Donald Trump’s Inauguration 🇺🇸 Learn English With the News

Donald Trump is now officially president  of the United States of America.

Today we'll review a news article  that discusses his inauguration  

to help you improve all areas of your English.

Welcome back to JForrest  English, of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

Our headline Trump to be officially  sworn in as president at noon.

Let's review this use of to be.

This is used as shorthand for.

Trump will be officially sworn in, so it's  used as shorthand to indicate a future action.

This is commonly done in headlines.

Let's review this example.

The movie to be released on Friday.

So this is in the future  on Friday is in the future.

So using to be released.

You could also say the movie  that will be released on Friday.

And then the rest of your sentence  had a budget of $350 million.

And notice here this double preposition, because  you're sworn in in belongs to sworn to be sworn  

in and you're sworn in as something So as plus the  title, the official title sworn in as president.

Now this is the action of him being sworn in.

This was his last inauguration because  remember, this is in the future.

So at the time of this recording,  the inauguration has not taken place.

And notice we have at noon because in  North America time we use 12 hour time.

It's common to use at noon to avoid  the confusion between 12:00 AM,  

which is midnight and PM, which is noon.

You can say let's meet at noon,  at noon, which is 12:00 PM.

Or you can say let's meet at  midnight, which is 12:00 AM.

So if you're a night owl, maybe  you would say this, I'll be in bed.

But if you're a night owl,  maybe you would say that.

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Let's continue with the article.

President-elect Donald Trump will  be sworn into the White House.

Now, notice here we have into the White House  because they're not specifying his job title,  

which is why we don't have, as you could say,  

sworn into the White House  as president if you wanted.

However, that's not needed because  it's obvious based on context.

And notice now that we're in the  article, they're using the standard form.

The future simple will be sworn the third  form of the verb to swing where sworn to  

be sworn sworn in as into the White  House as president and then the date  

on inauguration day which takes  place on January 20th January 20th.

So when you vocalize this, you add  the ordinal number, the TH 20th.

So an unvoiced TH January  20th, 2025 for his second term.

Now this part is flexible.

You could put it after the time  reference as well on January 20th,  

2025 for his second term, or  you can have it right here.

The timeline for these events  typically kicks off at 6:00 AM.

So the phrasal verb to kick off talks  about the official start of something.

You could say the party kicks off  at midnight for all the night owls.

That's the time the party  officially starts kicks off.

Or you could say the parade  kicked off yesterday at noon.

Now, of course, your verb kick,  so you need to conjugate it.

Here we have it in the present  simple conjugated with the party.

And here we have it in the past simple with  our past simple reference yesterday at noon.

And notice here you have the timeline for  these events, but this has an S on it.

So don't forget that your subject is actually  the timeline, which is singular for these events.

Just tells you more  information about the timeline.

But the subject of the  sentence, is it it the timeline?

It kicks off at 6:00 AM.

Let's review some common synonyms  to typically, usually, commonly,  

customarily, ordinarily typically kicks  off at 6:00 AM with security screening.

So this with represents how it kicks off.

It kicks off with security screaming screening.

How would the party kick off?

The party kicks off at midnight with  maybe with music, with fireworks.

The parade kicked off yesterday at  noon with again with activities.

I'm thinking more for children.

So activities, games, maybe with games.

That's how it kicked off.

So in this case with security screening  and then follow by so that's saying the  

next thing that happens followed by  musical performances around 9:30 AM.

So around means it isn't precise.

It might be a little bit before or a little  bit after and opening remarks at 11:30 AM.

So it sounds like this will be precisely  at 11:30 AM because they didn't say around.

Now notice here with around it  doesn't say around at 9:30 AM.

So when you have around or  approximately, you don't need at,  

but with precisely you would need at and  opening remarks at precisely is flexible.

You can have it before at precisely 11:30 AM  or you can have it after at 11:30 AM precisely.

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Tickets to the ceremony are free.

Now let's look at this to the ceremony.

Because the ceremony is a something and  we generally use 4 + a noun a something.

But what's going on here is this 2 is  actually tickets to attend the ceremony,  

but attend is dropped because it's assumed you can  

understand it, or at least a native  can understand it without stating it.

So tickets to attend the ceremony,  this two focuses more on the action  

of participating attending, whereas if you have 4,  

it just focuses more on the possession of the  ticket which is why 2 is the preferred choice.

Tickets to the ceremony are  free and in high demand.

So if something is in high demand, don't  forget this preposition is mandatory.

To be in high demand means  that there is a high demand.

Many people want them.

So it was very commonly used.

We often use this just to describe a person.

You can say she's in high demand.

Well, this means many people want her.

Now you can specify the purpose.

Well, for what purpose?

She's in high demand as a speaker.

She's constantly booked.

It's really difficult to book  her because she's in high demand.

So remember it's to be.

So here I have she is in high demand.

And then you could provide the  the context here as a speaker,  

I could say my learn English with the news lessons  are because we need to conjugate our verb to be.

So this is with my lessons.

They are in high demand.

Many students request them.

They want them.

