LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS DAY 18
I love day 18, don’t you? It’s our 30 Day
English Vocabulary Challenge to start 2021 right.
One video a day, every day, for 30 days. We’re
learning 105 words from the academic word list,
words to help you have
sophisticated English conversations,
words you need to know if you’re preparing for the
IELTS or TOEFL exams. I’ve been watching the posts
you’ve been making about this challenge,
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the words, ace the quizzes, you’ve got this.
Our first word today is PROCEDURE.
A three syllable word with middle syllable stress.
It’s a noun, a series of actions that
are done in a certain way or order.
A medical treatment or option. Installing
a car battery is a simple procedure.
The procedure will take two hours. Let’s
look again up close and in slow motion.
And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
There was a procedure they
had to follow, of course.
A procedure. They had to follow a series
of actions. They couldn’t choose the order
in which to do things, they
had to follow the procedure.
There was a procedure they
had to follow, of course.
Here’s another example.
This is standard operating procedure in government
that we do all of the planning up front.
Standard operating procedure. This means
the way things need to be done in a business
organization, or in this case, the government.
For example, at work, you can’t just say: hey,
I want to take next week off. You have
to follow standard operating procedures.
Put in a request in writing to your
supervisor, ask for the week off,
following the steps outlined by your
company on how to ask for time off.
This is standard operating procedure in government
that we do all of the planning up front.
Here’s another example.
I thought the procedure had
failed, it needed to be redone.
The procedure had failed. The way of doing things,
thought it needed to be redone, thought the
steps needed to be changed, or reordered.
I thought the procedure had
failed, it needed to be redone.
Another example.
That’s the process. That’s the procedure.
Those are the boxes that we have to check.
The procedure, the order of things.
That’s the process. That’s the procedure.
Those are the boxes that we have to check.
Our last example.
We found, of course, that this
material became overgrown with
algae and we needed them to
develop a cleaning procedure.
A cleaning procedure. Steps to follow the
same way each time to clean the material.
We found, of course, that this
material became overgrown with
algae and we needed then to
develop a cleaning procedure.
Our next word is RESPONSE.
Whenever we have an NS cluster in American
English, we pronounce it like NTS.
Response. Response. It’s a noun, it means
something that is said or written as a reply
or reaction. I asked but he gave no response.
Let’s look again up close and in slow motion.
And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
They were taught to rethink
their stress response as helpful.
This stress response, the
reaction of the body to stress.
Heart racing, sweat, muscle tension,
how does your body react to stress?
They were taught to rethink
their stress response as helpful.
Here’s another example.
It’s a 1939 speech about Roosevelt in response
to Roosevelt’s attempt to, to bring peace.
A speech given as a reply to
Roosevelt’s attempt to bring peace.
It’s a 1939 speech about Roosevelt in response
to Roosevelt’s attempt to, to bring peace.
Here’s another example.
And the natural response to this
is to hole up in your apartment.
The natural response. The natural
reaction. The natural thing to want to do.
And the natural response to this
is to hold up in your apartment.
Another example.
What are people going to say in response to this?
What will their reaction be to this? Will
they love it? Hate it? What will they say?
What are people going to say in response to this?
Our last example.
My response to that is that
it’s, you can’t deny the science.
My response, my reaction, my reply
to this question or situation.
My response to that is that
it’s, you can’t deny the science.
Our last word today is LEGISLATION.
It’s a four-syllable word with third syllable
stress. Legislation. Legislation. It’s a noun,
a law or a set of laws made by the government,
the action or process of making laws. We’re
voting on important legislation today.
Let’s see it again up close and in slow motion.
And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
There was an initiative, you know, 64 pages
of legislation that was already in place.
64 pages of legislation, of a bill,
or law. What do you think? Do most
congress people read every page of every
piece of legislation that they vote on?
There was an initiative, you know, 64 pages
of legislation that was already in place.
Here’s another example.
So he decided to introduce
legislation that would allow
him to take over mayoral control of the schools.
Introduce legislation. That means propose
a law, put it out there to be voted on.
So he decided to introduce legislation
that would allow him to take over
mayoral control of the schools.
Here’s another example.
New York City passed legislation that bars
employers from firing, you know, pregnant women.
Passed legislation, voted
in favor, did make it a law.
New York City passed legislation that bars
employers from firing, you know, pregnant women.
Another example.
We’ve gotten legislation passed in 20 states.
Gotten legislation passed. Gotten the
local lawmakers to agree to vote yes
to make this legislation law.
We’ve gotten legislation passed in 20 states.
Our last example.
I was going in and giving them the
technical assistance that they needed
to fight for a particular piece of legislation.
To fight for it, to try to
convince those who would vote
that it should be passed, that
it would be a worthwhile law.
I was going in and giving them the
technical assistance that they needed
to fight for a particular piece of legislation.
Seeing all the real-life examples can really help
you understand how to use these words, can’t it?
I have a challenge for you now. Make
up a sentence with one of these words.
Make a short video of your sentence,
and post it to social media.
Tag me and use the hashtag
#rachelsenglish30daychallenge
Don’t be shy. You can do this. I love seeing
what you’ve posted so far. Our next
video comes out tomorrow, at 10 AM
Philadelphia time. Come on back to learn
three more vocabulary words. In the meantime,
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