90 MINUTE ENGLISH LESSON - Learn English Through Stories And Improve Your Fluency

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Welcome to JForrest English training. I'm Jennifer  and today you're going to learn English through  
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stories. We're going to review four different news  articles. And through this review, you're going  
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to learn a lot of advanced vocabulary, advanced  grammar, and even the correct pronunciation. Let's  
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get started. Welcome to our article today we're  talking about Rihanna. And we're talking about  
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her performing during the Superbowl. Did you watch  the Super Bowl? Now at the time of recording this  
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video, the Super Bowl and Rihanna has performance  is in the future. But when you watch this video,  
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it will be in the past. So did you watch the Super  Bowl? Did you see Rihanna? Performance? Let us  
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know in the comments. First, I want to clarify  that the Super Bowl is the final competition for  
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football. Now when I say football, I'm talking  about of course American football just in case  
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there's any doubt. Here's American football. I  included this at the very end of the article,  
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because in North America, we refer to football  which is American football. And then we have  
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soccer, which the rest of the world calls  football. So I understand this confusing,  
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but this article is about the Super Bowl, which  is the final competition for football, American  
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football. With that explanation. Let me read our  title. Super Bowl 2023 halftime show. The halftime  
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show is the musical performance that takes place  at half time. So 50% into the game. They play  
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for maybe an hour and then they take a break from  the game and then they have the halftime show. So  
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that's why it's called half time because it takes  place in the middle of the Super Bowl. I wrote the  
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definition for you here. Super Bowl 2023 halftime  show. What to know about Rihanna is performance.  
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So Rihanna is performing at the halftime show.  As Super Bowl 57 They're calling it Super Bowl 57  
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Because this is the 57 Super Bowl and of course  is taking place in 2023. So let's continue on.  
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Any casual Super Bowl viewer knows that  the colossal event is as much about music.  
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So the colossal events is of course the Super  Bowl. That's the event now colossal just means  
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really big. If you didn't know the Super Bowl  is huge in America, it's extremely popular. So  
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that's why they said colossal. Colossal means  really really really big. Keep in mind that in  
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this context big isn't necessarily referring  to the size of the game is referring to the  
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popularity of the game. So really, really, really  popular. Around the World. Football. Soccer is a  
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colossal event. The World Cup is a colossal event.  So they're saying that the Super Bowl the colossal  
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event is as much about music and commercials  as sports. So they're saying of course,  
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sports. The football is really important for the  event. Obviously that's the reason it exists. But  
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the music is a very important part of the Super  Bowl. A lot of people will watch the Super Bowl.  
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They don't even like football. They watch it just  for the music, the entertainment and the halftime  
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show. And they also watch it for the commercials  because the Superbowl is so popular brands want  
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their commercials displayed during the Superbowl  because millions and millions of people will be  
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watching so they'll watch that commercial.  So these brands invest a lot of money into  
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the commercials, and the commercials are usually  very entertaining. They usually include a lot of  
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Hollywood actors in the commercials are famous  people in the commercials. So people will watch  
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it for the music, the commercials and the  sports. So notice this sentence structure  
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as much about x as y this is a nice sentence  structure. The sentence structure is as much  
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about x as y. So my example sentence is I  learned as much about football as English  
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in this lesson. So this is something you could  say. Now notice in the sentence structure, the  
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topic of the lesson is English. So it is the why  bite. Something that you didn't expect to learn  
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about you include first, which would be x so you  probably didn't expect to learn about football,  
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American football. When you started watching this  lesson you just wanted to learn about English,  
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but you're also learning about football, American  football. So try that as an example sentence in  
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the comments to practice this structure. So let's  continue on in recent decades. The end of the  
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NFL NFL stands for National Football League. The  NFL season has evolved into an all day all night  
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event. Let's talk about our verb evolve. This  comes from the word evolution. So when something  
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evolves, it changes or develops gradually, which  means slowly so to develop or change I'll add  
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change gradually which means slowly. So they're  saying in the past, it was just about the sport,  
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but then slowly they introduced music and  it became more popular and more popular  
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and more popular so it changed or developed.  slowly, gradually. And now it's an all day all  
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night event. Notice that all day and all night  are adjectives. They're describing the event.  
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So let's compare these two sentences I studied  all day. This is just your time reference.  
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I had an all day lesson. The time is exactly the  same for both of these all day would represent  
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the entire day from nine in the morning till five  o'clock PM, for example. But this grammatically  
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it's being used as an adjective. So it  comes before your noun This is a noun,  
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but all day we generally include this  after our verb at the end of the clause,  
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because it doesn't necessarily come after a  verb because you can say I studied English at  
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school all day. So we put it at the end of the  entire clause, but here as an adjective, it comes  
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before the now let's continue on with marquee  artists. Marquee. This is an adjective. It simply  
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means very popular or well known. So you could  say she's a marquee singer. She's very popular and  
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well known. And that would definitely be Rihanna,  right? Popular. Well, no. And it's an adjective.  
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With marquee artists like Rihanna and others  taking the field to take the field just means  
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performing before kickoff. Kickoff is how  they start the game. And during halftime,  
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so that means that artists will perform before  the game starts because kickoff is the start  
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of the game. This is just specific  vocabulary to the sport of football,  
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which is why I'm saying you're also learning  about football. But we can also use this in  
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a more everyday context you can say let's kick  off the meeting with a summary of the conference.  
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So let's kick off in this sense kick off means  start. It's a phrasal verb that means start and  
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that likely comes from this football vocabulary.  So at the start of the game, and during halftime,  
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which is in the middle of the game. Let's continue  on. You probably know that Rihanna is taking the  
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stage. So again before we heard taking the field,  the field is where they play football. This is  
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the field I believe they also use that in soccer  the same terminology soccer field football field,  
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taking the field taking the stage it  just means performing at halftime.  
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The game is being broadcast by Fox so this is just  where you can watch the game. Watch it on cable or  
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free with an over the air antenna. I don't know  what an over the air antenna is to be honest,  
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pregame festivities. festivities are just any sort  of activities specific to football. So that's a  
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good term, just any activities, activities. So  the festivities could be there couldn't be some  
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entertainment before there could be some different  foods you can eat performances you can watch all  
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of those would be considered festivities. Maybe  there's an area where you can take pictures  
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wearing football equipment. Funny pictures, so  all of that would include festivities. You can  
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have festivities before any event before your your  birthday party so any type of parties weddings,  
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even a conference you can have festivities and  you could say for example, the wedding starts  
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at five but the festivities start at three so  there'll be some activities organized for the  
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guests before the wedding officially starts  All right. So the festivities start at 6am.  
