One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is, Rachel, how can I improve my vocabulary?
Some people are focused on test prep
and some people simply want to be able to express themselves in conversation.
To improve your vocabulary in a helpful way,
you not only need to be using a good method but you need to be using the right words.
In this video you’re getting both.
We’re going to study definitions, all in English of course,
to help you understand these words as English words
this will prevent you from thinking of it as a translation of your own a language,
and this will help you think in English.
Don’t look these words up in a translating dictionary.
I’ll give you a simple definition and enough examples for you to get it.
What words are we choosing?
We are using the Academic Word List.
This is amazing if you’re preparing for the TOEFL exam or the IELTS exam.
You need to know the Academic Word list to do well on those exams.
But they are also going to help round out your conversational vocabulary.
The Academic Word list does not include words that are in the 2000 most common words in English list,
so it’s the next level.
A little bit more sophistication.
These are words you can expect to encounter on a daily basis in everyday life,
newspapers, on TV, and so on.
You’re going to learn, REALLY LEARN, 5 words today.
We’ll study the words, definitions, and sample sentences,
then we’ll go to Youglish to find real-word examples of these words
to help you complete your understanding of them.
The first word is analysis.
Are you comfortable saying this word?
uh-NAL-uh-sis.
Analysis.
Pay attention to the vowels and watch my mouth.
It’s not AA, it’s uh.
uh-NAL-us-sis.
That first sound is the schwa.
You know what? Let's watch it up close and in slow motion so you can really study the mouth movement.
Analysis.
Analysis.
Analysis.
Analysis.
Analysis.
Analysis.
Analysis.
It’s a noun. It means to study something closely,
to look at all the parts and details and see how they all affect each other, how they’re related to each other.
It is an explanation of the nature and meaning of something.
You analyze something to try to really understand it.
Do you see what I did there?
Analyze.
I used the verb form.
Analysis is four syllables with second syllable stress.
Analyze – three syllables, first syllable stress.
Analysis, analyze.
I did an analysis of the article to study her writing style.
The DNA analysis came back. You are not the father.
The water was analysis revealed that our water has high levels of lead.
Before making a decision, they performed a cost-benefit analysis.
A cost-benefit analysis is when you add up all the benefits of a situation or action
and then subtract all the costs associated with taking that action, this is to help somebody to make a decision.
The plural of analysis is NOT analysises.
We change the way we spell it.
We change the I to an E and we also change the pronunciation.
Analyses.
Analyses is the plural.
So instead of ending in ‘is’ it ends in ‘eez’.
‘Analysis’.
Analyses.
Have you ever heard the word psychoanalysis?
This is a method of explaining and treating mental and emotional problems
by having the patient talk about dreams,
feelings, memories,
and all of this to is someone who is a therapist trained
in psychoanalysis.
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Our next word is approach.
It’s a verb.
You’ll see the form approaches, also approaching, and approached.
Here the ED ending makes a T sound.
Approached.
Approached.
Stress on the second syllable, again we have a schwa in the first syllable.
Approach.
Let's watch this up-close.
Approach.
Approach.
Approach.
Approach.
Approach.
Approach.
This word can be used a couple of different ways.
You can approach something or someone by moving physically, closer and closer.
The train is approaching the station.
It can also be used for time, as time passes,
you come closer to a future planned event, you approach it.
We’re approaching the holidays.
You can approach a thing: We are quickly approaching our fundraising goal of $100,000.
We also use this word to mean a way of thinking about something,
a way of dealing with something.
How do you approach stress?
Or, I approach cooking the way my mom did: leftovers are wonderful.
I can also use this as an adjective in the form ‘approachable’.
He’s not very approachable.
That means, he’s not easy to talk to, or to start a conversation with, or to deal with.
The opposite:
She’s very approachable.
This means she’s friendly, easy to talk to.
What do you think?
Are you approachable?
Our next word is 'area'. This is a noun. Three syllables.
Area.
Area.
Let's look at this word up-close.
Area.
Area.
Area.
Area.
Area.
Area.
This is part of a larger space.
In this area we’ll have the food buffet, and in this area the bar for drinks.
You can also think of it as meaning ‘section’ or ‘part’.
Real estate is very expensive in the bay area.
The area by the pool is always very crowded.
