Idiom of the day:
"Can't see the wood for the trees" (U.K.)
"Can't see the forest for the trees." (U.S.)
This means that you are unable to the see the whole situation clearly because you are looking too closely at the details. It is also used to describe people who can not understand a situation because they are too involved in it.
I think that this is a good metaphor for the problems of reading in a foreign language. Sometimes we are so confused by words we don't know that we forget to look at the information that the structure of the text gives us to help us work out the meaning. Consider this when you are next reading in English.
Reading Skills
BEC Masterclass pp. 32 - 33
Corrections And New Vocabulary
Shopping centre
Specific / spɪsɪfɪk / (check pronunciation)
Homework
Finish the exercises on p. 33 questions 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
Going Further
Listen to the story about Livid Jeans from last week's Inside Europe podcast.
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