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Eastern time, three pacific time with  kickoff so the official start of the  
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game at 630. So they're only giving you 30  minutes for festivities, which isn't a lot.  
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Okay, let's continue on. Considering that the  halftime production so the halftime production  
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is Rihanna performing. That's the production. It  runs between 12 and 15 minutes. This is the length  
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of time that Rihanna has for her performance. So  she'll be singing dancing for 12 to 15 minutes.  
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That's not a lot of time. Notice our verb  here to run. This means use specific width  
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and event when you're talking about the time of  being any event. You can use this in a business  
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context. Like a conference you could say the first  presentation will run for 20 minutes for example,  
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the verb run is used specifically in a  entertainment context or when there's a  
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performance so we can think of a presentation as a  performance, which is why you can use the verb run  
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there is much to compress. So to compress is  you take a lot of something and you compress it  
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into a small amount. So they're talking about  Rihanna catalog. Her catalog is just her past  
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songs so all her past songs are her catalog. So  in her 17 year career, notice here 17 Here this  
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is an adjective which is why there is no s on  year because adjectives don't take plural form,  
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so we don't add an s there. Her 17 year  career has spawned 14 Number one songs  
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spawn is a verb to spawn and it means to  cause something new. So her career caused  
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these 14 songs and 32 Top 10 songs, her career  cause them to happen. That's the verb spawn.  
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Here's an example sentence her success spawned  many books. So her success cause many books to be  
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written. Now other people could have written about  her success, for example. So her career spawned 14  
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Number one songs and 32 Top 10 songs. Top 10 is  also an adjective. It's describing the popularity  
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of the song. It's within the top 10 most popular  songs so she had 32 songs that were within that  
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category of top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.  So medleys are a bet worth making. Okay, let's go  
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back up here because they're saying that remember,  they're talking about the fact that the halftime  
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show is only 12 to 15 minutes. Rihanna has many,  many songs, but because of the compressed time,  
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she may have to do some medleys, medleys are when  you take two or more songs and you combine them  
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into one song, so she might sing just a part of  one of her songs umbrella, for example, and then  
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she'll sing the first 30 seconds and then she'll  switch into another song and sing a little bit of  
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that, because fans want to hear more than just two  songs. But in 12 minutes, you can probably only  
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do two songs, right? So that's why she might do  medleys now are a bet worth making. When you make  
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a bet you're making a prediction that something  will happen. I just Googled it. And the two teams  
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competing at the Super Bowl are the Philadelphia  Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. Now remember  
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to make a bet to make a bet not is when you make  a prediction about what will happen. I could say  
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I bet that the Eagles will win. Now notice my verb  tense here I'm using the Future Simple because we  
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use the Future Simple with predictions and bet is  a prediction is the exact same thing as saying I  
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predict that the Eagles will win. I bet that the  Eagles will win predict sounds a little formal,  
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like the literal definition and bet sounds more  natural. Now you already know who won because  
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remember when I recorded this video the game was  in the future. So who won the Super Bowl? Share  
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that in the comments? Was my prediction right? Was  my bet. Right? Let's continue on. Even though she  
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teamed with a pair of marquee names. Remember we  already know that marquee means extremely popular  
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marquee names in 2015 for four or five seconds,  four or five seconds is the name of one of Rihanna  
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songs. And the marquee names the very popular  people that she teamed with team is just when  
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two or more people come together for a specific  purpose. I'm sure that's obvious because we  
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have sports team, right? And that's exactly what  they do on a sports team. So those marquee names  
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are Kanye West, obviously very popular. And Paul  McCartney. Again, very popular. So Kanye West is  
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a marquee name, or Kanye West is a marquee singer  because remember, marquee is just an adjective.  
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Okay, it is beyond doubtful that either  would appear. So they're saying that yes,  
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she did team with these very popular people in  the past but they're not going to sing with her  
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during the halftime show. Beyond doubtful just  means more than doubtful, more than doubtful. So  
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it sounds like you're just saying very doubtful.  You're You're intensifying the amount of doubt.  
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So again, using our prediction with I bet,  you might say I bet that Kanye West will  
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sing with Rihanna. Now, of course, this probably  wouldn't be a smart bet to make because it sounds  
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like everybody saying it won't happen. But this  could be your prediction. But going back to her  
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roots is a possibility. When you go back to  your roots, it means you go back to where  
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you originally started. So where did Rihanna  originally start as a singer? I don't know.  
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Maybe they'll say going back to her roots is a  possibility. Which would mean a Jay Z sighting on  
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umbrella. Okay, this makes sense because Umbrella  was Rihanna was first popular song I believe.  
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So that is her roots her roots, remember is  where she started and she started with the song  
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umbrella and Jay Z was on the song umbrella.  So they're saying now it might be better to  
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say I bet that Jay Z will sing with Rihanna,  and that might be a bat worth making is worth  
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making because it's likely to happen her eight  times platinum smash with the rapper from 2007  
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Jay Z called her a generational talent in  announcing her as the halftime performer Okay,  
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so Jeezy was the one who announced that  Rihanna will be performing at the halftime  
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and when he announced that he referred to her as a  generational talent. Generation generational means  
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that Rihanna represents her entire generation.  So that's a very nice thing to say.  
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So clearly respect is there. That means that Jeezy  respects Rihanna, and the evidence is that he  
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called her a generational talent. And that might  be even more evidence to suggest that he might  
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sing with her at the halftime show. So since this  is in the past hour, did Jay Z sing with Rihanna?  
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Did you watch it? Share that in the comments  below. And that's the end of our article. So  
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what I'll do now is I'll go back to the beginning  and I'll read the entire article in full and this  
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time, you can focus on my pronunciation  and practice along with my pronunciation.  
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Super Bowl 2023 halftime show. What to know  about Brianna's performance at Super Bowl 57.  
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Any casual Super Bowl viewer knows that the  colossal event is as much about music and okay  
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commercials as sports in recent decades. The  end of the NFL season has evolved into an all  
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day all night event with marquee artists taking  the field before kickoff and during halftime.  
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You probably know that Rihanna is taking  the stage at halftime. The game is being  
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broadcast by Fox watch on cable or free with  an over the air antenna. Pregame festivities  
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start at six eastern time three pacific time with  kickoff at 630. Eastern Time 330 Pacific Time.  
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Considering that the halftime production  runs between 12 and 15 minutes, there is  
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much to compress from Brianna's catalogue,  her 17 year career has spanned 14 Number one  
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songs and 32 Top 10 songs on the Billboard  Hot 100. So medleys are a bet worth making.  
