Today is the third class in our current four class set.
The phrase of the week is, "sacrifice a little." We use this quote in situations where we make a trade off. It is very similar to giving a little to get a lot. For example, "John sacrifices an hour on Sunday for a week of happiness at home." This means that when I got to church with my wife, she is happy for a week.
This week's reading is about a moral dilemma at work and our listening material is about wind energy. Please listen and make examples for the vocabulary words.
Vocabulary
- fossil fuels- a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
- musty- having a stale, moldy, or damp smell.
- underdog- a competitor thought to have little chance of winning a fight or contest.
- turbine- a machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.
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