We can also use it to talk about the amount of space inside a shape:
You need to be able to calculate the area of a circle, a rectangle, and triangle.
It can also be a field of study:
He’s an expert in the area of mathematics.
The next word is assessment.
It’s a noun.
Assessment. Three syllables. Second syllable stress.
Let's look up-close.
Assessment.
Assessment.
Assessment.
Assessment.
Assessment.
Assessment.
This is the act of making a judgment about something.
The verb is to assess.
The school assessment test will tell us how well the students understand the concepts.
I don’t agree with your assessment of the problem.
You think we need to wait and see if things get better, I think we need to do something right away.
Assessment.
The next word is assume.
This is a verb.
Assume. Two syllables. Second syllable stress.
Let's look up-close.
Assume.
Assume.
Assume.
Assume.
Assume.
Assume.
This word means to think something is true, or probably true, without actually knowing if it’s true.
Do you think the test will be hard?
I assume so, but we’ll see tomorrow when we take the test.
I assumed he would be honest, but he lied to me.
It can also mean to begin something, like a job.
She assumed the role of director in February.
Those are our first 5 words.
Now lets go to Youglish and listen to more sample sentences with these words
to continue to develop our understanding of how to use these words.
First, analysis.
How it would be workable and what the cost-benefit analysis might be.
There’s that phrase ‘cost-benefit analysis’ that we discussed already.
Analysis: a study of something.
You study all the costs associated with a decision or action,
and you study the benefits to help you make that decision.
Should you or should you not do something.
In this sample sentence, Hillary Clinton says the government should do a cost-benefit analysis
to determine if providing a particular service is beneficial, is worth it.
Let’s see the clip again.
Here’s another clip.
Ok, this is getting heavy.
This is talking about the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995
where DNA analysis was used to help identify people.
DNA analysis.
Analysis the study of something.
The study of someone’s DNA to identify more about that person.
Let’s see that clips again.
One more clip.
Insight derived from our analysis, that means insight,
understanding something, understanding gained from the analysis.
This makes sense.
They do an analysis, an in-depth study, and they learned something, they gained insight.
In this case, they gained insight into how you should market to people
interested in having a smart home.
That is, someone who has one or more of these home devices connected to the internet like
an Amazon Alexa or a google hub.
Let’s see that clip one more time.
Analysis, a study of something.
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Okay, our next word is ‘approach’.
Take a light approach to dying.
Here the word is being used not in physically moving towards something,
but in the way we think about something, understand something.
How do you approach dying?
That’s like asking, how do you think about dying?
A light approach to something is to think of it think of it as fun, light-hearted, as opposed to serious.
She takes a light approach to life.
She always seems happy and positive.
He does not want people to take a light approach to dying, he knows it is serious,
but he has a way he wants us to think about it.
Let’s listen to the whole sentence.
Let’s see another example of this word in use.
Approach the front of a courtroom.
Physically move in space closer to the front of the courtroom.
Let’s see that again.
And one more clip for ‘approach’.
Approach to stress.
There isn’t a place called stress that we are physically moving towards.
So here it’s being used in way that means, how do you think about this, how do you relate to this idea.
How do you approach stress.
Do you try to reduce it, do you think it’s bad for your health, do you think it’s no big deal?
Let’s see that clip again.
And now, the word area
Area.
This can mean part of a larger space.
The surface area of Tucson
this is the surface of the earth, but only the area that is the city of Tucson.
A section of the surface of the earth.
Let’s watch the clip again.
Another example sentence
This is the area around New York City – that includes three states,
New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
This is part of the US.
The tri-state area.
Let’s see that clip again.
And one last clip for ‘area’.
In an area of Ethiopia, in a part of Ethiopia.
Area: something that is part of a larger space.
Let’s see that clip again.
Let’s move on to assessment. Here’s the first sentence.
A fair assessment: a fair judgment to make based on what you’ve just said.
A fair assessment, a reasonable conclusion.
Let’s see that clip again.
Another sentence with ‘assessment’.
You do an assessment early on.
You look at their situation and you make a judgment about their ability to rebuilt a house
that was wiped out in a natural disaster.
You make an assessment, you make a judgment.
Now this is really similar to another word we’re studying, analysis, which is a study of something.
And usually you study something to make conclusions about it.
So you could say we’ve done an analysis of your situation, and we’ve made an assessment
that you need help rebuilding your home.
