Learn 10 high-frequency expressions, including words for life events
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| Hi, everybody. My name is Alisha. |
| Welcome to the 2000 core English words and phrases video series! |
| Each lesson will help you learn new words, practice, and review what you've learned. |
| Okay, let's get started. |
| First is... |
| lobby |
| Lobby is the basic place in a hotel, usually, where people can wait or people can make arrangements to meet someone else. It's kind of a space for everyone to use. |
| Here's an example: |
| hotel lobby |
| wake-up service |
| Wake-up service is a service you can request from hotel staff. You can ask the front desk staff at the hotel to call your room at a certain time to wake you up. |
| Here's an example: |
| I used the wake-up service to call me at 6 o'clock a.m. |
| suite |
| A suite is a type of hotel room. In a suite style hotel room, there is a kitchen and maybe a sitting area included inside the room. |
| Here's an example |
| hotel suite |
| cycling |
| Cycling is a popular sport. Cycling uses a bicycle. Usually, people who cycle like to go for long distances and even participate in competitions. |
| Here's an example: |
| cycling race |
| auto racing |
| Auto racing is short for automobile racing, so this refers to a sport where cars are raced on a racing track. |
| Here's an example: |
| racing car on an auto racing track |
| Scotch tape |
| Scotch tape is actually a brand of tape. This is a very commonly used kind of very clear, thin tape we often use around the house, in the office, at school, and so on. |
| Here's an example: |
| roll of Scotch tape |
| be born |
| So we use "born" to talk about the date of our birth or the location of our birth. |
| Make sure when you use this verb that you change the be verb to match your subject; for example, I was born, he was born, she was born, or you were born, and so on. |
| For example: |
| I was born in 1980. |
| get a job |
| To get a job means to go out in search for a way to earn money. This can be a part-time job, a full-time job, a freelance job, and so on. |
| Here's an example: |
| My brother finally got a job! |
| die |
| The verb "to die" means to no longer be alive. We can use the verb to talk about people no longer being alive, animals, plants, basically any living thing. |
| Here's an example: |
| die of an illness |
| Tokyo |
| Tokyo is a very very big city in Japan. It's one of the biggest cities, if not the biggest city, in terms of population in the world. |
| Here's an example: |
| Tokyo is really convenient. |
| Let's review. I'm going to describe a word or phrase in English, see if you can remember it then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation. Ready? |
| Do you remember how to say the open space usually in a hotel where people can meet others? |
| lobby |
| And how to say the service you can ask for in the hotel where the front desk staff will call you in the morning? |
| wake-up service |
| Okay, what about the type of hotel room that has a kitchen and maybe a sitting area included? |
| suite |
| Do you remember how to say the sport that's done by riding a bicycle for long distances? |
| cycling |
| Okay, let's try the sport that's played by using cars that very fast speeds on a racetrack. |
| auto racing |
| What about the word that describes the common office tool that is very sticky on one side and used to connect two things together? |
| Scotch tape |
| Now let's see if you remember how to say the verb we use to talk about the place of our birth or the date of our birth! |
| be born |
| Another one. What about the expression we use when we finally find a way to earn some money in exchange for doing some tasks. |
| get a job |
| Do you remember how to express when someone or something alive no longer is living? |
| die |
| And finally, do you remember how to say the name of Japan's biggest city? |
| Tokyo |
| Well done, see you next time. Bye! |
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