@talk.the.talk72: PRONUNCIATION FOCUS • surprises – /səˈpraɪzɪz/ – surPRIses – the ending -es is an extra syllable: /zɪz/. • childhood – /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ – CHILDhood – say /ld/ clearly and finish with /d/. • health – /helθ/ – HEALTH – after /l/, put your tongue between your teeth for /θ/. • anxiously – /ˈæŋkʃəsli/ – ANXiously – /ŋkʃ/ in the middle, not "ăng-xi-ớt-li". • neither – /ˈnaɪðə/ – NEIther – voiced /ð/, not /d/ or /z/. • lived – /lɪvd/ – LIVED – one syllable, short /ɪ/ (not "leaved"); -ed = /d/. Linking: • "lose our money" → /luːz ɑː ˈmʌni/ (the /z/ links to "our") • "long to be" → /lɒŋ tə bi/ (weak "to") Intonation: "we live as if we'll NEVer DIE // and DIE / as though we've NEVer LIVED." The two halves mirror each other. Stress DIE and LIVED, take a short pause in the middle, and let your voice fall slowly at the end. 💡 MESSAGE We spend so much time rushing and worrying that we forget to live now. Life happens in the present, so don't miss it. Chúng ta mải vội vã và lo lắng đến mức quên sống trọn hiện tại. Cuộc sống đang diễn ra ngay lúc này, đừng để nó trôi qua. 📝 NEW WORDS • humankind – loài người, nhân loại • long to (do sth) – khao khát, mong mỏi • restore – phục hồi, lấy lại • anxiously – một cách lo âu • neither… nor… – không… cũng không… #day10 #readingchallenge #englishpronunciation #englishspeaking #

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