1 Hour To Read Faster and Learn Vocabulary

T oday I have a 1 hour English reading master class for you

we are going to read three different articles together

and as we're reading these articles you're going to expand your vocabulary

you're going to learn advanced grammar and you're going to improve your pronunciation

as well Welcome back to JForrest English

of course, I'm Jennifer now let's get started first I'll read the

headline what's all the hype about green coffee

let's talk about this word the hype you might be wondering what this

is hype is a noun and it is to repeatedly advertise

or discuss something in a way that creates a lot of positive expectation

so let's look at this example here there's so much hype about the new James Bond

movie notice you can have hype

hype about something like this article hype about green coffee

you can also use the preposition surrounding the hype

surrounding the new James Bond movie they're the exact same

so there's a lot of hype about the new James Bond movie

it means everywhere you look you see an advertisement for the new movie

or people are discussing it oh I can't wait to see the new movie

I heard the new movie is really great I'm so excited I'm looking forward to it

and it creates this positive expectation so apparently

that's what's happening now with green coffee so if I hear what's all the hype about green

coffee it sounds to me like a lot

of people are talking about how amazing green

coffee is if you go into coffee shops or stores

they're selling and advertising the green coffee

that's the hype now don't worry about taking down all these notes

because I summarize everything in a free lesson PDF

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let's continue and find out what the hype's all about

green coffee beans are coming back stronger than a 90s trend

now a trend is something that is popular extremely popular for a specific period of

time so think back to the 90s if you can

and think about what were the hairstyles the clothing styles what were the trends in

the 90s now this article is suggesting that 90s trends

are coming back coming back

this is of course another way of saying returning so now you see hairstyles from the 90s

or clothing from the 90s right now have you noticed that

and they're saying that green coffee beans are coming back

stronger than a 90s trend so they're even more popular than 90s trends

which are also apparently returning but it also sounds like in the past

green coffee beans were popular maybe they were trendy a trend

then they weren't popular and now because they're coming back

it means they're returning to popularity let's continue

you might wonder why you keep seeing green coffee beans

or raw coffee beans everywhere and what it means what about you

have you seen green coffee beans everywhere I personally haven't

but maybe now I will start seeing them everywhere let's take a look here you might wonder

you can also say you might be wondering you might be wondering

and both of them are grammatically correct so if you say you might be wondering

the emphasis is on right now right now you might be wondering

you might wonder why this sounds like more in general

but ultimately they are both grammatically correct

personally I would use this one in this context because

I feel like the emphasis should be on right now

because it's not in general you wonder

this is right now as you're reading this article but just remember that

that's just a personal preference both of them are grammatically correct

and it's just how you want the person to interpret it

let's continue wait

are people really drinking raw un roasted coffee beans

yes and even better this un roasted coffee beverage is easy to

make at home okay let's start

stop here let's talk about this phrase even better

this is used when you wanna emphasize that what comes next

is better than what was previously said although they're both good

so this is a great way to really emphasize something

because you have one positive thing then you say even better

and then you list another positive thing and you're putting more emphasis on

the second positive thing for example the promotion comes with a raise

that's positive and even better I can work from home so

this tells the person that you actually value working from home more so than a raise

which means more money maybe because you have young children at home

and it's way easier for you to work from home and that is a better scenario

than just getting a little bit more money so and even better the end is optional

you can say and even better or just even better and even better

this Unrose coffee beverage is easy to make at home

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better this unrosed coffee beverage is easy to make

at home and comes with loads of health benefits

loads of loads is another way of saying a lot of

or many health benefits just be careful with that of because if you

use many you don't need of

but a lot of loads of I have loads of emails to read

for example the only thing better than a new trend

is a new trend that is good for your body so they're saying

it's positive that we have a new trend and it's even better it's even better to use

this again so the second point is is stronger

and it's even better that the new trend is good for your body

green coffee beans are regular coffee beans that have not been

roasted so here you finally learn what green coffee

beans are have not been roasted

so you can also say that have not been roasted or you can say that are un roasted

