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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Holding the Bag 10: A Lot of Money

iRocky: Different ways to count money

Pronunciation videos:

Woodward English: How to pronounce words ending in S - Pronunciation of final S in English
Woodward English: English Pronunciation Practice - How do you pronounce words ending in S?
VOA Learning English: How to Pronounce video playlist

Holding the Bag by Ana Gianola
Negasi is a taxi driver from Ethiopia who has been in the U.S. for many years and has a family. He accidentally becomes involved in a robbery and faces a moral issue. (Buy here)

CHAPTER 10	exactly
someone	dishonest
agree	completely
probably	return
around	ordering
curious	sitting
story	frightened
station	question

Monday, July 19, 2021

Holding the Bag 09: Inside the Black Bag

JenniferESL: DRIVING IDIOMS - English Vocabulary

back seat driver
road hog
running on empty

again	piles
children	reaches
father	ready
fault	table
hungry	tomorrow
inside	unbelievable
isn't	under
minutes	wasn't
onto

Getting Around

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Easy Citizenship Interview with Phung Tu

MilpitasChat: Easy Citizenship Interview with Phung Tu

Practice with ucitizenpod

Interview B3
Dollar Quiz 1 (2021)

Saturday, July 17, 2021

MilpitasChat July 12-16, 2021

MilpitasChat July 12-16, 2021

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Holding the Bag: Week Two Review

JenniferESL: DRIVING IDIOMS - English Vocabulary

back seat driver
road hog
running on empty

USCIS: Benjamin Franklin and the Constitution

USCIS 100: 41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

to print money

USCIS 100:68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin ($100) is famous for?

U.S. diplomat

ucitizenpod

Interview B3
Dollar Quiz 1 (2021)

again	piles
children	reaches
father	ready
fault	table
hungry	tomorrow
inside	unbelievable
isn't	under
minutes	wasn't
onto

Holding the Bag 08: Going Home

PsychHub: What is PTSD?

Almost everyone lives through something traumatic at some point in life. Most people have a lot of distress right after a #trauma happens but begin to feel better over time. For other people, the distress continues, and they begin to have symptoms that really impact their lives

afraid	report
apartment	shaking
asleep	shining
besides	streetlight
die	terrible
fill out	thankful
fill up	until
find	usual
nearest	war
notice	worry
police	***flash back
question	***trauma

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Holding the Bag 07: A Horrible Thought

7/12 Mon to 7/16 Fri 9:00-10:15 am Zoom ID: 597 738 4168, Password: 226317 https://bit.ly/maecit

TV2Africa: Ethiopian Taxi Driver in Washington, D.C.

Assegid GGossa is a cab driver in Washington DC. He has a full-time job at VOANews and drives a taxi part-time. He talks about good customers (4:45-4:59) and bad customers (5:00-5:40). He talks about hard times (6:08-6:47) and the day a woman offered him a scholarship and a better job (6:48-7:52). Click CC to read the video's CLOSED CAPTIONS.

Also see:

USMint: "Making Money" Ep. 03: Circulating Coins