Hello everyone, my name is Jasmine, and you are listening to the English ClAIRSTONE Podcast, where you can build the cornerstone of your English vocabulary! For all our new listeners, welcome to the community, and for our regulars, hello again! Before we start, I will remind you that we upload new episodes twice a week and there are transcripts for each podcast episode in English, Arabic, and Spanish at our website projectclair.org, so go check that out if you want to follow along!
Today we will look at the words “compete” and “trophy.”
The word “compete,” spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-E, is an intransitive verb. An intransitive verb means it does not take a direct object. To compete, is to aim or strive for an objective. This means someone competes in order to reach a goal or gain something. For example, “Alex competes in math competitions because she wants to go to the national competition.”
Next, the noun “trophy,” spelled T-R-O-P-H-Y, means something that is usually earned from a competition or is a prized possession. If a trophy is earned for a competition, game, or other victory, it is usually an object to represent that victory. Such as in the sentence, “My basketball trophy sits on my bedroom shelf.”
Similarly, if something is a trophy as a reminder of a trip, or fishing day, it is like a souvenir. For example, “Everytime my grandpa goes fishing, he brings back a trophy fish.”
Well, that is it for today’s episode! This was the Clairstone Podcast, and for the full transcript for all our episodes, you can click on the info icon on our platform or go to our website projectclair.org. I hope you will start to use the words “compete” and “trophy” in your English practice, and I will see you next time! Bye, everyone!