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hi everybody welcome back to ask alicia
the weekly series where you
ask me questions and i answer them baby
okay let's get to your first question
this week first question this week comes
from henry
laurent cossaci hello henry henry says i
once heard this conversation in a tv
series
hey how much are we short b 18
30 cents my question is is the
expression
how much are we short commonly used in
spoken english to describe this kind of
situation
thanks love from indonesia yes great
question
to be short means to not have enough of
something this is a very common
expression
in american english anyway and we use
this short
in many different grammatical forms so
in a question
how much are we short means how much
more or how many more
of this thing do we need in statements
you might hear
i'm three dollars short or he's
short by about 150 dollars
or we're short a few chairs i'll get
some from the other room
so you'll notice that there's a buy
after
short in example two here and he's short
by
about 150 you can choose to include that
if the number or if the amount
comes after the word short if the number
comes before the word
short you should not include buy so i'm
three dollars short i'm 150 dollars
short
perfect if the number follows short he's
short by about 150 dollars
you can include it but you do not have
to as in the third example sentence
we're short of few chairs so we do not
have to include buy but we can
we're short buy a few chairs is also
totally correct so that's up to you
we can also use short in this way to
mean not
enough as a verb as in the bartender
shorted me on my drink which means the
bartender did not
pour enough liquid into my drink or
i think the cashier shorted me on my
change which means
i think the cashier did not give me
enough change
so you may also hear this used as a verb
in this way
so yes to answer your question again it
is a very common expression it's very
useful
and it means to not have enough of
something and to recognize that
and to kind of make a question or a
statement about
what should have been provided or what
is still needed so i hope that this
helps you
thanks very much for the question let's
move on to your next question
next question comes from nilo pena flor
hello nilo nilo says hi alicia i'm
confused about the word
compromise it has several meanings can
you please explain it and use it in some
sentences
sure i talked a little bit about the
difference between
compromise and agreement in a recent
episode of ask alicia
so let's refresh there to begin a
compromise
refers to an agreement that you reach an
agreement that you make
after changing your plans a little bit
so side a
and side b have different ideas about
something they change their ideas
slightly
and make an agreement so that agreement
is called a compromise so it's not quite
a's idea not
quite bee's idea but they kind of work
together to find a solution
so that's a compromise that's a noun we
can use this as a verb as well
to compromise means to make an agreement
after
changing both plans a little bit where
there might be some confusion however is
in the
other ways to use compromise as a verb
we use compromise as a verb to mean to
expose
or to reveal something that's supposed
to be hidden or to reveal something that
is supposed to be secret
so you might have heard it used in this
way in like action films like james bond
movies or like mission impossible movies
you might hear a sentence like for
example james bond has been compromised
which means someone realized james bond
the spy
was in a location and he was supposed to
be hidden
he was supposed to be like a secret
agent like no one is supposed to know
about him
but someone learns about him someone
exposes
james bond he's no longer safe so
compromised in that way
refers to something or in this case
someone
being exposed or revealed that was
supposed to be confidential that was
supposed to be secret
we can also use compromise as a verb in
this way
to talk about communication this can be
