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10:41 Wrong Common Knowledge It’s colder than usual during snow melting We should create a deeply touching work, such as a poem, a song, an essay, whatever These two common knowledge are most likely some basic #truth in our past education, but they are actually wrong in my experience recently. Regarding the first one, I found that during snow melting, the temperature is actually higher than usual days. Because the sun is shining strongly, and the snow is reflecting the sunlight, so the overall temperature is higher. Especially in Edmonton, when the snow is melting, it means the temperature is very comfortable rather than so cold in other winter days. ...

There are so many things to do that I suddenly feel panicked and don’t know where to start. Practice spoken English and writing. Preview upcoming course content and review parts of past courses I didn’t fully understand. Start reading literature and determine my research direction. It’s time to start using my to-do app again; only self-discipline can solve these problems. I studied phonetic symbols and practiced shadowing tonight. It’s hard to pronounce sounds that don’t exist in Chinese unless we build muscle memory through practice. ...

Reducing Conjuctions and /ænd/ -/ən/ or /ɔ:r/-/ər/ as /æz/-/əz/ Reducing Prepositions to /tu:/-/tə/ for /fɔ:(r)/-/fə(r)/ of /ʌv//ɒv/-/əv//ə/ Reducing Auxiliary Verbs have /hæv/-/əv//ə/ has /hæz/-/əz//ə/ can /kæn/-/kən/ Reducing Pronous he /hi/-/i/ you /jʊ/-/yə/ her /hə(r)/-/ə(r)/ his /hɪz/-/ɪz/ him /hɪm/-/ɪm//əm/ Reducing Verb + to want to——wanna going to——gonna have to——hafta has to——hasta had to——hada ought to——oudda Here are some note: 五种类型的弱读 ...