BBC News Review: Build up to Trump's inauguration
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Date: 2020-09-18
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jin
Hello and welcome to News Review the program where we show you how to use the
language from latest news stories in your everyday English.
Hi, I'm Neil joining me today is Catherine, Hi Catherine? Hello, Neil.
What's a story you've found for us?
Today's story Neil is about the ceremony ,which will make Donald Trumph into the
world's most powerful person.
Ok. let's find out more about this from BBC world service News bulletine.
so, it's a story about the inaguration of the Donald Trumph.
and inaguration is a ceremony that will make him an official president of United
States of America.
now, A growing number of democratic members of the US congress are refusing to
attend the ceremony
and they're saying that their refusal is because Mr. Trumph was insulting towards
one of their members.
ok, well, you've been looking at this story across news media.
and what are the words you've picked out that people are using to talk about it?
ok. we've got really interesting words today.
the first one is boycott then we have legitment and finally swell.
boycott, legitment, and swell.
so, let's start with boycott.
yeah, so, Washington Post tells us.
Teh Trump Transition: Dozens of Democratic lawmakers to boycott inauguration.
and here in the sense of boycott , to refuse to take part in something as a
protest.
but it has a wide meaning, let's stick to start with refusal to take part in
something.
yeah, if you boycott in an event , you refuse to joining with it.
and it's gonna happen on a personal level.
but most often you'll see it done , it's kind of orginizational level.
so ,in this case, a lot of people are refusing to go to the inauguration they are
boycotting it.
you can have country , they refuse to send teams to sports events.
so for example during the ( ) South Africa, a lot of sports teams wouldn't go play
in South Africa.
so the England Lucby team, for example, they wouldn't play in South Africa as an
protest against the system of ( ).
so they boycotted Lucby games , it was a boycott.
and so that it's connected to attendance or taking part in something.
also it's equally used to talk about buying things, not buying.
yeah, not buying things in fact. so you can have countries to boycott.
( ) other countries. or you can do it as a personal level.
yeah, I'm doing a boycott now.
yeah, you've got into your fight with your fish ( ).
well, I wouldn't say fight. but it was very inpolite to me.
and he was so rude in fact that I've decided that I'll not buy anything from his
shop again. I'm boycotting my local fish ( ) as a protest against its lack of
common politness.
ok, that's an example of personal boycott on a personal level ( ) officially
orginized.
and that word can be used upthere and downthere.
yeah, anything, refusing to buy or refusing to take part in is a boycott.
yeah, interesting note about this word,
it comes from a person's name.
yes, captain boycott.
captain boycott, and ,well, let's see, it's complicated story from Irish history
which we're not into.
but people refused to do something connected to captain boycott and therefore
his name came to mean the action of refusing to take part in something or buying
something.
That's right.
ok, your next word.
next word ,we will be looking at the Chicago Tribune.
and their headline said that, Some Democrats are criticizing John Lewis's legitmate
jab at Trump. That means it worked.
and jab there means attack.
yeah. so legitmate in this case meaning allowed by law. very literal meaning.
yeah, absolutely. and there good tip is the word leg at the beginning of the word
often has a relationship with the law.
so legal, legistlate . and here legitmate.
if something is a legitmate , the law says it's ok.
yeah, so, John Lewis, Democratic member of congress is suggesting the Trump isn't
the legitmate ,won't be a legitmate president.
because he feels that this business with the Russian hacking means that he isn't
the right person to take up this position.
but it can also be wide and down ,this term legitmate.
meaning in a more general sense of fair ,reasonable, acceptable.
yeah, it doesn't always have a strict legal sense.
if something is just ok, right, there's no problems with it.
it's legitmate.
now, I've got a little bit of problem , haven't I?
you were late, Neil , I know.
it's happening too much.
yeah, I've been late a couple of times. recently.
first time, I had an excuse for both.
was it a legitmate excuse though.
well, let's see
so the first time, I was on the underground transport system.
the train broke ,I was under ground, there was no way of informing anyone.
so I arrived late.
and boss said, Ok, that's a legitmate reason.
ok, out of your control. it was good reason. you tried everything.
it couldn't be helped. a legitmate reason.
yeah, meaning exceptable.
and second time.
well, I am addicted to the Scandinavian dramas.
are you really?
and I stayed up late , yesterday up to about five and fourty in the morning
watching episod after episod
so I missed my alarm , I came in late.
yeah, what did boss say?
he didn't think that it was acceptable or fair.
he didn't think that that was a legitmate reason for being late.
