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Lesson 34 - Preparation: Vocabulary used in the Video - Exercise 1

   
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Exercise 2 in Lesson 1

Preparation for the video. Teachers: Prepare your students for the vocabulary they will hear in the videos for this lesson. Exercise 2
Students: Read, and click on the play button to listen. SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend


Vocabulary Term
Definition and Audio
now
adverb


Listen:



At this moment, at the present time.

Record:
Prepare your microphone. Click on the red button. Speak into your microphone. Click on stop. Then click on play. Listen!
Problems? You don't hear yourself? Go to the Recording Support page
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do a video =
make a video

verb + object

 




He's doing a video now. = He's making a video now.
 
wonder
verb
 

 

wonder
1 - to ask yourself a question - to be filled with curiosity.

2 - To have a feeling of awe or admiration.
3 - To have a feeling of surprise.

In the video, the interviewer says to Fiona:


We are doing a video over here. Uh, it's to, to teach English. I am just wondering if we can ask you real quickly what you're doing.

In this case, in the video,
the interviewer uses "I am wondering" as a polite way to ask Fiona a question.
boot
noun



boot for feet

You wear boots on your feet!

 

boot
noun

trunk
noun


 
The boot (UK)  is the trunk (US) of a car
A difference between British and American English.

The boot of the car = the trunk of the car =
a compartment of a car for holding luggage.
 
luggage
noun

 


luggage = baggage

luggage = baggage (suitcases)
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baggage in the boot

luggage in the trunk






baggage in the boot
baggage in the boot = luggage in the trunk
 

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