Get Read-y T1W3

Get Read-y! T1W3

By NBSS ELL Department

Just a while back...

​Singapore Marathoner Soh Rui Yong issued a challenge via social media. Anyone who can clock a timing below 7 minutes for 2.4 km will stand to win attractive prizes.

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​This challenge sparked quite a bit of debate online.

Open Ended

What comes to mind when you think of running 2.4 kilometres? 

Read the article posted on Google Classroom?​

Remember to complete the Vocab Boosters and post the assignment back for your teacher to have a look!​

​Some of the interesting words encountered:

​1. Gained traction

​2. Talk of the town

​3. Brickbat

​4. Dismiss

​5. Albatross around one's neck

​6. shake off the feeling of despair

​7. comprises

​8. zero-sum game

​9. akin to

​10. a rich source of distress

Some updates to this challenge

National 1,500m runner Jeevaneesh Soundararajah, 28, won with a time of 6min 52.97sec, besting the 6min 53.18sec set by Soh. 

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Gurkha Subas Gurung, 25, came in second with 6min 54.53sec, tailed closely by Soh, 30, with 6min 55.50sec. 

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​Goh Chui Ling, broke the women's 2.4km record with 7min 58.50 sec.

QUIZ TIME​

Poll

How did you find the article and the words identified for you?

• Awesome Possum, my wonderful teacher! More of this, please.

• I like it, but there are still some words I still can't understand.

• I find it difficult to read, but I'll still try!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct use of "having an albatross around one's neck"?

(Hint: The phrase means to have something as burden or curse)

• I studied so hard for my exams and still the results were an albatross around my neck. How disappointing!

• This car has proven to be an albatross around my neck because I now have to pay $800 every month for it!

• My mother threw an albatross at me and it wrapped around my neck! I hate birds.

Multiple Choice

To gain "a lot of traction" when used figuratively means...

• To have more friction on the road.

• To be attention-seeking

• To attract a lot of attention (online).

• To have many people post negative comments about you.

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Multiple Choice

Comprises means "consists of". Which of the following is a correct usage of the word "comprises"?

(Hint: Remember which preposition "comprises" should not be paired with?)

• Apples, bananas, pears comprises the basket of fruits.

• I need to comprise a song for my music class.

• This class comprises of 20 boys and 21 girls.

• Each level comprises 7 classes, and each class has about 30-40 students.

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