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okay welcome back to weekly words weekly
words I’m Alisha and today we’re gonna
talk about words that make you sound
smart
oh I’m all over this one first word is
esoteric when something is esoteric it’s
alright so the word esoteric refers to
something that requires specialized
knowledge so in a conversation somebody
might use this word to say sorry to be
esoteric and then they’ll continue
talking about some subject or some
concept that requires a certain level of
knowledge in the given field next word
superfluous superfluous just means extra
really does what can a person be
superfluous so superfluous yeah just
just refers to stuff that’s maybe not
necessary or the X the extra just stuff
or extra extra things in a given context
so maybe you know oh I have so much
superfluous stuff in my kitchen of
course using superfluous in such a
casual way like that is very unnatural
but you could do it if you really wanted
to sound smart aqueous aqueous means to
like you might have like Kent sailing
Pirates of the Caribbean something like
he will not acquiesce to your request or
she will not acquiesce to your request
it just means she won’t obey or listen
or do as told
but that’s it’s it’s the same exact
meaning to acquiesce to accept something
oh yeah to go along with angst angst
refers to just kind of this like that
that unhappy feeling this sort of angry
or maybe melancholy or just feeling like
you know you’re misunderstood so a
teenager or I suppose a teenager
themselves might not use this word but
the parents of the teenager might say oh
my teenager is so filled with angst
hitch hitch hitch refers to in my mind
anyway just junk
honestly it’s the little things that you
know might crowd your house like a snow
globe or special little ornaments or
just you know decorative knickknacks you
might say oh my aunts apartment is
really kitschy it means she has maybe
like a lot of knickknacks or the style
is just kind of alright that is the end
so those were a few words to make you
sound smart
I hope that you learned something I
certainly did and I’ll see you again
next time
thank you bye welcome back to weekly
words I’m Alisha and today we’re going
to talk about overused business idioms
also known as buzz words alright first
is thinking outside the box this is a
phrase that means just thinking
differently or you know outside the
norms of regular thinking which would be
inside the box and then choosing to
think about something in a different way
might be considered outside the box so
it’s usually a compliment like great job
thinking outside the box Stevens the
next word is the bottom line the bottom
line just refers to kind of the the end
all of the situation like in a sentence
the bottom line is we have to make more
sales next month meaning this is the one
thing that we really need to focus on
the next word is hit the ground running
it just means to start well if you think
about a runner of course a runner as
soon as maybe they touch the ground at a
race they are running and it’s sort of
the same thing here except in a business
sense so as soon as a project starts
they’re going there you know pushing
forward on the project you might say
next week we’re gonna start the new
project let’s hit the ground running
meaning to get a good start next word is
giving 110 percent
it just means giving your all or making
your best effort to do something so of
course 100 percent is the maximum in a
given situation but giving 110 percent
means that you know your boss presumably
wants you to give more than your best so
it just means work really hard as in hey
we have that meeting coming up next
month let’s give 110 percent to make
sure all of the materials are finished
by then it is what it is it is what it
is is just a phrase that often wraps up
a conversation sometimes it can be a
negative situation like you hear oh
sales are down this month well it is
what it is meaning there’s nothing we
can do or that’s just the situation
right now it’s just yeah just a feeler
phrase really on word and that is the
end it says end here yeah I hope you
learned something today and I will see
you again next time
thank you for watching bye alright
welcome back to weekly words my name is
Alisha this week we’re going to look at
the Internet today this sounds scary
let’s begin the first word is live tweet
live tweet is for those of you who have
a Twitter account when you are watching
something or listening to something as
it happens a popular TV show or an
awards show and you write your comments
on Twitter as it happens that’s called
live tweeting something in an example
sentence I live tweeted the Grammy
Awards this year it was a lot of fun
that’s a lie the next phrase is binge
watch binge means to do something to
excess or to do something too much so
now that services like Hulu or Netflix
or other TV or movie viewing services
there might be different ones in your
country are available people like to
binge watch their favorite TV shows
meaning they can sit and watch all of
their favorite TV show in maybe a
weekend or a week or something like that
if they just sit for hours and hours I
binge watched all of house of cards this
season I loved it that’s a true story
next next the next word is neckbeard oh
my god I can’t believe we’re teaching
them this it’s not a very nice word
typically I’m gonna get in trouble next
year it is a rude word that’s used to
refer to people typically men who do not
have very good hygiene do not have very
good personal care habits and as a
result their beard which typically on
men’s faces is maybe in the chin or the
jaw line goes onto their neck in a
sentence there are a lot of neck beards
on the internet make sure you don’t have
a neck beard No
next is fandom fandom refers to a group
of fans of a video game it could be an
athlete it could be a singer or whatever
when you talk about any group of fans
you can refer to them as the fandom for
example video game fandom on the
Internet is everywhere it’s so popular
video games are maybe your favorite TV
show change direction the story has
suddenly changed and everybody is really
upset about this change you might say oh
that recent change in the story has the
fandom upset the next word is
hyper-connected hyperconnected refers to
somebody who is just always has an
interconnection someone who always has
an internet connection whether it’s
their smartphone or their
or their PC whatever it is they might
