Ad #9: Privation Tuition

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tuition	(n) teaching, especially when given to a small group or one person, such as in a college or university - All students receive tuition in chemistry and physics. (n) the money paid for this type of teaching - The tution fee of a semister is 750 dollers.
tailor	(v) to make or prepare something following particular instructions - We could tailor our service to customer's individual needs.
tutor	(n) a teacher who teaches a child outside of school, especially in order to give the child extra help with a subject they find difficult - Tomson's parents got him a tutor to help with his physics.
curriculum	(n) the subjects studied in a school, college, etc. and what each subject includes - The school added the statistics course to its curriculum last year.
extension	(a) intended to support students' learning by making them try different or more difficult things in addition to their basic work. - The book includes lesson plans and extension activities. (a) offered by a university to people who are not studying for a degree there - These language extension courses enhance students’ knowledge and understanding of language and culture through accessing a variety of texts.
assess	(v) to judge or decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something - Exams are not the only means of assessing a student's ability. - We need to assess whether the on-line course is worth to join.
assessment	(n) the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that is made - It is not a fair assessment of the tuition fees for arts degrees.

Ad #8: letter from Harriet

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Ad #7: Quarantines a reality.

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Ad #6: Welfare Services Adapt

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Today's Word: simmer

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Today's Word: pharmacy

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This video said that the pharmacy will be replaced by robots in the near future. This can help the hospital to reduce the mistakes made by a human pharmacist and save many patients' life.

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- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/health/coronavirus-medicine-cabinet.html

Today's Word: winery

wine
(n) an alcoholic drink that is usually made from grapes, but can also be made from other fruits or flowers. It is made by fermenting the fruit with water and sugar
- a bottle/glass of wine

winery
(n) a place where wine is made, especially from grapes that are grown there


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cellar
(n.) a room under the ground floor of a building, usually used for storing things

connoisseur
(n.) a person who knows a lot about and enjoys one of the arts, or food, drink, etc. and can judge quality and skill in that subject

grape
(n) a small, round, purple or pale green fruit that you can eat or make into wine


ferment
(v) If food or drink ferments or if you ferment it, the sugar in it changes into alcohol because of a chemical process.

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- https://www.winemag.com/2015/08/25/how-to-taste-wine/

Today's Word: bakery

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bakery
(n.) a place where bread and cakes are made and sometimes sold

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• Adam Pagor of Grain & Hearth Bakery

Today's word: conductor

conduct
(v.) to organize and perform a particular activity
i.g. We are conducting a survey to find out what people buy online during the self-quarantine.

(v.) to lead someone to a particular place
i.g. The police officers conducted these protesters from the luxury shopping mall.

(n.) = behavior
i.g. Our company has a strict code of conduct when working in the office.

conductor

(n.) someone who directs the performance of musicians or a piece of music

conduction

(n.) the process by which heat or electricity goes through a substance

conductive

(adj.)  describe a substance that allows heat or electricity to go through it.


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Today's word: Carnival

carnival

(n.) a special occasion or period of public enjoyment and entertainment involving wearing unusual clothes, dancing, and eating and drinking, usually held in the streets of a city.

The difference between "carnival" and "festival"

As nouns the difference between carnival and festival is that carnival is a festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment while the festival is an event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.


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- https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/how-did-brazils-carnival-start/


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Ad #5: Is a million pounds enough to retire on?

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• pension: a sum paid regularly to a person, usually after retirement
• pot: (n) any of various types of container, usually round, especially one used for cooking food
• inflation: (n) a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
• heir: (n) a person who inherits another's belongings
• congenital: (adj) existing at birth but not hereditary
• moderate: (adj) average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree
• relief: (n) food, money, or services that provide help for people in need
  (n) a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended
• compound: [FINANCE & ECONOMICS] (adj.) used to refer to a system of paying interest in which interest is paid both on the original amount of money invested (= given to companies hoping to get more back) or borrowed and on the interest that has collected over a period of time
• boost: (v) to improve or increase something (n) the act of improving/increasing something

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Ad #3: Weather Forecasting Stone

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• moisture: A small amount of water or other liquid, often in the form of small drops, related to the content of water (water in liquid state).
• humid: having a large amount of water or moisture in the air.
• humidity: a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
• foggy: filled with thick mist or low clouds
• sticky: having the properties of glue
• breeze: a slight wind (usually refreshing)
• chilly: unpleasantly cold
• dusty: covered with a layer of dust
• freeze: froze, frozen
• antenna: a structure made of metal rods or wires, often positioned on top of a building or vehicle, that receives or sends radio or television signals 
• tornado: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

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- https://time.com/5559691/best-weather-app/?utm_source=listennotes.com&utm_campaign=Listen+Notes&utm_medium=website

Ad #2: Make-A-Wish charity

• charity: (n.) the activity of donating resources or the volunteering time to help those in need
• diagnose: (v.) To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms.
• fundraise: (v.) to engage in an activity to collect money for a political party, charity, school, etc
• fund: 
• (n.) An amount of money collected or porvided for a particular purpose. e.g. a pension/trust fund 
• (n.) Money available tp spend on sth 
• (v.) to provide money for an activity, organization, event etc. e.g. The politician has agreed to fund the new TV show.
• grant: (v.) agree to give or allow (something requested) to

Ad #1: waste and recycling services

Vocabulary:

• compost: decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer to improve its quality.
• landfill: the area where trash companies dump the waste they collect
• dispose: to throw or give away; get rid of
• declutter: remove unnecessary items from (an untidy or overcrowded place).
• loose: not tight

Please refer https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/resident/waste-recycling/recycling-tips/which-rubbish-goes-where for more recycle policy in Australia.