89. What is the most ‘normal’ country in the world? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p>Over the last year and a half, the way people live, work, socialise, and much more, has completely changed. While we are beginning to return to normal in some ways, it is also possible that we will never return to the way things were before the pandemic. So, in this episode, let’s look at which country is currently the most ‘normal’ in the world?</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/07/26/89-what-is-the-most-normal-country-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/">TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/07/26/89-what-is-the-most-normal-country-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/</a></p> <p><br></p> <h6><strong>You may also like...</strong></h6> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/06/09/84-where-is-the-best-place-to-live-the-most-liveable-city-2021-english-vocabulary-lesson/">84. Where is the Best Place to Live?: the Most ‘Liveable’ City 2021 (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/05/05/74-is-taiwan-the-most-dangerous-place-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/">74. Is Taiwan the Most Dangerous Place in the World? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="https://wordpress.com/post/thinkinginenglish.blog/967">61. What is the Happiest Country in the World?: 2021 Worl</a><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/03/22/61-what-is-the-happiest-country-in-the-world-2021-world-happiness-report-english-vocabulary-lesson/">d Happiness Report (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="https://wordpress.com/post/thinkinginenglish.blog/734">40. What is t</a><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/06/40-what-is-the-most-expensive-city-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/">he Most Expensive City in the World? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/04/39-brexit-all-the-essential-vocabulary-english-vocabulary-lesson/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CONTACT US!!</a></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/</a>)</p> <p>Blog - <a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thinkinginenglish.blog</a></p> <p>Gmail - [email protected]</p> <p><br></p> <h4><strong>Vocabulary List</strong></h4> <p><strong>Accustomed (adj) - familiar with something</strong></p> <p><em>She quickly became accustomed to his strange sleeping pattern</em></p> <p><strong>To invest in (v) - to put money, effort, time, etc. into something in order to improve it or get an advantage</strong></p> <p><em>My favourite restaurant invested in iPads to make ordering easier</em></p> <p><strong>Viable (adj) - able to work as intended or able to succeed</strong></p> <p><em>With government restrictions, it is no longer viable to hold our event</em></p> <p><strong>Extent (n) - amount</strong></p> <p><em>We don’t know the extent of his injuries</em></p> <p><strong>Normalcy (n) - the state of being normal (also said as normality)</strong></p> <p><em>Now that the war is over, perhaps our region will return to normalcy</em></p> <p><strong>Indicator (n) - something that shows what a situation is like</strong></p> <p><em>Increasing sales is an indicator that the food industry is recovering</em></p> <p><strong>congested (adj) - too much traffic and movement is difficult</strong></p> <p><em>The roads are always congested on national holidays</em></p> <p><strong>Conversely (adv) - in an opposite way</strong></p> <p><em>Children from rich areas are encouraged to go to university. Conversely, children from poor areas don’t have as many opportunities</em></p> <p><strong>Controversy (n) - a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to many people</strong></p> <p><em>There is a lot of controversy surrounding the Tokyo Olympics</em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support</a>

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