are un roasted you could also say raw

a regular coffee beans that are raw are unrosted that have not been roasted

they taste like a mix between herbal tea and coffee

so if you have a mix between it means some of the taste is herbal tea

and some of the taste is coffee that would be a mix between

and they're using between because they're specifying the two items

let's continue now we come to the benefits the loads of health benefits

chronic inflammation is a key factor in arthritis cancer diabetes and autoimmune diseases

first let's talk about a key factor here key means

important now factor is a factor situation that has

influence so here the factor is chronic inflammation

chronic when describing a health condition

a health problem chronic means that it continues for a long

time so inflammation not just temporarily

it's chronic inflammation it's always there and it was there years ago

and most likely it's going to be there years in the future

as well that's chronic chronic inflammation is a key

factor in and then the specific health conditions arthritis

cancer diabetes and autoimmune diseases treating inflammation so notice you treat

an illness if you treat an illness it means you want

to reduce it you want to improve the health of the person

by reducing the the illness or the symptoms that's treating the symptoms

treating inflammation can prevent and treat life threatening diseases

and makes for a more comfortable quality of life

let's talk about this verb right here and makes for a more comfortable quality of

life why do you think that this verb has an s on

it do you know why does this verb have an s on

it it's because when you have this end

you need to go back because the subject of the sentence is

how you would conjugate the verb that comes after and so

this verb that comes after and relates back to treating inflammation

so this treating inflammation this is the subject of the sentence cause

this is our first verb now can is a modal verb so you don't conjugate

it that's why there's not cans

because you don't conjugate it it's a modal verb but

treating inflammation makes for a more comfortable quality of life

that alone is a complete sentence so this treating inflammation

this as a subject is it it makes for a more comfortable quality of

life I made those notes for you

now let's continue raw unroasted coffee beans so here we see the raw coffee beans

unroasted coffee beans those are the green beans

raw unroasted coffee beans have both antioxidant

and anti inflammatory notice how you say the word anti

and then you say the next word so occident antioxidant anti inflammatory

antioxidant and antiflammatory properties that can benefit our bodies

in the long and short term so long term

there is no set definition for what length of time

that is but maybe that could be six months one year

but it could also be five years or 10 years or 20 years

so it can be in the near future or in the later future

and short term there's also no specific time for that

it could be one week one month six months one year

it just depends on the context so let's look at this sentence

what are your short term and long term goals very common question now in this case

short term is an adjective and that's why you see it with this dash

it describes what the goal is it gives more information

so when I hear a short term goal goal I think about right now

I want this to happen now tomorrow next week and maybe up to a year

but you could have a different definition of a short

term goal and when I hear long term goal

I think maybe in five years or in 10 years it could even be longer but again

you might have a slightly different definition cause they're not specific

but notice here in the long term in the short term this is a phrase

and that's why you don't see the dashes between this is just a spelling issue

there's nothing different with pronunciation but because this is an adjective

that's why you see it with the dash so that's in the long and short term

and is very common to discuss both long term and short term

with your health and also with things like goals and priorities

so those are the health benefits now you're probably wondering

how can you make green coffee so let's look at the directions

gently rinse 1 cup of green coffee beans then place in a pot now notice for directions

what well I'll ask you

before I tell you what verb tense is being used here

gently is not a verb tense gently is an adverb so we can ignore the word

gently and we can look at the verb

and what verb tense is being used and why

it's the imperative the imperative verb tense is the verb tense

we use with directions now you need to know that for the imperative

you don't have a subject and you use the base verb

so in this first step you have two verbs both in the imperative

rinse 1 cup of green coffee beans gently gently rinse place in a pot

place in a pot okay so we have our 1 cup of rinsed

green coffee beans in a pot pour this is our verb pour in the imperative

pour 3 cups of water over the unrosted coffee beans

and bring to a boil this is our verb in the imperative

bring to a boil when you bring something to a boil

it means it once it starts boiling that is the point at which you brought it

to a boil so the point when when it starts boiling

that's bring it to a boil simmer this is our next verb

the verb 2 simmer for 12 minutes over medium heat

when you simmer something it means you cook it at a lower temperature

so you bring it to a boil it starts boiling

and then you immediately turn the heat down you turn it down to medium and you let it

