Jennifer's NEW Phrasal Verb Challenge đŸ“£Lesson 5: speak up, look out for

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Hi everyone. Welcome! This is Lesson 5 of Jennifer's Phrasal Verb Challenge.
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In the last video, I asked you about anger management. This time we'll be talking about injustice.
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Do you usually expect life to be fair and get upset when it isn't?
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Some things we just have to accept because we can't get our way all the time.
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But there are situations when we need to speak up
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because unless we say something, an unfair situation won't change.
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A famous example is Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights activist.
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He spoke up for others like him.
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He spoke up because he believed in doing the right thing, and he worked to gain equal rights for all Americans.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. wasn't merely interested in bettering his own life.
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He was looking out for others for his fellow Americans who also wanted equal opportunities.
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"To speak up" first of all can simply mean to talk louder.
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"Hey Vicki. I can't hear you. There's too much noise. Can you speak up?"
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But often "to speak up" means to voice an opinion and make sure it's heard.
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"To speak up" is intransitive. It doesn't take an object.
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But we can also speak up for someone: you can speak up for others.
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You can speak up for people who have been wronged in some way.
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This means to speak in support of someone.
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A very similar phrasal verb is "speak out." Both phrasal verbs mean to express an opinion.
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"Speak out: suggests you do this in a very public way.
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You speak out against things you disagree with, perhaps as part of a public protest.
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So we can say that Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out against inequality.
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But it's also correct to say that he spoke up for civil rights and for better conditions.
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Right now I'm going to focus more on "speak up" I think you can use this phrasal verb in a lot of situations.
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"Look out for someone" means to take care of them. You want to make sure that no one treats them badly.
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"Look out for" always takes an object.
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A parent may ask an older sibling to look out for a younger child on their first day of school.
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Don't confuse this phrasal verb with another: look after.
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"Look after" is also to take care of someone, but it's more like a job. A nurse looks after patients.
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A babysitter looks after children.
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"Looking out for someone" means you're taking care of them, but you're trying to protect them from harm or offense.
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Here's a question. Do you think it's selfish to look out only for yourself and not for others?
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Have you ever spoken up in someone's defense?
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Practice using these phrasal verbs and answer my questions in the comments.
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We'll end here.
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