ONE HOUR ENGLISH LESSON - Learn English with the NEWS And Improve Your Fluency

Welcome to this one hour. English lesson Today  you're going to learn English with the news. We're  

going to read two different news articles together  so you can learn a lot of advanced vocabulary,  

complex grammar, and correct pronunciation. Let's  get started. First, I'll read the headline Harry  

and Megan Spotify Podcast Deal with Couple  ends. Now let's talk about the article.

A joint statement from Harry and Megan's  company and the streaming giant. The streaming  

giant is who based on the headline. Who's the  streaming giant? That's Spotify. So Spotify is  

the streaming giant. I wrote that here for  you and just know that if you were to say.

This.

The company and Spotify. You wouldn't say the  

Spotify because Spotify is  a proper name and we don't.

Put.

An article in front.

Of a proper.

Name, unless the name includes  the article, but in this case,  

the company is just called Spotify, not the  Spotify Company and Spotify the streaming giant.

Said they had mutually agreed to  part ways. So mutually means that  

both parties said yes I want this,  yes I want this. That is mutual.  

Now to part ways is another way  of saying to end a relationship.

You can use this in a business relationship,  such as the relationship with Harry and Megan  

and Spotify, but we also commonly use this in  personal romantic relationships. For example,  

let's say Fred is talking to his friend and he  could say my wife and I have decided to part ways.

And then the person will say, oh, I'm so sorry to  hear that. Or oh, what happened, depending on how.

Well, you know.

Fred, if you're going to ask followup questions  or not, but if Fred and his wife are parting ways,  

it's another way of saying they're  getting divorced. But it sounds a little  

less devastating than.

Getting.

Divorced. So we're just parting ways now here.  You could also say have decided to part ways.

And then you.

Could add, it was mutual. It was  mutual seeing that our decision  

to part ways to separate or to  divorce to end our relationship.

Was mutual. It was mutual. It  representing our decision to part  

ways. It was mutual. So they both said  yes I want to, yes I want to. It was.

Mutual. Now you could also.

Say.

It wasn't mutual, and this would imply.

That either Fred or his wife didn't want to  

part ways and wanted to remain in  the relationship. Let's continue.

Spotify confirmed it was not renewing Megan's  podcast. Archetypes. Listen to my pronunciation  

here, archetypes. There are three sounds  We have arc. This ends on a K sound arc.  

This is just a schwa sound as  we call it in our throat. Arca,  

Arca. And then the word  types. Archetypes, Archetypes.

The name of the podcast is archetype, but this is  also a noun in English, an archetype. This is a  

perfect example of something. For example,  Steve Jobs was the archetype of a leader.  

I'm using the verb to be in the past  simple because Steve Jobs is dead.

So we use the verb to be in the past simple when  someone has died. Now notice here I have my noun  

archetype, the archetype, which means the perfect  example of a leader. So the archetype of and then  

whatever. It's the example of. For example,  the Empire State Building is the archetype.

Of a skyscraper, so that could be another  example. The archetype of and then whatever  

the category is. So this is the name of  the podcast, but it also has a meaning in  

the English language. Same spelling, same  pronunciation. So the podcast archetypes,  

which ran for 12 episodes from  August 2022 for a second series.

So going back, Spotify confirmed it's not renewing  the podcast, which ran for 12 episodes from August  

2022 for a second series. Now notice they're using  the verb to run. We use this when we're talking  

about the length of time that a TV series, or in  this case, a podcast, is available to the public.

Let's take the popular TV show Friends, which is  no longer on the air, but you can still watch the  

old episodes of it. So we could say Friends ran  from and I have no idea when Friends ran from,  

do you? So we need the the date or the year when  Friends started on TV and then also when it ended.

So I'm just going to say I think it was in the  90s, right? 1992 to 19/19/98 This is not at all  

accurate. I have no idea if this is correct  at all, but friends ran from so this is the.

The date, the year that the show became publicly  

available and then when it  stopped as well. So we used.

The verb.

Ran. Now, don't worry about taking all of  these notes because I summarized everything  

in a free lesson PDF, so you can look in  the description or the comment section for  

the link to download the free lesson PDF. Let's  continue. The contract was estimated to be worth.

