LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS DAY 23
It’s day 23 of your 30 Day English
Vocabulary Challenge. A video a day
every day for 30 days. Yes, this month we’re
learning 105 words from the academic word list,
words that will help you have
sophisticated English conversations,
words you need to know if you’re preparing for
an exam like IELTS or TOEFL. I’ve been watching
the posts you’ve been making about this challenge,
it’s incredible, inspiring. Make up a sentence to
word you learn and post it on social. Don’t
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to download the study guide that goes with this 30
day challenge. You can do that by clicking here or
the link in the video description. Learn the
words, ace the quizzes, you’ve got this!
Our first word today is NORMAL. Normal. In this
stressed syllable, we have the AW as in law vowel
followed by R. Now R makes it so this is
not a pure vowel. It’s not law. aw– no–
normal, but it’s no– or– nor– the lips around
more and the tongue pulls back a little bit more
because of that R. Nor— normal. It’s an adjective,
it means usual or ordinary, not strange,
mentally and physically healthy. Our normal
business hours are from nine to five.
This is what they usually are, but on a holiday,
for example, new year’s eve, maybe we close early.
It’s also a noun, meaning the usual or
expected state, level, amount, and so
on. Your blood pressure is higher than normal.
Let’s look again up close and in slow motion.
And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
I mean it’s natural that people want to strive
to put a roof over their heads
and live a normal life, right?
Live a normal life. Live a life like most people.
Have what most people have, in
this case, talking about a home.
I mean it’s natural that people want to strive
to put a roof over their heads
and live a normal life, right?
Here’s another example.
This is the normal progression for an
average child that gets the measles.
The normal progression. The way
measles usually progresses in a child.
This is not strange, but these are the symptoms
we can expect in a child that has the measles.
This is the normal progression for an
average child that gets the measles.
Here’s another example.
Is it also the way that like we do normal
things the way we tie our shoes, the way that
we drive a car or something like that.
Normal things. Every day, ordinary things that
almost everyone does. Tie your shoes, drive a car.
Is it also the way that like we do normal
things the way we tie our shoes, the way that
we drive a car, or something like that.
Another example.
Her blood sugar levels were
now normal all of the time.
Now normal. Before, they were not at the expected
levels. They were not healthy. Now, they are.
Her blood sugar levels were
now normal all of the time.
Our last example.
They found they learned 200
to 500 faster than normal.
Wow, they learned two to five times faster
than normal. Faster than what’s expected.
Faster than most people.
They found they learned 200
to 500 faster than normal.
Our next word is ASPECTS.
Notice I’m dropping the T here, that’s common or
normal when it comes between two other consonants.
Aspects. As a noun, it means a part of something.
Their religion affects nearly
all aspects of their lives,
it influences how they do almost everything.
Let’s look again up close and in slow motion.
And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
We were exploring different aspects of ourselves.
Different aspects of ourselves.
Different parts of ourselves.
Getting to know, thinking about
different parts of ourselves.
We were exploring different aspects of ourselves.
Here’s another example.
So we have to look at various different aspects in
order to figure out what’s
going on with the disease.
Various different aspects, parts,
sides. We can’t just focus on one thing,
but we have to look at disease from many
different angles to try to understand it.
So we have to look at various different aspects in
order to figure out what’s
going on with the disease.
Here’s another example.
Because it was a presidential visit so there were
people all over town covering all aspects of it.
All aspects, what the president wore,
who the president met with, where
the president stayed, and so on.
Because it was a presidential visit so there were
people all over town covering all aspects of it.
Another example.
What are the aspects we
want to improve and augment?
What parts of something
bigger do we want to improve?
For example, let’s say you run a grocery
store, you’ve got the products, the display
really dialed in, but the checkout process
isn’t smooth. You want to improve that part.
What are the aspects we
want to improve and augment?
Our last example.
We need to understand that it’s the social and
the emotional aspects of language
learning that decide everything.
The social and emotional
aspects of language learning.
Learning a language is made up of different parts.
It’s the social part, socializing with others,
talking with them, connecting with them on an
emotional level that matters, it’s not just
about being able to state a fact in another
language. It’s about connecting with people.
We need to understand that it’s the social and
the emotional aspects of language
learning that decide everything.
Our last word today is PERCEIVED.
It’s the past tense of the verb perceive, which
means to notice or become aware of something.
I perceived that she had been crying. Why would
you know that? Well, maybe her eyes are red. It
also means to interpret or look at someone
or something in a particular way to regard
as. He perceives himself as better than others.
Let’s look again up close and in slow motion.
And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
In a traditional academic model, we
group students together usually by age,
and around middle school age,
and and perceived ability.
Perceived ability. How good
do they think they are.
We watch them, maybe have them take a test, we
interpret their ability, we say, for example,
he’s good at Math, and he’s not good at Math,
and then we group the students based on that.
In a traditional academic model, we group
students together usually by age and around
middle school age and and perceived ability.
Here’s another example.
And don’t worry about your perceived weaknesses.
Don’t worry about the weaknesses you think
you have. You look at them as weaknesses,
but someone else might not. The second
definition of this word, interpret or look
at someone or something in a particular way,
regard as, has to do with judgment. I look at this
and I interpret it that way. But
something you might think is a weakness,
someone else might see as a
strength, might judge it differently.
And don’t worry about your perceived weaknesses.
Here’s another example.
Maybe you have good intentions,
you think you’re doing a great job,
but it isn’t being perceived in that way.
So again, this is about judgment. You think you’re
doing a great job, but someone else sees the same
thing and thinks differently. They regard it as
something different. They perceive it differently.
Maybe you have good intentions,
you think you’re doing a great job,
but it isn’t being perceived in that way.
Another example.
And I didn’t want to share
this with a lot of you because
I’m usually a happy person, and I didn’t
want to be perceived in any other way.
This person doesn’t want other people to think
she’s anything but happy. She wants other
people to regard her as a happy person.
And I didn’t want to share
this with a lot of you because
I’m usually a happy person, and I didn’t
want to be perceived in any other way.
Our last example.
Maybe you know people have perceived me as
this guy that’s built this big business.
Perceived me, they interpret me as someone
who built a big business. They regard me as
someone who’s successful but everyone has
many aspects to them. Oh, there’s another
one of our vocabulary words for today. And even
someone who’s successful has pain in their life.
Maybe you know people have perceived me as
this guy that’s built this big business.
Seeing their 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 posted so far.
Our next video comes out tomorrow
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