Pronunciation Challenge 【TED-Ed】How to Write Descriptively

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Do you like reading novels? What makes you want to read a novel?

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We read fiction for many reasons. To be entertained, to find out who done it, to travel to strange, new planets, to be scared, to laugh, to cry, to think, to feel, to be so absorbed that for a while we forget where we are.

Key Vocabulary

1. fiction

fiction

[ˈfɪk.ʃən] (n.)

science fiction

[ˈsaɪ.əns ˈfɪk.ʃən] (n.)

fantasy

[ˈfæn.tə.si] (n.)

genre

[ʒɑːn.rə] (n.)

2. entertain

entertain

[en.t̬ɚˈteɪn] (v.)

entertaining

[en.t̬ɚˈteɪ.nɪŋ] (adj.)

3. absorb

absorb

[əbˈzɔːrb] (v.)

absorbing

[əbˈzɔːr.bɪŋ] (adj.)