Personality & Vocabulary
Kind and understanding about someone’s feelings.
What is sympathetic?
The person who makes sure players follow the sports rules.
What is the referee?
To become healthy, strong, and physically capable through exercise.
What is get fit?
Hyphenated adjective used to describe tea served over ice.
What is ice-cold?
The name of the adventurous cat who travels to outdoor locations, forests, and deserts with JJ Yosh.
Who is Simon?
Always supporting and staying true to someone or something.
What is loyal or faithful?
The person behind home plate in baseball calling balls and strikes. They also sit on a tall chair at tennis matches.
Who is the umpire?
Using the most modern and advanced techniques or technology.
What is state-of-the-art?
Adjective describing a building with ten levels.
What is a ten-storey building?
An adjective used in the travel unit that describes something having impressive beauty, scale, or dignity that commands great admiration.
What is majestic?
Wanting to achieve success or reach big goals.
What is ambitious (or faithful)?
Showing favoritism or highlighting only positive aspects without mentioning drawbacks.
What is bias?
Able to resist the penetration of water to some degree (from splashes or sweat).
What is water-resistant?
Adjective describing a handsome young man.
What is good-looking?
You want to take the ferry in Sydney. It costs $5 Austrailian dollars, but you only have a $20 bill in your wallet. This is a problem.
What is not having the exact fare?
Refusing to change your opinion or decision easily?.
What is stubborn?
A sport played using three-wheeled vehicles in Sri Lanka and India.
What is tuk-tuk polo?
A customized collection of songs or audio tracks chosen by an individual.
What is a personal playlist?
Adjective describing someone between 45 and 65 years old.
What is middle-aged?
A popular water-based mode of transportation used by travelers in cities like Sydney or Bangkok.
What is a ferry?
While both describe someone who stands their ground, explain why calling a friend obstinate carries a negative connotation, whereas calling them determined is seen as a praise.
What is because obstinate (stubborn) implies unreasonably refusing to change your mind or compromise, while determined (ambitious) implies having strong purpose and persistence to reach a positive goal?
A sports broadcast producer decides to replay a controversial play only from camera angles that support the home team's argument. Explain why this is an example of media bias, and how it affects the audience's perception of the referee's authority.
What is because it selectively highlights one side of the story without showing a balanced perspective, leading viewers to unfairly believe the referee made a mistake or was unfair?
A student buys a high-tech smart tracker that is labeled water-resistant and has a state-of-the-art progress monitor. Why would relying only on this device be insufficient for someone trying to get fit?
What is because tracking progress and having modern tech only collects data, but becoming physically fit requires actual physical exertion, proper nutrition, and consistent effort?
Look at these two sentences:
"We saw a man-eating shark in the ocean."
"We saw a man eating shark in the ocean."
Explain how the hyphen in sentence #1 completely changes what is happening compared to sentence #2!
In sentence #1, man-eating is a compound adjective, meaning the shark is dangerous and eats humans.
In sentence #2, without the hyphen, it means a human man is sitting there eating a piece of shark meat!
When evaluating transportation for a pet like Simon the Cat in a crowded city like Bangkok, explain why taking a tuk-tuk might present greater risks than taking a ferry, based on traffic patterns and safety.
What is because tuk-tuks are open-air vehicles exposed to heavy road traffic, noise, and potential sudden stops, whereas a ferry operates on an open waterway with a steady route and fewer traffic collisions?