English Reading Practice To Improve Your ENGLISH VOCABULARY

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Well, that's exactly what we'll do today, because we're going to read a news article

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So by the end of this lesson, you feel a.

Lot more confident reading in English.

Welcome back to JForrest English, of course.

I'm Jennifer now.

Let's get started.

First, I'll read the headline Tesla Breaks Ground on its Futuristic Diner with drive

in Theater and.

Supercharger we're.

Talking about Tesla.

Of course, frequently in the news.

Now Tesla breaks ground.

Let's take a look at this.

This is when you start a building project.

We only use this expression for building projects.

What's a building project?

Is a.

Project where you build a.

Building and it makes sense because the first thing you need to do.

Is break.

The ground.

Before you build.

Something you literally break the ground.

So that's where the expression comes from.

And this project is to build a diner which.

Is what we see here.

A movie theater.

You can see the screens and the charging stations.

You can see in the image as well in front of.

All the Tesla vehicles, because they're electric.

Of course they need charging stations.

Futuristic.

Futuristic means it's extremely modern, extremely advanced.

When you see this diner.

You think?

Of the future.

You don't think of current diners, You think of oh wow, this looks like something from

the future now.

I've used the word diner a few times so far.

If you're not sure, in North America, a diner is simply an inexpensive restaurant.

So it's a restaurant where you can.

Get a very.

Simple meal and that meal will not be expensive.

Usually it serves.

Soup and sandwiches for lunch and for dinner.

Burgers and fries.

Very simple food, inexpensive food.

Now maybe when you saw diner, you thought of the.

Word.

Dinner.

So don't confuse these because the spelling is different, they have different meanings,

and the pronunciation is different.

Let's have dinner at.

The diner, dinner, diner, dinner diner.

So this futuristic.

Diner.

Very modern, very advanced diner.

With drive, in theater.

So theater this.

Is a movie.

Theater.

As you can see the screens here and a drive in.

Theater was.

Also a concept in North America.

They generally don't exist anymore, but it's.

Where you could go to the.

Movies.

But you would watch.

The movie in your.

Car.

And there would.

Be a.

Giant screen outside, so you're in a.

Big field, there's lots of cars, so you're.

Hearing the sound from your.

Car radio.

And you're watching the screen that's giant outside.

Have you ever been?

To a drive.

In a drive in theater, does that concept exist?

Or did it?

Exist in the past in your country.

I don't think it exists in North America.

But.

Just like Elon Musk with Tesla, I've heard of other people wanting to start drive in

theaters again.

So that's a drive in theater.

Supercharger.

That's.

The name that Elon Musk.

That Tesla.

Uses for their.

Charging stations.

You use a Supercharger to charge your Tesla to.

Give it energy now.

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Tesla is getting close to opening its.

First.

Ever.

Entertainment centric supercharging station, Let's take a.

Look at the grammar here because you might have noticed.

Close to.

Opening here the expression is to.

Be close to.

And then doing something.

We need the verb in ING.

Because two.

Functions as a preposition.

To be close to, so we always use.

The gerund verb after prepositions.

For example, I'm close to finishing the project.

Remember to be I am.

Close to.

And then your verb and ING.

I'm close to finishing the project.

When you're close to something, it means you're.

About 80.

Percent, you're almost, almost done, but not yet.

So Tesla is.

Almost ready to open.

Their first?

Ever Supercharging station, but not yet So 80% Tesla is getting close to opening its

first ever entertainment centric supercharging station.

Let's take a look.

At Centric, So notice we have entertainment centric.

When you add centric.

To a word.

It means that.

Word is.

The main.

Focus of whatever.

Comes next.

So what comes next is the supercharging station.

Its main focus of this super starting charging station will be entertainment.

So you go to charge.

Your vehicle.

And while you're there, you can watch a movie.

You can have a burger.

Have something to.

Eat.

So that is.

The goal?

It's entertainment centric.

Here we need a data centric approach.

So we need.

An approach and approaches.

Main focus should be on data.

So that's what this is.

Saying by adding centric.

To data.

We need a data centric.

Approach.

So, entertainment centric supercharging station?

That's a mouthful isn't it?

A 24 hour diner?

By saying 24 hour it means that it's open.

All day.

All night so it doesn't close.

Often you'll see that a sign advertise.

A store advertises that they're.

Open 24/7, so that means 20.

4 hours a day.

7.

Days a week, so it.

