Tag Archive: lifestyle – beginner

Pre-Reading Questions: What are your plans for your future? What are your spending habits? Vocabulary: worker /WUR-ker/ [noun] someone who works in a particular job The worker wants a high salary. young /yuhng/ [adjective] not old She looks so young at her age. savings /SEY-vings/ [noun] the money that you keep His savings help him start a new business. valuable /VAL-yoo-uh-buhl/ [adjective] important, useful We must take care of our valuable things. handling /HAND-ling/ [noun] the act of moving, storing, or organizing information Handling of important documents is crucial. Most of the workers today are Millennials. They are the young laborers of our time. Few of the Millennials don’t save…
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Pre-reading questions: What social media sites do you use? Do you follow what is popular? Why or why not? Vocabulary: hashtag /HASH-tag/ [noun] a general topic in social media sites like Twitter and Instagram You should use a hashtag when posting on Facebook. gain /geyn/ [verb] to get something You need to gain some experience for this job. miss out /mis out/ [phrasal verb] to not use or to not have an opportunity to experience something good I don’t want to miss out on their first concert. character /KAR-ik-ter/ [noun] a quality of a person or thing Her bad character is the reason why she doesn’t have friends. competitive /kuhm-PET-i-tiv/…
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Pre-reading questions: Do you like shopping for new clothes? Why or why not? When do you usually buy new clothes? Most people enjoy shopping. It is nice to have new clothes, especially when they are affordable. However, the fun in buying clothes stops when you spend too much and own too many. Marc Bain, a fashion reporter, said that there should be a limit in the amount of money one should spend on clothes. If you set a limit to your budget for clothes, you can save more. Additionally, if you don’t have that many clothes, you can lessen your trash and help save the environment. Vocabulary: shopping [noun] –…
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Pre-reading questions: Do you like eating pancakes for breakfast? Why or why not? What is your favorite topping for your pancake? Explain your answer. Britons celebrate Pancake Day every year. It is held on a Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Pancake Day is a way of using up rich foods like eggs, milk, and sugar before the 40-day fasting season of Lent. Making pancakes is an all-in-one way of using fatty foods before Lent. Vocabulary: pancake [noun] – a thin, flat cake of batter, usually fried and turned in a pan Britons [noun] – a native citizen of Great Britain all-in-one [adjective] – combining two or more items fatty [adjective] –…
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Pre-reading questions: What is your favorite sport? What kind of Olympic sports do you like to watch? As a preparation for 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, hotels have started to offer ryokan or Japanese-style accommodation. Foreign guests can now experience ryokan without even leaving the city. Newly renovated hotels use tatami, paper screens, shiraki (plain wood furniture) and lantern-like lighting for their rooms. Underneath the traditional look, the rooms are equipped with modern amenities. Hotel managers are hoping that the Japanese-style rooms would attract foreign and local travelers. Vocabulary: accommodation – [noun] a group of rooms in which someone may live or stay renovated – [verb] restored to a good condition…
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Pre-reading questions: Do you like sweets? What is the most popular dessert in your country? Turrón is a popular Spanish dessert made from honey, sugar and nuts. The best turrón is at the Convent of Hermanas Clarisas. Twenty-two nuns make several kinds of turrón at the convent. The most popular turróns of the convent are Turrón de Trufa, made with chocolate beans; and, Turrón de Yema Tostada, a soft turrón made from egg yolk mixed with ground almonds and sugar, and burned on top with a special iron. For the nuns at the Convent of Hermanas Clarisas, their work is a gift. Vocabulary: dessert [noun] – sweet food eaten at…
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  Pre-reading questions: Have you tried mountain climbing? Which places do you think still don’t have wi-fi?   Nepal plans to make free wi-fi zones to help with communication and to aid rescuers. At 5,360 meters high, this will be the highest location of wi-fi ever made. Mount Everest is very popular to tourists especially mountaineers. Nepal plans to make more wi-fi zones to help people send messages and possibly, save lives.   Vocabulary: rescuer – [noun] someone who saves another person’s life from danger base camp – [noun] a place where food and things are kept by people who are climbing the mountain location – [noun] place tourist –…
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  Pre-reading questions: What is your favorite fast-food place? Why? How do you give respect to traditions?   The popular fast-food chain McDonald’s has almost 40,000 locations worldwide. Their newest restaurant opened at Holy See, near St. Peter’s Square. Cardinal Elio Sgreccia says that McDonald’s has no respect for tradition. Meanwhile, Cardinal Domenix Calcagana lets McDonald’s stay because there is no problem. McDonald’s will be open seven days a week.   Vocabulary: chain- [noun] group of businesses Holy See- [proper noun] the territory inside Vatican City worldwide- [adjective] global tradition- [noun] lifestyle seven days a week- [phrase] Sunday until Saturday, all days in a week   True or False: McDonald’s…
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  Pre-reading questions: Do you like flowers? Why or why not? Have you seen a sunflower?   Last February 15, Tayug farmers in Pangasinan partnered with Filipino seed company Allied Botanical Corporation, the government, and the Department of Tourism to build the “A-Maze-Ing Sunflowers”. It has different colorful flowers that surround a sunflower maze. The A-Maze-Ing Sunflowers suddenly became the center of attraction of the city. Photos and videos of the newest tourist attraction were all viral in the internet.   Vocabulary: farmer [noun] – a person who owns or manages a farm colorful [adjective] – having much or different colors; bright maze [noun] – a network of paths designed…
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Pre-reading questions: What is your favorite pasta? What is your favorite Italian food? Su filindeu, the world’s rarest pasta is only made in Sardinia, Italy. Its recipe is well kept in Paula Abraini’s family. Today, only three women in Abraini’s family can make it. At present, the pasta is only served to pilgrims that visit a holy mountain in their place. The family revealed that the recipe consists of 3 ingredients. People need hard work to make it. Vocabulary: rare [adjective] – unusual; uncommon; unique recipe [noun] – a set of instructions for making or preparing food. pilgrim [noun] – a person who journeys to a holy place ingredient [noun]…
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