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Hello everybody!
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Welcome back to Reading for Vocabulary.
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We're on unit 5.
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We're talking about cycles.
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Not your bicycle, but something that repeats like a circle, like the wheels on your bicycle.
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They go around and around and they begin again and again.
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So that's what we're talking about with cycles.
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In lesson 13, we're talking about the world's greatest traveler.
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Now you're probably thinking the world's greatest traveler.
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Is it Marco Polo?
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No, it's not a person.
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It's a thing.
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We're going to focus on the cycle of water and
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And we're going to see how water is the world's greatest traveler
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because water really travels a lot and it travels in a cycle.
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It goes around and around.
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Well, we'll explore that idea later on in the reading passage.
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But of course, as usual, we need to learn some vocabulary first to better understand the reading passage.
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So let's get started with the vocabulary.
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The first word is defined as a series of events that is repeated a number of times.
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Now, you've probably seen these types of pictures before.
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We can see a tree in different stages.
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And we know, right, that this is spring, this is summer, this is fall, and this is winter.
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And we might think, well, seasons.
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But we're saying a series of events that is repeated a number of times.
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It's not just the seasons.
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The seasons is an example of this.
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But what are we talking about?
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We're talking about a cycle.
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It's like I talked about before, right?
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On your bicycle, right, you have two wheels.
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Well, think about one wheel.
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It starts here and it goes around and it comes back to the beginning, right?
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It's a cycle.
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It's a series of events that is repeated, so it goes around, right?
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It starts here, maybe in spring, goes around to summer, then to fall, then to winter, and it comes back to spring.
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So, the seasons is a type of cycle, and there are many types of cycles in the world around us.
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We'll talk about one in the reading passage.
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Okay, word number two, water that falls from the sky.
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So you're probably thinking about rain, right?
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You know this word, rain.
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That's an easy word.
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But there's another word that we use for rain that's longer.
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It's more of a scientific word, and I'm sorry, it's kind of long, right?
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Pre -ci -pi -ta -tion, pre -ci -pi -ta -tion.
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Wow, so many syllables, there's five syllables.
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So let's say it fast, we'll slow first and then fast, pre -ci -pi -ta -tion, pre -ci -pi -ta -tion.
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One more time, pre -ci -pi -ta -tion, okay?
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So if you say it quickly, it sounds like pre -ci -pi -ta -tion, okay?
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Precipitation just means rain.
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It's more of a scientific word for rain.
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Okay let's move on to number three.
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The process of water collecting together in the air.
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So the process of water collecting together in the air.
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Now you're probably thinking what is this?
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It's a cloud but we're not talking about a cloud.
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We're not talking about the grouping of moisture in the air we're talking about the process of
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and there's a special word for that we call
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that condensation oh big words in this lesson right
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so let's do this slowly con den say shun condensation faster condensation condensation okay
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so condensation is a process it's the process of water collecting together in the air.
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And clouds are formed because of condensation.
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So if you think, how do clouds appear in the sky?
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It's because of condensation.
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So condensation is the process.
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Okay, let's move on.
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For a liquid to be taken into the air.
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This is a sad picture, right?
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This little boy, he wants to go swimming
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but there's no water in the swimming pool what happened to the water in the swimming pool well it evaporated
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right evaporate is a verb it's also a process right
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it's the process of a liquid to be taken into the air on a hot day
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if you have a a dish of water
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or there's a puddle of water on the ground well after some time in the hot day
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that water will disappear right in the summertime you look at the streets they're very dry a truck comes by
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and sprays water on the streets but after a little
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while the water is gone the street is very dry again
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because of evaporation okay so evaporation makes the water go into the air
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and then when the air is cool the air the water gets together and
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condensation happens okay so first evaporation then condensation we'll talk about those later
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But we need to know about those words.
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Okay, next one.
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Five, to suck up or drink in.
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To suck up or drink in is to absorb.
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Absorb.
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Okay, we're doing some little bit difficult words in this lesson, right?
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Now, of course, if you spill something,
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you can use a paper towel to absorb the liquid that you spilled on the table.
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Okay.
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So you can use a paper towel and paper towels, the companies that make paper towels will boast.
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They will brag.
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They'll say, our paper towels have great absorption power, right?
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They will absorb a lot of liquid to take in or to suck up or to drink in or to take in.
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Okay.
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Oh, he's happy?
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To become aware.
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To become aware of something is to realize.
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It looks like he had, oh, I have an idea, right?
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It's like, bing, a light bulb goes on over his head.
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He realizes something.
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He became aware of something.
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A lot of famous inventors or scientists, you know, there's stories about them, you know, coming to a moment of realization, right?
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Like the famous
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Greek philosopher who sat in a bathtub and said, Eureka, right?
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And realized he could use the water, the weight of an object in a water to realize how much volume it had.
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Okay.
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So to realize it's like the moment you understand something.
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Next one, for a liquid to move together in a single direction.
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For a liquid, any liquid to move together and a lot of liquid moving together weatherness in one direction.
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It doesn't have to be a lot.
