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As the harvest ends and the Christmas season approaches, families across the United States come together to share a lavish meal in the annual celebration known as Thanksgiving. In this video, we learn some of the crucial vocabulary used at this special time of year.
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In this video, you can learn some vocabulary associated with Easter and springtime.
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In this lesson, we'll talk about the weather in the future. One way to express the future is with "going to": "It's going to rain." The second way is with "will": "It will rain." You will hear both in this video, so keep your eyes and ears open!
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This time, let's talk about the weather in the past using nouns, verbs, and adjectives. If we use the past tense, we can talk about yesterday, last week, last month, or even last year.
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There's more than one way to talk about the weather. In part 1 of this lesson, we talk about it in the present. We use nouns, verbs, and adjectives to describe the weather.
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When we talk about traffic, it's not only about cars and trucks. We can talk about people on bicycles or on foot, too. They have some special rules to follow, especially in the city.
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Many of us have to deal with traffic on a daily basis. Here's how to talk about it in English, include expressions such as "traffic jam," "bumper-to-bumper," and "bottleneck."
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The two sisters talk about coloring, one of Sylvia's favorite things to do and they look at some of the work she has done.
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The two sisters unpack a box that hadn't been opened since she moved to the house in Tacoma. It contains artwork she had done in the past along with some stray art supplies.
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Sylvia talks about how her diagnosis was reached and about what limitations there are for her now, such as going out for walks by herself and singing in the choir at church.
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Sylvia is willing to talk about her Alzheimer's diagnosis, even though she struggles to form sentences and find the right words.
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This final segment is about two fun expressions: "to kick the can down the road" and the currently popular expression, "Delay, delay, delay." Then Sigrid sums up parts 3 and 4.
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Now we'll look at some verbs and phrasal verbs that use imagery to talk about plans and timetables that change. This segment is about "to shelve," "to put on ice," "to put on hold," and "to hold off."
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Here is one more verb to use when you want to avoid giving an answer: "to stall." Sigrid then sums up and gives you some tips for remembering all of the related verbs from both segments of this video.
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Here are some verbs that are handy when plans change. This segment features "to postpone," "to delay," "to procrastinate," and "to put off."
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