Full English 39 with Misterduncan / What does democracy mean? / Repeat to Learn / Vent meaning

oh hello there here we are again with another full English lesson coming to

you from the birthplace of all these people

oh my goodness that's a lot of people and of course this is also the place

where the English language was created that is of course England so many words

so many phrases and I hear you ask where is the best place to learn all of those

words and phrases? right here on my youtube channel is my reply so stand by

because another full english lesson is going to start right...

now !

I often receive questions and comments from my students concerning the process

of learning English for which I'm always happy to receive and where possible

answer one such question concerns the action of

repeating things during the learning process a common criticism is the

tediousness of repetition the hard fact is that repeating things is a large part

of learning anything whatever it happens to be the action of repeating something

is there a baby must learn to walk by trying the same action again and again a

learner driver must undergo many training hours before getting it right

this also involves a great deal of repetition so what about English is it

really necessary to keep repeating words and phrases over and over? the answer to

that question is yes

the most obvious benefit of repeating things comes when

you want to get a new word or phrase to stay in here repeating things again and

again will literally create new stored information in your brain yes it might

seem boring and yes it will take time to accomplish but in the long run you will

learn to appreciate the power of repetition whilst we are on the subject

of repeating things it is also worth mentioning that you need to get into the

habit of learning new words and phrases every day don't shy away from absorbing

new information the secret is not to push yourself too far

a little learned everyday will lead to a lot gained each month as I always say

the important rules of learning English rely on the most basic actions read

listen repeat learn there it is again that magic word repeat repeat

repeat

do you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to vent your emotions?

have you ever had anyone vent their feelings towards you? the word vent

relates to the process of something flowing in a certain direction the

release of air through a hole or pipe is vent the use of the word exists as both

a noun and verb then there is what we call emotional venting which as its name

suggests is the release of emotion the action of venting comes in many forms

you might release your frustration aggressively by doing something physical

you might go for a run or partake in some certain sport by doing something

physically demanding you are releasing the tension whilst at the same time

producing some of those lovely endorphins that are great for making you

feel calm and settled you don't need to take any of those drugs to feel better

all you need is a few minutes of exercise you might choose to vent your

feelings verbally to someone close to you you feel the urge to talk to a

family member a close friend or even a complete stranger about what is making

you feel stressed you vent your emotions verbally towards someone counselling or

therapy will often involve a certain amount of venting to vent is to express

release divulge expel let off steam get something off your chest to vent is

normal as long as you do it in a way that is not harmful to others some

people might use aggression or violence to let their tension out apart from

talking to someone the action of being silent can also be a great way to vent

your inner angst meditation has become a popular method of venting those inner

feelings by understanding what is troubling the

individual and then putting it all in perspective

it's time to take a look at another buzzword a buzzword is a word or phrase

that is popular during a certain time or is generally used today's buzzword is

democratic in its most used sense the word democratic is the adjective form of

the noun democracy a democratic action is one where the population are given

the chance to make decisions about the course in which a nation should take

concerning individual rights and general law to be democratic is to observe the

rights of those living in a democracy the word democracy means a system of

government overseen by the whole population or all the eligible members

of a state typically through elected representatives the general population

are allowed to oversee the laws of the land and the rights of its citizens via

an elected group of representatives in business the major shareholders of a

company have the right to make decisions based on a democratic process that is to

say they have the right to vote on the decisions made you will often hear the

mention of democratic process when discussing the way in which political

decisions are made the process of allowing the majority to make decisions

based on a regulated voting system is the basis of a democracy the free voting

on major decisions is often done in the form of a referendum a vote is put

forward and those eligible are allowed to make their choice this also applies

to the election of those who represent the people not everyone supports the

democratic ideal it is often seen as just another form of elitism and is

viewed as both being corrupt and easy to manipulate in the past democracy has

been heavily criticised Winston Churchill described democracy as

the best of the worst form of government to be democratic is to follow the ideal

of living in the democracy the word itself derives from Greek and literally

means the people rule

here is something I haven't talked about for a very long time the subject of

opposite words is both fascinating and quite often confusing a good example is

the opposite of bend as a verb the opposite word is in fact straighten then

there is the action of clearing a misunderstanding which is also

straighten you can straighten something out with another person a conversation

that allows those involved to better understand each other's feelings is to

straighten things out we need to talk about what happened last night

and straighten things out to distort or twist an event to make it seem different

is to bend the truth you can bend the rules which means to do something

illegal but not serious that goes against the law or set of instructions

you are not supposed to be in here but I am willing to bend the rules this time

as adjectives bent and straight refer to being either good or bad a bent person

is one involved in criminal activity a straight person is law-abiding and a

good citizen an object that has been distorted out of shape has been bent the

action of doing this is bend a car accident can be described as a

fender bender this expresses the condition of a car after it has been damaged

then as I said at the start of this subject we have the opposite of Bend

which is straighten to make something level or without distortion is to

straighten are you still confused I hope that I have been able to straighten out

the confusion here so you won't be bent double trying to understand it as I

always try my best to be straight with you

well it looks as if we have come to the end of another full English lesson

but wait there apparently we still have a few moments left so to fill that time

here is a short poem isn't it strange the way people change from day today

isn't it queer whenever you hear the silly things people say isn't it sad

when you hear something bad it makes you want to cry but despite what you hear

one thing is quite clear to keep you from going mad say to yourself I am what

I am whatever they say or do my life is mine and whatever they say

I won't give a damn

okay that is definitely all we have time for today don't forget to

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misterduncan in the birthplace of English saying thanks for watching see you soon

for full English number 40 and of course...

ta ta for now 8-)

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