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It could be a cup of water, but if you spill it, it moves in a direction.
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This stream, of course, is moving in a direction downhill.
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What is it doing?
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It is flowing.
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Flow is a verb, to flow.
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So this small stream is flowing quickly, right?
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Because maybe it's kind of a, not very steep, but it's not flat.
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It's, you know, there's uphill and then downhill and the water will flow quickly downhill.
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So this is a very active stream, right?
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Okay.
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Next one, greatly needed or necessary.
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Greatly needed or necessary is essential.
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If something is essential, you really need it.
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For example, when we think of essential, it's like things that we need to continue to survive like food.
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Food is essential.
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Air, oxygen is essential.
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If we don't have it, we'll die, right?
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So we greatly need it.
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It's very necessary.
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It's essential.
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Okay.
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Next one, nine.
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Whoa!
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Looks like he's on vacation at a resort a large cloth used for drying.
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So what do we call this cloth?
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You probably take it to the beach with you or you take it when you go swimming.
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You use it when you take a shower or a bath.
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It's called a towel.
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A towel.
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So if you're in an English speaking country
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and you want a cloth to dry yourself off you can ask is there a towel please
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or can I get a towel okay next one a flow of water used to clean oneself
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I just mentioned this word after you do this you need a towel remember what I said I said
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when you take a shower when we use the word shower we use it in a larger expression very commonly take a.
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Take a shower.
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We also use take a bath.
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Okay, now what's the difference between a shower and a bath?
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Well, you see this boy here, the water is falling.
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from the faucet above, it's falling on him like rain.
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That's a shower.
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But a bath is where you have a bathtub and you sit in the water, right?
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And the water's already there and you clean yourself with the bath water.
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It's kind of like when you go to a sauna, right?
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It's kind of like a big bath, right?
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And you get in the sauna.
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But a shower is like this style.
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So, but we use take a, take a shower, take a bath, okay?
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You should take a shower every day.
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You should take a shower after you exercise.
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Remember to do that, right?
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If you don't take a shower, ooh, some nimze is there, right?
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Okay, next one.
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Eleven, a collection of water high up in the sky.
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We talked about this before, right?
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I gave you the word before, it's a cloud, right?
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So this airplane is flying over these clouds.
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It's very beautiful.
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If you're ever in an airplane very high up in the sky, look out the window and you can see the clouds below you.
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It looks like land, but it's very fantastic, right?
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Very beautiful, very white, and looks very clean.
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Okay, next one.
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Not moving.
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So this lake, the water in this lake, is what?
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It is very still.
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Still, we can also say calm.
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Still or calm.
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Calm means there's no motion, right?
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This is very peaceful, calm.
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The water is still.
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No movement, okay?
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That's a very beautiful picture.
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Next one, a very tiny bit of water.
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So a very tiny bit of water, what do we call that?
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We call it a droplet, a droplet.
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It's like a little ball of water, right?
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When we just drop a little bit of water on something or when it rains just lightly,
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not a lot, but the water will collect in little drops, in drops.
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And we call them droplets.
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There's one droplet, two droplets.
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You could also, of course, just say a drop of water but sometimes people will say droplet.
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Okay, next one.
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A small pool of water is a puddle.
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So you like to go splashing through the puddles, right?
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Okay, this girl of course, she's wearing good shoes for that.
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Don't do that if you're wearing shoes and socks, your mother will be angry, right?
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But if you're wearing sandals or rubber shoes like she's wearing, no problem, Have fun, right?
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Go running through the puddles of water.
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Kids like to do that.
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Okay, next one.
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Icy rain.
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It's rain, but it's really cold.
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So it becomes icy.
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It's almost freezing.
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We call that sleet.
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So sleet is, you know, it's not snow.
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It's not rain, but it's like almost a combination of both it's where it's really cold
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and it's raining and it's it's almost icy right
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so it's icy rain it's sleet now sleet is dangerous
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because on the roads we have to be very careful because as you know ice is
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mikroa right it's slippery right so you have to be careful
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when it's sleet outside you also have to be careful
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when you're walking okay next one for a liquid to absorb into something.
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When a liquid absorbs, we heard this word before, right?
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We talked about the paper towel, right?
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The paper towel will clean up the liquid.
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It will absorb into the paper towel.
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We say it's soaked, right?
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If you are soaked, right?
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It's raining really hard like in the summertime.
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You go outside and you don't have an umbrella.
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You don't have a raincoat.
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You're just wearing normal clothes, what happens?
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You get water everywhere, in your hair, on your shirt, under your shirt, your underwear is completely wet,
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your socks in your shoes, when you're walking, right?
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It makes a noise.
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You are soaked, right?
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So people will say, I am soaked.
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It means I got water everywhere, right?
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I have to take everything off, take a hot shower, and then dry off because I'm soaked, okay?
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So to soak is for liquid to completely absorb into something.
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It doesn't matter what it is.
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It could be you, your skin, right?
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It could be a paper towel.
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It could be a dog.
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You know, whatever.
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The water has completely gotten in and onto something.