Means they don't even close on Sunday.

Or whatever day.

Of rest is common in your country.

So if you see 24/7 it means.

Always, basically.

And drive in.

Theater we.

Already know what that is in Los Angeles that will play.

Famous movie clips on a big screen while drivers.

Wait for their EVs to charge.

EV this?

Stands for Electric Vehicle, Electric Vehicle.

So of course, Tesla's.

Are electric, and that's why they have these supercharging stations.

But remember, they're entertainment.

Focus.

So their goal is.

To entertain you.

While.

You're waiting for your.

Car to charge.

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Tesla applied for building permits for a restaurant and.

Supercharger.

Station at a location in Santa Monica, so building permits.

They need these.

Before they break.

Ground.

Remember, break ground is used when you.

Start a.

Building project.

First you need the permit and you apply for the permit.

Let's talk about.

Apply for and apply.

To because.

Students often confuse these when you apply for.

It's to receive.

Something you apply for a position, apply for a permit, but when you.

Use apply to.

It's to the.

Entity that's providing the something, so you.

Apply to the.

Company to the government.

In this example I use both.

I applied to the government for a building permit.

So here this for.

Represents I applied for a building permit.

I don't need to repeat that because I have it here.

So Tesla applied.

For building permits, we don't know.

Who he applied.

To most likely the government.

Tesla applied.

For building permits for a restaurant and Superchargers station at a location in Santa

Monica.

However, the project stalled.

For a long time, apparently.

Due to local.

Regulations, Let's take a.

Look at the.

Verb stall.

Remember it was the project stalled in the past.

Simple for a long time.

When something stalls it means it stops making progress.

For example, our.

Growth stalled.

Last year, which means we stopped growing.

It's another way of just saying, oh, we stopped growing.

We were growing, but then our.

Growth stalled, it stopped it.

Stopped progressing.

Now, apparently.

Due.

To local regulations.

If this word.

Apparently wasn't there.

It would sound like a fact.

The growth stalled the project.

Stalled because of local regulations.

Due to is.

Another way of saying.

Because of.

Apparently.

Due to because.

Of local regulations, but when you add, apparently it adds a level.

Of doubt.

Because you're not 100% it's true.

So maybe it's 75% certain.

This isn't an exact number, but it's there's some evidence that is true, but it's not 100%.

So this is what they.

Think is the reason why.

The project.

Stalled, but they're not 100% sure.

So that's a good good.

Word to have in your vocabulary because it it does change the meaning and a lot of times

you might want to say that to let the person know you're not 100% certain.

Let's continue nevertheless, Tesla still.

Moved forward with a supercharger.

At the location.

So if you move forward with.

Something it means.

You do it, You do what you.

Planned to.

Do so, Tesla.

Planned to have.

The.

Supercharger, the Diner and the Movie.

Theater.

And he only.

Moved forward with the Supercharger.

So if your boss sends you a message and says let's move.

Forward with the proposal.

You know that you now have permission.

To start the proposal, so Tesla.

Still moved.

Forward with a supercharger.

At the location but it.

Had to move the diner project.

To Hollywood.

So in this case move it means physically.

Move so to relocate.

So Tesla was.

Going to have the diner project in.

Santa Monica, I think 1 area of Los Angeles, but now it's moving that to another location.

So this is the physical movement relocation.

Last year, Tesla filed the construction plans with the city.

So if you.

File the plans it means.

You've officially.

Submitted the plans.

In North America, we.

Use the verb.

File frequently with government documents, for example.

Every year you need to.

File your taxes, which means you.

Officially.

Submit your taxes, but that's the.

Verb we use.

So around tax time, someone might ask you, oh, have you filed your taxes yet?

It literally means have you submitted your taxes?

But nobody would say that we would always use the verb.

File.

So we do.

Frequently use this when submitting things.

To the.

Government Last year, Tesla filed the construction plans.

With the city.

Giving us the first look at what the.

Automaker intends to build.

In this case, intend this is another way of saying plans to build a more formal way, let's

continue.

We learned from the filing.

So in this case they're using it as the noun form.

The filing represents all the documents that Tesla included when it filed the construction

plan.

So all the documents.

We learned from the filing that it.

Will be a.

Semicircular.

2.

Story Diner.

So remember diner?

That's a restaurant.

Now describing it as a.

Two-story.

It means there are.

2 levels so for a house A.

Building a restaurant.

If there is.

