Sunday, 18 October 2015

(1). 20th October '15

TED video for 20th October '15:


1. Obligatory, topic-specific words:

chock-full (adj) - jam-packed, packed like sardines, filled to capacity
Filled to the enormous quantities.
  • John, your bag is chock-full. What are you carrying in it?
  • When I was in the military one of my task was to reach the top of the mountain with a chock-full of stones bag.
husbandry (n) /ˈhʌzbəndri/ - farming, agriculture
Breeding animals and crops.
  • Animal husbandry is very important when it comes to talk about farming issues.
  • Techniques of crops husbandry are different in particular countries.
 
 
diabetes (n) - /dʌɪəˈbiːtiːz/
An illness which causes a body's disability to produce and respond to the hormone insulin.

  • We differentiate two types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2.
  • Type 1 diabetes is when the body lacks the insulin and type 2 when cells don't respond to insulin.
nutritious /njʊˈtrɪʃəs/ (adj) - strenghtening, benefitial
Giving all needed vitamins and components.
  • It's crucial for our health to eat chock-full with nutritious things food.
  • Some people say that supplying yourself with nutritious components can not only reduce your stress level but also help your hair.


lousy food (adj) - poor, second-rate, horrible food.
Food that contains very little good components, non-nutririous.
  • In our canteen there used to be very lousy food.
  • I hate when people sit in the bus with me and eat lousy food for example McDonlad's burgers, it makes me vomit.
 
 
pesticides /ˈpɛstɪsʌɪd/ (used for destroying insects) herbicides (=||= plants) /ˈhəːbɪsʌɪd/ (n)
  • Pesticides an herbicides don't mean the same, Paul, it's a big difference between destroying insects and plants.
  • When we talk about the crops husbandry it's essential to keep in mind that you'll need pesticides to kill small livings.

2. The rest:
spit in (v) - throw out, expel
premise(n) - a ground, a thesis, an assumption
by and large (i) - generally, all in all, on the whole
stain-resistant (adj) - unblemished, impeccable
fossil fuel (n) - a natural fuel such as coal or gas
a soapbox (n) - speech, oration,
sustainable (adj) - balanced,
mitigate (v) - soften, alleviate, weaken
toss around (v) - discuss, quarrel, debate
reimbursable (adj) /ˌriːɪmˈbɜːsəbl/ - paid back, refunded

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