simmer so you just let it cook for 12 minutes

at a lower temperature pour again pour the verb in the imperative

pour the liquid so the liquid because here you have the water and the coffee

beans so just pour the liquid into a cup

and drink immediately so pour the liquid into a cup and so drink

immediately this is our other verb in this sentence

that's in the imperative and drink immediately I guess immediately because they don't want

it to they don't want you to drink it cold

that's probably why they said immediately so now you have the directions

very simple to make green coffee so you can give it a shot

give it a shot give it a shot this is a great expression

it means try it so remember I said so now you have the instructions

you can try it you can give it a shot so put this in the comments

give it a shot give it a shot and you can let me know also

if you are going to give it a shot so put that in the comments

give it a shot so that is the article so what I'll do now is

I'll read the article from start to finish and this time focus on my pronunciation

let's do that now once all the hype about green coffee

green coffee beans are coming back stronger than a 90s trend

you might wonder why you keep seeing green coffee beans

or raw coffee beans everywhere and what it means wait

are people really drinking raw un roasted coffee beans yes

and even better this un roasted coffee beverage is easy to

make at home and comes with loads of health benefits

the only thing better than a new trend is a new trend that is good for your body

green coffee beans are regular coffee beans that have not been roasted

they taste like a mix between herbal tea and coffee

chronic inflammation is a key factor in arthritis cancer diabetes and autoimmune diseases

treating inflammation can prevent and treat life threatening diseases

and makes for a more comfortable quality of life

raw un roasted coffee beans have both antioxidant

and anti inflammatory properties that can benefit our

bodies in the long and short term directions

gently rinse 1 cup of green coffee beans then place in a pot

pour 3 cups of water over the unrosted coffee beans

and bring to a boil simmer for 12 minutes over medium heat

pour the liquid into a cup and drink immediately now I have green coffee beans right here

because my husband roast his own coffee so here are some of the coffee that my husband

roasted so how about I follow the directions

and make a cup of green coffee for the very first time as you can see

I just brought the water to a boil now I'm going to reduce the heat

and let it simmer for 12 minutes and here is the green coffee

this is the very first time I'm going to drink this

and honestly I'm not really looking forward to it

because it did not smell very good when I was making it but here it goes

oh oh my that is not good oh my goodness

I don't wanna have another sip of that it's really strong extremely strong

it definitely does have a herbal taste to it

so I see the mix between herbal tea and coffee but that's not very pleasant

you can try it for yourself but I don't think I'm going to drink any more

green coffee amazing job now feel free to take a break if you want

and when you're ready let's continue with the next article

first I'll read the headline this beloved beverage has gone viral

but you might want to think twice before drinking it

did you notice how I pronounced beloved beloved there are three syllables below vid

this is important because generally when you have a voiced sound

the e d is pronounced as a soft d and there's only one syllable at the end

so that means it would normally be beloved beloved

and some native speakers do pronounce it as beloved

the two syllables but it is common more common to say beloved with the three

syllables now let's talk about has gone viral

so the expression is to go viral here it's conjugated in the present perfect

but the verb is go and that's what you would conjugate

when something goes viral it means it becomes extremely popular on social

media and usually happens in a short period of time

so fingers crossed that this video that you're watching right

now goes viral to help that you can like the video

so hit the like button because that does help videos go viral

okay this beloved beverage has gone viral so

this beverage is now extremely popular on social media

but you might want to think twice before drinking it

let's talk about this because we have might want

and then the infinity to think you might want to think this is a great structure

when you want to suggest something but do it in a less severe way

because notice this example you must bring an umbrella

that sounds like a strong suggestion if someone said that to me

I would 100% bring an umbrella but if someone said you might want to bring

an umbrella maybe I will maybe I won't

so the article headline

is not being very severe in its recommendation and when you think twice about something

it's literally you should think about it and then you should think about it again

this is a common expression we use in English so maybe your friend tells you

I want to quit my job I hate my boss you can reply back and say

you might want to think twice before quitting so you're encouraging your friend

in this case you're doing it in a gentle way because we use you might want to think twice

