We're doing a 30 Day English Vocabulary Word Challenge and oh my gosh, guys, we're getting
close to the end! It's day 29, our second to last day. That's also called penultimate. Our
penultimate day. You are all totally crushing it on learning 105 words from the academic word list
with real examples, with quizzes. These are 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 a word you learn and post it on social. Don't forget to like and subscribe,
and don't forget 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 SITE.
It's a noun, the place where something such as a building is, was, or will be located, or will
happen. It's also short for website. Amazon has chosen a new site for its distribution center.
Let's look up close and in slow motion.
And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples.
I’m proud to say that they are live on the site today.
Here, she's talking about a website, two important resources for veterans.
Information on education benefits and disability benefits are live on the website. When you go to
vets.gov, you can see them there. I'm proud to say that they are
live on the site today. Here's another example.
Take a tour with a guide who will bring this ultra historical site to life.
Historical site. A place where something important happened in history.
Take a tour with a guide who will bring this ultra historical site to life.
Here's another example. And chaperones are on site,
but the girls are completely in charge. Chaperones are on site. They're there in place,
but the girls are in charge. The chaperones are only present in case there's an emergency.
A chaperone is a person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people.
For example, when a few parents go along on a school trip.
And chaperones are on site, but the girls are completely in charge.
Another example. This site is a is a new site
that was sort of discovered by a researcher named Dr. Ryan Daly, it's up near the Mozambique border.
A new site. A new place to go see these sharks. This site is a is a new site that was sort of
discovered by a researcher named Dr. Ryan Daly, it's up near the Mozambique border.
Our last example. And the money goes right to the school site.
The school site. Right to the school itself. And the money goes right to the school site.
Our next word is INJURY.
A noun, harm or damage, or an act or event that causes someone
or something to no longer be fully healthy, or in good condition. She
survived the accident without injury. Let's look again up close and in slow motion.
And now, we'll go to Youglish for five examples. They risk injury or death.
Risk injury or death. This is physically dangerous. One can get hurt or killed.
They risk injury or death. Here's another example.
So when you have a traumatic brain injury, you don't feel like yourself anymore.
When your brain is damaged, for example, from a fall.
So when you have a traumatic brain injury you don't feel like yourself anymore.
Here's another example. Had a recurring knee injury.
Recurring. That means this is a pain that keeps coming back. For example, you may have
a back injury that comes back every once in a while if you lift something that's too heavy.
Had a recurring knee injury. Another example.
I work primarily in the areas of personal injury and criminal law.
Personal injury. This is a common term in law. Driving around the US, you might see
a billboard for a law firm advertising that they are personal injury attorneys.
That means they handle cases where someone is hurt physically. This is
different from a case where someone's property is damaged, for example, or the reputation.
A reputation is something that can also be injured. She injured my reputation when
she started trashing my research in conversation with colleagues.
I work primarily in the areas of personal injury and criminal law.
Our last example. For older adults, the consequence
of just one fall can cause permanent injury. Permanent injury. Harm, damage that will not heal.
For older adults, the consequence of just one fall can cause permanent injury.
Our last word today has two pronunciations. Transfer and transfer. Different stress.
As a verb, it can be either pronunciation. First syllable stress or second. As a noun,
it's transfer, with first syllable stress. As a verb, this means to move someone or something
from one place to another. We transferred the baby's car seat to the other car.
As a noun, it means an act or process of moving someone or something from one place to another.
My bank transferred the funds in just under two minutes.
Notice with this TR cluster, it's very common to hear that as a CHR. This is true of all words
with the TR cluster. So rather than hearing tr, tr—transfer, you'll probably hear chr-- chr--
transfer, with a light CH sound. Let's look again up close and in slow motion.
And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples. They can transfer the virus to their baby.
Transfer the virus. This means the virus can move from the parent to the baby,
and the baby can also get sick. They can transfer the virus to their baby.
Here's another example. To get their first two years
and then transfer someplace else. Transfer someplace else.
This is talking about a job. You work somewhere for two years,
then transfer to another location within the company.
To get their first two years and then transfer someplace else.
Here's another example. And that was the first time
this peaceful transfer of power had ever happened. Transfer of power. This refers to the leaders
of a government peacefully handing over control to the newly elected leadership and stepping down.
And that was the first time this peaceful transfer of power had ever happened.
Another example. But in many large
scale wire transfers, it requires two people to sign off on the wire transfer.
Wire transfer. Sending money from one bank account to another.
But in many large scale wire transfers, it requires two people to sign off on
the wire transfer. Our last example.
Emails lend themselves very much to miscommunication.
They're great for information transfer. Great for information transfer. For sending
facts. But when it comes to things like tone, for example, is this person angry about this? That can
be misinterpreted, can lead to miscommunication. For example, here, is tone done differently for
the same phrase: I don't care or I don't care. Emails lend themselves very much to
miscommunication. They're great for information transfer.
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 have posted so far. Our next video comes out tomorrow at
10AM Philadelphia time, come back to learn three more vocabulary words. In the meantime,
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