days. We're learning 105 words from the academic  word list, so these are words you'll need to know  

天。我們要學習105個學術單詞表的單詞，那麼這些單詞你必須要知道了

if you're preparing for the IELTS or TOEFL exam.  But also if you read or watch the news in English  

如果你正在準備雅思或托福考試。 但是，如果你閱讀或觀看英語新聞，也是如此

or have conversations in English. These are  intermediate words and we're going to study  

或用英語進行對話。這些都是中間詞，我們要學習的是

them in real situations so your understanding  will go beyond just memorizing a definition.  

他們在真實的情況下，所以你的理解將超越僅僅記住一個定義。

So grab your friends, have them  join you in this challenge,  

所以帶上你的朋友，讓他們加入你的挑戰。

and let's do this! As always, if you like  this video, or you learned something new,  

讓我們來做這個!一如既往，如果你喜歡這個視頻，或者你學到了新的東西，

please like and subscribe with notifications.  I'd love to have you as my student.

請喜歡和訂閱與通知。 我很希望你能成為我的學生。

During these 30 days, we're learning 105  words together. I do have a download for you,  

在這30天裡，我們一起學習105個單詞。我有一個下載給你。

a list of all the words with definitions and  sample sentences, as well as quizzes to make  

所有單詞的清單，包括定義和例句，以及測驗，以使

sure you're really getting and remembering these  words. You can get that download by following  

確保你真正理解並記住這些單詞。你可以通過以下方式獲得該下載

this link or the link in the video description.  Today, we're learning four new words and we're  

這個鏈接或視頻描述中的鏈接。 今天，我們學習了四個新單詞，並且我們是

looking at the different ways these words are  used in various real situations. For each word,  

觀察這些詞在各種實際情況下的不同使用方式。對於每一個詞：

you'll get the definition, we'll go over the  pronunciation, you'll get to see it up close  

你會得到的定義，我們將通過發音，你會得到看到它的近距離。

and in slow motion, and then we'll also go  to Youglish for five examples from real life. 

並在慢動作中，然後我們也會去優衣庫找五個現實生活中的例子。

Our first word is COMMISSION.  

我們的第一個詞是COMMISSION。

This is a three syllable word with middle syllable stress. 

這是一個三個音節的詞，中間音節重音。

You don't really need to put a vowel in the first  or last syllable. com-- com-- comi-- sion, sion.  

你不需要在第一個或最後一個音節里加元音 com... com... comi... sion, sion.

Commission. It's a noun, a group of people who've  been given the official job of finding information  

委員會。這是一個名詞，一群人被賦予尋找資訊的官方工作。

or controlling something. She served on the city's  water commission. It also means money paid to an  

或控制的東西。她曾在該市的水利委員會任職。這也意味著錢支付給一個

employee for selling something. This job will  give a base salary, plus commission for each sale  

僱員賣東西。這份工作會給底薪，加上每次銷售的佣金

you make. As a verb, it means to order or request  something to be made or done. The travel magazine  

你使。作為動詞，它的意思是命令或要求做某事或做某事。旅遊雜誌

commissioned a story on the world's best beaches.  Let's look again up close and in slow motion. 

委託撰寫了一篇關於世界上最好的海灘的報道。 讓我們再來近距離慢動作地看看。

And now we'll go to Youglish to see  five examples of this word in context. 

現在我們就去優衣庫看看這個詞在上下文中的五個例子。

My salary might change in the way that I get  a lower base salary, but a higher commission. 

我的工資可能會發生變化，我的底薪低了，但提成高了。

This woman leads outdoor camping adventures  for groups. She has a guaranteed base salary  

這個女人帶領團體進行戶外露營探險。她的底薪有保障

or minimum salary, then in addition to that, she  makes extra money, a commission, for each person  

或最低工資，那麼除此之外，她還可以賺取額外的錢，即佣金，每一個人的佣金

that goes on this adventure. For example, maybe  she receives another fifty dollars per person.

，去參加這次冒險。比如說，也許她每人再收五十元。

My salary might change in the way that I get  a lower base salary, but a higher commission. 

我的工資可能會發生變化，我的底薪低了，但提成高了。

Here's another example. Serving on that commission  

這是另一個例子。擔任該委員會的成員

was a transformative experience for me. Serving or working on a commission. This means  

對我來說是一次變革的經歷。服務或工作的委託。這意味著

that working with a group of people on specific  projects was a powerful thing that changed  

與一群人在具體項目上的合作是一件強大的事情，改變了我們的生活。

something about the way that he thinks or feels. Serving on that commission was a transformative  

關於他的思維方式或感覺的東西。在該委員會任職是一個變革性的

experience for me. Let's see another example. 

我的經驗。我們再來看一個例子。

We filed a successful complaint with  the main human rights commission. 

我們向主要的人權委員會提出了成功的申訴。

A human rights commission is a group of people  that hears and helps resolve problems that  

人權委員會是一個聽取和幫助解決以下問題的團體：

have to do with freedom of opinion, the  right to work, and education, and so on.  

與意見自由、工作權利和教育等有關。

For example, if a person feels that they aren't  being treated equally because of the color of  

例如，如果一個人覺得自己因為膚色而沒有得到平等的對待，那麼他就會覺得自己是一個很好的人。

their skin, they can file a complaint or  report to the human rights commission.  

他們可以向人權委員會提出申訴或報告。

This group will help this person's voice be heard  in a legal way, and work towards fair treatment. 

這個小組將幫助這個人的聲音以合法的方式被聽到，並努力實現公平待遇。

We filed a successful complaint with  the main human rights commission. 

我們向主要的人權委員會提出了成功的申訴。

Let's look at another example. It doesn't have to be, you know, joining a  

我們再來看一個例子。它不一定是，你知道，加入一個

huge commission or something that's big and showy. Commissions are typically groups of people that  

巨大的佣金或一些大而炫的東西。佣金通常是指一群人

are working on specialized problems and  they're public. This means their work and  

正在研究專門的問題，而且他們是公開的。這意味著他們的工作和

decisions are not secret or hidden. If  you join a commission, that's something  

決定不是祕密或隱藏的。如果你加入了一個委員會，那是一些

that people in public spaces are going to  know about, which could feel big and showy. 

公共場所的人都會知道，這會讓人覺得大而無當。

It doesn't have to be, you know, joining a huge  commission or something that's big and showy. 

它不一定要，你知道，加入一個巨大的委員會或東西，這是很大的，炫耀。

Our last example. So the story was uh, this was  

我們最後一個例子。所以，故事是呃，這是

commissioned by, and for National Geographic. This guy is saying that the magazine,  

受《國家地理》雜誌的委託，併為其服務。這傢伙是說，雜誌。

National Geographic, paid money to a writer to  travel the Australian outback all by herself for  

國家地理》雜誌，花錢請一位作家一個人去澳洲內陸旅行，為的是

a period of time, then write an interesting  piece about it to publish in the magazine. 

一段時間，然後寫一篇有趣的文章發表在雜誌上。

So the story was uh, this was commissioned  by, and for National Geographic. 

所以，這個故事是呃，這是委託的， 併為國家地理。

Our next word is CREDIT.

我們下一個詞是CREDIT。

As a noun, this word has several meanings. It can mean borrowed money that  

作為一個名詞，這個詞有幾個意思。它可以指借來的錢

has to be paid back in the future. For example,  in the past, stores allowed their customers to buy  

必須在未來償還。例如，在過去，商店允許他們的顧客購買。

food and other things on credit. It also means a  record of how well you've paid bills in the past.  

食物和其他東西的信用。這也意味著你過去支付賬單的記錄。

She always pays her bills on time so  she has good credit. It can also mean  

她總是按時支付賬單，所以她有良好的信用。它也可以意味著

an amount of money added to an account. We'll  put credit back on your card for the return.  

一筆錢加到賬戶上。我們會把信用額度返還到您的卡上，用於返還。

And finally, it can also mean praise or special  attention for doing something. Bill got credit  

最後，它還可以意味著做某件事的表揚或特別關注。比爾得到了榮譽

for inventing the telephone, though many other  inventors were working on the project. As a verb,  

為發明電話，儘管許多其他發明者都在從事這個項目。作為一個動詞。

it means to add an amount of money to a total.  Your payment of $38.50 has been credited to your  

它的意思是在總額中增加一筆錢。 您的38.5美元的付款已經記入您的賬戶。

account, which brings the total you owe down to  $25. Let's look again up close and in slow motion. 

帳戶，使你的總欠款降到25元。我們再來近距離慢動作看一下。

And now we'll go to Youglish to see  five examples of this word in context. 

