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English Fluency Practice with Today's News - vocabulary and accent
English Fluency Practice with Today's News - vocabulary and accent
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Hi, I'm Lisa.
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Let's improve your English fluency with the news
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so that you can communicate clearly
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and confidently about what's going on in the world.
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I will teach you advanced vocabulary from a newspaper article
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and I will help you improve your accent.
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At the end of this video, we will read the article together.
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I will pause to give you a chance to repeat
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so that you can practice your pronunciation.
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Many of you know
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that I live in Los Angeles
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and I like to bring you stories from my city.
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In the last few days, a lot has been happening in Los Angeles.
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There have been protests, anger, violence, and political division.
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The article is from the Wall Street Journal.
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Let's find out what's going on in my city, Los Angeles.
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The title of the article is Los Angeles launches into fourth day of anti-ICE
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protest.
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Let's look at the word launch.
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Let's make sure that you're pronouncing it correctly.
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Some of my students commonly confuse the pronunciation of these two words.
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This one is lunch.
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Lunch.
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That's something you eat.
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It's an h sound.
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Lunch.
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And the other one is an a sound.
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Launch.
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Launch.
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It's a bigger vowel sound.
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Open your mouth.
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Launch.
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Let's say both of them again.
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Launch.
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Launch.
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To launch is to start something new
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or important like an event
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or a project.
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The article says the city launched into a fourth day of protests
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and that means that Los Angeles began the fourth day of protests with intensity.
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We can use to launch this way.
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We can say the company launched a new website last week
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or they launched a new product.
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The school launched a new program to teach English.
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And let's look at ICE.
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Do you know what ICE stands for?
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It stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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ICE is a US government agency that handles immigration and border security.
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So the article is saying Los Angeles launches into fourth day of anti-ICE demonstrations
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means that there are protests against this agency
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and the agency deals with immigration people who came to the United States
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and in this case people who came to the United States without permission.
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Some people protested outside the ICE office.
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The news talked about ICE arresting people.
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The article states that the city launched into a fourth day of protests Monday
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after anti-ICE demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles escalated over the weekend.
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Let's say that word together and let's stress the first syllable.
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Escalate.
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Escalate.
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And if we use it as a noun, then we stress a different syllable.
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We say escalation.
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So we say escalate.
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Escalation.
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To escalate is to make something bigger or more serious or more intense.
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The protest escalated over the weekend means that they became bigger and more intense.
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We can say the argument between the friends escalated into a big fight.
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Or we can say the small fire escalated and burned the whole house.
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Let's look at the next paragraph.
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Videos from the Friday incident captured people surrounding vans shouting and chanting.
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As word spread, more people showed up
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and the protest grew
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and lasted into the night
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and picked up again on Saturday.
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Let's look at chanted.
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The verb is to chant.
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And be careful.
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Maybe in your language there's a similar word that means to sing.
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For example, in French shante means to sing.
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But in English to chant means to say
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or to shout words
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or phrases repeatedly and often in a group
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and sometimes with a rhythm.
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The article states that people were shouting
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and chanting during the protests
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and that means that they were repeating slogans together loudly.
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For example, we can say the fans chanted the team's name during the game.
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Protesters chanted no more war in the streets.
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Let's look at this expression.
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As word spread, when news
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or information is shared
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and more people hear about it,
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we can say the word is spreading.
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As word spread means when people heard about the protests,
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they came to join making the protests bigger.
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We often say please spread the word
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and that means please tell other people spread the word.
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And we can also say word is spreading
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and that means more
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and more people are finding out about something.
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Word is spreading.
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As word spread about the sale, many people went to the store.
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The word spread.
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And what is the past tense of to spread?
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Do you know spread, spread, spread?
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It's the same in the past tense and in the past participle.
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Let's look at to pick up.
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In this case it means to start again to continue after stopping
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but also to increase
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or to gain in strength.
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The article says the protests picked up again on Saturday
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and that means they continued.
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They became active after a pause.
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We can use to pick up this way.
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I picked up my studies after taking a break.
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And we can also use it this way.
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The wind picked up and the storm got worse.
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Let's look at another paragraph.
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On Monday, defense and congressional officials said roughly 500 Marines were deploying to the
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Los Angeles area to protect federal buildings
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and personnel.
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Let's look at roughly.
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Roughly means about or approximately, not exactly.
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So roughly 500 Marines means about 500 Marines.
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It's not an exact number.
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For example, we can say the trip will take roughly 2 hours.
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Roughly 20 students came to the party.
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The store is roughly one mile from my house.
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Let's look at this word.
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And let's compare the pronunciation between this word and this word.
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This one is personal.
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We stress the first syllable.
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And this one is personnel.
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We stress the second syllable.
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Personnel are people who work for an organization such as employees or staff.
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The article states protect federal buildings
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and personnel and that means protecting the workers
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or the employees in the government buildings.
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We can say the company hired new personnel
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or all personnel must wear ID badges.
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Let's look at the next paragraph.
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Trump said local leaders didn't move quickly enough to address the clashes.
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How do we pronounce this word?
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Do we stress the first syllable
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and say address or do we stress the second syllable
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and say address?
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It depends.
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Is it a noun or is it a verb?
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In this case, it's a verb.
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So, we stress the second syllable.
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But let's say it as a noun first.
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Address.
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Address.
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What is your address?
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Give me your email address.
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First syllable, make that e, the a vowel big.
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A address.
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And if it's a verb,
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we stress the second syllable
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and we reduce the a
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and we say it like this.
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Uh, address.
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Add address.
