Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

The official Summer time has kicked in! This week, let’s play easy breezy “word scramble” with Summer vocabulary. The first letter of each word is capitalized. Example: bueeBraqu -> Barbeque                   iidraBng -> Birding                  1.    aeCno -> _______________________      2.    iyamlF   uennRio => __________________    _______________________      3.    piFl   lpFso -> _________________       _____________________      4.    ocmHamk -> _________________________      5.    tHo   gDso -> ________________    __________________      6.    ecI aeCmr -> ____________     ___________...

Living in a capitalistic society could mean enjoying “ample opportunities to prosper” or facing the frustrating reality that “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer”. As we learn from Dr. Johnson’s book “Who Moved My Cheese?”, the best way to lead a life in abundance or become self-empowered in terms of economy might be to get ready for constant changes. This week, let us go over some useful English expressions/ vocab for money, finance, and economy.     1.    in free fall : uncontrollably decreasing/ declining     2.    to corner the market : to get control of the trade in a particular type of goods, so that you control its price and the conditions of sale     3.    to weather the storm : to survive the bad times     4.    from the ground up : from scratch/ to build or start something from nothing, from zero     5.    daylight robbery : obvious/ unfair ...