One level, we call that a one story.

Now if.

There are stairs.

Or an elevator.

It means there's a second level, so that.

Would be a two-story.

House, for example.

So this is the image of.

The circular.

Which means it's in the shape.

Of a circle the.

Circular diner and as you can see.

There are two stories because there.

Are tables on the.

Roof which would be.

A second story, and it makes sense that it's outside, because remember you want to watch

the movie as well on these giant screens and then at ground level this would.

Be the first.

Story and the second story.

So perhaps this?

Image was submitted with the filing, so maybe this image was filed this is.

Part of.

The filing I'm not.

Sure, where this?

Image came from but it looks like this might be.

What Tesla is.

Planning it?

Will look like.

So we have the two-story Diner with 29.

Supercharger stalls.

A stall in this case isn't actually.

It's not the same as.

The verb we.

Learned here the project stalled but in this.

Case Supercharger stall.

This is a noun, and it has a totally different meaning.

In this case, a stall is just a space that's used.

For a specific purpose.

So in his plan, his project plan.

Well, let's see.

Notice on the left hand side we have this beautiful woman.

Look below.

Her there are.

There are these areas.

These defined areas and there is the charger and then there are two lines.

Well, that area is called a stall, so if you count them.

There should be.

29 in total.

So each one of these defined areas this space is.

Used for a specific purpose.

That is a stall, so with 29 supercharger stalls and as we saw two movie theater screens after.

A year without?

Munch activity, Tesla has.

Secured A.

Building permit.

So if he secured.

A building permit.

It just means he has successfully.

Gained a building permit, so he now has the permit.

I see this a lot for events when they sell tickets and there might be a limited number.

Of tickets.

And they might say oh.

Have you secured your spot?

Or your friend might ask you.

Have you?

Secured your spot if you've secured your.

Spot.

It means that spot is guaranteed.

For you and.

In this case it might be.

Because you've purchased it, so you have a ticket, but Tesla has.

Secured A.

Building permit because he has the piece of.

Paper that says approved.

He has that permit.

So he secured.

A building permit and has broken ground at the site.

Remember, broken ground means.

He's officially started.

The project and it's only used for building projects.

At the moment, this is another way of saying now.

Or right?

Now, now.

Right now.

Either one now, right now, or now at the moment.

There's no word.

On when the drive in movie theater, diner and charging station will open in West.

Hollywood if there's no.

Word on it, it means we don't know, we don't know.

It means we have no information.

Information is.

Shared with words, right?

So if there is no word it.

Means there are.

0 words.

About that specific.

Topic.

So it's just another way of saying we don't know.

Here are two examples I haven't.

Heard a word?

On.

So this.

Is slightly different grammar instead of.

No word.

I'm saying haven't heard.

All word.

All represents 1, so again it means zero.

I haven't.

Heard a word?

On the status of my application.

You could also say there's no word.

On when my package will arrive.

So let's say.

You're waiting for a package.

It's delayed.

You check your.

E-mail.

You check the tracking, but there's no information.

There's no.

Word.

There's no word on when my package will arrive.

So it's a very useful.

Expression that native.

Speakers use a.

Lot and we.

Also use this.

First one a lot as well.

At the moment, there's no word on when the.

Drive in movie theater, diner and charging station will open in West Hollywood, and that's.

Our article.

So what I'll do now is I'll.

Read the article.

From start to finish and this time you can focus on my pronunciation, Tesla breaks ground

on its futuristic diner.

With Drive in theater and Supercharger, Tesla is getting close to opening its first ever

entertainment centric supercharging station.

A 24 hour diner and drive in theater in Los Angeles.

That will play.

Famous movie clips on a big screen while drivers wait for their.

EVs to charge?

Tesla applied for building permits for a restaurant and Supercharger station at a location in

Santa Monica.

However, the project.

Stalled.

For a long time, apparently due to.

Local.

Regulations.

Nevertheless, Tesla still moved.

Forward with a supercharger.

At the location, but it had to move the diner project.

To Hollywood.

Last year, Tesla.

Filed the construction plans with the city giving us the first look at what the.

Automaker intends to build.

We learned from the filing that it will be a semicircular 2 story diner with 29 supercharger

stalls and two movie theater screens.

After a year.

Without munch activity.

Tesla has secured.

A building permit and has broken ground at the site.

At the moment.

There's no word on when the drive in movie theater, diner and charging station will open

in West Hollywood.

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