LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS | DAY 1

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Today is Day 1 of your 30-day Vocabulary Challenge for 2021.
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That's right,
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There's going to be a video a day for the next 30 days to help you learn and boost your
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vocabulary, we're learning 105 words.
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We're taking them from the Academic Word List so these are word that you'll need to know
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if you're preparing for the IELTS or TOEFL exam, but also if you read or watch the news
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in English, or have conversation with native speakers.
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These are intermediate words and they are useful.
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So, grab your friends, have them join the challenge and let's do this together.
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As always, if you like this video or you learn something new, please like and subscribe with
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notifications, it really helps.
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Over the next 30 days, we'll learn 105 words together.
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I do have a download for you, a list of words with all the definitions and sample sentences,
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as well as quizzes to make sure you're really getting and remembering these words.
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You can get that download by following this link or the link in the video description.
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Today, we're learning 4 words.
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Structure,
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Individual,
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Function,
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and Environment.
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And we're looking at the different ways these words are used in various situations.
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For each word, you'll get the definition, we'll go over the pronunciation.
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You'll get to see the pronunciation up-close and in slow motion, and we'll have 5 examples
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from real life English.
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First, structure.
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Structure.
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This is a two-syllable word with first syllable stress, stru-- stru-- structure.
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So your second syllable should be said much more quickly, lower in pitch, --ture, --ture, --ture.
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Structure.
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It's a noun, it means the way something is built, arranged, or organized.
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The entire building is made of stone so it has a really solid structure.
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As a verb, it means to arrange or organize in a particular way.
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Using my Google calendar helps me structure my week.
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Let's look again up close and in slow motion.
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And now, we'll go to Youglish to see 5 examples of this word in use.
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Here, the physical structure of the brain is actually changing.
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The physical structure of the brain.
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The way the tissue, nerve cells, and so on are arranged to make the brain.
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Let's watch that again.
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Here, the physical structure of the brain is actually changing.
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Here's another example.
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I was 27 years old with no job, no partner, no structure.
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No job, no partner, no structure.
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That means no structure to life.
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No set schedule, no obligations.
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No structure to live in.
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Some people like having a lot of structure in their lives, and others hate structure.
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I, myself, like some structure, set working hours, and of course, having kids requires
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structure because of their needs and their routines.
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Let's see that example again.
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I was 27 years old with no job, no partner, no structure.
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Here's another example.
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And that's had a really big impact on how we structure our teams.
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How we structure our teams.
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How we set them up, how we organize them.
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How many people are on a team, how many leaders are on a team, for example.
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Let's see that one again.
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And that's had a really big impact on how we structure our teams.
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Another example.
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It helped me structure my outline.
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Structure my outline.
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An outline is a plan for something, like a paper.
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If you have a major research paper, you'll write an outline first.
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What you'll argue here, what you'll present there, that kind of thing.
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So to structure your outline means to organize it.
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How many main points will you have?
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How many supporting points for a main point, and so on.
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Let's see that example again.
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It helped me structure my outline.
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Another example.
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What's so important to humans is our social structure.
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Social structure.
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The people of society, how do we organize ourselves?
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How do we feel that we fit in with the community around us?
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Let's see that example again.
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What's so important to humans is our social structure.
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The next word is Individual.
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Individual.
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This is a five-syllable word with middle-syllable stress.
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Make sure your other syllables are said more quickly: indi-- indi-- vid-- ual-- ual-- ual--
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Individual.
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Individual.
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As a noun or an adjective, it's one member, or one particular person.
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For example, noun: I need a different individual to sign as a witness.
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As an adjective: An egg carton has 12 individual spaces.
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Let's look at this word up close and in slow motion one more time.
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And now, we'll go to Youglish to see 5 examples of this word in sentences.
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Now I ask certainly for the individual but what about for society?
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The individual.
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That is one person versus society, everybody, all people.
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Let's see that again.
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Now I ask certainly for the individual but what about for society?
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Here's another example.
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A liberal view stresses the possibility of individual freedom.
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Individual freedom.
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That is what freedoms and rights, the individual, a single person has, against things like the
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laws and rules of a society that might dictate certain aspects of an individual's llife.
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A liberal view stresses the possibility of individual freedom.
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Another example.
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The National Museum Krakow is home to thousands of individual art pieces.
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Individual art pieces.
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So this would be one piece of art, a painting, a vase, as opposed to a collection of several
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or many pieces.
