Biden Meets Trudeau and Zelenskyy | Learn English with the News

Welcome to this one. Our English lesson  today you're going to learn English with  

the news. We're going to read two different  news articles together so you can learn a  

lot of advanced vocabulary, complex, grammar  and correct pronunciation. Let's get started.  

As you can see, we're talking about  Ukraine, hopefully, a more optimistic  

tone because Biden made a surprise visit.  So let's review the article together, the

Headline, Biden makes a surprise visit to Ukraine  for first time since full-scale War Began.  

First, I want to point out

that

in headlines. It's very common to Omit,  

which means not include words  that are unnecessary such as

articles

or even subjects. And in this headline,  

there are some articles that are omitted  not included. Do you know what articles

Our missing grammatically, we would need an  article before visit because visit is a noun. All

visit

Biden makes all visit a surprise. Visit surprise,  is our adjective now. A surprise means it was

unexpected.

Nobody knew it was going to happen.  All right, here on unexpected.

Unexpected to

the general public. I'm sure that  zalenski knew that Biden was coming,  

but perhaps the American people, the Ukrainian

people and the world in general, did  not know. That's a surprise. Visit  

Biden makes a surprise visit. So, using  surprise as an adjective, for example,  

your boss could make a surprise announcement,  an announcement that nobody was expecting.

Acting my boss made a surprise announcement  that we're all getting raises, woohoo. That  

means you're making more money. So that's a  very good surprise announcement and of course,  

I included the article because the article is  necessary. Grammatically is just very common  

to leave it out specifically in headlines. Biden  makes a surprise visit to Ukraine for first time.

Another article is missing. Do you know what?  For the first time the first time first is a  

ordinal number and ordinal numbers need articles.  This is a grammatical rule. So you need to say,  

I work on the second floor. Notice  you can't say I work on, second floor,  

you need to say I work on the second floor. The

second floor, I work on the first floor,  the fifth floor, I live on the 19th Floor,  

whatever it may be, or you could  say, this is the first time I've

made a surprise announcement. So  notice we commonly use this with

time

as well. This is the first time, this is  the second time. I've watched a.j. Forest  

English video for example, okay, for the first  time since full-scale War Began, we also need  

sends the full-scale War Began because war  is a noun. And we need an article before War.

The full-scale War Began. Okay,  let's continue on President,  

Joe Biden slipped into kyiv. This is a phrasal  verb. When I See This slipped into kyiv,  

I understand that he went secretively, and  that makes sense. Right? Because we have  

this surprise visit. So when you slip into a  location or a place, you try to enter without

Out. Being seen or heard here is an example  sentence. I slipped into the meeting 10  

minutes late. So, if you're 10 minutes late, you  don't want your boss or your client to know. So,  

you'll try to slip in you'll try to enter  without being seen or heard so, Joe, Biden  

slipped into kyiv, on Monday, for the first time  now, notice here they are using the article, the

Like I said, it's grammatically required is just  very commonly omitted from the subtitle and the  

main title for the first time since Russia  launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine,

almost

a year ago. Now, notice here, we have sense.  

And then what verb? Do we have following  sense sends Russia launched. So we have sense.

And then a past simple. Now, students  also generally know that sense is a  

keyword for which verb tense.

The present perfect. So let me show  you how they can be used together.

I I've slipped into many meetings since I started.  So since I started working for this company,  

since I started in this new position, I've slipped  into many meetings. So this part, I've slipped  

into many meanings is showing how many times  this action has happened? Since a moment in the

Past. Which is since I started, that's the moment  in the past, which is why it's in the past simple,  

because it's a completed past action.  This is in the present perfect because  

it's an ongoing action and the timeline  is still ongoing so I can slip into more  

meetings in the future. I've slipped  into three meetings since I started but

Next week, I might slip into  another meeting which means  

it's for meetings. So this is an ongoing time

reference

considering the placement. It's flexible, you  can say sense. Since I started I've slipped into  

four meetings. So you can put this Clause at the  beginning or the end. Both of them are correct.

Let's continue on demonstrating and dramatic  personal fashion. His commitment to the country.  

