“Serendipity” Is Difficult To Translate
Have you experienced a happy accident lately?
Interesting Facts in Easy English
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- serendipity: a happy accident
- translate: to express the same words in a different language
- title: to give something a title
- fairy tale: a fantasy story
- adjective: a describing word
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“Serendipity” Is Difficult To Translate
Comprehension Questions
- What does “serendipity” mean?
- Why does the report mention people from Britain?
- What do the main characters do in Walpole’s fairytale?
Discussion Questions: What word in your language is difficult to translate into English, and why?
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One comment
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GrammarStalinist says:
Hey,
Nice site; I would however just like to point out that the ‘t’ in ‘often’ is not actually supposed to be pronounced. It is unfortunately common during the overpronounciation of such words for ‘lost’ consonants to be reintroduced by way of hypercorrection.
Additionally, the correct syntax of this sentence would be ‘The adjectival form of serendipity’.
Otherwise, very well done. Solid job 🙂