Learn English as a Netizen

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 Ben Church, Ben Morse and Steven Poole, CNN https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2021/02/sport/tiger-woods-golf-career-moments-spt-intl-cmd/ #B2+ #IELTS #Reading #CNN #Biography #Golf 1. break (n) (informal) an opportunity to do sth, usually to get sth that you want or to achieve success; a sudden or unexpected chance to do sth that allows you to become successful in your job I got my lucky break when I won a 'Young Journalist of the Year' competition. We've had a few bad breaks (= pieces of bad luck) along the way. If you just give me a break, you won't regret it. Kiefer's big break came with the movie Stand By Me. There are hundreds of young musicians out there looking for their first break. 2. shot (n) the action of hitting, kicking or throwing the ball in order to score a point or goal in a game Taylor scored with a low shot into the corner of the net. Goood shot! You get tired and you start playin bad shots. That was another fine shot from Tiger Woods. Shaw t...