Notice here, commitment. And then we have the  preposition to commitment to Commitment. In this  

case is a noun, it belongs to him his commitment.  So this is a noun. What's the verb form of

Commitment, commitment is a noun. What's  the verb? The verb of commitment is commit  

commit, but you also need the preposition to,  which means if you have a verb, you need the  

ing form because you have this preposition to.  So you could say I'm committed to improving my

public speaking skills. I'm committed to. Let's  continue on the highly secretive visit. So,  

in this case, we have secretive again,  which is are adjectives. Secretive,  

let me highlight this for you and this is

an

adjective is describing the visit.  It's a secretive visit. Now,  

highly is an adverb, and it simply is

Emphasizing how secretive it is. It's another way  of saying very it's a more advanced way of saying  

very so you could say she's a committed person.  She's a very committed person or to sound a little  

more advanced, a little more professional.  She's a highly committed percent so you can

Use this as an adverb. Let's  continue on the highly secretive,  

visit comes at a critical moment critical.  In this case, simply means very important,  

very important. That's critical very important  moment in the 12-month conflict. This is how  

long the conflict has been going on  with Russia preparing for an expected.

Offensive. Okay, so this is why it's a highly  secretive visit and why it's critical because  

Russia might be launching another offensive,  which means an attack and Ukraine hoping to  

soon retake territory when you have re in front of  a verb. It means again. So in this case it means

take

The territory again. This is very commonly  used. You might say, I need to rewrite,  

the report. You wrote it, once your  client did not like it. So you need  

to rip it up and rewrite it, write  it again, or you might say. Let's

Let's re-watch that movie. So if there's a movie  you really like, you watched it once but you want  

to watch it again, let's re-watch that movie and  notice my pronunciation. We pronounce this as a  

full re re e. It has that long e sound. So it's  not like a row row. Watch no re-watch rewrite.

Eight retake re.

Hoping to soon retake territory.  Take the territory again.  

Let's continue on Biden announced a half billion  dollars in new assistants saying the package would  

include more military equipment. Such as artillery  ammunition more javelins and Howlett sirs.  

I don't know what a javelin or a  Howlett sir is. Obviously it's some sort

Of artillery. Artillery is equipment, that's  used in battle in a attack. So this could

be

a gun, a tank, some sort of machine but I'm  not exactly sure what this is. To be honest  

and he said new sanctions would be  imposed on Moscow later this week.  

So Biden as the President of the United States.

Is going to be imposing sanctions. Notice the verb  choice. I think most people know what sanctions  

are a sink ssion is a penalty, basically, given  to a country because they violated some sort  

of rule a sanction. Now, you impose a sanction.  Impose simply means you give a sanction. We gave

gave Moscow a sanction but we don't use the  verb. Give you use the verb impose. So you  

could say the US has imposed many sanctions on  Russia. Notice our preposition on Russia. Now  

if I want to use sense, what verb  tense? Am I going to use next?

We already discussed this. I already have  my present. Perfect. The US has imposed many  

sanctions on Russia sense what verb tense since  the War Began began. So, the past simple present,

perfect,

because this many could represent  for sanctions, but next week,  

it could be five sanctions  or six things shins. So this

is an unfinished timeline. But this  part is a completed past action,  

which is why it's in the past, simple.  

All right, let's continue on one year later. Kyiv  stands and Ukraine stands democracy stands Biden  

said. So, in this case stands, in the sense of  romain's remains remains in place. Russia has not

been successful in their attempt to destroy kyiv.  Destroy Ukraine, destroy democracy. It stands. It  

remains remains. That's what the stands means.  In all of these examples, keep stands remains

Let's continue on the United States and other  Western Nations have been rushing arms tanks  

and ammunition to Ukraine. When you rush  something somewhere, it simply means you  

try to get it there quickly. That's where  the verb rush comes from. So, you might say,

I've been rushing to finish this report,  I've been rushing to finish this report.  

So if you only have 10 minutes left on that  deadline you need to type, really, really

fast. I've been rushing to finish the report or  

you could talk about it as a completed action.  I had to rush to the airport. So let's say

You slept in your alarm did not go  off. You woke up late and you had  

to rush to the airport. You had to go  there very quickly so you can rush to

do

something. So in this case to finish the report  to submit something to complete, something to  

buy something. So rush to do something. Let me  just write that for you. I've been rushing to

Do something.

