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#B1 #Reading #B1_Reading #Reading_B1 #Vocabulary #Guardian #Authentic Culture shock အကြောင်း စိတ်ဝင်စားရင် ဒီဆောင်းပါးထဲမှာ မှတ်သားစရာလေးတွေ အတော်များများ ပါပါတယ်။ အရင်ဆုံး Vocabulary လေးတွေ လေ့လာထားရင် စာဖတ်တဲ့အခါ ပိုပြီး အဆင်ပြေမှာပါ။ (catch/throw sb) off balance (idm) = to make sb surprised and no longer calm The senator was clearly caught off balance by the unexpected question. She was caught off balance by some awkward questions. The question threw him off balance for a moment. to sb's amusement = in a way that makes sb laugh or smile To my amusement he couldn't get the door open. To our great amusement, the dog ran off with one of Dad's slippers. Much to everyone's amusement, someone hid his clothes while he was swimming. He got up and sang 'Yellow Submarine', much to everyone's amusement. They were dancing and singing in the car, much to the amusement of passers-by. The cats are a constant source of amusement to us. figure sb/sth <> out = to thi...

Eleanor Preston Sat 27 Jun 2009 12.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jun/27/learn-basics-of-tennis-introduction သူတို့ဆီက Tennis စည်းမျဉ်းတွေကို Guardian တစ်နေရာတည်းမှာ လေ့လာနိုင်ပါတယ်။ how to play tennis လို့ ရိုက်ပြီး ရှာလိုက်ရင် ဆောင်းပါးတွေ အများကြီး ဖတ်စရာ ရှိပါတယ်။ အခုဟာက အဲဒီထဲက တစ်ပုဒ်ပါ။ #B2 #IELTS #Reading #Fitness #Sports #Hobby #Tennis #Guardian 1. tantrum /ˈtæntrəm/ (n) a sudden short period of angry, unreasonable behaviour, especially in a child to have/throw a tantrum Children often have temper tantrums at the age of two or thereabouts. syn: outbursty, temper, fit, storm, paddy, wax, paroxysm, ill humour 2. serve (v) (in tennis, etc.) to start playing by throwing the ball into the air and hitting it Who's serving? ~ sth = She served an ace. Whose turn is it to serve? That's the third ace you've served this game. 3. batter (v) to hit sth very hard several times The rain battered against the windows. Huge waves battered the little ship. 4. bu...

by Jane Perrone https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/07/go-wild-15-easy-may-gardening-tasks-to-ensure-a-beautiful-flowery-summer #C2 #IELTS #Reading #Guardian #Gardening 1. Wormery /ˈwɜːməri/ (n) a container in which worms are kept, for example in order to produce compost Try the mud pit, mud pies andn wormery. It has a beehive and a wormery and a lovely old magnolia tree. My compost bin has turned into a wormery. 2. Tender (adj) easily hurt or damaged tender young plants that were killed by the harsh winter A tender plant is delicate and needs protection from bad weather. The newborn looked so fragile and tender. syn: delicate, fragile, frail, weak, feeble, breakable 3. Tetris (Proper N) a puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid. A Tetris is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by ... 4. Shove sth (+adv./prep.) /ʃʌv/ (v) (informal) to put sth somewhere r...

#Reading #B2+ #IELTS #TextInspector Guardian website က ဆောင်းပါးကို TextInspector ထဲ ထည့်စစ်ပြီး သူ ပြတဲ့အတိုင်း Level ကို ထည့်ထားတာပါ။ မူရင်းဆောင်းပါးကို ဟောဒီမှာ ဖတ်ပါ။ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/06/stop-rising-sea-levels-scientists-climate-forecast [ကိုယ့်ဘာသာ ဖတ်ချင်လို့ Vocab တွေကို အဘိဓာန်တိုက်ထားတဲ့သဘောပါ။ နောက်ပိုင်း ဖတ်ချင်ရင်လည်း လွယ်အောင်လို့ မှတ်စုသဘော လုပ်ထားလိုက်တာပါ။ Vocab တွေက မူရင်းခေါင်းစီးက အကြောင်းအရာနဲ့ theme တူချင်မှ တူပါလိမ့်မယ်။] 1. Coherent (adj) (of ideas, thoughts, arguments, etc.) logical and well organized; easy to understand and clear a coherent narrative/account/explanation a coherent policy for the transport system a logically coherent thoery. a perfectly coherent remark The three years of the course are planned as a coherent whole. She gave a clear, coherent account to the court. syn: consistent, reasoned, organized 2. Sheet (n) (A) a wide flat area of sth, covering the surface of sth else (B) a large moving mass of fire or water...