$25 million in late 2020. So at this time in  late 2020, late 2020 would represent later  

in the year. So January, February, March  that would be early 2020 and then July,  

August would be mid 2020 and then  November, December would be late 2020.

I wrote that here for you and also notice the  preposition because you use in with a year in 2022  

or in with a month as well. I'm going on  vacation in August but with a specific date  

you would use on. So you could say I'm going  on vacation. I'm going on vacation in August.

Where you could say in 2024 I'm  going on vacation on August 4th.  

So here when we have a specific date, so the  month and the date, then you would use on.  

We can use in for the year and in for the  month as well. So pay attention to these.

Small Words prepositions articles because  they're extremely important to be considered  

fluent and advanced in English. Let's continue.  The podcast deal was one of the major commercial  

agreements the couple entered into after quitting  royal duties and relocating to the US in 2020.

So notice.

You enter into an agreement.

The sentence structure is slightly different  because they're talking about the agreement  

1st and then they're saying the agreement the  couple entered into, which you can absolutely  

do. So let me write this for you. So the  agreement the couple entered into was worth  

25 million, for example. Otherwise  you could start with a subject we.

Entered into an agreement worth 25 million.  So pay attention to that sentence structure,  

but notice that you enter into and then an  agreement whether it comes before or after.

So let me.

Highlight there. So here we have  agreement, but then the enter into  

is separated after quitting. Notice  here we have your verb in ING the.

Gerund.

Verb because after is a preposition,  so of course you need your gerund.  

So we have preposition plus gerund  verb and after is our preposition.

After quitting royal duties and  relocating to the US in 2020.

So when you.

Relocate. It means you change your location  

from location A to location B. So you  might say I'm going to relocate in August.

I'm going to relocate on August 4th.  Same thing. So you're going to change  

your location from A to B. Now you can  use that for yourself personally where  

you live. You could also use that for  your company or even a restaurant. Oh,  

my favorite restaurant, relocated and now  they're all the way on the other side of town.

And maybe before they were very close to you,  

but then they relocated and they're  far away, so you're not going to.

Go even though.

It was your favorite restaurant.

I wrote that.

Example here for you. My favorite restaurant  relocated, changed its location from A to B,  

and now it's a 40 minute drive.  Notice here 40 minutes there's no.

S right?

Because 40 minute is an.

Adjective that describes  Dr. which is why there's no.

S even though.

It's plural. So this is an adjective 40.

Minutes. I'll just.

Put that here for you. 40  minutes and this is an adjective.

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this is the name of Megan's podcast.

Archetypes saw Megan speak to high profile figures  

like Serena Williams and Mariah Carey  about stereotypes leveled against women  

in December. So here are prepositioned in on  December 4th for example. But in December,  

Archetypes won the Top Podcast award at  the People's Choice Award in Los Angeles.

So clearly it was a popular podcast  at the time. What does this represent?  

Well, our last time reference was in December,  around the time of the People's Choice award,  

So that would be at the time, the last time  that is referenced at the time, Megan wrote.

I.

Loved digging my hands into the process.  Notice here, she said. Dig into, dig into  

the process. When you dig into something,  this is a phrasal verb and it simply means  

to learn or to uncover information. So, for  example, we need to dig into why our sales  

are down South. We need to just review the  information, review the sales and try to.

Learn why or uncover why something is  happening. So she's trying to learn  

about the process. I loved digging my hands into  the process and notice here the verbs are all in  

the ING form. That's because Megan is saying I  love, and love is a verb that uses the gerund.

So you have love. Because it's a verb of  preference, and following love we use the gerund.

I.

Loved digging into the process.  I loved sitting up late at night.

I.

Loved working on the writing. So that's  why all the verbs are in the gerund form,  

because they all follow. I loved.

But she's just not repeating. I love digging  in. I love sitting up. So just to avoid sounding  

repetitive, she's simply stating the verbs,  digging into the process. Sitting up late at  

night in bed, working on the writing and creative.  I'll write that as a note for you. Let's continue.