Or you can rush to a location, which means  you go there very quickly to a location.

now, we also say

I'm in a rush in a rush. So in this case,  is another way of saying I'm in a hurry.  

So let's say someone calls, you. And  they're taking quite a long time to  

tell a story or to give you information.  You might say I'm so sorry. But can you  

hurry? Because I'm in a rush. I'm  late for a meeting. So, this is a

very good expression to have  when you need to tell someone to

hurry up, I'm in a rush.

Let's continue on in the hopes of changing,  the trajectory of the war trajectory trajectory  

trajectory difficult for pronunciation. Trajectory  the trajectory of the war is the path that the war  

is following, but don't use this word to replace  path in all contexts because it's really you.

In the specific context of war and  conflict. Because when a missile is shot,  

or any kind of gun is shot, you talk  about the trajectory of the bullet and  

that's the path that the bullet follows.  So we really use this specifically in a  

military context. I don't encourage you to  use this outside of a military or conflict.

Context.

By visiting in person, Biden  is offering a singular image  

of American support for zalenski.  Zelanski is the Ukrainian president  

singular means 11 image, which is important  because of course in the United States there  

are different, political views, different  parties, Joe Biden, the president represents

The view of one party but there are  people that oppose his views and have  

different views. But this is saying that all of  America shares, one view, we support Ukraine,  

that's the singular image, the singular  message, the singular opinion, one opinion,  

which is why he went in person rather  than just a zoom call or something.

Thing like that.

A singular image of American Support.  So not just Joe Biden's Party Support.  

Not just the support of a few people, all  of America. So it's a very strong image,  

a very strong statement here. Biden is offering a  singular image of American support for his olinsky  

who has spent the past year attempting to Rally  the world behind his Nation. When you try to

Rally. Someone you trying to  get someone to do something.  

So, here is an example sentence. How can we  rally the employees to work on the weekend?  

So most likely people don't want to work on  the weekend so you need to Rally them, rally  

someone to do something and it means to try to get  someone to do something. So maybe you can offer

offer them a bonus, buy them lunch, or  give them some sort of reward or incentive,  

that's how you can rally the employees.  So is the lenski is trying to Rally the  

world. He wants the world to support Ukraine.

All right, rally the world behind his  Nation behind his Nation. Just means to  

support his nation and appealing for  greater levels of assistance appeal.  

When you appeal for something, it just means  you ask for something to ask for something,  

I'll add to strongly ask for something,  and the something he's asking for,

Is greater levels of assistance.

Let's continue on Biden arrived in kyiv, at 8  a.m. local time after a lengthy kovar Journey  

from Washington. He departed kyiv in the early  afternoon, this is a very short visit, he arrived  

at 8. He departed early afternoon to me. Sounds  like, 2, p.m. 2 p.m. ish would be early afternoon.  

Thank you for coming. Solinsky  said, shaking Biden's hand.

Us officials have privately voiced  hope the massive influx of Weaponry  

to Ukraine can help Ukraine Prevail on the  battlefield and put solinsky in a stronger  

position to negotiate an end to the war,  okay? An influx when you have an influx,  

it's something coming in. So receiving,  something something coming in or receiving

saying something.

And that makes sense, right? He has a massive  influx of weapon tree. A lot of weapon tree  

coming into Ukraine from other countries  and a veil simply means to win to beat the  

opponent. So to Prevail on the battlefield  to win on the battlefield and put solinsky  

in a stronger position to negotiate, an  end to the war, but it remains unclear.

Clear what parameters? The lenski might be  willing to accept in any peace negotiations  

and the US has steadfastly refused  to Define what a settlement may look  

like Beyond stating. It will be up to  zalenski to decide here steadfastly.

This is an adverb and is simply means  strongly without stopping. So he's  

refused to Define what the settlement  may look like. And he's still refusing,  

he's not stopping that. He's strongly  refusing Beyond stating it will be up  

to zalenski to decide. So it's the US has  refused to Define it which makes sense because

Settlement involving Ukraine and Russia. So the  US doesn't want to get involved in the settlement,  

which is why President Joe Biden is refusing and  steadfastly. Refusing, steadfastly, refusing.  

Now to be up to someone to be up to someone.  