like phone calls
paperwork official documents and so on
in an example sentence you might hear
something like
the president's phone call was
compromised which means for example
someone who was not supposed to listen
to the phone call
heard information private information or
maybe
information inside the call was shared
to someone who was not supposed to have
the information
so was compromised or has been
compromised as in my james bond example
sentence you can see that this
verb is commonly used in the passive
form because we don't always know the
recipient of the information we don't
always know
the person who exposed something or
revealed something
so there is this meaning of compromise
as i said you will
very commonly see this in a passive
sentence structure
when you talk about making an agreement
with someone you'll probably see it
more i would say in an active sentence
structure
as a noun then it's kind of different so
to make a compromise you'll usually see
it
in something like that to make a
compromise as part of that expression
so i hope that this gives you a good
introduction to the different ways that
we use
compromise especially this special
meaning of revealing or exposing
something that is secret
i hope that this helps you thanks for an
interesting question okay let's move on
to your next question
next question comes from kunduzai
aderbikova i hope i said that right
hello kundazai
kundazai says hi alicia my question is
about this statement
is it grammatical to say i don't feel
like plus
verb in the ing form how do we use it in
the correct way
in what cases can i use it thanks for
your answer yes
it is grammatical to say i don't feel
like verb
in the ing form totally grammatical
totally natural totally correct
you could say i don't feel like watching
a movie or i don't feel like going out
tonight
or i don't feel like doing that right
now so this is a very
casual expression which means i am not
in the mood for that activity we usually
use it with
at this time or right now or tonight
it sounds like something you don't want
to do now but maybe you want to do it in
the future
like i don't feel like watching a movie
tonight totally natural
you should know however that this is a
very casual expression
we tend to use this with very close
friends or with family members so people
that we have a very close
relationship with i would not recommend
you use this at work or in any other
professional situation
because it sounds like you have kind of
a low opinion of that activity like
i don't feel like doing that right now
so it sounds like it's kind of emotional
or
feeling based decision so don't use this
in professional situations but yes
you can absolutely use this expression
to talk about something you don't want
to do
at a specific point in time usually so i
hope that this helps you
thanks for your question okay let's move
on to our next question
next question comes from ahmed hello
ahmed ahmed said
adele said but it don't matter why did
she say
don't with it yeah in terms of standard
like correct
english this is grammatically incorrect
but
many singers like to use this kind of
technically incorrect grammar
to sound kind of cool or to sound kind
of rough so
yes the sentence in like standard
english should be
but it doesn't matter but for various
reasons including like
sentence rhythm or song rhythm in this
case or also just to sound
kind of cool or rough a singer or an
artist might choose to use on purpose
in correct grammar in this case but it
don't matter
so if you want to sing along with the
song great you should use the same words
that adele uses
but if you're speaking and you want to
express this idea make sure you use the
correct grammar but it doesn't matter is
actually the correct way to say this
so i hope that this helps you thanks for
the question okay
on to our next question next question
comes from
rachel hello russell russell says hi
alicia
my question is what is the difference
between race
and ethnicity great question
for a very broad answer so for a very
