The Flatmates episode 2, from BBC Learning English
Тема урока: В квартире
Уровень английского: Pre Intermediate
Продолжительность урока: 1 мин. 00 сек.
Преподает: BBC
Tim welcomes Michal to the flat. Alice suggests a way Michal can improve his English. Why not practise yours with The Flatmates, the soap opera from BBC Learning English?
Compound words are made up of two (or more) separate words. You can combine nouns (a flatmate), adjectives (lovesick) or verbs (jump-start) to make compound words.
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Sometimes they become one word:
flatmate (noun)
lovesick (adjective)
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Sometimes they become two words:
tourist guide (noun)
travel agent (noun)
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Sometimes they become hyphenated:
low-paid (adjective)
film-goer (noun)
Note: There are no hard and fast rules about which category each compound word goes into but a good dictionary will tell you. You can also help yourself by making a note of new compound words you come across and the category they go into.
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Episode 2: In the flat
Tim: Alice this is my cousin Michal — our new flatmate. He's really missing his friends.
Alice: Oh, Michal let me take your mind off that...So, where are you from?
Michal: From near Warsaw — the Polish capital.
Alice: Oh, what do you do?
Michal: I'm a guide tourist.
Alice: So interesting! Why are you visiting London?
Michal: To improve my English.
Alice: Oh, well, why not come out with us now? Then we can cheer you up and you can practise your English at the same time.
Vocabulary:
a flatmate (n):
a person who shares a rented house or flat with other people
lovesick (adj):
a feeling of such strong emotion for someone that it makes you feel almost ill (but not actually physically ill)
a tourist guide (n):
someone who shows visitors around places of interest
low-paid (adj):
earning a small amount of money for working
to spoon-feed (v):
to feed someone (usually a baby) with a spoon or to give someone so much information or help that a task or job is very easy for them
Language Point. Compound Words
Compound words are made up of two (or more) separate words. You can combine nouns (a flatmate), adjectives (lovesick) or verbs (jump-start) to make compound words.
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Sometimes they become one word:
flatmate (noun)
lovesick (adjective)
~
Sometimes they become two words:
tourist guide (noun)
travel agent (noun)
~
Sometimes they become hyphenated:
low-paid (adjective)
film-goer (noun)
Note: There are no hard and fast rules about which category each compound word goes into but a good dictionary will tell you. You can also help yourself by making a note of new compound words you come across and the category they go into.
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Generally the stress is on the first word:
phone box (noun)
smoke-free (adjective)
spoon-feed (verb)