I think I would agree with your boss about that.
Neil, ( ), stop using illegitmate reasons.
which takes us on to the opposite of legitmate that is illegitmate.
and that has a slightly different kind of meaning.
it does. I mean the most of common use of illegitmate is used to describe a child
whose father is not officially recognized.
often the name of father isn't on birth ( ).
this means that a child doesn't have the same legal right
as a child whose father recognize.
it's slightly old fashioned. we don't use ,we don't hear so much in the UK recently
this terms. that's the most common use of the word illegitmate.
and our next headline.
we have in the Telegraph.
swell, meaning get bigger. the protest will get bigger ,they're expecting more than
twenty six members of congress of Democratic party to boycott this event.
and the swell has a number of meaning.
yes, it does. it can mean a numbers of people or quantities , ,more and more and more of something.
and it also means that if you're late again, Neil, you might make me feel angry.
I might get a big stick and hit you on the head with this.
Have you had a nose?
a nose ( ).
yeah, thank you, what will be the likely result of that?
your nose and head would swell.
it would get bigger as a result of injury, we often use the word swell to describe this physical reaction to an injury.
and the noun is swelling, you would have a swelling on your head.
and it's often used to mean to do with a liquid.
we can talk about water
the ocean is swelling.
and we can sometimes use it in a positive sense ,in a metaphotical sense.
so for example , if you're proud, you're watching your child perfoming on the stage
something like that.
absolutely.
yes, an angel singing beautifully.
I might say, my heart would swell with pride.
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Hello and welcome to News Review the program where we show you how to use the
language from latest news stories in your everyday English.
Hi, I'm Neil joining me today is Catherine, Hi Catherine? Hello, Neil.
What's a story you've found for us?
Today's story Neil is about the ceremony ,which will make Donald Trumph into the
world's most powerful person.
Ok. let's find out more about this from BBC world service News bulletine.
so, it's a story about the inaguration of the Donald Trumph.
and inaguration is a ceremony that will make him an official president of United
States of America.
now, A growing number of democratic members of the US congress are refusing to
attend the ceremony
and they're saying that their refusal is because Mr. Trumph was insulting towards
one of their members.
ok, well, you've been looking at this story across news media.
and what are the words you've picked out that people are using to talk about it?
ok. we've got really interesting words today.
the first one is boycott then we have legitment and finally swell.
boycott, legitment, and swell.
so, let's start with boycott.
yeah, so, Washington Post tells us.
Teh Trump Transition: Dozens of Democratic lawmakers to boycott inauguration.
and here in the sense of boycott , to refuse to take part in something as a
protest.
but it has a wide meaning, let's stick to start with refusal to take part in
something.
yeah, if you boycott in an event , you refuse to joining with it.
and it's gonna happen on a personal level.
but most often you'll see it done , it's kind of orginizational level.
so ,in this case, a lot of people are refusing to go to the inauguration they are
boycotting it.
you can have country , they refuse to send teams to sports events.
so for example during the ( ) South Africa, a lot of sports teams wouldn't go play
in South Africa.
so the England Lucby team, for example, they wouldn't play in South Africa as an
protest against the system of ( ).
so they boycotted Lucby games , it was a boycott.
and so that it's connected to attendance or taking part in something.
also it's equally used to talk about buying things, not buying.
yeah, not buying things in fact. so you can have countries to boycott.
( ) other countries. or you can do it as a personal level.
yeah, I'm doing a boycott now.
yeah, you've got into your fight with your fish ( ).
well, I wouldn't say fight. but it was very inpolite to me.
and he was so rude in fact that I've decided that I'll not buy anything from his
shop again. I'm boycotting my local fish ( ) as a protest against its lack of
common politness.
ok, that's an example of personal boycott on a personal level ( ) officially
orginized.
and that word can be used upthere and downthere.
yeah, anything, refusing to buy or refusing to take part in is a boycott.
yeah, interesting note about this word,
it comes from a person's name.
yes, captain boycott.
captain boycott, and ,well, let's see, it's complicated story from Irish history
which we're not into.
but people refused to do something connected to captain boycott and therefore
his name came to mean the action of refusing to take part in something or buying
something.