This is a great idiom. You can use  it in your everyday speech, too.

Be up to someone means it's someone's decision.

It's someone's decision. We use this in  a very casual context. Here is used in a  

more formal context, but it's very  commonly used in a casual context.  

What do you want to have for dinner tonight?

It's up to you.

It's up to you. Not a question mark period.  It's up to you. It's your decision. It's your  

responsibility to decide. I want you to  decide. So it's a polite way of saying,  

I want you to decide if someone's  decision, I'll just write that here.

This means I want you to decide, so  it's a polite way of saying that. So,  

if somebody asks you, what do you want to have  to eat? Where do you want to go? What movie do  

you want to watch? What do you want to do?  You can say, it's up to you. It's up to you.

Let's continue on during their talks,  inside the presidential, Palace, Biden,  

laid out his rationale. When you lay something  out in this context, it means you explain in  

detail explain in detail, his rationale for  visiting the Ukrainian Capital as the war enters  

a second year. So it was a surprise visit, right?  So when he got there, he explained to the public.

Eric? Why he's here? Why he's in Ukraine? And  remember what's the reason? Because he wants  

that singular image, that one image that the u.s.  supports Ukraine. Why? Because the u.s. supports  

democracy, that's his rationale. And he laid it  out, he laid it out, he explained it in detail.

Let's continue on, I thought it was  critical that there not be any doubt.  

None whatsoever about u.s. support  for Ukraine in the war. Biden said,  

the Ukrainian people have stepped up in a way  that few people ever have in the past. He added

to step up. This is a useful phrasal  verb. It means to take action when  

there is a need or opportunity for it. So  the Ukrainian people have taken action,  

what action have they taken to be honest? I'm  not sure likely to offer assistance to other  

ukrainians in need to support each other, to  do things like that. Some sort of action of

And of course there's a need for  it because of the war right now,  

this is used a lot in a workplace context  when you want someone to take action when  

there is a need or opportunity. For example,  Jeremy is awesome. He always steps up. So he's  

always there to take action when there's  a need or when there's an opportunity. So  

if somebody needs help Jeremy's, always the  person that says I can help, I can do that.

I have time, let me help you,  that's Jeremy, he always steps up  

and that's the end of our article. What I'll  do now is I'll go back up to the top and I'll  

read the article from start to finish so you can  focus on my pronunciation. So, let's do that now.  

Biden, make surprise visit to Ukraine for  first time since full-scale War began.

President, Joe Biden slipped into kyiv, on  Monday, for the first time since Russia launched  

a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, almost a year  ago, demonstrating in dramatic, personal fashion,  

his commitment to the country and its struggle.  As the war, enters an uncertain new phase,  

the highly secretive visit comes at  a critical moment in the 12-month  

conflict with Russia preparing for  an expected spring offensive and

Ukraine hoping to soon retake territory  Biden announced a half billion dollars in  

new assistants saying the package would include  more military equipment. Such as artillery  

ammunition more javelins and how will it sirs?  And he said new sanctions would be imposed on  

Moscow later this week. One year later kyiv  stands and Ukraine stands democracy stands.

Biden said, the United States and other Western  Nations have been rushing arms tanks and  

ammunition to Ukraine in the hopes of changing,  the trajectory of the war by visiting in person,  

Biden is offering a singular image  of American support for zalenski,  

who has spent the past year attempting  to Rally the world behind his nation. And  

appealing for greater levels of assistance  Biden arrived. In Kiev at 8:00 a.m. local.

Time after a lengthy covert Journey from  Washington. He departed kyiv in the early  

afternoon. Thank you for coming.  Solinsky said, shaking Biden's hand.  

Us officials have privately voiced hope the  massive influx of weapon tree to Ukraine  

can help Ukraine Prevail on the battlefield  and puts the lenski in a stronger position  

to negotiate an end to the war but it  remains unclear. What parameters? The

He might be willing to accept in any peace  negotiations and the US has steadfastly  

refused to Define what a settlement may  look like Beyond stating. It will be up  

to zalenski to decide during their talks  inside the presidential Palace, Biden,  

laid out his rationale for visiting the Ukrainian  Capital as the war enters a second year. I thought  

it was critical that there not be any doubt.  None whatsoever about us support for Ukraine in.