We’ve done a study, and we’ve made this judgment.
Let’s see that clip again.
Our last sentence for ‘assessment.’
In my assessment of it...
That's like saying: in my judgment of it, or in my opinion.
My assessment of it.
Let’s see that clip again.
We have one last word to study.
Assume.
To think something is true without knowing that it’s true.
You might even assume.
You might even think it’s true based on some factors without actually asking the people.
Are you framing him?
You’re assuming it.
You think it’s true without knowing for sure.
Let’s see that clip again.
Our next clip for Assume:
He’s interviewing a band, and he assumes that they’re going to be playing in a bigger venue.
He doesn’t know it, he’s guessing it’s true.
They confirm he’s right, they say yes.
Let’s see that clip again.
Our last clip for ‘assume’.
Focus groups assume that people can tell you what’s wrong and what's right.
If you use focus groups for this, you’re assuming that they work.
You think that they work without actually knowing that they work.
But in this particular case, research shows that they don’t work.
So assuming that is incorrect.
Let’s take a look at that again.
Remember: Analysis is a study of something.
Approach is to move toward something, or, a way of thinking about something.
Area is something that is part of a larger space.
Assessment is a judgment of something.
To assume is to think something is true without knowing it’s true.
Analysis and Assessment are actually pretty similar and in some sentences, you could use either one.
An analysis is an in-depth study of something
– usually when you study something, you do that to make conclusions, to make judgments about it.
And an assessment is to make a judgment about something.
So for example, in this sentence, both ‘analysis’ and ‘assessment’ make sense:
After reading your ___, I can make an informed decision.
After reading your analysis, that is, your in-depth study,
or, after reading your judgment, your conclusions,
your assessment.
I can make an informed decision.
These both work.
We’ve just studied the first five words of Band 1 of the Academic Word list.
We studied several contexts to help you understand how to use this word.