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Even though she teamed with a pair of marquee  names in 2015 for four or five seconds,  
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that would be Kanye West and Paul McCartney. It  is beyond Delco that either would appear but going  
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back to her roots is a possibility, which would  mean a Jay Z signing on umbrella her eighth time  
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platinum smash with the rapper from 2007 Jay Z  called her a generational talent in announcing  
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her as the halftime performer so clearly respect  is their amazing job with that article. Now feel  
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free to hit pause take a break, go get a cup  of coffee or tea review the vocabulary you  
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just learned. And when you're ready, hit play,  and we'll continue on with the next article.
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Hello, hello and welcome to our article today. As  you can see, we're talking about the navigation  
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app. Wait, let's read the headline feels like  Google is letting Waze die. Widespread bug makes  
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Google Maps the only option. Now in North America,  Waze is not very popular. I actually don't know.  
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Many people if anyone who use Waze, most people  just use Google Maps or Apple Maps for navigation.  
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But when I was living in Costa Rico, Waze was  the preferred choice. Everybody used Waze.  
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So what's it like in your country? Do you use  Waze use Google Maps Apple Maps? Share that in  
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the comments. Let's talk about this headline here  feels like Google is letting Waze die, widespread  
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bug. I think most people know this because it's  a computer term, right? A bug is a problem.  
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And we use this specifically with technology so  
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I can't use this app. There's some sort of  bug. So some sort of problem. I don't know  
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what it is. I can't use this app. There's above  there is a problem. Or you might ask someone,  
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can you help me? Can you help me fix this bug,  this problem specific with technology? So you can  
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definitely use the now bug when you're using it?  In the context of technology is very common. Now  
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widespread? I hope you understand from the context  of the article, but spread is when something  
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moves. So we use this a lot with illnesses the  spread of COVID That's probably how you've heard  
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it before. So when something moves so widespread  is when it's a problem or a situation that impacts  
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many people or many places widespread. So this  is an adjective. So as an example sentence,  
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I could say corruption is widespread. This is  my adjective. Corruption is widespread in our  
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company. So corruption affects many people  or many different areas of our company.  
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So a very useful adjective you can use. So they're  saying this problem with the Waze app affects many  
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different people. So let's move on to our next  paragraph. While the number of alternatives keeps  
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growing with renowned names like tomtom and psygic  I don't know what this is to be odd. Honest. Do  
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you psychic sigh get I don't know how to pronounce  this. I'll just say psych it. I may be incorrect.  
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If you know what this is. I assume it's a GPS  style app. TomTom inside it. Also investing  
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in similar software. Most people continue to run  Google Maps and Waze because of obvious reasons.  
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All right, I'll renowned This is an adjective  and when someone or something is renowned,  
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it means they're well known by many different  people or within a specific industry. Simply  
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you can think of it as famous, famous, renowned.  Notice my pronunciation of this EDI here renowned,  
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renowned, renowned. So for example, we often  use this with people, companies places. So  
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because I mentioned Costa Rica before I could say  Costa Rica is renowned for its natural beauty.  
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There are a lot of beautiful waterfalls, volcanoes  rainforest in Costa Rica. Renowned for so the  
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sentence structure here is to be to be renowned  for something now if you something is a noun.  
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So here, my noun is its natural beauty. If you  have a verb, your verb is in the gerund form,  
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so doing something. So I might say, for  example, Costa Rica is a noun and for  
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now I need a gerund. Verb. Renowned for growing  coffee. Costa Rica has amazing coffee as well.  
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Here I have a verb and it's in the gerund form. So  why don't you share what your country or your city  
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if you live in a very big country, your city  or your company, whatever you like your city,  
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that would be a good one is renowned for and you  can practice with a noun and then try changing  
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that to a Geron verb as well. So practice that  in the comments below. And let's continue on.  
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They are both free. They come with state of the  art navigation capabilities, and they are owned  
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by a technology giant that should theoretically  guarantee a bright future. So these are the  
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benefits that the article was listing about Google  Maps and Waze because you remember they say,  
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obvious reasons. Well, what are the obvious  reasons that people use Google Maps or Waze?  
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Now they listed those obvious reasons free  state of the art, this is a great adjective.  
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Notice the dashes here. So when you're spelling  it, pay attention to things like that the dashes  
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generally for adjectives if there's two words  or two or more words a compound adjective,  
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we put dashes between them state of the art. And  notice it comes before the noun because it's an  
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adjective. But you could also describe something  you could say our new research facility is states  
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of the art, our new research facility  to be state of the art. Now of course,  
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when something is state of the art, it means it  has the most recent technology, the most recent  
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everything. It is extremely modern, extremely  innovative state of the art. So you can try  
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using that adjective to when you're thinking about  something your city is renowned for being famous  
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for. Why not share something in your city that is  also state of the art to practice that adjective?  
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All right, let's continue on. And  yet, when I see this word here yet,  
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this is a transition word. is an adverb, and  it lets me know that there's going to be a  
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contrast. So all of this is positive, right?  So without even reading this second sentence,  
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second paragraph, I know that they're going to  talk about some disadvantages, some drawbacks,  
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because all of this was positive, and the word  yet is used when there's a contrast. For example,  
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I could say I'm really tired. Let's just consider  this a negative. I'm really tired. Now I could see  
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something more positive, more contrasting. Yet  I gave a great presentation, because it might  
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surprise you to think I gave a great presentation  when I'm really tired. So there's that contrast.  
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Another example could be, I could say, I'm really  tired yet. What could I say yet? I went for a jog.  
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I went for a jog or run this is another way  of saying I went running. It's just a very  
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natural way of saying I went running I went for  a run. This is a noun or run. This is a noun,  
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run is a verb. So I highly suggest you add this  to your vocabulary specific for run and jog,  
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because it's very commonly used. We also use  it with I went for a walk. I went for a hike.  
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You could also say I went for a bike. Ride,  for example. So you're basically taking your  
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verb form, which would be I went hiking and  you're turning it into a noun by saying a hike.  