When the agreement was Spotify, the streaming  giant with Spotify was first announced. It was  

billed as a relationship which  would produce several series,  

but in the end only one materialized,  so here it was billed as. This isn't  

a very common expression, so I'm not going to  highlight it for you, but it simply means they.

They labeled it as or they described it as.  That would be the closest one. I don't hear  

build as very frequently so I don't recommend  using that. I would say it was described as  

a relationship which would produce  several series. So series of the  

podcast is series is made-up of a  collection of episodes, so on TV.

A series would have a number of seasons, and  there would be a group of episodes within each  

season. So maybe there's season one and  there's 12 episodes, season 212 episodes,  

and they release one season every year, or  one season every six months, for example.

So that's what this podcast was supposed to be. It  was described as, but in the end. So in the end,  

this is talking about in reality  what actually happened. In the end,  

only one materialized. In this case,  materialized is another way of saying  

happened, only one happened, only one was  actually produced and aired to the public.

So, but in the end, so talking about the reality  of what you did compared to what your plan was,  

For example, I wanted to go to the party  but in the end I stayed home. So you're.

In the end, simply.

Is referring to the reality  of what happened, whereas.

This was your.

Plan or your expected result what you anticipated?

And then this is In the end, this is the reality.  But in the and I stayed home. Let's continue.  

American media reports suggest  the royal couple failed to  

meet the productivity benchmark  required by Spotify. A benchmark.

Is something that you are.

Evaluated against, so perhaps on a  language exam the benchmark is getting.

8 out of 10 to be successful, so that's what  you're evaluated against. If you get 7 out of 10,  

well then you failed because you're below the  benchmark. And then if you get 9 out of 10,  

well then you succeeded.  You're above the benchmark,  

so the report suggest that they  didn't meet that benchmark.

Now. But the reports simply suggest it. It  doesn't mean it's true. So when you say the  

report suggests there's definitely an element  of uncertainty. It's not a fact for sure. So  

when someone suggests something, they're  just saying it is not 100% true. So the  

reports suggest the royal couple failed to meet  the productivity benchmark required by Spotify.

And therefore wouldn't be receiving the  full value of the contract since splitting.  

Remember there was that more polite way to  describe it. You learned at the beginning  

since splitting from the royal family, we could  say since parting ways from the royal family. So  

here they're not talking about the contract at  this moment, they're not talking about Spotify.

They're talking about when Harry and Megan decided  to part ways from the rest of the royal family,  

the King, the Queen, and then the brother William  as well. So to part ways is the more polite,  

softer, gentler way of saying it.  And then splitting is another way,  

a more blunt way of saying it,  splitting. So whole and then split.

So that's a casual way we can say that in a  relationship. Remember Fred and he said his  

wife and him are parting ways and it was  mutual. Fred could also say my wife and I  

split up is the phrasal verb. To  split up is another way of saying.

Separating, getting divorced or simply ending  a relationship so someone could ask you oh.

Are you still with?

Tony or Maria, and that's your boyfriend or  girlfriend and you can say no, we split up,  

We split up. So we ended our relationship, we  split up and then you can say we split up in.

In January or we split up on January  5th. If you want to be very specific,  

remember we are practicing our preposition.  So that's a very casual, blunt way of saying  

it. And then a softer, more delicate way of  saying it would be we decided to part ways.

But it was mutual. We both agreed to it, but it  was mutual and or you can just be blunt and say  

we split up, we split up. So since splitting  from the royal family, Harry and Megan have  

looked to capitalize on their global fame. So  when you capitalize on something you try to get  

the benefit of it and the of it being their  global fame. So they have all of this theme.

And then Harry and Megan could be discussing,  well, how can we capitalize on that? How can we  

benefit from that? So to capitalize on  something, notice that preposition on,  

because in my example I also say  it said how can we benefit from it?

Benefit from capitalize on So prepositions in  English is just a matter of memorization. Have  

looked to capitalize on their global fame  in order to become financially independent.  

That so their attempt to  capitalize on their global fame.

In order to become financially independent.

All of that is.

Summarized as that so that representing  this last point that has included a  

multimillion dollar content deal with Netflix  and Harry's huge contract with Penguin Books.

Which has already produced his  autobiography, Spare and Actually I Have.

Another lesson on learn English.