War. Biden said, the Ukrainian people have stepped  up in a way that few people have ever in the past.  

He added amazing job with that article. Now we're  going to move on to the next article. Feel free  

to take a pause, get a cup of tea if you like, and  let's continue on. Well today we're talking about  

us President, Joe Biden touching down, in Ottawa.  Ottawa is where I live, which is why I chose

This article and I'm sure you recognize this  man. He's the prime minister of Canada Justin  

Trudeau. So let me read this headline again. US  President, Joe Biden touches down in Ottowa first,  

let's talk about this phrasal verb touchdown. And  notice we have an s on it because is conjugated  

with Joe Biden. Which represents the subject?  He US President Joe Biden. He touches down.

Ottawa. Now to touchdown this means to land  and we use it specifically for a plane as an  

example. I could say my plane just touched down,  which means my plane just landed to be honest,  

I would say that landed is more common than  using the phrasal verb touchdown. So if you're  

already comfortable with using, what time  does your plane land? My plane just landed.

And I say keep using it but at least now you  know what it means when you see it. Okay,  

let's continue on and talk about his trip in  Canada, u.s. President Joe, Biden arrived,  

Thursday, evening, and Ottawa for a whirlwind 27,  our visit. Now, first, I want to point out that  

for everyone who doesn't know the capital  city of Canada is Ottowa. It is not

Anto. I think, probably 90% of  people think the capital city in  

Canada is Toronto. That's just not true, Ottawa.

Is the capital city which is where all the  official government business takes place and which  

is why President Joe Biden is visiting Ottawa and  not Toronto. Toronto is Canada's largest city,  

okay? So make sure you know, that the next time  someone asks you about the capital of Canada,

Arrives, Thursday evening in  Ottawa for a whirlwind 27,  

our visit. Okay, what is a whirlwind? Whirlwind  pronunciation. Whirlwind a whirlwind. Now,  

this is being used as an adjective  and we often describe an event,  

like a visit, a meeting a vacation, a  conference, as a whirlwind vacation, a

When conference a

whirlwind

meeting a whirlwind, visit  is simply a visit where many,  

many things happen in a short period of time. So  very active, many different activities. So he's  

going to go to a lot of different places.  Meet a lot of different people as well,  

and that's why you could describe your vacation  or a meeting, or a conference or even your summer.

I had a whirlwind summer, it implies that you  did many, many different things. You saw many,  

many different people. So I would say,  busy eventful. See, lots of people  

things. That's how I would describe it. And  this is an adjective. So that's an adjective.  

So as an adjective, you would put  it before what you're describing.

Expected to focus on both the friendly and thorny  aspects of the Canada u.s. relationship. Okay?  

So friendly. You know what that means? What  about thorny? Well, Thorn is something very  

sharp and a thorn hurts you. So, that's kind of  what you want to. Imagine those aspects of the  

relationship that are thorny that can hurt  you. So, in this case, I would just say the

The positive aspects of the relationship, that's  the friendly aspects. And then the thorny are  

the negative aspects of the relationship.  Because obviously these two countries probably  

don't share the same opinion on every single  topic. They probably have some debate that  

they're going to have as well. So that would be,  I would just summarize it as negative negative.

So you could describe your relationship. I have a  thorny relationship with my boss with my coworker.  

So you're saying, you know, it's - there are  things that hurt each other in that relationship,  

okay? Thorny aspects of the  Canada u.s. relationship.  

I don't know what those aspects  are I guess right here including  

protectionism and migration on both sides of  the border. So I'm not sure if these are the

friendly aspects or the thorny aspects. They Don't  Really specify. Now, actually, before we move on,  

I want to talk about the pronunciation of Canada,  because I actually hear a lot of mispronunciation  

because of syllable stress. So a lot of students  will put the stress on the wrong syllable,  

or they won't put any stress on it. So  it's Canada. It's not Canada, Canada.

I hear that were the Daw  is really strong Canada? No  

Canada Canada. Okay, that's how you say  it. Like an American like a Canadian can  

add. Ah, so this data is quite short, Canada  Canada. So now you know the capital of Canada,  

the largest city and you know, how to correctly  pronounce it. All of these notes are available.