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That's something bonus I just taught you because  I naturally wrote that because it's a very natural  
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way of seeing it. I'm really tired yet. I went for  a run. So you wouldn't expect me to go running. If  
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I'm tired. It's surprising. So why don't you try  a contrast? In the comment section? I'm really  
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tired yet. What did you do? That's surprising  that you did it when you're tired. So as I said,  
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I know that there's going to be some sort  of contrast in the second paragraph simply  
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because of that one word yet. That shows you the  importance of including a specific adverb. It  
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really prepares your audience for the meaning of  your message. All right, and yet is not a surprise  
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that things sometimes go wrong, for absolutely no  clear reason. And in the case of ways, the most  
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recent struggle comes down to mysterious freezing  happening on Android Auto. Okay, so this is the  
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negative, it's the bug. Remember, at the very  beginning, we are talking about a bug will now we  
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know what the bug is in ways. So if you use Waze,  have you experienced this bug that they're talking  
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about and what's the bug? The bug is mysterious,  freezing. Mysterious just lets you know you. You  
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weren't expecting it and you don't know why it's  mysterious. Now freezing is when you're talking  
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and there's pauses, pauses. So it would be when  you enter a destination in ways and it's giving  
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you directions turn left, turn right go straight,  but then it stops directing you and it tells you  
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you're still on this street, even though you pass  that street five blocks ago, so the app is frozen.  
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So notice, we take the word freeze, and we can  use it in many different ways. I might say,  
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I have to restart my computer because it's frozen.  So everything stops working. My mouse won't move.  
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I try to close a webpage. It doesn't close. It's  frozen. So our verb is to be frozen to be frozen.  
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To be frozen, you can use this with your  computer, your cell phone, even your  
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television if you're watching a movie, it could  just freeze, for example. Now you might say also,  
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I think my computer has a bug. has a problem  has a bug. I think my computer has a bug it's  
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been freezing all day. So you're using  the computer and then all of a sudden,  
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it freezes. It's frozen. And then you restart it  and then it does it again. That could be your bug.  
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And notice my verb is freeze. And it's in the  present perfect continuous because it's an action  
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that started in the past. And it continues until  now. And I put it in the continuous to focus on  
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the continuation of that action. All right. Let's  continue on. First spotted earlier this year,  
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the problem is becoming more widespread. So  we know what widespread is before the problem  
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only affected 10% of users 15% But now if it's  widespread, I imagine it would affect 60% 70%  
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of users 50% or more the majority of users  is widespread. Now first spotted. This means  
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first noticed or detected when you use the verb  spot in this context, it means notice or detect,  
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noticed, detect. Let me give you an example  using spot this is a verb so I could say  
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I hope my boss doesn't spot any errors in  my report. I hope my boss doesn't notice  
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doesn't detect. Another way of seeing seeing.  See basically I hope my boss doesn't see. See  
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because you're looking specifically  for it. I hope my boss doesn't spot  
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any errors in my report. Maybe it would  be better to say teacher for example.  
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I hope my teacher doesn't spot any errors in my  report. Errors in my grammar or my punctuation,  
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my vocabulary, for example. So that could be  a good one. We also use this with people you  
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could spot someone you might say I spotted  Sarah at the conference. So in this case,  
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it makes sense because there are a lot of people  at the conference and then you see you notice you  
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detect because you're looking for Sarah I think  Sarah is here. Oh, there she is. I spotted Sara  
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at the conference. So it is a good one for now.  You can practice it with spot something like an  
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error in a report. Let's continue on Oh, we didn't  finish this. So first spotted first notice the bug  
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was first noticed earlier this year, the problems  becoming more widespread going to more people with  
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more and more users claiming they have no  other option than to switch to Google Maps.  
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All right. As such, some people believe this is  actually what Google wants in the first place  
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as they think that Waze could eventually have  the same fate as so many other Google products,  
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including most recently, our beloved  Statia. I also don't know what Statia is,  
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I don't know if his stadia or stadia I'm not  sure how to pronounce that A to be honest  
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stadia stadia. Do you know what this app is?  If you do share it in the comments as well?  
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Okay, let's continue on. So here's where our  headline came from. Is Google quitting ways  
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and letting it die? So by letting it die,  it means that if you ignore the product,  
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you don't try to improve it. Eventually, more and  more people will stop using it and if zero people  
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are using it, well, then the product won't exist  anymore. And in that sense, it's dead, right?  
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Is Google quitting ways and letting it die?  One of the many users hitting the a4 mentioned  
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problem asked rhetorically, rhetorically,  when you ask something rhetorically,  
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you don't expect an answer. So here's a  question. How can I fix this book? Well,  
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let's imagine I see this question out loud.  And there are some other people around me and  
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they kind of look at me like, What are you talking  about? What bug? Why would you think I know how to  
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fix it? But they don't actually see that they're  just like, huh, then I could say something like  
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don't worry. It's a rhetorical question.  Don't worry, it's a rhetorical question,  
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which means I don't actually expect an answer. I  don't want an answer. I don't need an answer. I'm  
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just saying it out loud. So it's a useful a useful  word to know. Notice here it's an adjective.  
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And here it's an odd verb is an adverb because  it modifies the verb ask and here it modifies the  
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noun question. I do see a probably more commonly  as an adjective and it comes before question. It's  
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a rhetorical question. So rhetorical, no need to  answer. And I would say I don't want don't expect.  
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Don't need an answer. I'm just talking  out loud. So I will get rid of that.  
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Let's continue on. So in this context, is  Google quitting ways or letting it die?  
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He wasn't actually expecting anyone to answer  that. He was just saying it out loud. That's  
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what rhetorically means in this context.  All right. Let's continue on. Well, I do  
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understand why so many people come down to such  a conclusion. Google isn't trying to get rid of  
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ways the application is playing an essential part  in the company's long term commitment to solutions  
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aimed at improving the experience behind the wheel  behind the wheel. This means while you're driving,  
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because you're you as the driver, your position,  here's the wheel and I'm behind the wheel.  
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So we use this sometimes you'll see advertisements  now let's say this is alcohol. Someone might say,  
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don't drink and get behind the wheel, which is  another way of saying don't drink and drive,  
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right. So it just means to be driving if  you're behind. The wheel. Now hearing notice,  
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they say come down to such a conclusion. That's  just another way of saying so many people reach  
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a conclusion. They get to that conclusion.  I'll just say you can reach a conclusion.  
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All right, and our final paragraph,  not a long time ago, Google brought  
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the Google Maps and Waze teams under the  same roof specifically to allow them to  
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work together on innovations that would  eventually be aimed at users of both apps.  
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Okay, so under the same roof, well, above me  is a ceiling, but then on top of the ceiling  
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on the exterior, that's the roof of my house,  right. So the ceiling is what you see from the  
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inside or from the outside, you see the roofs,  so under the same roof, means on the same team,  
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basically, the teams were working perhaps at  separate locations. And now if they're under  
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the same roof, it means they're in one location.  So that's a could be a useful expression as well.  