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我被问到的最常见的问题之一是，瑞秋，我怎样才能提高我的词汇量？
有些人专注于考试准备
，有些人只是希望能够在对话中表达自己。
要以有用的方式提高词汇量，
您不仅需要使用好的方法，还需要使用正确的单词。
在本视频中，您将两者兼得。
我们将学习定义， 当然都是英语，
以帮助您将这些单词理解为英语单词，
这将防止您将其视为您自己的语言的翻译
，这将有助于您用英语思考。
不要在翻译词典中查找这些词。
我会给你一个简单的定义和足够的例子让你明白。
我们选择什么词？
我们正在使用学术词汇表。
如果您正在准备 托福考试或雅思考试，这真是太棒了。
您需要了解学术词汇表才能在这些考试中取得好成绩。
但它们也将帮助您完善会话词汇。
学术单词列表不包括 2000 个最常用的英语单词列表中的单词，
因此它是下一个级别。
稍微复杂一点。
这些是您在日常生活、报纸、电视等中每天都会遇到的词
。
你今天要学习，真正学习，5 个单词。
我们会学习单词、定义和 例句，
然后我们会去 Youglish 寻找 这些单词的真实单词示例，
以帮助您完成对它们的理解。
第一个词是分析。
你说这个词舒服吗？
呃-NAL-呃-sis。
分析。
注意元音，注意我的嘴巴。
不是AA，是啊。
呃-NAL-us-sis。
第一个声音是 schwa。
你知道吗？ 让我们以慢动作近距离观看它，这样您就可以真正研究嘴巴的运动。
分析。
分析。
分析。
分析。
分析。
分析。
分析。
这是一个名词。 这意味着仔细研究某些东西，
查看所有部分和细节，看看它们是如何相互影响的，它们是如何相互关联的。
它是 对事物本质和意义的解释。
你分析一些东西以试图真正理解它。
你看到我在那里做了什么吗？
分析。
我用了动词形式。
分析是四个音节，第二个音节重读。
分析——三个音节，第一音节重音。
分析，分析。
我对这篇文章进行了分析，以研究她的写作风格。
DNA分析回来了。 你不是父亲。
水被分析显示我们的水有高水平的铅。
在做出决定之前，他们进行了成本效益分析。
成本收益分析是当您将某种情况或行动的所有收益相加
，然后减去与采取该行动相关的所有成本时，这是为了帮助某人做出决定。
分析的复数不是分析。
我们改变拼写方式。
我们将 I 更改为 E，我们还 更改了发音。
分析。
分析是复数。
所以不是以“is”结尾，而是以“eez”结尾。
'分析'。
分析。
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我们的下一个词是方法。
这是一个动词。
你会看到表格接近，也接近，接近。
这里的 ED 结尾发出 T 音。
接近。
接近。
重读第二个音节，我们再次 在第一个音节中有一个 schwa。
方法。
让我们近距离观看。
方法。
方法。
方法。
方法。
方法。
方法。
这个词可以有几种不同的用法。
您可以通过身体移动，越来越近来接近某物或某人。
火车快到车站了。
它也可以用于时间，随着时间的推移，
你越来越接近未来计划的 事件，你接近它。
我们快到假期了。
你可以接近一件事：我们正在迅速接近我们 100,000 美元的筹款目标。
我们也用这个词来表示 思考某事
的方式，处理某事的方式。
你如何应对压力？
或者，我像我妈妈那样做菜： 剩菜很好吃。
我也可以将其用作“平易近人”形式的形容词。
他不太平易近人。
这意味着，他不容易交谈，或开始交谈，或处理。
相反：
她非常平易近人。
这意味着她很友好，很容易交谈。
你怎么认为？ 你平易近人吗？
我们的下一个词是“面积”。 这是一个名词。 三个音节。
区域。
区域。
让我们近距离看看这个词。
区域。
区域。
区域。
区域。
区域。
区域。
这是更大空间的一部分。
在这个区域，我们将提供自助餐，在这个区域，我们将提供饮料吧。
您也可以将其视为“部分”或“部分”的意思。
湾区的房地产非常昂贵。
泳池边的区域总是非常拥挤。
我们还可以用它来讨论 形状内部的空间量：
您需要能够计算圆形、矩形和三角形的面积。
它也可以是一个研究领域：
他是数学领域的专家。
下一个词是评估。
这是一个名词。
评估。 三个音节。 第二个音节重音。
让我们近距离看看。
评估。
评估。
评估。
评估。
评估。
评估。
这是对某事做出判断的行为。
动词是评估。
学校评估测试将告诉我们学生对概念的理解程度。
我不同意你对这个问题的评估。
您认为我们需要等待，看看情况是否会好转，我认为我们需要立即采取行动。
评估。
下一个词是假设。
这是一个动词。
认为。 两个音节。 第二个音节重音。
让我们近距离看看。
认为。
认为。
认为。
认为。
认为。
认为。
这个词的意思是认为某事是真的，或者可能是真的，但实际上并不知道它是否是真的。
你觉得考试难吗？
我想是的，但是我们明天参加考试时会看到。
我以为他会诚实，但他骗了我。
它也可以意味着开始某事，比如工作。
她于二月担任董事一职。
这是我们的前5个字。
现在让我们去Youglish并听更多带有这些单词的例句，
以继续发展我们对如何使用这些单词的理解。
首先，分析。
它将如何可行以及成本效益分析可能是什么。