That's right.
ok, your next word.
next word ,we will be looking at the Chicago Tribune.
and their headline said that, Some Democrats are criticizing John Lewis's legitmate
jab at Trump. That means it worked.
and jab there means attack.
yeah. so legitmate in this case meaning allowed by law. very literal meaning.
yeah, absolutely. and there good tip is the word leg at the beginning of the word
often has a relationship with the law.
so legal, legistlate . and here legitmate.
if something is a legitmate , the law says it's ok.
yeah, so, John Lewis, Democratic member of congress is suggesting the Trump isn't
the legitmate ,won't be a legitmate president.
because he feels that this business with the Russian hacking means that he isn't
the right person to take up this position.
but it can also be wide and down ,this term legitmate.
meaning in a more general sense of fair ,reasonable, acceptable.
yeah, it doesn't always have a strict legal sense.
if something is just ok, right, there's no problems with it.
it's legitmate.
now, I've got a little bit of problem , haven't I?
you were late, Neil , I know.
it's happening too much.
yeah, I've been late a couple of times. recently.
first time, I had an excuse for both.
was it a legitmate excuse though.
well, let's see
so the first time, I was on the underground transport system.
the train broke ,I was under ground, there was no way of informing anyone.
so I arrived late.
and boss said, Ok, that's a legitmate reason.
ok, out of your control. it was good reason. you tried everything.
it couldn't be helped. a legitmate reason.
yeah, meaning exceptable.
and second time.
well, I am addicted to the Scandinavian dramas.
are you really?
and I stayed up late , yesterday up to about five and fourty in the morning
watching episod after episod
so I missed my alarm , I came in late.
yeah, what did boss say?
he didn't think that it was acceptable or fair.
he didn't think that that was a legitmate reason for being late.
I think I would agree with your boss about that.
Neil, ( ), stop using illegitmate reasons.
which takes us on to the opposite of legitmate that is illegitmate.
and that has a slightly different kind of meaning.
it does. I mean the most of common use of illegitmate is used to describe a child
whose father is not officially recognized.
often the name of father isn't on birth ( ).
this means that a child doesn't have the same legal right
as a child whose father recognize.
it's slightly old fashioned. we don't use ,we don't hear so much in the UK recently
this terms. that's the most common use of the word illegitmate.
and our next headline.
we have in the Telegraph.
swell, meaning get bigger. the protest will get bigger ,they're expecting more than
twenty six members of congress of Democratic party to boycott this event.
and the swell has a number of meaning.
yes, it does. it can mean a numbers of people or quantities , ,more and more and more of something.
and it also means that if you're late again, Neil, you might make me feel angry.
I might get a big stick and hit you on the head with this.
Have you had a nose?
a nose ( ).
yeah, thank you, what will be the likely result of that?
your nose and head would swell.
it would get bigger as a result of injury, we often use the word swell to describe this physical reaction to an injury.
and the noun is swelling, you would have a swelling on your head.
and it's often used to mean to do with a liquid.
we can talk about water
the ocean is swelling.
and we can sometimes use it in a positive sense ,in a metaphotical sense.
so for example , if you're proud, you're watching your child perfoming on the stage
something like that.
absolutely.
yes, an angel singing beautifully.
I might say, my heart would swell with pride.
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Amelia
I really love and appreciate these news review since I could learn many vocabs without taking it too serious by reading tons of academic words. Please keep doing these lessons like this
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I really love and appreciate these news review since I could learn many vocabs without taking it too serious by reading tons of academic words. Please keep doing these lessons like this
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Livin
Learning everyday English doesn't really have to be with fake news or a propaganda piece. Donald Trump is a legitimate and a great President elected by the majority of American people.
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Learning everyday English doesn't really have to be with fake news or a propaganda piece. Donald Trump is a legitimate and a great President elected by the majority of American people.
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Evdilkerim
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I always listen and follow you on my mobile phone but this is the first time i see you :)) thanks a lot dears. i learning english with your great helps
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