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All right, so that is our article. Now what  I'll do is I'll read the article from start  
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to finish so you can focus on my pronunciation  and practice along with my pronunciation as well.  
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Feels like Google is letting Waze die widespread  bug makes Google Maps the only option?  
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Well, the number of alternatives keeps growing  with renowned names like Tom, Tom and sidekick,  
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also investing in similar software. Most people  continue to run Google Maps and Waze because of  
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obvious reasons. They are both free. They come  with state of the art navigation capabilities, and  
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they are owned by a technology giant that should  theoretically guarantee a bright future. And yet  
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it's not a surprise that things sometimes go wrong  for absolutely no clear reason. And in the case  
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of ways, the most recent struggle comes down to  mysterious freezing happening on Android Auto.  
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First audit earlier this year, the problem is  becoming more widespread. With more and more users  
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claiming they have no other option than to switch  to Google Maps. As such, some people believe this  
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is actually what Google wants in the first place,  as they think that Waze could eventually have the  
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same fate. As so many other Google products,  including most recently, our beloved Stadia.  
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Is Google quitting ways and letting it die? One  of the many users hitting the a4 mentioned problem  
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asked rhetorically Well, I do understand why so  many people come down to such a conclusion. Google  
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isn't trying to get rid of ways the application  is playing an essential part in the company's long  
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term commitment to solutions aimed at improving  the experience behind the wheel. Not a long time  
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ago, Google brought the Google Maps and Waze  teams under the same roof, specifically to  
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allow them to work together on innovations that  would eventually be aimed at users of both apps.
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Now feel free to hit pause take a break, go get  a cup of coffee or tea review the vocabulary you  
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just learned. And when you're ready, hit play,  and we'll continue on with the next article.
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Welcome to our article today so first  I'm going to read the article in full  
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and you can practice along with my  pronunciation. So while do that now,  
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Netflix backlash leads to another password sharing  rule change Netflix has retracted password sharing  
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restrictions that were apparently posted in error  on his platform. Earlier this week, the streamer  
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had updated its rules for sharing passwords on  its Help Center page. It noted that once Netflix  
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account is for people who live together in a  single household. Netflix further specify that  
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people who do not live in your household will  need to use their own account to watch Netflix.  
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The update was met with serious backlash with a  number of subscribers threatening to cancel their  
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subscriptions. On Thursday, Netflix responded  to the situation and said the information was  
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shared accidentally. For a brief time yesterday. I  Help Center article containing information that is  
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only applicable to Chile, Costa Rica and Peru went  live in other countries and Netflix spokesperson  
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told The Guardian we have since updated it. The  Independent has contacted Netflix for comment  
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since last year. Netflix has been testing out  paid sharing in the three countries where an  
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account holder is required to pay for an extra  person identified as someone who lives outside  
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of the account holders home to access service  in Costa Rica. The added fee costs $2.99 a month  
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for people to have uninterrupted access to  Netflix. The help document explained that  
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people would have to keep watching  something from their home every 31  
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days. If they don't they will be asked to  enter a temporary code in order to log in.  
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Now let's review the article in more detail and  you'll learn some advanced vocabulary and sentence  
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structure. So let's start with our headline.  Netflix backlash leads to another password  
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sharing rule change. So to understand the article  and the meaning you need to know what backlash  
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means backlash. backlash is a noun and it's a  strong negative reaction to a change. A change or  
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a decision. So the headlines suggests that there  was some sort of change or decision by Netflix and  
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the general public said no, no, no, we don't like  that. That backlash. This is commonly used with  
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the government, but it can be used with companies  as well. So you might say the government's  
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I'll just say decision, whatever their decision  is the government's decision, their policy that  
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change the new law the government's decision  resulted in backlash, which means people were  
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upset what No, I don't want that. I don't like  that. They complain. That is backlash. We commonly  
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modify this, you might say resulted in a lot of  backlash to just emphasize the severity of it.  
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So you can use this if your company introduce  something new and the employees are really upset  
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about it. That that feeling from the employees  that is backlash. Alright, so let's find out what  
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this back lash is all about. Netflix has retracted  password sharing restrictions that were apparently  
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posted in error on its platform. Okay, retracted  is when you take something back. So they had these  
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restrictions live. And then there was backlash,  strong neighbor negative reaction. So then they  
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took it back. They said no no, no, we'll get rid  of it. We'll cancel that restriction. So to take  
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something back to take back. A decision is also  used with statements. So a politician could say,  
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my opinion is and then later on, he could retract  that statement, which means he takes his opinion  
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back, because maybe he got a lot of backlash for  his opinion or his statement. So to take back.  
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Another way of saying is to reverse to reverse  a decision. First you say yes, we're going to  
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do this and then you reverse it and you say, No,  we're not going to do that. So that's retracted.  
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And what did they retract the restrictions? The  password sharing restrictions that were apparently  
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posted in error on its platform, apparently  is a great adverb to add to your vocabulary,  
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because it's used this is an adverb is used when  you're not 100% certain if something is true.  
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So I might say, apparently, we have to work late  this weekend. Now if I just say we have to work  
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late this weekend. It sounds like a statement. So  it sounds like a fact this is happening. But if I  
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add apparently, then there's some doubt this might  not happen. Now, notice my placement here I put  
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it at the beginning, which is very common. You can  also say you can put it at the end and you can say  
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we have to work late this weekend, apparently,  or you can put it in front of your verb. And  
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in this case, it would be let me copy this here.  We apparently have to work late this weekend. So  
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in front of your verb, and that's where they  have it here in front of the verb. Alright,  
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so that's the different sentence structures and  this is a great advert to have in your vocabulary.  
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Let's continue on. Earlier this week. The streamer  had updated its rules for sharing passwords on  
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its Help Center page. Okay the streamer This is  Netflix because Netflix streams content online. So  
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they're just referring to Netflix as the streamer.  The streamer had updated its rules. And this is  
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for this sharing passwords, but then remember,  they retracted it. They took it back because of  
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the backlash the strong negative reaction from  the public from the users. Let's continue on.  
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It noted that one's Netflix account is  for people who live together in a single  
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household. Netflix further specified that people  who do not live in your household will need to  
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use their own account to watch Netflix. To  be honest, I'm not really sure what this  
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means. Does this mean that if I have a Netflix  account and I want to go to my friend's house,  
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and I want to use my Netflix account at  my friend's house, it won't work because  
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I don't live in my friend's household. I don't  really understand what this means to be honest.  
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And maybe that's why there was a lot of backlash  because it was quite confusing. The public didn't  
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understand it. Maybe you understand what this  means and you can let me know in the comments.  