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Let's say them both.
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Now repeat after me.
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Address.
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Add address.
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To address is to deal with or to solve a problem.
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So, didn't move quickly enough to address the clashes means they didn't take action
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to stop or to control the conflicts.
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We can use address this way.
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The mayor promised to address the city's traffic problems.
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We need to address this issue as soon as possible.
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Who's going to address it?
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Someone needs to address it.
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Let's pronounce it in the two different ways.
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Repeat after me.
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Address.
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That's a noun. address.
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That's a verb.
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And let's look at clash.
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A clash is a fight or a conflict between two groups.
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To address the clashes means to do something about the conflict,
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to do something about the protests.
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For example, we can say there was a clash between the two groups at
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the soccer game.
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Police stopped a clash between the protesters in the street.
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Let's look at another sentence.
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Law enforcement officers fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disband the crowds.
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Do you know what a tear is?
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When you cry, you have tears.
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And tear gas is a chemical used by police to control crowds.
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It irritates the eyes
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and it makes people cry
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and it makes them want to leave.
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And this is a compound noun.
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So we stress the first word and we say tear gas.
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Tear gas.
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We say it as one word.
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We can say protesters ran away when tear gas was fired.
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A rubber bullet is a bullet made out of rubber, not metal.
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It's used by police to control the crowds without harming them, without killing them.
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Rubber bullets hurt, but they're safer than real bullets.
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The crowd ran when they heard the rubber bullets being fired.
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And let's look at the verb to disband.
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To disband means to break up a group of people, to separate them.
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Disband the crowds means that the police made the protesters leave.
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And we can use to disband this way.
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The teacher disbanded the noisy group of students.
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The police disbanded the crowd or the police disbanded the protesters.
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And you know what a pocket is, right?
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I put my hands in my pockets.
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But it also has another meaning.
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Pockets of demonstrations means small groups of protesters in different parts of the city.
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They're not everywhere.
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They're not spread out in Los Angeles.
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They're just in different pockets.
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There are just pockets of demonstrators.
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We can also say pockets of snow, pockets of fog, pockets of land.
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We can say pockets of warm air cause turbulence during the flight.
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Or we can say there are still pockets of snow in the mountains.
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The snow is not everywhere.
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There are just pockets of snow.
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Pockets of demonstrations broke out.
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And this is a phrasal verb to break out.
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And that means to start suddenly.
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For example, a fight or a fire or an event can break out.
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Pockets of demonstrations broke out means that small protests started suddenly in different places.
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We can also use to break out this way.
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A fire broke out in the kitchen.
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Fights broke out after the soccer game ended.
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Protests broke out when the new law was announced.
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And let's look at one more paragraph.
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California Highway Patrol officers pushed protesters off Highway 101 using flashbang stun grenades
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and tactical positioning after hundreds of people spilled onto one of the city's main
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thoroughfairs.
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Flashbang stun grenades, they are devices used by police
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that make a lot of noise
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and a lot of bright light to surprise people
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or to scare people.
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So, they were using flashbang stun grenades to shock the protesters
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and to make them leave the highway.
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And these are flashbang stun grenades.
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Let's look at to spill onto.
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You probably know the meaning of spill.
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It's usually used for a liquid.
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I spilled the water.
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Be careful.
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Don't spill the milk.
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It also means to move quickly
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or to spread from one place into another like a crowd moving to a
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street.
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Hundreds of people spilled onto one of the city's main thorough affairs.
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That means that many protesters moved quickly into the street.
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We can say fans spilled onto the street after the concert.
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Or we can say people spilled onto the park for the festival.
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And let's look at the pronunciation of this word.
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This is a difficult one.
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Thoroughare.
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Let's pronounce the first two syllables first.
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Thorough.
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Thorough.
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Thoroughare.
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Thoroughare.
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A thoroughare is a main road where many people travel.
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One of the city's main thoroughares refers to a major street in Los Angeles
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where the protesters gathered.
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That's a thoroughfare.
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We can say the parade blocked the city's main thoroughfare.
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Or cars filled the thoroughare during rush hour.
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And now let's practice your accent.
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Let's read these sentences again.
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I will give you a chance to repeat.
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I want you to pay attention to
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which words I stress
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and which words I reduce
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and how I connect the words
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and where I pause.
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And of course, pay attention to the pronunciation of the individual words.
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Okay, let's get started.
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Repeat after me.
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Los Angeles launches into fourth day of anti-ICE protest.
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The city launched into a fourth day of protests Monday after anti-ICE demonstrations in
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downtown Los Angeles escalated over the weekend.
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Videos from the Friday incident captured people surrounding vans shouting and chanting.
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As word spread, more people showed up
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and the protests grew
14:21
and lasted into the night
14:26
and picked up again on Saturday.
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On Monday, defense and congressional officials said roughly 500 Marines were deploying to the
14:42
Los Angeles area to protect federal buildings
14:49
and personnel.
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Trump said local leaders didn't move quickly enough to address the clashes.
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Law enforcement officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disband the crowds.
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Other pockets of demonstrations broke out.
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California Highway Patrol officers pushed protesters off Highway 101 using flashbang stun grenades
15:42
and tactical positioning. after hundreds of people spilled onto one of the city's main
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thorough affairs.
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Unfortunately, this article was not a happy one,
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but I hope you learned some vocabulary.
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I suggest that you keep reading the news.
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Anytime you see a new word,
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look it up and then practice saying it by making your own sentence.
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That way you can truly master it.
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You can remember it.
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It will become a part of you.
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Thanks for watching and keep practicing.
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