With the news where we review when Harry's book  Spare became available to the public, so you.

Can look in the.

Description for the link on that video as well.

And that's the end of.

Our article. So what I'll do now is I will  read the article from start to finish.

And this time you can focus on my pronunciation,  so let's do that now. Harry and Megan Spotify  

podcast deal with couple ends. A joint statement  from Harry and Megan's company and the streaming  

giant said they had mutually agreed to part  ways. Spotify confirmed it was not renewing  

Megan's podcast Archetypes, which ran for 12  episodes from August 2022 for a second series.

The contract was estimated to be  worth 25 million in late 2020.  

The podcast deal was one of the major commercial  agreements the couple entered into after quitting  

royal duties and relocating to the US in  2020. Archetypes saw Megan speak to high  

profile figures like Serena Williams and Mariah  Carey about stereotypes levelled against women.

In December, Archetypes won the Top Podcast  award at the People's Choice Award in Los  

Angeles. At the time, Megan wrote. I  love digging my hands into the process,  

sitting up late at night in bed,  working on the writing and creative.

When the.

Agreement with Spotify was first announced. It was  

billed as a relationship which  would produce several series.

But in the end only.

One materialized  

American media reports suggest the royal couple  failed to meet the productivity benchmark  

required by Spotify and therefore wouldn't  be receiving the full value of the contract.

Since splitting from the Royal.

Family, Harry and Megan have looked to capitalize.

On their global fame in.

Order to become financially independent.

That.

Has included a multi million.

Dollar content deal with Netflix and  Harry's huge contract with Penguin Books,  

which has already produced  his autobiography, Spare.

Amazing.

Job with that article. Now we're going to  move on to the next article. Feel free to  

take a pause, get a cup of tea if  you like, and let's continue on.

I'm sure you recognize Prince Harry,  and you may know that he just released  

a memoir called Spare. That's what we're  talking about today, and I'm sure that's  

what many people around the world are talking  about right now. So let's read the headline.

Prince Harry's memoir, Spare Which?

Captures the.

Ugly side of royal life hits.

Bookshelves.

Now let's talk about the title of  this memoir. A memoir is simply.

A book that talks about.

Your own experience or memories? A memoir now?

Spare.

In English, is an adjective. It's an adjective.

And it means extra or additional. That's not  in use, so not in use. So that means that's  

available. That's not in use, that's available.  For example, I could say, do you have an umbrella?

Now if I wanted to be more.

Specific I could say do.

You have a spare umbrella. Remember, as  an adjective, it comes before the noun,  

and it just lets you know that I don't want your  

umbrella if you're using it, I want an  additional umbrella that you're not using.

So you might say, do you do?

You have a spare.

Pen. If you're in a class and you're  taking notes, or you want to take notes  

and you don't have a pen, you could turn  to someone and say do you have a spare pen?

So I would guess that.

Spare in this context is  referring to the fact that.

He.

Is like the extra member of the royal  family, not in use because there's no.

Way he's ever.

Going to become king.

Because his older brother.

William is going to be king, so he's like the.

Spare. That's what I would guess.

I don't know if that's true or not.

Now let's talk about This hits bookshelves.

Hits bookshelves, so hit is our verb.

To hit, it's being used in a different.

Way, of course, because hit is this. That's  the verb to hit. But to hit a bookshelf.

When a.

Product hits a.

Location. It simply means to become  available, to become available so.

I'll write that out because.

It's used in the context of when a product.

Hits a location, it becomes available. So you  might ask, let's say a new iPhone was released.

Or.

Is going to be released? You might  ask. When does the new iPhone hit the?

Store.

Hit the shelves, hit the Internet.  Because you can buy it online, right?

Movies. When does that new movie hit? The  theaters become available in the theaters. So  

it's very commonly used. So when does his or his  new memoir became available hit the bookshelves?  

All right, let's continue on. Prince Harry's  memoir was released Tuesday. This is when it hit.

Bookshelves Tuesday.

Not only offering right now, when I see this,  

not only I know that later on in the sentence  they're going to say, but also not only.

But also because those 2GO.