so you're encouraging your friend to think again

consider it again to make sure you are making the right decision

now don't worry about taking all of these notes

because I summarize everything in a free lesson PDF

you can look for the link in the description now let's continue

and find out what this beloved beverage is the beverage which is just adding lemon juice

to water okay so that's the beverage

it's lemon water has gone viral we already know what this means

in recent years due to its supposed health benefits

including boosting hydration now here boosting is used to say increasing

increasing hydration hydration is the amount of water you have

so I wrote that here for you but the technical definite

definition of hydration is your body's ability to absorb water

so you have the water in your body but then being able to use that water as energy

that would be hydration boosting hydration adding vitamin C

and being an alternative to sugar filled options like soda or fruit juice

so these are the different health benefits which is why this beverage lemon water has

gone viral now let's talk about supposed

it's supposed health benefits this is a very important word because when

I read this I know that okay

this is what people say that lemon water can do

but it hasn't been proven then you can use supposed it's supposed health

benefits so it lets me know that there's some doubt

around these health benefits

we very commonly use supposedly the advert form

for example she supposedly stole the money now if I got rid of supposedly she stole the

money this sounds like a fact

but if I add she supposedly someone said it but it hasn't been confirmed

so this is just using the adjective form she's a thief that sounds like a fact

she's a supposed thief so that isn't a fact it's just what some people have said

now notice this pronunciation supposedly there's four syllables

but here is just supposed supposed so notice that pronunciation different

let's continue on so notice that pronunciation difference

the trendy drink is all the rage some students ask me what trendy means

because this is in a lot of different articles trendy simply means popular right now

so I'll write that for you popular right now and all the rage

well this is an expression so the expression is to be all the rage

so you describe something as all the rage this expression also means to be popular right

now but remember you describe something as it

so we could say short videos like the ones you watch on YouTube shorts

I do those as well short videos are because we need our verb to be conjugated

short videos are all the rage right now they're very popular right now

but this could change in a week or a month so it's very temporary as well

but according to some doctors and dentist it could be wreaking havoc in your mouth

when something wreaks havoc it means it causes a lot of problems

and it sounds very strong so causes severe problems

now notice the pronunciation of reek reek there's no w it's silent

so it starts on a r and then the vowel is e reek

reek wreaking havoc because it's conjugated in

the present continuous because it's happening right now

remember this simply means causing severe problems

I'm not going to lie I see a lot of effects on patients enamel

okay so notice how we said doctors and dentist

so right now who do you think is talking well a dentist

because enamel is on your teeth it's what protects your teeth

I guess I'm not a dentist so Google tells me that enamel is the hard

white shiny substance that forms the covering of

a tooth so it just covers your teeth

that's enamel but it's important it protects your teeth I know

my dentist always talks about enamel whenever I visit the dentist

now notice here I read this as I'm not going to lie

but that is not how native speakers say this this is an expression we use it a lot

and the expression is I'm not gonna lie I'm not gonna lie so when you pronounce this

if you want to sound like a native speaker don't say I'm not going to lie

say I'm not gonna lie I'm not gonna lie you need to take better care of your teeth

I'm not gonna lie you need to improve your English

so we use this as an expression before we share advice or a recommendation

that we think the other person should follow I'll read this again

and I'll read it like a native speaker I'm not gonna lie I see a lot of effects on

patients enamel

the covering on their teeth from drinking lemon water

one dentist said so this is one of the reasons why we need to

think twice or we might want to think twice

before drinking lemon water when I see this remember

this is the dentist talking when I see this I ask them

what happened do you have acid reflux what's changed and they can't figure it out

so they being the patient the patient this is a conversation between

the dentist and the patient so the patient can't figure

it out they don't know why

their teeth are in a worse condition compared to their last visit

and then I ask so and then the dentist asks do you drink lemon water in the morning