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The National Museum Krakow is home to thousands of individual art pieces.
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Here's another example.
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So the fish are coming up onto the boat on individual hooks.
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Individual hooks.
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That is one hook as opposed to a net that would bring in hundreds of fish at once.
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So the fish are coming up onto the boat on individual hooks.
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Here's another example.
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The demands of their individual learning can be night and day.
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Individual learning.
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What works for one person's education might not work for another.
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Each individual, each person learns differently.
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The demands of their individual learning can be night and day.
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Next, the word FUNCTION.
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A two-syllable word with first syllable stress.
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The letter N there is actually the NG sound made at the back of the tongue, func-- func--
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function.
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Function.
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It's a noun and it means something or someone's special purpose.
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Sometimes, our TV's function is to babysit.
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As a verb, it means to work or operate.
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In customer service, I function as a problem solver.
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Let's look again at this word up close and in slow motion.
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And now, we'll go to Youglish to see 5 examples of this word in sentences.
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You have to bring all of these components together so they can function as one.
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They can function as one.
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Work as one.
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Operate as one.
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You have to bring all of these components together so they can function as one.
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Another example.
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But we really concentrate on hand function, hand injuries.
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Hand function.
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How the hand works.
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But we really concentrate on hand function, hand injuries.
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Here's another example:
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We've talked about how this is actually a constitutionally mandated function of government.
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A mandated function of government.
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The constitution says this is something the government is supposed to do.
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This is the purpose of the government.
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We've talked about how this is actually a constitutionally mandated function of government.
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Another example.
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Do you think courts function as change agents or should function as change agents in our
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society?
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Function as change agents.
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Is it the purpose of the court system?
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To change society.
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Do you think courts function as change agents or should function as change agents in our society?
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Another example.
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So my function was to entertain the other kids.
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My function.
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What I was supposed to do.
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My purpose.
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My job.
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Our last word for today is EVIRONMENT.
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A four-syllable word with second-syllable stress.
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The first unstressed syllable can have either the EH as in Bed vowel or IH as in Sit vowel.
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In IPA, you'll see it with EH, environment, but you can also say: ihn-- ihn-- environment.
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It's not that different because it's an unstressed syllable.
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The ending T will probably be a stop T at the end of a thought, or linking into a word
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that begins with a consonant, and it might be dropped or a stop T if the next word is
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a vowel or diphthong.
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Noun, the surrounding or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
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Human activity affects the Earth's environment on many levels.
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Notice how I made that a Stop T. Environment on many levels.
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That's the most common pronunciation that you may hear it as a dropped T when it links
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into a word that begins with a vowel or diphthong, I could've said: Environment on many levels.
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Dropping the T. Let's look at this up close and in slow motion.
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And now, we'll go to Youglish to see 5 examples of environment in sentences.
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You bring it up at a dinner party or in a workplace environment.
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A workplace environment.
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The surroundings at work.
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That would be different than your home environment, for example.
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You bring it up at a dinner party or in a workplace environment.
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Another example.
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The media environment - particularly the social media environment - drives negativity.
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The social media environment.
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The conditions around us created by social media like checking our posts, comparing with others.
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These conditions can drive negativity.
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The media environment - particularly the social media environment - drives negativity.
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Another example.
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I'm in this environment where all my teammates, they were better than me.
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In an environment with all my teammates.
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In surrounding with teammates, in a place with my teammates.
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I'm in this environment where all my teammates, they were better than me.
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Here's another example.
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Nobody's born with an accent, the accent comes from the environment.
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Comes from the environment.
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Comes from our surroundings.
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Nobody's born with an accent, the accent comes from the environment.
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Another example.
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Controlled environment agriculture is actually just a fancy way of saying weather - or climate-proof
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farming.
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Controlled environment.
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Trying to control the things that surround us.
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Controlled environment agriculture is actually just a fancy way of saying weather - or climate-proof
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farming.
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Seeing their real-life examples can really help you understand how to use these words,
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can't it?
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I have a challenge for you now.
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Make up a sentence with one of these words, and post it to social media, tag me, and use
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the hashtag #rachelsenglish30daychallenge
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Don't be shy, you can do this.
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Our next video comes out tomorrow at 10AM Philadelphia time, come back to learn four
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more vocabulary words.
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In the meantime, keep your studies going with this video, and check out my online courses
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at rachelsenglishacademy.com You'll become a more confident English speaker.
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And please do remember to subscribe.
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I love being your English teacher.
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That's it and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
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