Nature & Animals Vocabulary: Describing the World in English 🌍
Is the city better than the countryside? Is an elephant heavier than a whale? 🤔🐘
📝 Transcript
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Hello everyone. Welcome to episode 11. I am Anna and I am Lucas. Today we will discover who is the best and the fastest.
Everyone is loud. News changes very quickly, and we often feel like we must run fast just to keep up.
But today, we will do the opposite. Yes, we will purposely slow down.
It's about making our understanding clear. When we compare two things, we describe them by how they relate to each other.
Ah, the important topic. Yes. We will look at not just which one is better, but the true differences you can feel with your senses.
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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
thinking about something all the time, too much
The modern world is obsessed with speed.
done slowly and carefully, not quickly or by chance
The tortoise made a deliberate journey to the finish line.
related to your five senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste)
The forest offers a rich sensory experience.
a system where people or things are arranged in order of importance
Comparatives help us create a hierarchy of things.
the way something is made up of different parts
The air in the country has a different composition.
a very strong, unreasonable fear of something
Many people have a phobia of spiders or snakes.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| distinct | adjective | clearly different or easy to notice | The city and country have distinct sounds. |
| obsessed | adjective | thinking about something all the time, too much | The modern world is obsessed with speed. |
| exhausting | adjective | making you feel very tired | Running a marathon is an exhausting activity. |
| intentionally | adverb | on purpose; not by accident | We intentionally chose a quiet place to relax. |
| deliberate | adjective | done slowly and carefully, not quickly or by chance | The tortoise made a deliberate journey to the finish line. |
| sensory | adjective | related to your five senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste) | The forest offers a rich sensory experience. |
| hierarchy | noun | a system where people or things are arranged in order of importance | Comparatives help us create a hierarchy of things. |
| decibel | noun | a unit for measuring the loudness of sound | City noise often has a high decibel level. |
| composition | noun | the way something is made up of different parts | The air in the country has a different composition. |
| phobia | noun | a very strong, unreasonable fear of something | Many people have a phobia of spiders or snakes. |
✏️ Exercises
Test your understanding with fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Click "Check" to see the answer.
The city is ___ than the countryside because of all the traffic and people. (noisy)
My new phone is ___ than my old one.
The Burj Khalifa is the ___ building in the world. (tall)
This movie is ___ than the last one we saw.
Running a marathon is a very ___ activity. (exhaust)
A cheetah is ___ than a horse.
I heard a very ___ sound in the forest that I had never heard before. (distinct)
My grandmother is the ___ person in our family.
Canada is ___ than China in terms of land area. (big)
The smell of fresh bread is a wonderful ___ experience.
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