when they confirm so they say yes I do that's confirming

when they confirm I ask do you brush your teeth right after too

when they confirm so again when they say yes

I do yes I brush my teeth right after

I wrote that down for you so you can see the short form

yes I do and the long form which is the full sentence

yes I drink lemon water because when you do the

long form you don't need to include do

so you don't need to say yes I do drink lemon water is just yes

I drink lemon water or yes I do when they confirm

I now understand the problem with their teeth the doctor explained that brushing your teeth

after drinking lemon water is basically brushing acid into your teeth

I highlighted this adverb basically because there's another very common one

that will help you sound more fluent which is essentially lemon water

is essentially brushing acid into your teeth now both of these mean just like

so when you do this when you brush your teeth after drinking lemon

water it's just like brushing acid into your teeth

so it's the most important characteristic you can use

basically you can use essentially it's a little more advanced

and then you can use just like which is a more casual way

but a native speaker would absolutely use this

and it sounds very fluent instead so here we have instead

to transition from what the person is doing and then they want to suggest an alternative

so instead of brushing your teeth after drinking lemon water

so if you wanted to include that information notice that sentence structure instead of

and then adjaran but because it's obvious they just said it you can just use instead

instead she suggested we brush our teeth before we

drink it it being the lemon water

or wait 20 to 30 minutes after alternatively so

this is another adverb you can use instead of instead

so this is again another alternative but because we already use instead

you don't wanna use it again although essentially you could alternatively

we can rinse our mouths with water to wash away any acid and then brush finally

so this is a third alternative but notice the different prep

the different adverbs use because you don't wanna use the same ones

again and again so

now you have 3 new adverbs that you can use when you're suggesting another possibility

and I think it's obvious but finally you can only use this before the final possibility

I think that's obvious but I'll just say it finally you can drink the lemon water with

a straw ah to avoid teeth contact

she noted that this technique can be useful when drinking coffee too

I highlighted teeth contacts because this is the noun form to avoid something

which is teeth contact because of the enamel right

but if you want to use a verb you could just remember

you need a geron verb to avoid contacting your teeth

so it means the same thing is just a different sentence structure

she noted that this technique can be useful when drinking coffee too

I've heard that that coffee is very acidic and can be harmful to your teeth

and I've heard it also stains your teeth so causes your teeth to not be very white

so you can try this alternative you can drink your coffee with a straw

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 this time you can focus on my pronunciation

this beloved beverage has gone viral but you might want to think twice before drinking

it the beverage which is just adding lemon juice

to water has gone viral in recent years

due to its supposed health benefits including boosting hydration

adding vitamin C and being an alternative to sugar filled options

like soda or fruit juice the trendy drink is all the rage

but according to some doctors and dentists it could be wreaking havoc in your mouth

I'm not going to lie I see a lot of effects on patients

enamel from drinking lemon water one dentist said when I see this

I ask them what happened do you have acid reflux

what's changed and they can't figure it out and then I ask do you drink lemon water in

the morning when they confirm I ask

do you brush your teeth right after 2 when they confirm

I now understand the problem with their teeth the doctor explained that brushing your teeth

after drinking lemon water is basically brushing acid into your teeth

instead she's suggested we brush our teeth before

we drink it or wait 20 to 30 minutes after

alternatively we can rinse our mouths with water

to wash away any acid and then brush finally you can drink the lemon water with

a straw to avoid teeth contact she noted

that this technique can be useful when drinking coffee

too amazing job now feel free to take a break if you want

and when you're ready let's continue with the next article

first I'll read the headline The Great Monarch Migration

so as you can see we're talking about butterflies a specific species of butterfly called monarch

monarch butterflies migration is the process of animals

travelling to a different place and is usually when the seasons change

and this is important because people can migrate as well

move to another country for a specific reason but for animals

it's when they travel to a different place when the seasons change so for example

the scientist is studying butterfly migration studying or perhaps tracking butterfly migration

now don't worry about taking any notes because I summarize everything in a free lesson