use to connect to the internet they are
always connected their high piper means
super you might say I like to stay hyper
connected so I always have all the news
and that’s the end of the Internet today
those are some words that you might
encounter today on the Internet so if
you see them that’s what they mean give
him a try and we will see you again next
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how are your English listening skills in
this video you’ll have a chance to test
them out with a quiz first you’ll see an
image and here a question next comes a
short dialogue listen carefully and see
if you can answer correctly will show
you the answer at the end are you ready
a man is reporting about his company’s
sales performance at a meeting which two
charts is he using for his presentation
please look at the handout the Left
chart shows our company’s sales over the
past three years and the sales forecast
for the current year and the right chart
shows the monthly breakdown in sales up
to October of this year now please have
a look at the Left chart it shows that
sales have been steadily increasing over
the past three years and if we can keep
increasing our sales the total sales for
this year will show an increase over
last year
next please look at the right chart the
right chart shows that the campaigns we
ran in April and August were fairly
effective I see but the sales decreased
in May and September following the
campaigns yes but this kind of decreases
unavoidable I expect the annual sales
for this year will show an increase over
last year if we can keep increasing our
sales
which two charts is he using for his
presentation
a man is reporting about his company’s
sales performance at a meeting which two
charts is he using for his presentation
please look at the handout the Left
chart shows our company’s sales over the
past three years and the sales forecast
for the current year and the right chart
shows the monthly breakdown in sales up
to October of this year now please have
a look at the Left chart it shows that
sales have been steadily increasing over
the past three years and if we can keep
increasing our sales the total sales for
this year will show an increase over
last year
next please look at the right chart the
right chart shows that the campaigns we
ran in April and August were fairly
effective I see but the sales decreased
in May and September following the
campaigns yes but this kind of decrease
is unavoidable I expect the annual sales
for this year will show an increase over
last year if we can keep increasing our
sales a woman is talking with a man who
works for an outsourced printing company
about a brochure for a new product when
is the deadline for the first design
draft for the brochure we decided to
launch the new product on October 15th
and we’d like to offer you the contract
to make the brochure thank you so much
we’re definitely excited about helping
you with this project so could you tell
us a bit about the schedule when will
you need everything by well considering
the time needed for printing we’d like
to get the brochures to the printing
stage by the end of September so would
it be possible for you to get us the
first design draft by the middle of
August
well we’d like to give you three design
options for the initial draft and then
have you choose the one which best fits
your concept then we’ll make the final
design based on your choice so it’ll be
very helpful if you could give us two
more weeks to prepare for this stage hmm
okay maybe one month will be enough time
to choose one of the designs you’ve made
and then decide on the final design all
right we’ll be counting on you you’re in
good hands
our design team is the best thank you so
much
when is the deadline for the first
design draft for the brochure
a woman is talking with a man who works
for an outsourced printing company about
a brochure for a new product when is the
deadline for the first design draft for
the brochure we decided to launch the
new product on October 15th and we’d
like to offer you the contract to make
the brochure thank you so much we’re
definitely excited about helping you
with this project so could you tell us a
bit about the schedule when will you
need everything by well considering the
time needed for printing we’d like to
get the brochures to the printing stage
by the end of September so would it be
possible for you to get us the first
design draft by the middle of August
well we’d like to give you three design
options for the initial draft and then
have you choose the one which best fits
your concept then we’ll make the final
design based on your choice so it’ll be
very helpful if you could give us two
more weeks to prepare for this stage hmm
okay maybe one month will be enough time
to choose one of the designs you’ve made
and then decide on the final design all
right we’ll be counting on you you’re in
good hands
our design team is the best thank you so
much a man and a woman are talking about
preparations for a presentation they’ll
be making tomorrow at their office
what will the woman check after the
conversation ends okay I think we’re
almost ready for the presentation
tomorrow just a few more things the
meeting will start at 9:00 sharp so
could you double check the meeting room
today yep I’ve already checked the room
okay great
did you make sure the projector is
working okay oh I was gonna check the
projector tomorrow morning when I have
my laptop no we’ve got to get that
checked today we won’t have time to deal
with it in the morning if there’s a
problem so make sure to check that
projector today that’s the most
important thing okay will do and did you
get the copies of those handouts miss
Tanaka is making them now let’s see what
else oh did you check the whiteboard yes
I did sometimes the pens don’t have
enough ink left in them did you get a
chance to check them not yet but I’ll
make sure to do that later yes
please make sure to do that today
what will the woman check after the
conversation ends
a man and a woman are talking about
preparations for a presentation they’ll
be making tomorrow at their office
what will the woman check after the
conversation ends okay I think we’re
almost ready for the presentation
tomorrow
just a few more things the meeting will
start at 9:00 sharp so could you double
check the meeting room today yep I’ve
already checked the room okay great did
you make sure the projector is working
okay oh I was gonna check the projector
tomorrow morning when I have my laptop