Available in a lesson PDF so you can  look in the description or the comment  

section to download the free lesson PDF.  All right, let's continue on is quite a  

packed schedule. So a packed schedule,  this is just another way of saying  

busy busy. Now, you could also think of it  as crowded because you can say the event the

Vant was packed. And in this case, packed  means crowded. So there were many, many  

people in the event so you couldn't  really move around it was crowded  

but because we're talking about a schedule,  it really. More means busy. Now, honestly,  

you could use our same adjectives as before  and probably say it's quite a whirlwind.

Schedule? Because what is a busy schedule.  It's when you do, lots of things, see,  

lots of people meet with lots of people. Well,  that's also kind of the definition of busy,  

right? So you could use our other  adjectives Whirlwind or you can  

use packed as well and then know that  packed can mean crowded at the same time.

So, in terms of busy, you could say my  weekend was packed my weekend was packed,  

which means it was busy. Now, sometimes we  actually add, which is kind of fun. I like  

saying this, we add the word action in front.  Oh, my weekend was action packed. You don't  

have to say that. You can simply say packed, but  that's just an option, action-packed or packed

All right. It was quite a packed  schedule for a short trip said,  

White House, National Security Council spokesman.  Who that's a long title, John Kirby on Wednesday,  

this is a meaningful. Visit Canada is  one of the United States closest allies  

notice. They have this ' this is to show  possession, then United States closest Ally

Allies and friends. So the Allies belongs  to the United States, the friends belong  

to the United States. So that's why. Now  generally with possession, I would say

That's my friends shirt. So that is  when I'm talking about my one friend,  

right? So my one friend singular, now, this  ass is not plural, is to show possession,  

is to show the shirt belongs, to  my friend. Okay, now I could say,

That's my friends because I can see my friends and  it could be plural. That's my friends. What could  

be a multiple item belonging to my friends? That's  my friends dog. Okay let's say I have two friends  

and they live in the same house and they share  one dog. So the dog belongs to my friends, too.

Friends plural. But I just put the apostrophe  here because there is already an S. So I don't  

need to put another us because that looks  weird, right? So you don't need to put another  

as if it ends in an S. And this is to show  possession, this is also to show possession.

Okay. Canada is one of the United States,  closest friends and out allies and friends,  

and has been now for more than 150 years. Why is  it 150 years? Because that's how long Canada has  

been a country. It's been a hundred and fifty  two or three years. That's why they say more  

than. So since we became a country, this will  be the first true in person. Bilateral meeting.

Bilateral meeting is a meeting between two people,  

so it's just another way of saying to people.  I don't know why they really said it, because  

it's already implied because it's Joe, Biden  and Trudeau. And they're two people. Anyway,  

you could say, I'm having a bilateral meeting  with my boss and this implies that the meeting.

The is between you and your boss,  

because bilateral is with two people.  Now, let's say it's actually my bosses.

Friend, I can't think of anything else, so I'll  say friend. But notice this is possessive because  

the friend belongs to my boss boss already ends  in s so I don't need to put another s there.  

If it were the other way around, my friends, boss,  

I put, ' as because it does not end in  s and this is also showing possession.

I have a bilateral meeting with my friends  boss. Okay, let me highlight that for you.

Between the two liters in Canada since 2009.  So will be the first true in person. Bilateral  

meeting now adding in person, because obviously  in the last few years, a lot of meetings have  

taken place online. So it suggests that is  possible. They had an online bilateral meeting,  

it's possible. Now notice we have  sense since plus a specific time,

since 2009 since

last summer since March Fifth and we use for

With a time period for two weeks. Two years.  Now, in this context for doesn't work,  

you wouldn't replace. It will be the first  in-person meeting for two weeks. It doesn't  

make any sense. So we can't replace it with  four but I'm just letting you know that there  

are specific times when you use sense or for in  other cases because I do see mistakes with those.

this case, we need to use sense and we have to  

have a specific time because since  is only used with a specific time,

Okay.

The first year of Biden's term. So here's  another possessive. The term belongs to B in  

the first year of Biden's term focused on  rebuilding Canada, US relations following  

Trump's divisive term inaudible in office.  All right, let's take a look at this focused  

on rebuilding rebuilding. So notice a couple  things one, it's in the gerund form my verb

Biz in the ing. Gerund form. Why? Because I  have a preposition here on is a preposition.  