我们已经讨论过“成本效益分析”这个短语。
分析：对某事的研究。
您研究与决策或行动相关的所有成本 ，
并研究帮助您 做出该决定的好处。
你应该或不应该做某事。
在这个例句中，希拉里·克林顿说政府应该进行成本效益分析，
以确定提供特定服务是否有益，是否值得。
让我们再看看剪辑。
这是另一个剪辑。
好的，这越来越重了。
这是在谈论 1995 年的俄克拉荷马城 爆炸案，
当时 DNA 分析被用来帮助识别人。
DNA分析。
分析对某事的研究。
研究某人的 DNA 以识别 更多关于该人的信息。
让我们再看看那些剪辑。
再来一个剪辑。
洞察来自于我们的分析，即洞察，
理解某事， 从分析中获得的理解。
这是有道理的。
他们进行分析，深入研究，他们学到了一些东西，他们获得了洞察力。
在这种情况下，他们深入了解了您应该如何向有
兴趣拥有智能家居的人推销。
也就是说，有人将这些家庭设备中的一个或多个连接到互联网，
如亚马逊 Alexa 或谷歌集线器。
让我们再看一次那个剪辑。
分析，对某事的研究。
在我们继续讨论之前，
我想请所有正在观看此内容的人订阅通知。
这是我通过社区选项卡与您联系、获取您对视频创意的意见
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好的，我们的下一个词是“接近”。
对死亡采取轻松的态度。
在这里，这个词不是用于物理上朝着某事移动，
而是用于我们思考某事、 理解某事的方式。
你如何看待死亡？
这就像在问，你如何看待死亡？
对某事的轻松态度是认为它有趣、轻松，而不是严肃。
她对生活采取轻松的态度。
她似乎总是快乐而积极。
他不希望人们对死亡采取轻松的态度，他知道这很严重，
但他有一种他希望我们思考的方式。
让我们听听整个句子。
让我们看看另一个使用这个词的例子。
走近法庭的前面。
在靠近法庭前部的空间中进行身体移动。
让我们再看一遍。
还有一个“接近”的剪辑。
压力的方法。
没有一个地方叫做压力，我们正在朝着这个方向前进。
所以在这里它的使用方式意味着，你如何看待这个，你如何与这个想法联系起来。
你如何应对压力。
您是否尝试减少它，您认为它对您的健康有害吗，您认为这没什么大不了的吗？
让我们再看看那个剪辑。
而现在，单词area
Area。
这可能意味着更大空间的一部分。
图森
的表面积这是地球的表面，但只是图森市的面积。
地球表面的一部分。
让我们再看一遍剪辑。
另一个例句
这是纽约市周围的区域 ——包括
纽约、康涅狄格和新泽西三个州。
这是美国的一部分。
三州地区。
让我们再看看那个剪辑。
最后一个剪辑“区域”。
在埃塞俄比亚的一个地区，在埃塞俄比亚的一部分。
面积：属于更大空间的一部分。
让我们再看看那个剪辑。
让我们继续评估。 这是第一句话。
公平的评估：根据你刚才所说的做出公平的判断。
公正的评价，合理的结论。
让我们再看看那个剪辑。
另一个带有“评估”的句子。
您尽早进行评估。
您查看他们的情况，并判断他们重建
在自然灾害中被摧毁的房屋的能力。
你做出评估，你做出判断。
现在，这与我们正在研究的另一个词非常相似，分析，它是对某事的研究。
通常你会研究一些东西来 得出结论。
因此，您可以说我们已经对您的情况进行了分析，并且我们已经做出
了您需要帮助重建房屋的评估。
我们进行了一项研究，并做出了这个判断。
让我们再看看那个剪辑。
我们对“评估”的最后一句话。
在我对它的评估中......
这就像在说：在我的判断中，或者在我看来。
我对它的评价。
让我们再看看那个剪辑。
我们还有最后一句话要研究。
认为。
在不知道它是真实的情况下认为某事是真实 的。
你甚至可以假设。
您甚至可能根据某些因素认为这是正确的，而无需实际询问人们。
你是在陷害他吗？
你假设它。
你在不确定的情况下认为这是真的。
让我们再看看那个剪辑。
我们的下一个假设片段：
他正在采访一个乐队，他假设他们将在更大的场地演出。
他不知道，他猜这是真的。
他们确认他是对的，他们说是的。
让我们再看看那个剪辑。
我们最后一个“假设”剪辑。
焦点小组假设人们可以告诉 你什么是错的，什么是对的。
如果您为此使用焦点小组，那么您 假设它们有效。
你认为它们在工作，但实际上并不 知道它们在工作。
但在这种特殊情况下，研究 表明它们不起作用。
所以假设这是不正确的。
让我们再看一遍。
请记住： 分析是对某事的研究。
方法是走向某事，或者，一种思考某事的方式。
面积是更大空间的一部分。
评估是对某事的判断。
假设是在不知道它是真实的情况下认为某事是真实的。
分析和评估实际上非常相似，在某些句子中，您可以使用其中任何一个。
分析是对某事的深入研究
——通常当你研究某事时，你这样做是为了得出结论，对它做出判断。
评估是对某事做出判断。
因此，例如，在这句话中，“分析”和“评估”都有意义
：阅读您的___后，我可以做出明智的决定。
读了你的分析，也就是你的深入研究，
或者，读了你的判断，你的结论，
你的评价。
我可以做出明智的决定。
这些都有效。
我们刚刚研究了学术词汇表第 1 级的前五个词。
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