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Now let's take a look at this here. It noted. This  is a great verb. It's used commonly in business  
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writing in formal writing and spoken English  as well. But in more of a business context,  
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this isn't really a social verb. A casual verb is  more of a professional verb. So it simply means to  
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notice something but let me show you how you've  probably seen this but maybe you don't feel quite  
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confident using it and now you will. We commonly  use this with please note, please note, and then  
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you tell the person what you want them to know,  what information do you want them to notice? Okay,  
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please note that I'm out of the office until three  o'clock PM. So you might send this to your team in  
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chat. Please note that I'm out of the office until  three so if they message you and you don't reply,  
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they know why please know that. Now we use  this a lot in presentations. You might say.  
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Note that the sales have doubled in the last  two quarters, for example. So you're giving a  
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presentation and there's a lot of information  in the presentation, but you want them to pay  
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attention to something specific, you can see  verbally know that the sales have doubled in  
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the last two quarters. It's another way of saying  notice, notice is just another way of saying that  
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and you can add please to be more polite or you  can use the imperative know that which is used for  
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directions. So that's a great verb to have in your  professional vocabulary. Let's continue on. The  
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update was met with serious backlash. So before I  use the modifier a lot of and here they're using  
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serious and of course serious it sounds stronger  than saying a lot of backlash, serious backlash  
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that instantly sounds a lot stronger. So you can  imagine the negative reaction was quite strong.  
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If you say there was serious backlash when our  company canceled the conference, for example. So  
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a very strong negative reaction from the public  the update was met with serious backlash with a  
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number of subscribers threatening to cancel their  subscriptions. All right, let's continue on. On  
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Thursday, Netflix responded to the situation and  said the information was shared accidentally.  
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So they didn't intend to share the  information that would be the opposite.  
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If you intend to do something then  it isn't accidental. So you could  
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say that we didn't intend to share the  information. So this is the same as saying  
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the information was shared accidentally. Now  I could also say we share the information  
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accidentally, when you put it in the passive. This  is commonly done when you want to avoid taking  
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responsibility because notice the difference. The  information was shared accidentally compared to  
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we share the information accidentally or I share  the information accidentally. It sounds like I'm  
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more responsible or were more responsible when I  use the active form. And it sounds like we're less  
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responsible when the passive form is used, which  is why companies commonly talk like that. And it  
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means the same as we didn't intend to share the  information. Now let's say the opposite is true.  
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And you want it to share the information you  could say we intended to share the information  
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and just that we intended to share  the information so this is the same  
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as saying we plan to share the information  it was our intent to share the information.  
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Okay, let's continue on. For a brief time  yesterday. Brief is a short period of time  
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so another way of saying that for a short period  of time, is more common if you're using short is  
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more common to to say a short period of time. But  for brief you can just say brief for a brief time  
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yesterday for a short period of time yesterday.  I Help Center article containing information  
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that is only applicable to Chile. Costa Rica and  Peru. So only applicable to is saying that Chile,  
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Costa Rica and Peru, the restrictions or the  information was for them and not for others.  
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So they have different rules or regulations  or policies in these countries compared to  
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other countries. So that's only applicable to and  this is commonly used with rules or policies you  
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could say oh, that rule is only applicable to new  employees. So maybe there's a probationary period,  
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but it's only applicable to new employees. Another  word we use that's very common is apply that rule  
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so I can see the exact same thing. That rule only  notice the changes I'm making. That rule only  
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applies to new employees. So something applies  to something, a rule, a policy decision.  
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But notice here I need my verb to be that rule  is only applicable to because it's with the verb  
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to be. Let's say I wanted to talk about rules,  plural. Well, first of all, I would have to change  
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that to those for plural those rules are only  applicable. That rule only applies those rules  
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only applied to new employees. So of course you  have to conjugate your verbs accordingly. So this  
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Help Center article that was available for a short  period of time. A brief time wasn't for everybody.  
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So if you read this from Australia, or France  or Germany, it doesn't apply to you. It only  
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applies to these three countries. All right, let's  continue on. The Independent has contacted Netflix  
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for comments. All right. Good to know since last  year, Netflix has been testing out paid sharing in  
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the three countries Okay, so the three countries  we know that it's Chile, Costa Rica and Peru.  
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Now here has been testing out our present perfect  continuous present perfect continuous because it's  
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an action that started in the past last year,  and it continues until now. So they're still  
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doing it present perfect continuous. Now  in this case, adding out to the verb Test,  
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test out test it really there's no difference  here. Netflix has been testing paid sharing.  
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Netflix has been testing out page sharing there is  no difference sometimes that happens with phrasal  
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verbs we add an out or an up we add a preposition  but it doesn't change the meaning. This is one of  
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those cases. So paid sharing, whatever that is in  the three countries. So I guess they'll tell us  
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now where an account holder is required to pay for  an extra person identified as someone who lives  
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outside of the account holders home. Okay, so I  guess if I want my friend to access my Netflix, I  
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have to pay a small fee of 299 a month so I guess  it's cheaper than my friend paying $15 a month for  
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Netflix. She can just pay 299 a month and have  access to my account. I guess that's what it is.  
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All right, and then they just identify what a  extra person is someone who lives outside of  
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the account holders home to access service.  So in Costa Rica, the added fee costs 299 a  
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month. I guess that seems pretty reasonable  to give someone access to your account.  
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What do you think? Does that  sound reasonable? I don't know.  
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For people to have I interrupted access to  Netflix. The help document explained that  
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people would have to keep watching something from  their home every 31 days. Okay, so I'm not sure  
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what happens if you don't watch Netflix for 31  days. Do they cancel your account? I'm not sure  
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if they don't oh, this is what happens. If they  don't. They will be asked to enter a temporary  
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code in order to log in. Okay, I guess people  didn't like that and that's why there was a lot  
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of backlash, which is the negative reaction. So  maybe if you're watching this from Costa Rica,  
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Chile or Peru, maybe this article makes more  sense to you. I don't quite understand the  
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change that Netflix is talking about here.  Because I haven't heard about it. But you  
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didn't learn a lot of useful vocabulary  from this lesson. So I hope you enjoyed it.
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Now feel free to hit pause take a break, go get  a cup of coffee or tea review the vocabulary you  
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just learned. And when you're ready, hit play,  and we'll continue on with the next article.
