Episode Description:

In this episode, I review select words and phrases from past episodes

Intro and outro music by Lundstroem

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Transcript:

Hi guys! Sorry I missed recording last week. I got too busy with work. I think from now one I am only going to do one shadowing segment in each podcast episode. And it will be at regular speed. If you want the slow and fast version again. Please let me know. You can just leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos. Thanks and sorry again.

I thought today I would go back and look at some of my old episodes and review some words and phrases that I used that I think will be helpful. This won’t be an exhaustive list of all of the useful vocabulary, and if you have any other requests for me doing a review episode, please let me know again by commenting in the YouTube comments of this episode or any other episode.

Okay, so the first word…which is from episode 1 is “segment”.  Actually, I just used this in this episode, too..in the beginning. This word can be a noun or verb and means to separate or to divide. It can sound a little formal when used as a verb. Or it can mean “a part of something”.

So, how can you use this word?

For example, you can say:

"The TV show had a segment about cooking tips."

This means the TV show had a part of the show about cooking tips.

I segmented my list into different categories. Here “segment” means “divide”

The next word is “spark”, which I used in episode 3. 

This is like a small piece of fire or electricity that can cause a bigger fire if it lands on something flammable, that can catch on fire. So, it is often used metaphorically and as a verb. For example: "Do these belongings spark joy for you?"   "The assassination sparked the beginning of the war."

Or it can be used metaphorically as a noun… "There was a spark between them at their first meeting"

The next word phrase is “associated with”, from episode 4.

This means there is some connection between two things…like "spending time in nature is associated with good health" or… "There are risks associated with smoking tobacco."  It can also mean having a relationship with…as in, “Are you associated with that crazy man?.  No, no I am not associated with him"…meaning, I do not have any relationship with him at all.

The last phrase that I will cover today is from episode 5 and it is “lo and behold”. You should use this phrase when something surprising or unexpected happens.  Like …”I was about to give up on finding a parking spot, but lo and behold, a spot opened up right in front of the entrance.”  "I was searching for my pen when, lo and behold, it was on my ear the whole time."   Or “We had been waiting anxiously for the arrival of the bus, and lo and behold, it finally pulled up just as we were about to lose hope.”

Okay, that’s all I’ll do for today.