Learn 10 high-frequency expressions, including TV-related words and phrases
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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… |
| transmit |
| To "transmit" is a verb. It sounds a little bit on the formal side, but it means to communicate information, to send information. |
| For example: |
| The know-how of artisans must be transmitted. |
| Next is… |
| newspaper publisher. |
| A newspaper publisher is a company or an organization that is responsible for printing and creating newspapers. |
| Here's an example: |
| The newspaper publisher must be responsible for the content. |
| Okay, next is… |
| report |
| Report can be a noun and a verb. |
| In this case, let's look at the noun form. A report of something is like sharing the information about something. It's the key details of something that happened. |
| Here's an example: |
| I saw the TV report about last night's earthquake. |
| Okay, next is… |
| submit |
| To submit is a verb. |
| Usually, to submit means to turn something in. For example, to submit your homework or to submit an application form. It means to give something to someone else to apply for something or to complete something. |
| Here's an example: |
| It is important to submit your stories by the deadline. |
| Okay, next is… |
| news |
| So, news refers to current recent events. |
| You might have local news and you probably also know about global news or world news. This news refers to things that are happening around us. |
| Here's an example: |
| Turn on the television so we can watch the news. |
| Next is… |
| TV station |
| A TV station is a place where TV shows are created. So this might be a news station, it might be an entertainment station, it might be an education, kind of organization. There are many different types of organizations that produce TV shows. |
| Here's an example: |
| A TV station must balance entertainment and news to keep its audience watching. |
| Okay, next is… |
| edit |
| To "edit" means to make a change to an existing work of art, usually for written works like essays and books and poems and video related things and photo related things. It means to make small changes usually, sometimes big changes to something. |
| For example: |
| An editor will take a lot of information and edit it into a watchable story. |
| Okay, next is… |
| cartoon |
| A cartoon is something that is made from animated or illustrated characters. |
| Cartoons can be movies, and you might also see cartoons in newspapers. |
| Here's an example: |
| Donald Duck is my favorite cartoon character. |
| Okay, next is… |
| program |
| Program is a noun and a verb. |
| As a noun, it often refers to a specific TV show, as in something that you watch every week or every day. |
| Here's an example sentence: |
| I watch my favorite program every Friday night on TV. |
| Okay, next is… |
| channel |
| A channel is usually a number that is assigned to one specific broadcast station or TV station. You can choose the channel to choose the type of content you want to watch. |
| Here's an example: |
| If you don't like one TV show, you can just change the channel. |
| 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 word that means to share information with someone else, especially digitally? |
| transmit |
| And how to say the organization or company responsible for creating newspapers? |
| newspaper publisher |
| What about the word that means "sharing information," especially about a recent event? |
| report |
| Do you remember how to say the verb that means "to turn in something" like an application? |
| submit |
| Let's try the word that means "recent events" in your city, in your country, or even around the world. |
| news |
| What about the expression that means the place or organization where TV content is created? |
| TV station |
| Now let's see if you remember how to say the verb that means to make changes to something like a work of writing or a picture or a video. |
| edit |
| Another one. |
| What about the word that means an animated or illustrated story like something you see in a movie or on TV or in a newspaper? |
| cartoon |
| Do you remember how to say the word that means a specific TV show, like something you watch every day or every week? |
| program |
| And finally, do you remember how to say the number assigned to a specific kind of content made by a TV station? |
| channel |
| Well done! See you next time. Bye! |
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