They say, Jennifer, when are you making  a new learn English with the news lesson?

They're in high demand.

So if you like these lessons and  you want me to make another one,  

put let's go, let's go, put,  let's go in the comments.

So I know you want another one.

They're in high demand.

Let's continue.

If you are not able to get your hands on  tickets to get your hands on, that means  

if you're not able to buy a ticket, well, in  this case there is no buy because they're free.

So instead of buy, you would just say  if you're not able to get a ticket,  

if you're not able to get a ticket,  if you're not able to buy something,  

if you're not able to watch my lessons,  if you're not able to book the speaker.

So whatever it is, you can use that  get your hands on, get your hands on.

So this means to possess or  obtain in the sense of get.

So you could simply say if you're not able to  get tickets instead of adding your hands on.

But it makes it more colorful, more expressive.

There are also public  viewing areas for the parade.

So this is an alternative if you're  not able to get your hands on a ticket.

Attendees, these are people who attend.

Attendees can gather along Pennsylvania Ave.

OK, let's review this preposition along.

So Pennsylvania Ave., let's just imagine  it's this straight line here along means  

all the people are going with that straight line.

Now if the line was curved for Pennsylvania Ave.

they would follow that pattern.

So that's what the preposition along means.

So you can walk along a path, you're following  the path or you can walk on the path.

They really have the same meaning  as just what you want to focus on,  

and gather means to come together as a group.

With gather is common to  use different prepositions.

For example, my students gathered around  the screen to watch the new lesson,  

or everyone gathered in front of  the stage to watch the inauguration.

So you can change the preposition, but  gather means to come together as a group.

Attendees can gather along  parallel to Pennsylvania Ave.

to cheer on.

So if you cheer someone on, you show  their you show your support for that  

person or that something and you do it vocally.

So you say woohoo, way to go.

You clap, you scream.

That's how you you would cheer  on the presidential possession.

So if you want to cheer  

me on, show your support for my channel  and these lessons that I made for you.

Again, you can put let's go in the comments  and then I'll imagine you're saying it.

Let's go Jennifer, to show that  you're cheering on the channel,  

cheering me on or cheering on the lessons.

So they cheer on the presidential procession.

That is just the the people, the cars, the objects  going up the street or in a line like a parade,  

the procession and inaugural parade as it makes  its way from the US Capitol to the White House.

So here if something makes  its way from one location  

to another is just talking about traveling.

So you could say as it travels from  the US Capitol to the White House,  

again, just like to get your hands on,  you could simply say to get tickets.

So why would you add additional words?

It just adds color.

It adds interest, and native speakers really like  using phrasal verbs, idioms, and expressions.

And that's the only reason why.

Here are two examples using this  idiom because it's very commonly used.

I need to make my way from check  in to the gate in only 10 minutes.

So where am I in this example?

I'm at the airport because there's a  check in the area where you check in.

That's my starting destination.

And my final destination is the  gate where the plane takes off.

And often there is a really big distance between  the two and I have to do that in only 10 minutes.

Or you could simply say, let's make  our way to the conference room.

Notice in this case, the starting destination  from the meeting room to the conference room.

In this case, the starting destination  isn't specified because it's not important.

It's only important where the ending destination  is the final destination, the conference room.

So you can leave out the starting destination.

Let's continue.

Outgoing President Joe Biden, 82.

So this is the age of the outgoing  president, the one who is leaving.

Outgoing President Joe Biden, 82, will  attend his successor's inauguration.

So his successor is the  person taking the position.

So of course, that's Donald Trump  is also traditional for all living  

former presidents to attend the inauguration.

So Barack Obama, George W Bush, and  Bill Clinton are all likely to attend.

Now, this use of likely is important  because it means that it's not guaranteed.

Likely is about 80%, so it's more possible  than not, but it's still not guaranteed.

If they said will attend, that's guaranteed.

So these three people will attend.

That is a fact are likely to attend is  80% so 20% chance they won't attend.

Let's continue.

Trump has extended invitations.

If you extend an invitation, it's a  more formal way of saying has invited.

So an invitation is the noun form, but  you can also use the verb to invite.

But using extend an invitation by here  because it's you drop the article.

Extend invitations is a little  more formal way of saying invite,  

and you always want to learn the full  grammar required to use any new vocabulary.

So you extend an invitation.

Your verb is extend.

That's what you conjugate here in  the present perfect and invitation.

But if it's plural, you get  rid of the article invitations.

Now you can extend an invitation to someone.

So here we have two several world leaders.

This is the someone to someone now  for something for the inauguration.

But here that information isn't  stated because it's obvious.

You don't need all this  information, but you can include it.

And you have to know what prepositions to  use and the sentence structure as well.

Historically, foreign heads of state.

So that's another way of saying the world leaders,  

foreign heads of state have not been  present at presidential inaugurations.

So this is saying that this is new, this is  different, this isn't what is normally done.

Let's continue this move.

So what does this represent the move?

So a move is someone's actions or decisions.

And in this case, you always  look at the last thing said.

And in this case, it's Trump's decision to extend  invitations to invite foreign heads of state.