no we’ve got to get that checked today
we won’t have time to deal with it in
the morning if there’s a problem so make
sure to check that projector today
that’s the most important thing okay
will do and did you get the copies of
those handouts miss Tanaka is making
them now let’s see what else oh did you
check the whiteboard yes I did
sometimes the pens don’t have enough ink
left in them did you get a chance to
check them not yet but I’ll make sure to
do that later yes please make sure to do
that today a man and a woman are talking
about the layout of a meeting room
how are they going to arrange the tables
let’s move the tables for tomorrow’s
meeting alright shall we put all the
tables in the center of the room so that
everyone faces each other well there’s
going to be a group session first so
let’s separate the tables into four
sections four people will be seated in
each group okay and I’ll put some pens
and pads of paper on each table thank
you and we’ll have a short presentation
at the beginning of the session so we
need a projector here all right
also we’re going to use a whiteboard
aren’t we is it okay if I put the
whiteboard next to the screen
well how about putting the whiteboard at
the other end of the room that makes
sense after the meeting we need to put
everything back where it was in four
rows of two tables per row
how are they going to arrange the tables
a man and a woman are talking about the
layout of a meeting room how are they
going to arrange the tables let’s move
the tables for tomorrow’s meeting all
right shall we put all the tables in the
center of the room so that everyone
faces each other well there’s going to
be a group session first so let’s
separate the tables into four sections
four people will be seated in each group
okay and I’ll put some pens and pads of
paper on each table thank you and we’ll
have a short presentation at the
beginning of the session so we need a
projector here all right also we’re
going to use a whiteboard aren’t we
is it okay if I put the whiteboard next
to the screen well how about putting the
whiteboard at the other end of the room
that makes sense after the meeting we
need to put everything back where it was
in four rows of two tables per row a man
and a woman are talking about office
supplies what will the man order every
month you need to check our office
supplies and order any items that are
running low
this time let’s take a look at them
together here’s the checklist okay that
sounds good well starting with the paper
it looks like there’s only one box left
we use lots of paper every day so let’s
order two more boxes okay the printer is
out of color ink should we order that we
don’t really print documents in color so
we don’t need to worry about that hmm
okay looks like these whiteboard markers
are running out of ink right those need
to be replaced
we get a discount if we order them in
sets of five so let’s do that okay and
while we’re at it can we order a mouse
sometimes it works but sometimes it
doesn’t that’s probably because it’s
running out of batteries let’s check the
stock of batteries and order more if we
don’t have many left sure well we have
three batteries here you can take two of
these for your mouse but buy a six pack
of batteries to replace them
what will the man order
a man and a woman are talking about
office supplies
what will the man order every month you
need to check our office supplies and
order any items that are running low
this time let’s take a look at them
together here’s the checklist okay that
sounds good well starting with the paper
it looks like there’s only one box left
we use lots of paper every day so let’s
order two more boxes okay the printer is
out of color ink should we order that we
don’t really print documents in color so
we don’t need to worry about that hmm
okay
looks like these whiteboard markers are
running out of ink right those need to
be replaced we get a discount if we
order them in sets of five so let’s do
that okay and while we’re at it can we
order a mouse sometimes it works but
sometimes it doesn’t that’s probably
because it’s running out of batteries
let’s check the stock of batteries and
order more if we don’t have many left
sure well we have three batteries here
you can take two of these for your mouse
but buy a six pack of batteries to
replace them a woman and a supplier are
talking on the phone what is the woman
going to get for the sale I need you to
deliver some more sweaters in time for
the sale next month okay what do you
need we need a thousand of the small red
sweaters and four hundred of the medium
red sweaters and we also need six
hundred of the small green sweaters and
200 of the medium green sweaters by the
end of this month red and green sweaters
actually we’re running low on green
sweaters and we’re waiting on some green
yarn from our supplier we’ll get you
started with the red sweaters though no
no no we need the red and green sweaters
together so please just get as many
green sweaters ready as you can okay I
think we can get 200 of the green
sweaters to you on time which size has
higher priority the small ones take
priority sorry for such short notice but
we really need your help all right we’ll
do our best we’ll get those green
sweaters to you along with all the red
sweaters you ordered
what is the woman going to get for the
sale
a woman and a supplier are talking on
the phone what is the woman going to get
for the sale I need you to deliver some
more sweaters in time for the sale next
month okay what do you need we need a
thousand of the small red sweaters and
four hundred of the medium red sweaters
and we also need 600 of the small green
sweaters and 200 of the medium green
sweaters by the end of this month red
and green sweaters actually we’re
running low on green sweaters and we’re
waiting on some green yarn from our
supplier we’ll get you started with the
red sweaters though no no no we need the
red and green sweaters together so
please just get as many green sweaters
ready as you can okay
I think we can get 200 of the green
sweaters to you on time which size has
higher priority the small ones take
priority sorry for such short notice but
we really need your help all right we’ll
do our best we’ll get those green
sweaters to you along with all the red
sweaters you ordered did you get it
right I hope you learned something from
this quiz let us know if you have any
questions see you next time
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