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Pronunciation ChallengeWhy Don't Country Flags Use The Color Purple?

Host : HsiangLanLee
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Did you notice that few country flags use purple?

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Today's Sentence

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Why Don't Country Flags Use The Color Purple?
A single pound of dye cost three pounds of gold, which is the equivalent of fifty six thousand dollars today. So since the sheer price of purple was so astronomically high, no one not even the richest nations could afford to have purple on their flag.
Original Video：Why Don't Country Flags Use The Color Purple?

Key Vocabulary

1. equivalent

equivalent

[ɪˋkwɪvələnt](n.)

equal

[ˈiːkwəl](adj.)

equality

[ɪˈkwɒləti](n.)

2. sheer

sheer

[ʃɪr](adj.)

pure

[pjʊə](adj.)

thorough

[ˈθʌrə](adj.)

3. astronomically

astronomically

[ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkəli](adv.)

enormously

[ɪˈnɔːməsli](adv.)

tremendously

[trɪˈmendəsli](adv.)

4. nation

nation

[ˈneɪʃn](n.)

country

[ˈkʌntri](n.)

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Ying Chu8 years ago

"Astronomically" not an easy word to pronounce...

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yikshum8 years ago

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Hien Pham8 years ago

Thank you xx

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王博駿8 years ago

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Hương Đào8 years ago

Please check this for me ! thanks in advanced

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Thang Nguyen8 years ago

Can u feed back to me ? thanks in advanced .

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maithoa8 years ago

plz, check my pronunciation!

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