hi there my name is Emma and in today's
video I am going to teach you some new
words these words are all compound
adjectives so what is a compound
adjectives well a compound adjective is
when you have two words two different
words together with a hyphen English is
full of compound adjectives I'm going to
teach you maybe eight compound
adjectives that all have to do with
people's personalities so if you're
describing a friend a roommate your
family these are the types of words you
can use so let's get started the first
word I want to teach you is open-minded
okay open-minded students have a lot of
trouble with the pronunciation of this
word many students say I have or I am
open mind I am open mind know you need
open mine did did students always forget
the kid at the end so be aware be
careful what does it mean to be
open-minded if you are open-minded it
means you like to try new things when
something happens i when you have an
opportunity to try something new you
will do it you're a yes person if
somebody says do you want to eat a
spider well this might be extreme but in
some cultures they eat spiders they
might ask you do you want to eat a
spider if you're open-minded you'll say
sure yeah let's try it
you know if that's a little extreme
there are other cases of being
open-minded here's another example I
tried to eat the local food because I'm
open-minded okay so you like to try new
things you are open-minded maybe you
have never been outside of your country
if you go to a new country
maybe you will notice there's
differences in the culture if these
differences aren't upsetting to you if
you're willing to meet new people try
new things learn new ways of living you
are open-minded the opposite of
open-minded just like you open a door
closed closed minded so be careful with
the pronunciation of this closed-minded
so it's not close it minded closed
minded if you are closed-minded you
don't like to try new things trying new
things is very uncomfortable for you so
for example or thinking in new ways you
don't want to change the way you live
you don't want to think in new ways
you're very traditional and you don't
like change
you are closed-minded my mother won't
try anything new she is closed-minded
okay so if somebody doesn't want to
change is very uncomfortable with other
cultures other ideas they are
closed-minded another minded compound
adjective absent-minded absent you might
have heard this word before if you are
not in class you are absent the teacher
will mark you absent okay so when you're
absent you're not there absent minded is
when your brain if not there what does
this mean well it means you are thinking
about something different so you don't
see what's happening here's an example
to help you understand I have a friend
my friend her name is Lara
she is very absent-minded she's always
thinking about boys she's always
thinking about her boyfriend boy
troubles so because of that sometimes
she forgets to do her homework she's too
busy thinking about one thing she
doesn't realize what's happening around
her she is absent-minded Solara is
absent-minded she forgot to do her
homework okay
so you're not thinking about something
you're absent-minded your mind is
elsewhere another expression very common
expression laid back laid back what does
it mean to be laid back well this is a
very positive expression it's a it's a
good expression and it means you're a
very relaxed person you don't get angry
you don't get annoyed
you're very calm relaxed you go with the
flow you're very happy laid-back person
so for example I told you my friend
Laura she's very absent-minded she's
always forgetting to do her homework
because she thinks too much about boys
well her teacher is a very laid-back
teacher when she doesn't do her homework
her teacher does not get angry he does
not yell at her and say Lara why didn't
you do your homework
no he's laid-back he says oh it's okay
that's fine it's okay you didn't do your
homework he doesn't get angry he is
laid-back so let's look at some more
compound adjectives so the next word on
our list is hard-working okay what does
it mean to be hard-working if you are
hardworking it means when you go to work
you you work hard you you keep working
you try your best you don't give up you
just keep working working with working
hard working the opposite is lazy you
are not lazy if you are hard-working
okay so here's my example my boss likes
me because I'm hard-working so it's a
very positive thing if you are
hardworking it's a good thing many times
people will say this in a job interview
why should I hire you well because I'm
hardworking okay so it's good for a
resume to
self-conscious what does it mean to be
self-conscious well I'll show you if I
wear this hat I don't think it's a
pretty hat I think it's a silly funny
hat if I wore this outside on the street
maybe everyone would look at me
okay everybody would look at me they
would think why is she wearing that hat
it's not even a hat it's a shower cap
for when you take a shower I would my my
cheeks would turn red I would feel
really shy I would be self-conscious
when I wore my pink flower hat
I felt self-conscious it's similar to
being embarrassed okay
it means you feel a little bit
embarrassed and uncomfortable and you
feel that everyone is noticing what you
are doing everyone is watching you I
feel self-conscious now so I will take
off my hat
okay cool headed all right so what's
your head this is your head remember
cool head did it don't forget this part
if you are cool headed it means you are
a relaxed person you are a calm person
you think well during emergency
situations okay so for example in an
emergency I'm cool headed it means I can
think I can think clearly I don't panic
I think clearly if you think about
police officers firemen paramedics
you probably want them to be cool headed
because you want them to be calm during
an emergency the well not the opposite
but another word similar to cool headed
hot-headed
so we said cool now we're saying hot
what does it mean to be hot-headed if
you are hot-headed it means when you get
angry very quickly
you are hot-headed so a person who is
hot-headed gets angry so quickly okay
you say something to them they get angry
their face turns red it looks like
they're hot but they're really angry I
get angry quickly because I'm hot-headed
I'm hot-headed I get angry very quick
maybe you know someone who is hot-headed
do you think it would be nice to have a
boss who is hot-headed no you don't want
your boss to be hot-headed that's a
terrible situation you also don't want
your boss to be two-faced can you guess
what the word two-faced means if this is
your face and you have to what do you
think that means that expression if you
are two-faced it means some of the time
you seem nice to people but then when
those people aren't around you will be
very mean so for example if I have a
friend and I'm two-faced maybe I will
say to my friend oh you have a beautiful
dress I love the way you dress I love
what you wear you look so pretty if I'm
two-faced when she's not here I'll turn
to my other friends and say oh yeah did
you see what she was wearing
oh what an ugly dress it's the worst
dress I've ever seen she looks terrible
in that dress so it's where you act very
nice when the person you're talking to
is there but when they're not there you
talk to other people and say bad things
about this person she's two-faced you
can't trust her okay sometimes people we
work with unfortunately sometimes
they're very very nice to us when we
talk to them in conversation as soon as
you leave maybe they will say something
to another co-worker
oh she's lazy she's not hard-working
he's stupid he's he's hot-headed so if
someone talks badly about you behind
your back
they are two-faced
okay so I've taught you many compound
adjectives what I want you to do is
practice these by visiting our website
at wwlp.com there you can do a quiz and
you can see how many of these you
remember you can practice the
definitions seeing how we use them so
come visit our website hopefully you
will be hard-working when you can visit
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will do our quiz so until next time take
care
you