| Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Ask Alisha, the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them, maybe. Let's get to your first question for this week. |
| First question comes from Shahram. Hi, Shahram! Shahram says, "What's the difference between 'career' and 'job'?" Okay. So, basically, a "career" is a series of jobs or multiple jobs that happen over your whole life. So, your 'career' is like your job history. As you can maybe guess from this explanation so far, a "job" is one position that you have. So, when you work for a company, for example, you have a "job" inside that company. Maybe then, if you change "jobs" inside that company many times, you have a "career" working for that company, right? Or, if you decide to change "jobs" many different times with many different companies in many different roles, you have a "career" in many different companies. So, this is basically the difference between the two things. A "job" is a role. One specific role your specific responsibilities and tasks in that position. And, your "career" is like your job history or your work history. Okay. Let's take a look at how we use these words with some example sentences. |
| First, let's take a look at how we can use the word "career." "He's had a long fulfilling career in the electricity industry." And, "She wants to work on building some technical skills for her career in computer programming." Next, let's take a look at some example sentences that use the word "job." "I'm looking for a new job. Have you heard of any positions at your company?" And, "I really like my job right now. It has good benefits and really good compensation." So, I hope this helps you understand the differences between "career" and "job." Remember, your "job" is a single position. The tasks and responsibilities you have at one time, you can have multiple jobs at one time. And, your "career" is your job or your work history. So, thanks very much for sending this question along. Okay. Let's move on to the next question. |
| Next question comes from Dashrath. Hi, Dashrath. Dashrath says, "Which English is easier to learn, American or British?" Oh, interesting question. Well, first, we can't say that one is easier than the other. They are both forms of English. And, it's also really important to keep in mind that inside American English and British English, there are many different dialects or many different ways of speaking the language. So, yes, we have some types of English that are considered kind of the standard for American and British English, but there are also many, many different ways of speaking English in many different countries. So, there's also Australian English, and Irish English, and Scottish English. There's so many different ways of speaking the English language. It's really hard to say, "This one is easier to learn," or "That one is easier to learn. |
| Instead, maybe think about the kinds of resources that you have available. And by that, I mean, for example, your media resources and the textbook resources that you have. If you watch a lot of media in British English, for example, then maybe, that one is going to feel easier for you because you like watching that media. You're exposed to that kind of speaking more than you are American English. If that's what works for you, then maybe British English is better for you. On the other hand, if for example, you live in the USA, then it's probably going to be a lot easier for you to study American English than it is to study British English. Because everyone around you is going to speak a form of American English in most cases. |
| So, think about the kinds of resources that you have around you. Think of about the media that you have maybe a teacher that you have. Does that teacher speak British English or American English? Do you watch YouTube videos in American English or British English or some other type of English? So, think about kind of your own situation and think about what your goals are as well. And, maybe that can help you to make a decision between American English, British English, or something else. As I said before, there are many, many different accents and many different dialects in the English language. So, don't expect that you're going to be able to understand all types of English just by studying one of them. |
| Keep in mind that even native speakers of all of these dialects still run across interesting new words or interesting new ways of speaking. And, sometimes, we even hear a person talk and think, "I can't understand what that person just said," because the accent is so different from our own. So, please keep this in mind when you're trying to think about which one is easier. It's not that one has easier grammar rules, or one has easier spelling or anything like that. But, it's more important to consider which one is going to maybe be easier for you to pick up, which one is going to be more appropriate for you to spend your time on. So, maybe consider that and try not to think so much about like which one has easier rules or something like that. So, I hope that this answer helps you. And, I hope that you're able to decide which one is best for you. So, thanks very much for sending this interesting question along. Okay. Let's move on to your next question. |
| Next question comes from Seryozha. Hi, Seryozha. I hope I said your name correctly. Seryozha says, "Hi, Alisha. What's the difference between 'disgust' and 'loathing?' Thank you in advance." Sure. Let's talk about the differences between these words. First, let's talk about "disgust." So, "disgust" is a noun, and we also have the adjective "disgusting." So, we use these words when we're talking about something that is gross or something that we feel like, "Ew, I don't want to see that," or "I don't want to touch that," or "I don't want to eat that something that feels kind of creepy." Or, maybe something that feels a little bit like, "Ooh, that's dangerous," and like a kind of a gross way. So, we use this in a couple of different situations a lot. |
| First is when we're watching movies that have lots of violence, and maybe they have lots of blood and guts. Those kinds of films where you can see everything really clearly. We use the word "disgusting" to talk about that kind of thing. Those kind of images, we can describe as "disgusting." Like in a very violent movie scene, we might say that the scene was "disgusting" because there's lots of blood, or we can see body parts or something like that. So, it causes us to feel kind of like, "Ooh, I don't want to see that," or "That's kind of shocking or scary," in some way. We can express that feeling with "disgusting" as an adjective, or "disgust." So, for example, "That scene in the movie was disgusting." Or, you might say, "I reacted to that scene with disgust," to use the other part of speech of this word. So, we can use this when we're talking about visuals. So, something that we see and we have that reaction to. |
| Another very common way that we use this is to talk about food and drinks and things that we don't want to eat, or things that don't look nice. So, for example, if someone brings out something they cooked and it looks really bad, like something that is not going to taste good or maybe it looks like it's not fresh, you can describe that as "disgusting." Like, "Ugh, that food looks disgusting, what happened to it?" Or, you can also use "disgust" the other part of speech in the same manner too. Like, "Ugh, we couldn't hide our disgust at this meal." So, this shows that something is unappetizing. It's something that you don't want to eat. So, again, the common point between these two uses is that we kind of back away from that thing. We think that it's not good, it's not attractive, it's not good for us. There's kind of that emotional response to something like, "Ugh, that's not good for me." |
| Okay. So, let's compare this to the word "loathing," the other word that you mentioned in your question. "Loathing" is the noun form, and we also commonly use this as a verb, "to loathe." When we say "we loathe something" or "we look at something with loathing," it refers to extreme dislike, like hatred. So, for example, someone who has done something to you in the past that was so terrible that you can't forgive them, you never want to talk to them again, you might describe your feelings for that person as "loathing." Or, you might say, "I loathe that person." Or, for example, you might see something terrible happen in the news, some violent act. You might describe that or people might describe that by saying, "Wow, we loathe that act of violence," or "We loathe the person who did that thing." So, that means a strong, strong dislike. It's like something that's rooted deep inside you. It's like a very strong hatred. But, kind of the difference between just hatred, and you know to hate someone or to hate something. |
| "Loathe" is less about having like that high level of anger that we think of with hatred, when we say "I hate that" or "I hate this." When we say, "I hate that" or "I hate this," it often has kind of a feeling of like some kind of high level of anger, we have high emotions running at that time. When we say "we loathe something," there's less of that feeling of the high level of emotion and kind of something more deep inside us. Something that's kind of at our core, at the very, very middle of our body. Maybe that makes us say, "I dislike that thing very much." So, to "loathe" something, that's a very strong word. So, we use that in cases where the situation is very, very serious or someone has done something that we simply cannot forgive. So, to recap quickly, "disgust" and "disgusting," and the other parts of speech associated with this word, we use these to talk about things that make us feel kind of grossed out. Things that are yucky, things that don't look good to us. And, we use "loathing" or "to loathe," and other parts of speech, to talk about things that we have a very strong, deep intense dislike of. So, I hope this answers your question. Thanks very much for sending it along. |
| All right. That is everything that I have for this week's lesson. Thanks very much for sending your awesome questions along. Thanks very much for watching this week's episode of Ask Alisha, and I will see you again next time. Bye! |
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