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It’s in the northeast.

A

northeast - / nor·theest/

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In Amazonas, you need air conditioning 24/7

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24/7 =

twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week

or

all the time.

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The Brazilian landscape is very varied.

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varied /veh.reed/

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Most of Brazil’s Atlantic rain forest is now gone, and huge tracts of the Amazon are disappearing every year.

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tracts

an area of indefinite extent, typically a large one.

“large tracts of natural forest”

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In the central-western part of Brazil sits a flat, swampy area called the Pantanal.

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flat, swampy

plana, pantanosa

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People came here and spent their quarantine here.

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In English, we spend time not pass time.

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diseases

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diseases - /diz.ee.ziz/

illness

sickness

Researchers are trying to find cures for the world’s diseases.

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Do you know any cures for a headache?

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cures - /k.yourz/

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9
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**Answer the question :)

If**
the pandemic ended tomorrow, what would you do?

A

If the pandemic ended tomorrow, I would invite all of my friends to come to the house and eat BBQ.

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10
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A deaf person can’t __(A)__.

If you can’t see, you are __(B)__.

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a -hear

b-blind

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Answer the question :)

What is a gadget?

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A gadget is a small machine or device which does something useful.

ex: The store sells kitchen gadgets including toasters, kettles, etc.

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Finish the sentence:

If he is blind,

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he can’t see.

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Does the owner of the bank own the money in the bank?

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The owner owns..

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14
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What is another way to say “improve”?

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make better

get better

enhance

boost

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Her hearing isn’t very good.

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Hearing is the sense that allows you to distinguish sounds with your ears

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To highlight a piece of text means to mark it in a different colour, either with a special type of pen or on a computer screen.

What do you highlight?

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I like to highlight my books.