So this move signals a potential shift  in diplomatic norms and highlights  

the incoming administration's focus on  international relations from the outset.

So this provides the reason why  Trump may have extended invitations.

Shift means change and from the outset,  the word outset means the very beginning.

So you can replace this with  from the very beginning.

So you still need from the,  if you use very beginning,  

from the very beginning, from the outset.

So you could say students should  practice speaking from the outset.

So the very beginning, even  after learning one word,  

you can practice speaking by saying that one word  out loud or one very short sentence out loud.

Students should practice speaking from the outset.

Do you agree with that?

Let's continue.

Trump's inaugural fund has more than $170 million.

So this$ is vocalized, verbalized as the  word dollars, but it comes at the end.

So $170 million in its coffers.

So repeat after me, coffers, coffers.

So it's the same pronunciation as cough  cough, but it just has this ERS on it.

Coffers.

Coffers means in its account or fund.

So there is a bank account, a fund for  

the inauguration and in as  Coffers just means in the account.

It's a very specific language.

You would likely use it if you worked in finance  or accounting, but not in your everyday use.

But when you see it in articles discussing  finances, it's useful to know what it means.

Major technology companies have made  significant financial contributions to  

the Inaugural Fund, signaling a strategic effort  

to establish favorable relations  with the incoming administration.

Now, of course, the incoming administration  is Donald Trump and his entire team.

So when using the word administration,  

it refers to the president and  all of the people on his team.

And remember that these nouns  are considered collective nouns.

So administration team, group,  they are made-up of many people,  

but we conjugate them as singular as one.

The administration is attending the parade,  the team is the group is attending the parade.

Let's look at signaling  because we had it here as well.

This move signals and here  signaling a strategic effort.

So major technology companies have made financial.

Significant financial contributions signaling  a strategic effort signaling means indicating  

indicating you could also use the word  suggesting, so it's providing insight  

into the reason why and notice it's in the ING  form because you're focused on the action of it.

Indicating suggesting signaling  a strategic effort Google,  

Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta, among others.

So it means that the list could continue.

Among others have donated 1,000,000.

Remember we vocalize this as dollars.

So million does not have an S, but dollars  has an S, $1 million to the inauguration fund.

Let's continue.

Unlike a direct contribution to a candidate's  campaign, there are no limits on how much an  

individual or a corporation or labor  group can give to inaugural committee.

So by using unlike, they're saying this  is not how a direct contribution works.

So they're saying that there's a contrast there.

This is a great sentence structure to practice.

Let's review this one.

Unlike her husband, Sarah enjoys  staying up until midnight.

She's a night owl just to use our until midnight.

So before we had at midnight.

But this isn't talking about  the specific reference.

It's until until midnight.

So this means Sarah's husband  doesn't like staying up until  

midnight because we said unlike her husband.

Now yes, husband is of course male  but her the possessive matches who  

the husband belongs to which  is Sarah and she's female.

That's why it's her.

Unlike her husband, Sarah enjoys  staying up until midnight.

So this is a great one to contrast yourself with  a family member, a colleague, a friend, or anyone.

How about this?

You can contrast things, so you can contrast  people, but you can also contrast things.

Unlike coffee, tea doesn't  keep me awake at midnight.

So this one, I'm imagining it's midnight.

So at midnight, I was awake because I had  some coffee, but tea doesn't do that to me.

So it's a great one to practice.

And I recommend practicing with both  people, contrasting people and also things.

And that's the end of the article.

So what I'll do now is I'll  read the article from start  

to finish and you can focus on my pronunciation.

Trump to be officially sworn in as President at  noon president-elect Donald Trump will be sworn  

into the White House on Inauguration Day  for his second term on January 20th, 2025.

The timeline for these events typically  kicks off at 6:00 AM with security screening,  

followed by musical performances around  9:30 AM and opening remarks at 11:30 AM.

Tickets to the ceremony are  free and in high demand.

If you are not able to get your hands on tickets,  

there are also public  viewing areas for the parade.

Attendees can gather along Pennsylvania Ave.

to cheer on the presidential  procession and Inaugural parade  

as it makes its way from the  US Capitol to the White House.

Outgoing President Joe Biden, 82, will attend.

His successor's inauguration is also traditional  for all living former presidents to attend the  

inauguration, so Barack Obama, George W Bush  and Bill Clinton are all likely to attend.

Trump has extended invitations  to several world leaders.

Historically, foreign heads of state have not  been present at presidential inaugurations.

This move signals a potential shift  in diplomatic norms and highlights  

the incoming administration's focus  on internal relations from the outset.

Trump's inaugural Fund has more  than 170 million in its coffers.

Major technology companies have made  significant financial contributions to  

the inaugural fund, signaling a strategic effort  

to establish favorable relations  with the incoming administration.

Google, Microsoft, Apple,  Amazon, Meta, among others,  

have donated $1 million to the inauguration fund.

Unlike a direct contribution to a candidate's  campaign, there are no limits on how much  

an individual or a corporation or labor  group can give to an inaugural committee.

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