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Welcome to our article we have a very interesting  topic we're talking about Brit coin that's right,  
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not Bitcoin but Brit coin. So first, I'm going  to read the article in full and you can follow  
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along with my pronunciation. red coin could  arrive in the second half of the decade. The  
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United Kingdom is pushing ahead with plans  to create a digital pound issued by the Bank  
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of England that would offer a stable alternative  to Bitcoin or ether. While cash is here to stay,  
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a digital pound issued and backed by the Bank of  England could be a new way to pay that's trusted,  
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a sensible and easy to use. UK finance  minister Jeremy Hunt said in a statement,  
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the Bank of England and the Treasury said the  decision about whether to roll out a digital  
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pound, which has been nicknamed Brit coin will  be made around the middle of the decade. Central  
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banks around the world are considering whether  to issue digital currencies, as more parts of  
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the economy move online. Unlike cryptocurrencies  that are currently available, these coins would  
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have official backing which would result in  a stable value and need they can be used for  
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everyday spending. Central Bank digital currencies  could make online spending more convenient, ease  
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cross border transactions and boost competition  among providers of digital financial assets.  
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In his speech in November, Sir John Cunliffe  Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for  
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financial stability, said that without a digital  pound, a few big players could dominate and  
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perhaps control innovation in payment services.  But major details of digital currencies still need  
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to be hashed out. critics worry that the rollout  by central banks could cause enormous disruption  
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if people raise to swap cash for a digital  alternative. Another fear is privacy since  
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digital currencies would give government's new  insights into how people are spending their money.  
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Now let's look at the article in more detail  and I'll explain some advanced vocabulary and  
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grammar topics. So let's start with our headline.  Brick coin could arrive in the second half of the  
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decade. So the second half of the decade that  would be 2025 or after so not too long from now  
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we could have brick coin. The United Kingdom  is pushing ahead with plans so to push ahead  
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with something usually plans or a project or a  proposal is another way of just saying advancing  
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with plans going ahead with plans through seeding  with so many different ways you could say this,  
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all of them are honestly quite common. One I  hear a lot is going ahead with I probably hear  
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this more than pushing ahead with but then we also  have is proceeding with. So our preposition would  
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be with proceeding with you don't see proceeding  ahead with in this case is just proceeding with  
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and then a plan a policy a change something  like that. So let me give you an example.  
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You could say my company is pushing ahead with the  conference. So notice here I used a now you can  
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push ahead with something specific. So it means  they're proceeding with the conference. They're  
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going to have the conference and they're going  to create more plans for it. Now in our example  
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here with plans plans is a verb I plan to attend  the conference. It's a verb but it can also be a  
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noun. Do you have plans tonight, for example? And  in this case, is it a verb or a noun pushing ahead  
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with plans? It's a noun. And I know that because  grammatically the sentence requires a noun or  
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a verb but the verb would be in the gerund form  because with is a preposition. So grammatically,  
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this can't be a verb because it would be  incorrect. We need the gerund verb. My company  
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is pushing ahead with and then I could say with  planning the conference, so I need a Jaren verb.  
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Let's continue on so pushing ahead with plans  to create a digital pound issued by the Bank  
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of England that would offer a stable alternative  to Bitcoin or ether ether is just another type of  
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cryptocurrency. Okay, let's continue on. This is  a quote from the UK finance minister, while cash  
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is here to stay. So something is here to stay. I  think this is probably obvious, but it means it's,  
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it's not going to disappear anytime soon. I  could say working from home is here to say at  
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the beginning of the pandemic, everybody thought  out working from home was going to be temporary.  
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But now it's here to stay maybe not 100% of the  time, but it's definitely changed the way that  
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people work. So it's a great expression to have in  your vocabulary. I think you'll use it a lot and  
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notice you need the verb to be with the expression  to be here to stay. While cash is here to say a  
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digital pound issued and backed by the bank. Of  England to be backed by just means that the Bank  
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of England supports it. The Bank of England is  responsible for it that's backed by backed by  
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the Bank of England could be a new way to pay  that's trusted, and it's trusted because it's  
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backed by the Bank of England trusted assessable  assessable means it's available to many, many,  
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many people so widely available and easy to  use. UK finance minister said in the statement  
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the Bank of England and the Treasury said the  decision about whether to roll out a digital  
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pound to roll out this is a phrasal verb we  have our verb and a preposition. And this is  
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when you introduce introduce something when  you make something available so to roll out  
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to make something available and that something is  usually a service or a product. So in this case,  
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the digital pound that would be a product  and you're making it available. You're  
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introducing it for the first time you're making  it available for the first time which is where  
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the introduce it comes from. Let me give you  another example. This is commonly used by the  
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government when they introduce a new policy or  regulation. You could say they rolled out so our  
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government just rolled out a new tax incentive.  They introduced it for the first time and roll of  
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course is our verb so you need to conjugate  that verb here. It's in the past simple.  
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Okay, which has been nicknamed Brit coin. So this  isn't the official name. I know that because they  
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use a nickname. A nickname is an alternative name.  So my name is Jennifer. My family calls me Jenny.  
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So that could be my nickname is Jenny but it's  not my official name. So an alternative name.  
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An alternative name for someone or something.  And we use this a lot with people we have a  
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close relationship with your family  or significant other your friends.  
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You probably call them a nickname more than their  real name. So what's your nickname? Do you have a  
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nickname? Share in the comments below. And just so  you know, I don't actually like the name Jenny. I  
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tolerate my family calling me Jenny but I actually  don't like that. Name. So don't call me It's  
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alright, let's continue on which has been  nicknamed Bitcoin. So again, not the official  
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name, but it's possible they do take that as the  official name would be made around the middle of  
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the decade. Central banks around the world are  considering whether to issue digital currencies as  
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more parts of the economy move online. All right,  so right now they're just considering it. They're  
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deciding if we should do it. So of course, this  is an excellent time to use our present continuous  
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because it's taking place right now. Right now  they're considering whether to do this. So maybe  
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your country is having the same conversation as  well about having a digital currency that's going  
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to be backed by your government or your central  bank. Remember backed by is supported by unlike  
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cryptocurrencies that are currently available,  these coins would have official backing we already  
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talked about that to be backed by to have official  backing, which would result in a stable value and  
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mean they could be used for every day spending.  Let's talk about starting a sentence with unlike  
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because this is a great sentence structure  to have in your vocabulary. I could say on  
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like the United States, Canada has free  health care. So this is a way of saying  
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Canada has free health care. Okay, so that  part does not change, but the US doesn't.  
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So these two sentences mean the same thing.  Now I could reverse this. And I could say  
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the US doesn't have free health care.  
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But Canada does. I could also say that just as  an alternative they mean the exact same thing.  