PDF so you can look in the description for the

link now

let's continue and learn about these beautiful insects

unlike most other insects in temperate climates let's talk about unlike

because simply by using this word at the beginning I know without reading it

that this next point is going to contrast be different from this point

so this point is about insects interpret temperate climate

so this is going to have some sort of contrast to most insects so

unlike is a very powerful word to have in your vocabulary

let's look at this example unlike other methods learning English with

the news like you're doing right now

is interesting and engaging so without saying this

it's implying that these other methods it's the opposite of these adjectives

because it used unlike other methods now do you agree

do you find this an interesting and engaging approach

method for learning English if you do then put in the comments

you got that right you got that right which is a casual very natural way of saying

I agree that's right you're correct you got that right

put that in the comments unlike most other insects in temperate climates

let's review temperate a temporary climate is one that is neither

hot nor cold so it's not an extreme climate

it's somewhere in the middle so notice here neither nor

because I'm excluding both of them I'm saying not hot not cold

neither nor neither hot nor cold so what about your climate

is your climate a temperate climate I live in Canada and most of Canada is temperate

Northern Canada where nobody lives or very small percentage of the population

lives would not be temperate because it is extremely

cold but most parts of Canada would be considered

temperate monarch butterflies cannot survive a long

cold winter instead they spend the winter in roosting spots

a roosting spot is a resting spot so it's where the butterflies go to rest

they don't live there permanently they only stay there when they're resting

now a roost is generally used with birds such

as chickens and a roost is as a noun a place for chickens

is usually a branch of a tree where birds rest or sleep

so here roosting is an adjective and spot is the noun

and it simply means resting spot monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains

travel to small Groves of trees along the California coast

here the word Grove is a collection of trees an area with a lot of trees

a Grove of trees those east of the Rocky Mountains fly farther

south to the forest high in the mountains of Mexico

let's take a look at here east of let's talk about sentence structure

for directions you could say I live in Canada but then give the location northern

eastern southern or western I live in southern Canada

now notice my pronunciation and listen to the

difference I'll say it again I live in southern Canada

I live in the south notice how that vowel change

this only changes for southern and south there isn't the equivalent vowel change

in the other directions so uh southern uh southern Canada

our our south south I live in the south

so if you're in the location and someone asks you

oh where do you live oh I live in the south

I live east of the river so here you're just talking about a direction

like on a compass the river is here and you're east of the river

so that is the compass direction those east of the Rocky Mountains

so here they're giving more of a compass direction those east of the Rocky Mountains fly farther

south out notice that pronunciation here south okay

let's talk about farther because a lot of students want to know

the difference between farther and further the easiest way to remember it is that

farther is with directions so when you're talking with directions

or with physical physical distance so which is generally with directions

so physical movement but further is more hypothetical movement

you can think of it more as additional so for example

does anyone have any further questions I'm not asking you to go physically more

I'm asking you more in a hypothetical way in a non literal way additional

so if you can replace further with additional but farther would be more distance

more movement if you ever forget which one to use

I recommend using further because it's more common

and native speakers are more comfortable hearing it

but to help you remember oh I put father haha it's not father is farther haha

so to help you remember it just remember that the word has far

which is distance near far so that should help you remember

that is physical distance and then further is more additional

farther south because distance to the forest high in the mountains of Mexico

in all the world no butterflies migrate like the monarchs of North

America they travel much farther uh

again because our verb here is travel so I'm talking about physical movement

physical distance so that's why I'm using farther but you might

say Jennifer can you give me some

further information formation about butterflies or about how to use directions

for example so in that case it's additional they travel

much farther than all other tropical butterflies up to 3,000 miles so when you have up to

it's giving the maximum limit so it could be less

but this is the maximum that they travel you might see up to

when they're telling you the time requirement you have up to 45 minutes to complete the

exam you can submit your exam after 15 minutes

but the maximum is 45 up to up to 3,000 miles they are the only butterflies to make such

a long two way migration each year

so of course two way means they go and they return

go and return that's two way and notice there's no s on ways

because this is an adjective and we don't add an s to adjectives

for example she booked a two way ticket so this is an adjective she booked a ticket

what type of ticket a two way ticket so that's why there's no s

now a two way ticket is frequently called a round trip

a round trip ticket or a return ticket so you may see

any one of these three but normally you'll see ways with an s

when there's more than one there are two ways to submit the assignment

because in this case it isn't an adjective amazingly they fly in masses to the same winter

