{"id":24871,"date":"2023-02-27T09:39:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T08:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=24871"},"modified":"2023-03-02T08:00:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T07:00:36","slug":"south-koreans-got-taller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/02\/south-koreans-got-taller\/","title":{"rendered":"South Koreans Got Taller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many would agree that height is power. Studies show that\u00a0height is a key factor in one&#8217;s overall health. Have you ever considered how our height varies, particularly from one nation to another? Or do you ever make a comparison to a single member of your family?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at the video below to see how our height evolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How South Koreans got so much taller\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZoLk6GUKzU0?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does &#8220;<strong><em>vertical axis<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; mean? <em>&#8220;We need to adjust the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">vertical axis<\/span><\/strong> so we can see this chart better.&#8221;<\/em> Kindly use it to construct your own sentence.<\/li><li>Do you know the meaning of &#8220;<strong><em>outlier<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, <em>&#8220;The countries that grew the least were in Africa. 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