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That's to soak.
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Okay, next one.
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Well, not next one.
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We need to look at the words let's check the words
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that we just learned make sure that we remember those
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and how they are used
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so let's go over the different problems here number one I just beep
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that I forgot to do my homework so you just what it's like you have an idea
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And what is that?
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I just, A, made, B, realized, C, spent, D, absorbed.
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So in this case, right, we could use a word that means that you had a sudden idea.
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You suddenly became aware of the fact that you forgot to do your homework.
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Has that ever happened to you?
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It's not a good feeling oh my gosh, right?
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It's at the beginning of the lesson, the beginning of the class.
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And you suddenly realize, oh my gosh, there was homework yesterday.
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The teacher gave us homework and I forgot.
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Suddenly you have that idea.
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That means you realized.
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I just realized.
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I just thought.
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I just remembered.
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I just realized that I forgot to do my homework.
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Not made, not spent, not absorbed.
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Those don't make sense.
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Realized, you suddenly became aware of that fact.
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Number four, birth and death are part of the beep of life.
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Think about that.
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Birth is at the beginning.
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A person lives their life and then they die.
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Now, of course, for an individual person, for one person, it's not a continual process.
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But if that person is born, they grow up, they have a baby, right?
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That person is born and they grow up.
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So it's like it goes around in a circle, right?
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So what do we call that?
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Birth and death are part of the what of life.
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End, beginning, C cycle, D loss.
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Remember, you have a beginning and then an end and then it starts again, right?
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Well, life continues, right?
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Not for the individual person, unfortunately, right?
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It's like a straight line, birth and then death.
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But if we're talking about all things like human beings, right?
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People are born, they die.
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More people are born, they die.
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It goes around in a continual process.
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So we call that what?
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We call it a cycle.
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That's what I talked about before, right?
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Birth and death are part of the cycle of life, okay?
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If you watch
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The Lion King, maybe an older movie, maybe you haven't seen it, But at the beginning, they talk about the circle of life.
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That's the same idea.
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It's the cycle of life.
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They're talking about constant death and constant renewal.
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Constant death and constant birth.
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It goes in a cycle.
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The circle of life.
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There's a song associated with that.
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Okay, but it's not the end of life because birth continues.
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It's not the beginning because that's only one part.
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And it's not the loss of life.
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It's the cycle.
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It goes again and again.
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Okay, next one.
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Number five, when there is enough water in the sky, it will beep to form clouds.
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Now remember before I talked about this, how are clouds formed?
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What is the process for forming clouds?
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Why are clouds formed?
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Because it precipitates?
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Because it rains?
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No. Because it flows, right?
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It will flow to form clouds?
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Water will flow in the sky?
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That's weird, that doesn't make sense.
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It will realize water can't think, right?
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It will condense, ah, condense to form clouds.
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Condensation is the reason that clouds are formed.
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If there's enough water in the sky, that water will gather together and form clouds.
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We call that the process, we call it to condense, right?
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And we call it condensation, okay.
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Seven, here this tissue will beep the blood.
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So if you're bleeding, oh no, you have to absorb the blood, right?
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I just gave you the answer, right?
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This tissue will absorb the blood.
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You need to not drink it in, but you need to soak it in.
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You need to stop that blood.
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So you use a tissue or maybe a bandage to stop the blood.
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It will absorb the blood and then stop the bleeding.
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Absorb, not flow, not cut, not pinch, but to absorb the blood.
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Okay, well that wraps up the vocabulary section of our lesson today.
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Let's take a short break, come back, and we'll do the reading together.
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So don't go away.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “어휘력을 위한 독해 단어”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: word, cloud, towel, cycle, absorb. This video has 328 sentences and 2832 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:22. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 76 of its 328 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cloud noun | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. |
| absorb verb | /æbˈsɔɹb/ | To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in… |
| towel noun | /ˈtaʊ̯əl/ | A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath. |
| liquid noun | /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ | A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those… |
| soak verb | /soʊk/ | To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. |
| bath noun | /bɑːθ/ | A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| homework noun | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| shoe noun | /ˈʃu/ | A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of… |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| vocabulary noun | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. |
| suck verb | /sʌk/ | To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). |
| greatly adverb | /ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/ | To a great extent or degree. |
| tissue noun | /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/ | Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go around verb | To move or spread from person to person. |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
| move together verb | for two climbers to attach themselves to the same rope and ascend at the same time without setting up belays. |
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| dry off verb | To make dry. |
| get together verb | To meet, to gather together, to congregate. |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- We're talking about a cycle.
- It's like I talked about before, right?
- We'll talk about one in the reading passage.
- You're just wearing normal clothes, what happens?
- Has that ever happened to you?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If we don't have it, we'll die |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is defined · is repeated · are formed |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've probably seen · has completely gotten · haven't seen |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 48 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bath /bɑːθ/, cloth /klɒθ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, bathtub /ˈbæθtʌb/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/
- Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, philosopher /fəˈlɑsəfɚ/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, precipitation /pɹɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn̩/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cloud, absorb, towel.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.