Together, so let's find out where they say that,  not only offering new details on the British  

royal family's bitter internal feud after days of  bombshell revelations and promotional interviews.

Well, that was quite long actually,  

but also describing. So we use this expression  not only but also when we want to talk about.

2.

Different benefits or features or  points about one thing, So you might.

Say the book.

Not only talks about the.

Royal.

Family, but also talks about his relationship  with Megan Markel, his wife for example, not only,  

not only and then you have.

Your.

Claws.

But also, and then you have your second clause,  

your second point. So that's a very  advanced structure. It's a nice structure,  

so you can practice using that in your  own. We use this a lot in written English,  

but you can absolutely use it in spoken  English as well. So we have not only, but also.

Let's also look at this.

Bitter, bitter, bitter, bitter is an adjective.

When someone is bitter, they're angry  or upset about something that they just.

Can't.

Forget about.

So let's say last week or two weeks ago.

A friend didn't invite you.

To their party.

So you're angry and upset. You  were angry and upset at the time,  

but two weeks later you're still angry  and upset. So the anger and the feelings  

of being upset have lasted because of  that event. That's when you would say.

She's bitter.

She's been angry and upset for a long  time. Angry. Upset about a past event,  

I'll say. And you're still angry and  upset now. So the family's bitter feud.

A feud is a fight. It's another.

Way of saying fight, they're feud.

I do hear this quite a lot in the media to  describe when two people are fighting. It could  

be a family, it could be within a company, it  could be friends, celebrities. I often hear them  

describe it as a feud in the media. But honestly,  in in my own speech, in speech with my friends,  

movies, I don't hear that a lot. It's I  hear it more specifically in the media.

In everyday context, we just.

Say fight the family's bitter internal fight  

after days of bombshell revelations. Now  a bombshell is a announcement that has a.

Really big.

Impact because a bomb. Imagine a bomb, right? So  imagine you deliver news to someone and there's a  

big impact of that. In this case, a revelation  is information that wasn't available, secret  

information, and now it is available. And by  describing it as a bombshell, it had a big impact.

So that's a bombshell revelation, just information  being shared that has a very big impact.  

Let's continue on.

But.

Also describing how he fell headlong in  love with his future wife, Megan Markel.

So this was quite a.

Long paragraph and then I  summarized it in this very.

Short.

Paragraph. The media does that. They like to use  additional adjectives to make it sound really  

important or entertaining,  

when you can say the same thing in a  more simple way. OK, let's continue on.

While many of the details from the book,  titled Spare, have already been reported,  

its release at midnight Monday local time will  allow the public to get their hands on a copy of  

a memoir filled with glimpses into a rarefied  family riven by disagreement and distrust.

When you get your hands on something,  so notice the sentence structure.

Our verb.

Is the verb get one's hands. The one,  in this case is the subject they.

So it's there as the possessive.

Pronoun to get one's hands, plural hands  on is our preposition and then something.

When you get your hands on something,  it just means that you have it. And we  

usually use this when the something  might be difficult to to obtain  

or there's some sort of significance in obtaining.  Let's say there were only 10 iPhones that hit.

The shelves.

And.

I was able to get.

My hands on one.

I was able to.

Obtain one and that.

Is special or?

Significant because there aren't many.

Available, So here's the.

Example sentence. And remember  get one's hand. So you need to  

match the possessive pronoun to the subject, so I.

Put that here for you as well so.

You remember one's hands? Let's continue on.

OK, with glimpses into glimpses into when you  glimpse at something, you look at something  

quickly and you don't necessarily see  the whole thing, you just see a part  

of it. So let's say I'm driving. I might  glimpse at a billboard. A billboard is.

Just a poster.

That you see on a highway. So I'm  driving and I glimpse at it. I can't.

Stare at it or.

Look at it for a long time. Because I'm  driving, I have to pay attention to the road,  

so I might glimpse at it quickly. So to look  at something quickly, so that let me write.

That for you, so 2.

Glimpse 2. Glimpse at something.

Is to look.

At.

Something quickly So in this context, if we get  a glimpse into the royal family, it means we get.

To.

Look at the royal family, but only briefly,  because we only get to see what the memoir  

shares with us, right? So that's what  is trying to let us know we get to.

