Learn 10 high-frequency expressions, including words for winter sports
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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… |
| fatigue |
| Fatigue is a feeling of tiredness in your body. It's not just tired for a moment like after exercising, but fatigue is a feeling of tiredness for an entire day or a few days. |
| Here's an example: muscle fatigue |
| itchy |
| Itchy is an adjective. Something that is itchy is something that makes you feel you want to itch or you want to scratch that spot. |
| Here's an example: My nose is itchy. |
| sore throat |
| A sore throat is a medical condition. This part of your body is in pain. We use sore throat a lot when we have a cold. |
| Here's an example: I have a sore throat. |
| baseball |
| Baseball is a very popular sport in the United States. In baseball, there are four bases in a diamond shape. Players hit a ball and run around to the different bases to score points. |
| Here's an example: baseball game |
| ice hockey |
| Ice hockey is a popular winter sport. Ice hockey is a hockey game played on top of ice, so the players wear ice skates and they use sticks to hit an object called a puck into a goal. |
| Here's an example: play ice hockey |
| skiing |
| Skiing is a very popular winter sport. Skiing refers to going down a mountain in the snow with two skis. That's the noun form, a ski. You wear two skis, one on each foot, and go down the mountain. This sport is called skiing. |
| Here's an example: My hobby is skiing. |
| paperclip |
| A paperclip is a very common office product. We use a paperclip to put two or more pieces of paper together, but it's just temporary. We can use a paperclip, a small piece of metal bent into a curled shape, to connect a few documents just for a short time. |
| Here's an example: box of paperclips |
| CD |
| A CD is something that we used to use a lot to listen to music. CD means compact disc. A CD had an album of music from an artist and you can listen to this even today by using a CD player or putting the CD in your computer. |
| Here's an example: I ordered a new CD. |
| buy |
| So the verb "buy" means to give someone money in exchange for something else, to receive something else in return. You can use your money to buy something as a physical object, to buy a service, and so on. |
| Here's an example: buy food |
| Madrid |
| Madrid is a very big city in Spain. It's a very popular tourist location. |
| Here's an example: Madrid, Spain. |
| 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. Do you remember how to say the feeling when your body is tired all day? |
| fatigue |
| And how to express the feeling when you want to scratch a spot on your body? |
| itchy |
| What about the feeling when this part of your body is painful? |
| sore throat |
| Do you remember how to say the popular sport in the U.S that's played with four bases in a diamond shape? |
| baseball |
| Let's try the sport played on ice and players use sticks to move a puck into a goal. |
| ice hockey |
| What about the popular winter sport played by putting two skis on your feet? |
| skiing |
| Now let's see if you remember how to say the common office product that is a piece of metal curved into a curly shape used to put documents together for a short time. |
| paperclip |
| Another one, what about the disc you use to listen to music? |
| CD |
| Do you remember how to say the verb you use when you exchange money for something in return? |
| buy |
| And finally, do you remember how to say the name of a very big city in Spain? |
| Madrid |
| Well done, see you next time. Bye! |
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