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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 tuna, tuna, tuna.
Tuna.
Tuna is a super, super popular fish.
Some people eat tuna as sashimi, so as a part of sushi.
Some people in some cultures use it in tins,like you can get tins of tuna as well to put on sandwiches and things.
So it depends a lot on the country and the culture,but it's a very common fish.
Here's an example.
Tuna is found in warm ocean waters all around the world.
Ladle.
A ladle is a kitchen utensil.
It's like a really, really deep spoon that has a handle, a long handle on the end, and we can use it to scoop liquid.
So it's used a lot with things like soups and stews and other liquids.
Here's an example.
A ladle is needed to serve fruit punch from the bowl.
Toothpick.
A toothpick is a small piece of wood about this size.
It's very long and thin, and it has a sharp side.
One end is very, very sharp.
We use it to pick our teeth after a meal.
So toothpick is the name of this object, and it's also what we use it to do, to pick at our teeth.
Here's an example.
You can test to see if a cake is done baking using a toothpick.
Dish.
A dish is one part of the kinds of things that we use to serve food.
So when we say dish, we often mean a plate or perhaps a bowl.
But dish can refer to all of these kinds of objects, big dishes and very small dishes like sauce dishes.
Here's an example.
I put away the dishes.
Cup.
A cup is one type of dish.A cup is something that we use to drink things.
This might have a handle on it. It might not have a handle on it. We use the word cup for both of these.
Here's an example.
Would you like a cup of tea?
Drinking glass.
A drinking glass tends to be something that's a bit tall and that's easy to hold with one hand.
It's something that we use for drinking water or juice, something that we might want to have a lot of at one time.
Here's an example.
The drinking glass is full of water.
Coffee mug.
A coffee mug is like a really thick cup that has a handle on the side.
So we can put other things inside a coffee mug like tea or hot chocolate.
But a key point is that this is a very thick cup like to protect the hand from the heat inside.
It makes it easier to hold with the handle on the side of it.
Here's an example.
Drinks stay hot longer in a good coffee mug.
Tea cup.
A tea cup is usually a small kind of thin cup that we use primarily for drinking tea.
These usually also have a handle on the side so that it's easier to drink this very hot beverage.
But also tea cups often have very intricate detailed kinds of paintings and other decorations on them.
Here's an example.
Tea cup and saucer.
Pitcher.
A pitcher is like a really, really large glass that has a handle on it.
So when we have a pitcher of something, we have a pitcher this amount of a drink.
So we might get a pitcher of water when we go to a restaurant that everyone can share.
We might have a pitcher of something like fruit punch at a party or it might be a pitcher of beer if we're at a restaurant where everybody is drinking.
We can use pitchers to share our drink.
Here's an example.
In the summer, a pitcher of iced tea is always on my table.
Tea pot.
A tea pot can have a couple of different meanings. A tea pot could mean the thing that we use to boil water and that we can then pour the boiling water from into our tea cup.
You might also see tea pots that have a filter inside.
So you can put tea leaves into it and add the boiling water to the same sort of receptacle and then pour that into your tea cup.
So depending on the tea pot that you have, it might have a filter in it for adding leaves and other tea-making ingredients, or it might not.
Here's an example.
A tea pot is a great place to boil water.
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 very, very popular, very common type of fish that's served in sushi and that's also served in tins, like for sandwiches?
Tuna.
And how to say the kitchen utensil that's like a really, really deep spoon with a handle on it,
used for serving things like soups and stews?
Ladle.
What about the long, thin piece of wood that's sharp at one end that we use to clean our teeth after a meal?
Toothpick.
Do you remember how to say the word that means all of the things that we use for serving food?
These could be bowls, plates, and other things.
Dish.
Let's try the word that we use to talk about all things that we hold with our hands and that we put liquids inside for drinking.
Cup.
What about the expression that we use usually for tall, kind of thin things that we drink from?
Drinking glass.
Now, let's see if you remember how to say the very thick type of cup with a handle on the side
that we use for hot drinks.
Coffee mug.
Another one.
What about the word that we use for a small cup that we use to drink tea?
Tea cup.
Do you remember how to say the large jug with a handle on the side that we use to put lots and lots of liquid in when we want to share drinks?
Pitcher.
And finally, do you remember how to say the word for the object that we can use to boil water to make tea?
Teapot.
Well done!
See you next time.
Bye!

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