Look at the Royal.

Family, but only a little.

Bit.

Rarefied is an adjective, and as  an adjective it means not ordinary.

So of course, the Royal.

Family is not ordinary. They're  extraordinary. They're rarefied.

So we use this as an adjective to  describe the family. They're rarefied,  

the rarefied family. So if there is a company  that is quite different from ordinary companies,  

you might say it's a rarefied company,  for example, I don't think you'll use.

This adjective.

Too much in your vocabulary, but  just to understand the article,  

A rarefied family riven by disagreement.

Riven by is another way of saying divided  by. Because you have your family as a whole,  

the family is not arguing they're together.  But if the family is divided riven by it  

means the disagreement caused the family  to separate to become divided riven by.  

So this is another way of seeing divided by.

Divided by disagreement,  

Let's continue on. Some Britons flocked to  book shops overnight to be among the first  

to buy a copy of spare. When you flock to a  location. It describes when a large number of  

people go to a location, generally at or around  the same time. So you might say that people.

Flocked to the Apple Store  when the new iPhone hit.

The shelves.

When the new iPhone hit the shelves, they flocked.

To so a.

Large number of people and they generally  went around the same time because the iPhone  

was released at a specific date and  time and that's when everybody went.

So to.

Flock to a large number.

Of.

People, let's continue on. Some of  the book's most eyecatching passages  

include allegations that Harry's brother  and heir to the throne, Prince William,  

physically attacked him during a dispute that  his stepmother, Camilla, the Queen consort.

Leaked.

Private conversations to bolster her reputation  and that his father, King Charles the third.

Had pleaded with his sons to not make his  final years of misery with their arguing.  

So remember, we learned another  word, Another word for fighting.

We could say with their.

Arguing with their, fighting with.

Their.

Feuding That could be another.

Word with their.

Feuding, so I'll leave that there.

When something is eye-catching, it means that.

Your.

Eye is drawn to it, so your eye naturally.

Goes to it, it is.

More interesting or it stands out more it gets  your attention. That's eye-catching. So the.

Passages passage is just.

Right now we're reading a.

Passage of this article. So it's  a piece of the article Article.

And eye-catching is most interesting parts,  passages most interesting. Now it could be  

another adjective, interesting,  engaging, most entertaining.

For example, but I'll.

Just say most interesting.

An allegation is when someone  accuses someone else. You did this,  

That's my allegation against you. So Harry had  allegations against his brother William you.

Did this. That's what he said.

In the book, So he physically attacked  him, so physical means that there was.

Violence involved. He touched him. He maybe  hit him, we don't know. But there's some  

sort of physicalness. Attacked him during a  dispute. Dispute is another word for fight  

during a fight or an argument or again, a feud.

We could say.

Camilla leaked. When you leak something, it's  when you make it available, but it should not be  

available. So these private conversations, they're  private for a reason, but if you leak them,  

it's when I say, oh, here's the conversation  and I give it to you, but you shouldn't have.

It so that is the verb to leak.

This is a verb. I know it's a verb because  it's conjugated in the past simple. So to  

make information available when it.

Shouldn't be because it's private?

Information it's not.

Supposed to be public?

To bolster her reputation. Bolster in this  sense is another way of saying to improve,  

to increase, to bolster her reputation to  improve, improve or increase. But in this?

Case it's.

Improve because you don't necessarily increase  a reputation, but you can improve it. A lot  

of people don't like Camilla, right? She  has a negative reputation. She wants to.

Improve it to bolster it.

Now I think to plead with someone is please  don't, please don't. That's to plead with  

someone to plead with his sons, not to make  his final years a misery. A misery would be.

Terrible.

A misery with their arguing, feuding,  disputing or fighting. Let's continue on.

The publication of such a frank and revealing  

account is a near unprecedented event in  the centuries old history of Britain's.

Royals who has, Harry has.

Pointed out Double. As both a family and national  institution, the book has led to questions.

Over whether it could deal.

Lasting damage to the monarchy, even asking  whether its future existence is now less certain.  

Okay a frank.

And revealing account frank is another way  of saying honest and honest and revealing.

Just write this.

First honest revealing is when you.