roost what's a roost

do you remember a roost is a resting spot a resting location

so to the same winter roost resting spots now in masses this means in large numbers

in masses often to the exact same trees the exact same trees now here

that's why they said amazingly because this is quite amazing

that butterflies have the ability to do this so when you want to deliver some information

that sounds really amazing you can add amazingly as an adverb

their migration is more the type we expect from birds

or whales however unlike birds and whales oh

remember this one unlike birds and whales so now

I know that there's going to be a contrasting point

between how butterflies behave and how birds and whales behave

butterflies only make the round trip once okay

so birds and whales make the round trip twice or they make a return trip

I guess it is their children's grandchildren that return

south the following fall I guess

because the life expectancy of a butterfly isn't long

enough to make the return does anyone know

what the life expectancy of a butterfly is I have no idea so I am going to Google it

but if you know the answer put it in the comments and we'll see if it's

right so any ideas the life expectancy

well it's two to six weeks not very long

which makes sense why they don't make the round trip

the return trip it's their children's grandchildren wow so amazingly

it's their children's grandchildren so there are many things in this article

we could add amazingly to amazingly it is

their children's grandchildren that return south

the following fall let's continue I'm learning a lot about butterflies

hopefully you are as well and learning a lot about English at the same

time one unsolved mystery is

how monarchs find the overwintering sites each year

what's an overwintering site what word could we replace for site

overwintering roost because remember that's the resting place the resting site

we could call it the overwintering roost somehow so by saying somehow

it's suggesting that they don't actually know how

now we could probably use our without even reading it

we could probably add our amazingly because

I imagine what comes next is going to be quite amazing

amazingly but somehow the choice that they had to

actually expresses that they don't know the specific

reason somehow they know their way

even though the butterflies returning to Mexico or California each fall are the great

great grandchildren of the butterflies that left the previous

spring I certainly think we could replace somehow

with amazingly it does change the meaning though

because when you have somehow is suggest

that we don't know how butterflies are able to do this

how is it possible that a butterfly flew but then died and then another butterfly

died another one died another one died

and it's the third or fourth one that actually returned home

but that butterfly that returned home isn't the same butterfly that made the trip

so how do they know how to get back so we could definitely say amazingly for that

they know their way even though the butterfly is returning

okay perfect no one knows

no one knows exactly how their homing system works

so their homing system that would be their internal GPS basically

so you can think of it as their internal GPS or their internal compass

so here no one knows exactly how this is the reason why they use somehow

because again remember it expresses that nobody actually knows

and again we could probably use amazingly for this as

well it is another of the many unanswered questions

remember up here they use unsolved mystery so for a mystery you can solve it

so the opposite would be unsolved in this case

unsolved mystery but for a question you answer a question

and in this case is an unanswered question it's one it is another

of the many unanswered questions in the butterfly world

so a very interesting article we didn't learn the answer to some of this

because we don't know the answers yet they're unsolved mysteries

so now what I'll do is

I'll read the article from start to finish and this time you can focus on my pronunciation

the Great Monarch Migration unlike most other insects in temperate climates

monarch butterflies cannot survive a long cold winter instead

they spend the winter in roosting spots monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains

travel to small Groves of trees along the California coast

those east of the Rocky Mountains fly farther south

to the forest high in the mountains of Mexico in all the world no butterflies migrate

like the monarchs of North America they travel much farther

than all other tropical butterflies up to 3,000 miles

they are the only butterflies to make such a long

two way migration every year amazingly they fly in masses to the same winter

roost often to the exact same trees

their migration is more the type we expect from birds

or whales however unlike birds and whales

butterflies only make the round trip once it is their children's grandchildren that

returns south the following fall

one unsolved mystery is how monarchs find the overwintering sites

each year somehow they know their way even though the butterflies returning to Mexico

or California each fall are the great great grandchildren of the butterflies that

left the previous spring

no one knows exactly how their homing system works

it is another of the many unanswered questions in the butterfly world

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