Learn 10 high-frequency expressions, including words for popular cities
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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... |
| Beijing |
| Beijing is a very, very big city in China, one of the biggest cities in the world. |
| Here's an example sentence: |
| Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China, is also called Peking. |
| London |
| London is the biggest city in the country of England, another very, very famous city and well known city around the world. |
| Here's an example sentence: |
| London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. |
| Paris |
| Paris is France's biggest city. It's well known for things like the Eiffel Tower. |
| Here's an example: |
| The capital and largest city in France is Paris. |
| Berlin |
| Berlin is the capital city of Germany, another huge city. |
| Here's an example: |
| Berlin is the largest city and capital of Germany. |
| New York |
| New York is a very famous city on the east coast of the United States of America. |
| Here's an example: |
| More than ten million people live in the New York area. |
| Rome |
| Rome is a very big city in Italy. It has so much interesting culture and history. |
| Here's an example: |
| The largest city and capital of Italy is Rome. |
| Moscow |
| Moscow is the biggest city in Russia, the capital city of the country. |
| Here's an example: |
| The largest city in Russia is Moscow, its capital. |
| ticket |
| A ticket is a noun and it refers to usually a piece of paper or a digital piece of paper that you can use to get on a train, to go to a movie, to attend an event, and so on. |
| Here's an example: |
| Get your ticket at the station before getting on the train. |
| roundtrip |
| So "roundtrip" is an expression we use to refer to a travel situation where you want to purchase a ticket or a flight that covers the way to the destination and the return. So we can think of this as a circle. We start at one point, go somewhere, and return to the origin point. This is a roundtrip. |
| Here's an example: |
| The roundtrip fare will get me there and back again. |
| express train |
| An express train is a fast train because it does not stop at all of the stations on the train line. It stops usually at major stations only, so it goes a little faster than regular trains. |
| Here's an example: |
| The express train will take you between major cities non-stop. |
| 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 capital city of China? |
| Beijing |
| And how to say the capital city of England? |
| London |
| What about the capital city of France? |
| Paris |
| Do you remember how to say the capital city of Germany? |
| Berlin |
| Let's try the biggest city on the east coast of the USA. |
| New York |
| What about the capital city of Italy? |
| Rome |
| Now let's see if you remember how to say the capital city of Russia. |
| Moscow |
| Another one. What about the word we use for the piece of paper we buy before attending an event? |
| ticket |
| Do you remember how to say the kind of travel that covers the destination trip and the return trip together? |
| roundtrip |
| And finally, do you remember how to say the word that means a train that does not stop at all the local stops, but goes only to the major stations? |
| express train |
| Well done. See you next time. Bye! |
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