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May 31, 2024 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

• Her daughter took her out for lunch on Mother’s Day.

• Shrinkflation happens when a chocolate bar becomes smaller, but the price stays the same.

• Because of shrinkflation, the bag of chips has fewer chips inside, but it still costs the same amount of money.

• Companies use shrinkflation to save money by giving us less product without lowering the price.

• My fridge is leaking on the floor. (NOT to the floor)

• Water is spilling onto the floor from my fridge.

• There is water dripping onto the floor.

• There might be something wrong with the thing that makes your fridge cold.

• There could be a problem with the component that makes the freezer freeze.

• My kitchen floor is linoleum.

• I need to wipe up the leaking water every morning.

• We bought new air conditioners for the upstairs and the bedrooms. We brought our old ones from the old house to put into our home offices.

• We had a short course in photography. (NOT lecture)

• Under the new system starting this year for climbers of Mt. Fuji, individuals must choose between a day hike or an overnight stay at one of the several available huts along the trail.

• We are training to climb Mt. Fuji. (= exercising, physical conditioning)

• We are preparing to climb Mt. Fuji. (= planning, gathering equipment)

• We had to sign a release to climb the mountain because some people have fallen to their death before.

Vocabulary

• Shrinkflation; decrease in amount or package of food, but cost remains the same

• “Refrigerator”, the short form is “fridge”, not “refridge”

• Linoleum ( lɪˈnəʊlɪəm )

• Lecture; an educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university

• Course; a series of classes on a topic, often for learning, sometimes with examination

• Hut; a small, simple, single-storey house or shelter

• A release; a paper or document you sign before doing something risky