And when we have a preposition,  you're following verb. In this case,  

rebuilding needs to be in the ing in  the gerund form. So that's our Jaron.  

So I'll just write that out for you preposition +.  Gerund. Now we have a re in front of building too.

Say, is happening again. So we're  building it again. You might say  

Jennifer, this lesson was awesome, but I  need to re-watch it. I need to watch it  

again. Why? Well, because you need to practice  everything. I'm teaching you in this lesson,  

right? I need to re-watch  this lesson at least three.

Three times to really fully learn everything.  I'm teaching you in this lesson because I'm  

going quite fast, aren't I? So this means  watch again and notice for pronunciation.

Re e I'm not doing like a  schwa sound ra ra ra, watch  

American pronunciation. We love our unstressed.  Schwa sound in our throat here but I'm not doing  

that. This is a full e re re watch re watch.  Watch it again. So hopefully you re-watch  

this lesson. Let me know if you're going to  re-watch it. Okay, let's talk about this.

Divisive, divisive, divisive, divisive.  

Trump's divisive term in office. Divisive  comes from the word Division division.

Which also comes from the word  divided. When people are divided,  

when there's division between a group of people,  it means some people think this and other people  

think that and divisive is the adjectives.  That's describing that as an example, I could  

say his policy is very divisive, it causes some  people to be here and other people to be hear it.

It causes division. It divides people. So  with implying that Trump cause division  

between the United States and Canada  or at least their relationship. Let's  

continue on this second focused on meeting  obligations. The second. Remember here,  

we are talking about the first year of Biden's  term. Now, we're talking about this second,  

the second year of Biden's term,  the second focused on meeting.

Obligations. So again on as our preposition.  So we have our Jaren here, meeting obligations,  

including prioritizing orderly and safe  migration through regular Pathways Kirby set.

Now heading into the third,  the third year of his term  

heading into, we use the word head  as a replacement to the word go.  

So you could say going into the third term going  or I guess in this case you might want to think of  

it as entering but go there's movement, right?  And enter there's movement as well. I'm going.

Into the store. I'm entering the  store. Now we do use head a lot.

You could say I'm heading to the store. When  do you head to the airport? And in this case  

it means go. I'm going to the store. When  do you go to the airport? It's extremely  

common. It sounds very natural Americans.  We love saying head as replacement for go.

So you can start with these two expressions and  then add on some more to your vocabulary. Once  

you get comfortable with them. Now, heading  into the third, this visit is about taking  

stock of what we've done, where we are,  what we need to prioritize for the future,  

okay? When you take stock of something, you  basically assess, the current situation,

So you might say, we need to take stock of  

our finances. So you need to think about your  Current financial situation, and then, perhaps  

the recent past of it and then going  into the near future as well. So the  

current situation including the past and the  present. So let me just write that out for you.

Let's take stock, or we need to we need  to take stock of our financial situation.

As I said, I think the best replacement  would be assessed when you assess something  

you think about the current situation. So  assess, think about the current situation,

And in this case, it's the current situation of  your financial situation, a little bit confusing.  

They're using situation twice. So this visit  is about taking stock of what we've done. So  

assessing, what we've done, where we are, and  what we need to prioritize for the future.

So far, neither the White House nor the  prime minister's office have confirmed,  

if there will be any impromptu Stomps during the  trip. All right, let's take a look at neither.

Norm. I did create a separate video on neither  nor because I hear a lot of mistakes with it,  

so I'll put the link to that video  in the comment but just know that  

neither is used when it's negative. So  it's saying not the White House and not  

the prime minister so it's negative for the  White House and it's also - for the prime

Minister. That's what I'll say now. Just  because I do already have that full lesson  

on it. So I will just say link to lesson  in the video description on neither nor

it's a great video.

And I highly suggest you watch it.

Okay, so you can watch that when you have  time, it's a pretty short video as well.

Just trying to get this, let me just put this  on a separate line for you. Neither oopsie.

Neither nor okay, got it. Whoo.

So far, neither the White House nor the  prime minister's office have confirmed, if  

there will be any impromptu stops. Well, what's an  impromptu stop? It's an unplanned stop, unplanned.

It seems.

