73. The Weird Language of English Newspapers! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

In this episode of Thinking in English, I want to introduce you all to the weird language of English newspapers. Newspapers are full of words, vocabulary, grammar, and types of sentences that we normally don’t use in everyday life. And for this reason, it can be difficult for English learners to understand journalism. Hopefully, by the end of this episode, you will have a clearer understanding of Journalese!! TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/05/03/73-journalese-the-weird-language-of-english-newspapers-english-vocabulary-list/ Similar Episodes!! 47. How to Improve Your Written English (According to the Great Writer George Orwell!) 59. 5 Books Recommendations to Improve Your English! 35. How to improve your writing skills!  CONTACT US!! INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) Twitter - @thinkenglishpod Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog Gmail - [email protected] Vocabulary List Tabloid (n) - a type of popular newspaper with small pages that has many pictures and short, simple reports In the UK, the Sun is the most popular tabloid Confrontation (n) - a fight or argument There were violent confrontations between police and demonstrators intransitive verb (n) - a verb which does not have or need an object In the sentence “I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn’t come”, “come” is an intransitive verb Intentionally (adv) - with a plan or purpose The company was accused of intentionally dumping garbage into the river Ambiguous (adj) - having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes, intentionally His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous To convince (v) - to persuade someone or make someone certain I hope this will convince you to change your mind Abbreviate (v) - to shorten a word or words, or to make something shorter We had to abbreviate the names of the states Subtle (adj) - not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in any way The room was painted a subtle shade of pink --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices