What are we doing here on a Wednesday? Why, it's day two of your 30 day vocabulary challenge.
One video, every day, for 30 days, to help you master 105 intermediate English words.
We're taking words from the academic word list so these are words you'll need to know if you're preparing for the IELTS or TOEFL exam. But also, if you read or watch news in English, or have conversations with native speakers. In other words, these are useful words. So grab your friends, have them join the challenge, and let's do this. As always, if you like this video, or you learn something, new please like and subscribe with notifications, it really helps.
There's a download to go with this video. A list of all the words and definitions, and sample sentences, as well as quizzes to make sure you're really getting and remembering these words.
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Today, we're learning four new words: Economy, Finance, Income, and Labor. And we're looking at the different ways these words are used in various situations. For each word, you'll get the definition, we'll go over the pronunciation, you'll get to see the pronunciation up close and in slow motion, and we'll have five examples from real life English.
First the word economy.
It's a four syllable word with second syllable stress.
Economy. Economy. Economy. A noun, the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services. Government rules and regulations can impact a country's economy. As an adjective, it means costing less, saving money. I don't need a big SUV. I'm going to rent an economy car. Let's look at the pronunciation one more time.
And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples of this word in real situations.