Like, it would be obvious that there would be  unplanned stops. For example, if you and I were  

going on a vacation, we wouldn't plan out every  single place including cafes restaurants stores  

in advance and have that on an itinerary,  right? If we felt like going to a cafe,  

we would go to a cafe. Obviously, that's  not how it works for the president,  

for security reasons, everything has to  be very planned out. So security can be

be present. So that's why an  impromptu stop is unlikely,  

but it did happen when Barack Obama,  former President, Barack Obama visited  

Ottawa many years ago. And that's what this  picture represents. I'll continue reading this.

So, it hasn't been confirmed, if there  will be any impromptu unplanned impromptu,  

Stomps during the trip meaning, we'll  have to wait and see whether there will  

be another Obama cookie moment. If you come to  Ottawa as a tourist, you will see this Obama  

cookie. It's very popular for tourists and  it's because Obama visited Canada in Ottawa.

Paula where I live the capital remember  in 2009. And he had an impromptu stop an  

unplanned stop. So he went to our tourist area,  which is called the byward market. That's just  

an area of the city in our Historic downtown,  where the tourists generally go, and he went  

to a bakery and he bought a cookie from that  Bakery. Remember, this happened in 2009 today?

If you go into that Bakery, there are  pictures of Obama everywhere like this  

picture is from the bakery, and this is a  television. What I'm pointing out with my  

mouse is a television and it plays over  and over again. Barack Obama's trip in  

Canada from 2009. It's pretty funny because  even now it's a big tourist attraction in.

Ottawa to come see this Obama cookie.  So, if Biden makes an impromptu stop,  

maybe we'll have a Biden cookie in Ottowa as well  or something like that. Okay, we'll have to wait  

and see if they'll be another Obama cookie moment.  When then US, President Barack Obama popped into a  

bakery and the byward market during his 2009  trip. I like this phrasal verb to pop into

When you pop into a store, a cafe, a bakery in  Obama's case, it means you just enter quickly. So  

you just go in, you get your cookie and you leave.  So most likely, you're not going to stay for two  

hours and have lunch with a friend. You're just  going to get something and leave. So if you're  

with your husband or wife  or a friend, you might say,

Is it? Okay, if we pop into this store  I need to buy and then you can just  

tell whatever you want to buy, okay? Now when  you say, pop into your friend, your husband,  

your wife, they understand that is going to  be quick. So even if you're on a schedule,  

they know, okay, it's not going to take a long  time. So if someone asks you like, oh, did you

visit the museum when you  were in Ottowa, you might say,

We popped in we popped in which means  you didn't spend a very long time. So  

this is the same as saying visited quickly we  popped in. We just took a few pictures looked  

around but we had another appointment  to get to we just popped in. So we use  

this a lot when you're going to stores or  you might go pop into a friend's house.

Which means you visit that friend  for a brief period of time.

So my friend popped in on, over the weekend, just  sometime over the weekend. Oh my friend popped  

in over the weekend so she visited me quickly.  That's what it implies and that's the end of the  

article so now I'll read the article from start  to finish so you can focus on my pronunciation  

US President Joe Biden touches down in Ottowa.

US President, Joe, Biden arrived, Thursday,  evening, and Ottawa for a whirlwind 27. Our visit  

expected to focus on both the friendly and thorny  aspects of the Canada u.s. relationship including  

protectionism, and migration on both sides of the  border is quite a packed schedule. For a short  

trip said, White House National Security Council,  spokesman John Kirby on Wednesday. This is a

Full visit Canada is one of the United States  closest allies and friends and has been now  

for more than 150 years. This will be the first  true in person. Bilateral meeting between the two  

leaders in Canada, since 2009 the first year,  a Biden's term focused on rebuilding, Canada,  

US relations following Trump's divisive term in  office. The second focused on meeting obligations.

Including prioritizing orderly and safe  migration through regular Pathways Kirby said  

now, heading into the third, this visit is about  taking stock of what we've done where we are,  

and what we need to prioritize for the future.  So far, neither the White House nor the prime  

minister's office have confirmed. If there  will be any impromptu stops during the trip,  

meaning, we'll have to wait and see  whether there will be another Obama.

A key moment when the US President, Barack  Obama popped into a bakery in the Byron  

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