general answer
you can think of race as related to
your biology so this is something that
you cannot change your race is the stuff
that you're born with essentially so
common things that we think about with
race relating to race or maybe the color
of a person's skin
or the shapes of the features of their
face and so on so we cannot change
race ethnicity on the other hand is like
your
cultural identity so what are like the
traditions what are the shared
values in your community the things that
make your community what it is so to
give an example of the difference
imagine you are a person from india and
you move to
the usa with your family when you're a
baby
so you could say my race is indian
my ethnicity is indian american so
that's the difference here so your race
is something you cannot change
ethnicity may change over time for some
people so
this is a very general answer to this
question this is a very big discussion
as well too but a very interesting one
so thanks very much for this interesting
question
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本周的第一个问题 本周的第一个问题
来自 henry
laurent cossaci 你好 henry henry 说我
曾经在电视连续剧中听到过这段对话
嘿 我们卖空了多少 b 18
30 美分 我的问题是
表达
多少 我们在
英语口语中常用来形容这种
情况
吗谢谢来自
印度尼西亚的爱 所以
在一个问题
中，我们有多短意味着
我们需要多少或多少这个东西在你可能听到的陈述中
我是三岁 美元短缺，或者他
短缺大约 150 美元，
或者我们短缺几
把椅子 包括
如果数字或
金额在短字之后如果
数字在短字之前
你不应该包括购买所以我少了
3 美元我少了 150 美元
如果数字跟在短他是
空的完美 大约 150 美元，
你可以包括它，但你
不必像第三个例句中那样
我们缺少几把椅子，所以我们
不必包括购买，但我们可以
我们短缺买几把椅子也是
完全正确的，所以 这取决于你，
我们也可以用这种方式使用 short 来
表示
作为动词不够用，因为调酒师
在我的饮料上卖空了我，这意味着调酒师没有在我的饮料中
倒入足够的液体，或者
我认为收银员在我的零钱上卖空了我
这意味着
我认为收银员没有给我
足够的变化，
所以你也可能听到这个用作动词
的方式，
所以是的，再次回答你的问题，这
是一个非常常见的表达方式，它非常
有用
，它意味着没有足够的
东西并认识到这一点
并做出一个
关于
应该提供什么或
仍然需要什么的问题或声明，所以我希望这
对你有帮助
非常感谢这个问题让我们
继续你的下一个问题
下一个问题来自尼洛佩纳弗洛
你好尼洛尼洛说你好艾丽西亚我 我
对妥协这个词感到困惑
它有几个含义
你能解释一下并在一些句子中使用它
确定我
在最近的一集中谈到了妥协和同意之间
的区别问艾丽西亚
所以让我们刷新那里开始
妥协
指 达成的协议 你
在稍微改变计划后达成的协议
所以甲方
和乙方对某事有不同的
想法 他们改变了他们的
想法 tly
并达成协议，这样协议就
被称为妥协，所以这不是
a 的想法，
也不是 bee 的想法，但他们
共同努力寻找解决方案，
所以这是一个妥协，这是一个名词，我们
也可以将其用作动词
来表示妥协 意味着在
稍微改变两个计划后达成协议，
这可能会造成一些混乱，但是
在
其他方式中使用妥协作为动词，
我们使用妥协作为动词来表示
暴露
或揭示
应该隐藏的东西或 透露一些
应该是秘密的东西，
所以你可能听说过它以这种
方式出现在像詹姆斯邦德电影这样的动作片
或不可能完成的任务的电影中，
你可能会听到像詹姆斯邦德这样的句子
已经被泄露
，这意味着有人意识到詹姆斯 邦德
间谍在某个地方，他应该
被隐藏起来，
他应该像一个秘密
特工一样，没有人应该
知道他，
但有人知道他 某人
暴露
詹姆斯邦德 他不再安全 所以
以这种方式妥协
是指某事，或者在这种情况下，
某人
被暴露或透露
应该是机密的，
应该是秘密的，
我们也可以用妥协作为动词以
这种
方式交谈 关于沟通 这可以
像电话
文书工作 官方文件等等
在一个例句中，您可能会
听到总统的电话被
泄露，这意味着例如
，不应该
听电话的人
听到了信息 私人信息或者
可能
通话中的信息被共享
给了不应该拥有
该信息的人，
因此被泄露或已经被
泄露，就像我的詹姆斯邦德
例句中一样，您可以看到这个
动词通常以被动形式使用，
因为我们并不总是知道 信息的
接收者我们并不
总是知道
暴露某事或
透露某
事的人在那里 这是妥协的意思
吗，正如我所说，当您谈论与某人达成协议时，您
通常会在被动句结构中看到这一点，
您可能会更多地看到它，
我会在主动句
结构
中作为名词说 不同，所以
要做出妥协，你通常会
看到类似这样的
妥协，作为表达的一部分，
所以我希望这能让你
很好地了解我们使用妥协的不同方式，
特别
是揭示或 揭露
一些秘密
我希望这能帮助你感谢一个
有趣的问题好吧让我们
继续你的下一个问题
下一个问题来自 kunduzai
aderbikova 我希望我说的没错
你好 kundazai
kundazai 说你好 alicia 我的问题是
关于这个陈述
是吗 语法上说我不
喜欢加
动词ing形式我们如何
以正确的方式使用它
在什么情况下我可以使用它谢谢
你的回答是的
说我不觉得
像
ing 形式的动词是合乎语法的 完全语法
完全自然 完全正确
你可以说我不想
看电影或
今晚
不想出去 喜欢
现在就这样做，所以这是一个非常
随意的表达方式，这意味着我
没有心情进行我们通常
在这个时候或现在或今晚使用它的活动，这
听起来像是你
现在不想做的事情，但也许 你想在未来做这件事
就像我今晚不想看电影一样
自然
你应该知道这是一个
非常随意的表达
我们倾向于与非常亲密的朋友或家人一起使用它
所以我们有的人
与我的关系非常密切，我不建议
您在工作或任何其他
专业情况下使用
它，因为听起来您
对该活动的评价很低，就像
我现在不想这样做，
所以听起来像是 一种情绪化
或
基于感觉的决定，所以不要
在专业场合使用这个，但是
你绝对可以用这个表达
来谈论你通常不想
在特定时间点做的事情，所以我
希望这可以帮助你
感谢你的问题 好吧，让我们
继续我们的下一个问题
下一个问题来自 ahmed 你好
ahmed ahmed 说
阿黛尔说但没关系
她
为什么说不要用它是的，就标准而言，
比如正确的
英语，这在语法上是不正确的，
但
很多歌手喜欢 使用这种
技术上不正确的
语法听起来有点酷或听起来
有点粗糙，所以
是的，像标准英语一样的句子
应该是
但没关系，但出于各种
原因，包括
在这种情况下的句子节奏或歌曲节奏
或 也只是为了听起来
有点酷或粗鲁，在这种情况下，歌手或
艺术家可能会选择故意
使用正确的语法，但
没关系，
所以如果你想和这
首歌一起唱很棒 你应该使用与阿黛尔相同的词
，
但如果你在说话并且想
表达这个想法，请确保你使用
正确的语法，但这
实际上是正确的表达方式并不重要，
所以我希望这对你有所帮助 谢谢你
的问题 好的
，我们的下一个问题 下一个问题
来自
rachel 你好 russell russell 说你好 alicia
我的问题是
种族和种族之间的区别
与
您的生物学有关，因此这是
您无法改变种族的东西
是您与生俱来的东西，这些东西本质上
是我们认为与
种族有关的种族，或者可能
是一个人的皮肤颜色
或形状 他们的
面部特征等等，所以我们不能改变
种族种族另一方面就像
你的
文化身份所以什么像
传统你社区的共同
价值观是什么 t
让你的社区变得如此
举一个不同的例子
想象你是一个来自印度的人，
当你还是个婴儿的时候你和家人一起搬到美国，
所以你可以说我的种族是印度人
我的种族是印度裔美国人 所以
这就是这里的区别所以你的种族
是你无法改变的
种族对于某些人来说可能会随着时间而改变
所以
这是对这个问题的一个非常笼统的
答案这也是一个非常大的
讨论但是一个非常有趣的讨论
非常感谢 这个有趣的
问题
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