Conversation
After a quick greeting, use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- What discovery in the last 100 years has been most beneficial for people in your country? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
- What research has had a large impact on you?
- What has changed the course of your history?
- How has this discovery changed your country?
Vocabulary
Skip this section if you have 15 minute plan. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| Expression | Definition |
| discovery | (n) the act of finding or learning something for the first time People are always awaiting the next big discovery that can help their communities. |
| breakthrough | (n) a sudden increase in knowledge, understanding; an important discovery that happens after trying for a long time to understand or explain something After years of research, they finally had a breakthrough in their search for a cure. |
| developing | (adj) growing larger or more advanced The developing businesses are creating new opportunities. |
| original | (adj) happening or existing first at the beginning The original documents didn’t make it in the fire. |
| find | (v) to discover something or someone without planning or trying to They had to find a new plan after their first plan didn’t work. |
| enlighten | (v) to give knowledge or understanding to someone; to explain something He enlightened the class of the reason why vaccines were invented. |
| take after | (expression) resemble The new plans were to take after the original design. |
| break through | (expression) make or force a way through a barrier The researchers needed to break through a lot of barriers to overcome their challenges. |
| look up | (expression) research, find He was interested to look up what the origin of the cookie was. |
| light-bulb moment | (expression) a moment of sudden realization, enlightenment, or inspiration After working through the problem for hours, she finally had a light-bulb moment and figured it out. |
Something Extra
Read the following quote out loud.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
― Marcel Proust
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