Share A.

Lot of details, so that comes from  the verb to reveal, which means.

To share with details. So to  reveal. To reveal a lot of.

Details or information to share.

Share a lot of details or information and then  frank means honest. An unprecedented event is  

an event that doesn't happen very often.  It's never happened. It's unprecedented.

Now, unprecedented on its own  means that it's never happened.

Before.

But when you say near  unprecedented, it means that.

It's almost so near means almost in this  sense, so it's implying that it's almost  

never happened before, and the event is  sharing so much information about the  

Royal Family, publicly leaking that  information, giving you a glimpse.

Into.

The Private Life of the Royals, Okay.

And our.

Final paragraph Harry has.

Said that he still wants a reconciliation  

with his family. When you have  a reconciliation, it's when so.

Two parties, they're disputing, they're feuding,  they're fighting. But if they reconcile,  

which is the verb, to reconcile is when they  come back together as a family. So right now,  

there's Prince Harry here, and there's  Prince William, Prince Charles.

Or.

King Charles here, they're divided.

Right. So to bring them back together.

That's.

To reconcile, reconciliation is just the noun.

Of it.

To reconcile, we use this a lot  in a legal context because if a  

husband and wife, they separate, which is a legal.

Event when they no longer want to be  married. But then if they reconcile,  

it means they do want to be married again  and they do not end their marriage. That's  

reconcile. So to become friendly  again after a dispute to reconcile.

So he.

Wants to reconcile. He wants all reconciliation  with his family and believes one is possible.  

But asked whether he had burned his  bridges with his father and brother.  

To burn one's bridge is an idiom.  So imagine right now if I'm here.

And I want to get there. And there's a bridge.  I can easily go back and forth between the two,  

right? But if I burn the bridge,  the bridge is no longer there.  

I can't get there right. So it's when you  act in a way that makes reconciliation  

impossible, or act in a way that it's  impossible to get to something else.

So a lot of people are advised.

When you quit your job, don't burn  your bridges because you want.

To be able to go.

Back to that job in the.

Future How could you?

Burn your bridges.

Well, if you tell your.

Boss, you were the worst.

Employer I ever had. I hated working for you.  You're a jerk and you do something that makes it  

so your employer would never want to work with you  again. So that bridge to that job is gone, right?

So here I've added the definition and the  example. Don't burn your bridges when you.

Quit. So be very polite.

Friendly because you may need  a reference from your company,  

or you may want to go back to that company  in the future. So that's the article. I'm  

sure there's a lot more interesting  details about this new memoir. Spare,  

are you going to read it? Share in the  comments if you plan on reading this memoir.

And now what I'm going to do is I'm going to  read the article from start to finish in full,  

so you can practice along with my  pronunciation. Let's do that now.  

Prince Harry's memoir Spare, which  captures the ugly side of royal life.

Hits bookshelves.

Prince Harry's memoir was released Tuesday.

Not only offering new details on  the British royal family's bitter  

internal feud after days of bombshell  revelations and promotional interviews,  

but also describing how he fell headlong  in love with his future wife, Megan Markel,  

while many of the details from the book,  titled Spare, have already been reported.

It's release at midnight Monday local time, will  allow the public to get their hands on a copy of  

a memoir filled with glimpses into a rarefied  family. Riven by disagreement and distrust,  

some Britons flock to book shops  overnight to be among the first to.

Buy a copy of Spare.

Some of the book's most eyecatching  passages include allegations that.

Harry's brother and heir to  the throne, Prince William,  

physically attacked him during a dispute that his  stepmother, Camilla, the queen consort, leaked  

private conversations to bolster her reputation  and that his father, King Charles the Third,  

had pleaded with his sons to not make his  final years a misery with their arguing.

The publication of such a frank and revealing  account is a near unprecedented event in the  

centuries old history of Britain's  Royals who, as Harry has pointed.

Out double as both a.

Family and national institution.  The book has led to questions.

Over whether it could deal.

Lasting damage to the monarchy, even asking  whether its future existence is now less certain.

Harry has said that he still wants  a reconciliation with his family and  

believes one is possible, but  asked whether he had burned.

His bridges with his father.

And brother.

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