional YouTube-comments route: If you want, paste your message in this video’s YouTube comments. I can reply and help you improve your English.

For example

It’s pretty unbearable today—so scorching hot that I don’t even want to go outside. I’m staying in and working from home with a fan, and I’ll go out later for a walk in the evening when it’s cooler.

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