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But I learned starting with unlike because notice,  it's the most concise which means the short is out  
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of all options. So when you use this, you can use  less words, but communicate the exact same message  
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which is always preferred. And this is a great  way but remember when you use this, unlike the  
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US you're saying the US does not have or does not  do whatever your second sentence is so remember,  
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the Brit coin would have official banking, but  all their cryptocurrencies don't because they  
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used unlike so that's a really great sentence  structure. I encourage you to practice that.  
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Now the result of that is they'll have a stable  value because it's backed by the Bank of England,  
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and that can be used for everyday spending. Let's  talk about every day. Now notice it's one word,  
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as one word is an adjective, adjective and it  means common, or typical. So common spending, what  
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would that be things like things you buy everyday,  like gas, groceries, expenses for your kids. Those  
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are everyday spending, your mortgage, your cell  phone bill, things like that everyday spending.  
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Now compare that to our adverb of frequency,  which would be I buy milk every day,  
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every day. This as an adverb of frequency means  seven days a week, right? Every day. That's a lot  
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of milk. I don't know what you're doing with all  milk. I buy milk every day. Milk is an every day  
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purchase. So here in this case, because  it's one word, I know that this is the  
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adjective it describes purchase and it just  means typical or common. Let's continue on  
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central bank. digital currencies could make  online spending more convenient is cross  
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border transaction. So cross border would be from  Canada to the US, US to Mexico, Mexico to France,  
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that's cross border and personally I think that  is the best advantage of cryptocurrencies is  
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the cross border transactions. What about you?  And boost competition boost is another way of  
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seeing increase. It's a very common way of seeing  increase, increase competition among providers  
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of digital financial assets. So these are all the  advantages of cryptocurrencies digital currencies.  
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Continue on in his speech in November, Sir  John Cunliffe, Deputy Governor of the Bank  
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of England for financial stability, said that  without a digital pound, a few big players could  
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dominate and perhaps control innovation in payment  services. So this just talks about his point here.  
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About having competition and remember increasing  competition. That's one of the benefits of having  
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a bank digital currency, a digital currency backed  by the bank. Let's take a look so that without a  
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digital pound, now notice our sentence structure  because we have without and then we have a now  
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which is great. That's very common. You can also  have without and then a verb, but you would need  
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a gerund verb because without is a preposition.  So I could say the exact same thing. But I need  
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a verb instead of a noun. So I could simply  say said that without having a digital pound.  
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That could be an easy verb to add there. Without  having a digital patent. Just remember without is  
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a preposition. So if you have a verb, it needs  to be the gerund verb, which is verb plus ing.  
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A few big players could dominate and perhaps  control innovation in payment services. So a  
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payment services service is just how you pay  credit card, debit card Pay Pal cryptocurrency.  
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Those are all payment services. And our last  paragraph, the major details of digital currencies  
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still need to be hashed out. This is a great  phrasal verb. When you have something else,  
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you discuss the details of the plan. So let's  say we want to have a conference. Okay, but we  
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need to hash it out. When is it going to take  place? Who are the speakers going to be? Who is  
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going to attend how many people will attend? What  will the price be? So those are all the details  
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you need to make decisions on. So the process of  making those decisions the conversations back and  
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forth that is hash out to hash out. So to hash out  this is a phrasal verb to hash something out this  
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something is the details and this is to decide on  the details of a plan or project or a proposal.  
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Now you could do this when you're planning a  vacation so you can use this in an everyday  
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context, everyday context. So we typical a  normal context such as planning a vacation,  
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you need to hash out where you're going to stay  your itinerary and your travel arrangements and  
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everything else. So let's say you are planning  a vacation with your family. You could say Let's  
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meet tonight and hash out the details. Now notice  here that the sentence is in the passive form  
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to be hashed. Out. So let's use an example  and combine it with another phrasal verb we  
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learn to roll out which means to introduce to make  available for the first time so the government is  
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rolling out a new tax incentive, but this specific  details need to be hashed out. Okay, the details  
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need to be hashed out this is still the passive  sentence. If it were an active sentence, it would  
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be the government is hashing out the details.  So let me write that. The government is hashing  
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out the Present Continuous because it's taking  place now. The government is hashing out the  
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details for its new tax incentive. Now hopefully  you would hash out the details before you roll  
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something out. But this is just an example to  use both of the phrasal verbs in one sentence.  
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Okay critics so people who don't think there  should be a digital currency backed by the central  
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bank the Brit coin the critics worry that their  roll out. So notice here, it's the same meaning,  
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but it's a now and I know it's a noun because it's  there. For one, you possess something. You don't  
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possess a verb so I have my possessive and the  spelling as well. It's one word so I know this is  
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a noun. And it's similar to say their introduction  how I could use introduce as a verb or a noun.  
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So this is a noun, their rollout by central  banks could cause enormous disruption IT people  
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raised to swap cash for digital alternatives for a  digital alternative. Okay to swap. So I have cash.  
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And this is the cryptocurrency. I'm going to  swap. So I'm going to give you cash and then  
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get a digital currency. I'm going to swap them  that's what it means. So it's when you replace one  
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thing or another thing, I might say. Just a silly  example I have this blue pen. I want to swap it  
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for this pink pen. So I'm going to replace my blue  pen with my pink pen. That is to swap to swap.  
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Let me write that definition to replace one  thing with another and in this case, cash and  
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digital currency. Now to raise it means that just  well you know what a race is you go really fast,  
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right? So once this digital currency is available,  lots of people might say I want it I want it and  
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then they're going to swap their cash. That's  what they think could happen and that will  
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cause disruption disruption is a negative  thing is when everything is going smoothly,  
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but then there's some sort of issue that causes  problems. And that could happen if people raise  
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to swap it. So race to this means to move very  quickly. move quick quickly, to achieve something.  
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Now you might say just to use race to the  government is racing to roll out their new  
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tax incentive. So maybe they're trying to do this  very, very quickly. Maybe they have a deadline.  
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They publicly announced that it has to be done  by the end of the week. So now they're racing to  
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do it. They're moving very quickly to accomplish  it to achieve it. Another fear is privacy since  
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digital currencies would give governments new  insights into how people are spending their money.  
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So this talks about some of the potential  drawbacks the negatives of the cryptocurrency  
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and that is the end of our article. So what  do you think if there was a government backed  
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cryptocurrency digital currency available in your  city, your country? Would you be interested in it?  
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I don't think I definitely would. And mainly  for the reason of cross border transactions.  
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I think it would make it so much easier. So feel  free to share your comments on the topic as well.
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lesson? Leave that in the comments below  and leave an example sentence practicing  
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