現在我們就去優衣庫看看這個詞在上下文中的五個例子。

Your credit cards are maxed out. Maxed out. Every credit card has a  

你的信用卡已經被刷爆了被刷爆了每張信用卡都有一個

maximum limit that you can use it for. If your  card has a max limit of five thousand dollars,  

你可以使用它的最高限額。如果你的卡的最高限額是五千元。

and you use it to reserve five thousand dollars of  airline tickets, you won't be able to buy anything  

你用它來預訂五千塊錢的機票，你就什麼都買不到了。

else with that card until you pay the credit card  company back that five thousand, plus interest,  

直到你付給信用卡公司那五千塊錢，加上利息。

depending on how long it takes you to pay them  back. You've maxed out what you can buy on credit. 

取決於你需要多長時間來償還他們。你已經把你能買到的賒賬額度都用完了。

Your credit cards are maxed out. Here's another example. 

你的信用卡已經刷爆了。這是另一個例子。

But to his credit, he was so funny. To his credit. Something good or positive  

但他的功勞，他是如此有趣。歸功於他的功勞好的或積極的東西

about someone. He probably just mentioned  a negative quality about another guy,  

關於某人。他可能只是提到了另一個人的負面品質。

maybe this guy was always a few minutes  late to work, but he was funny, so his  

也許這傢伙總是遲到幾分鐘上班， 但他很有趣，所以他的。

boss didn't mind too much. This thing,  this positive quality was to his credit. 

老闆並沒有太在意。這件事，這種積極的品質是他的功勞。

But to his credit he was so funny. Let's see another example. 

但他的功勞是如此有趣。我們再看一個例子。

I can take credit for the  failures, not for the success. 

我可以為失敗邀功，但不能為成功邀功。

This is a very humble thing to say. Instead of  saying yes, this thing turned out amazingly well  

這話說得很謙虛。與其說是的，不如說是的，這件事情的結果是驚人的好。

and it's all because of me. He's taking  responsibility for the mistakes along the  

而這一切都是因為我。他要為這一路上的錯誤承擔責任

road to success. It's a way to honor the other  people who helped you, or worked with you. When  

通往成功的道路。這是對其他幫助過你，或者和你一起工作的人的一種紀念方式。當

someone says congratulations, you might reply,  I can't take full credit or something like that. 

有人說恭喜你，你可能會回答，我不能全盤托出之類的話。

I can take credit for the  failures, not for the success. 

我可以為失敗邀功，但不能為成功邀功。

Let's look at another example. Finch, Moody's, and S&P have now given the state  

我們再來看另一個例子。芬奇、穆迪和標普現在已經給了該州。

its highest credit rating in over 40 years. There are a few companies in the US that can look  

其40多年來的最高信用評級。在美國，有幾家公司可以看看

at all of your purchase loan and credit history  and give you a score called a credit rating.  

在你所有的購買貸款和信用記錄，並給你一個分數，稱為信用評級。

If you want to borrow a large amount of money  to buy a house or a car, the lender or bank  

如果你想借一大筆錢來買房或買車，貸款人或銀

will first look at that number, your credit score. Finch, Moody's, and S&P have now given the state  

會首先看這個數字，你的信用分數。芬奇、穆迪和標普現在已經給了這個州的

its highest credit rating in over 40 years. Our last example. 

其40多年來的最高信用評級。 我們最後一個例子。

I, I think I'm gonna have to  credit you now for an idea. 

我，我想我現在要把一個想法歸功於你。

Here, 'credit you' means to point to you as  the source. When my four-year-old decided to  

在這裡，"歸功於你 "的意思是指出你是來源。當我四歲的孩子決定

stop taking afternoon naps, my husband suggested  that we let him listen to audiobooks in his room  

停止午睡，我丈夫建議我們讓他在房間裡聽有聲書。

for an hour instead, and it worked. We did get  that hour of space to ourselves that we needed.  

一個小時，而不是，它的工作。我們確實得到了我們需要的那一個小時的空間。

It was a great idea and I credit David  for it. It was his idea, not mine. 

這是個好主意，我把它歸功於大衛。這是他的主意，不是我的。

I, I think I'm gonna have to  credit you now for an idea. 

我，我想我現在要把一個想法歸功於你。

Our next word is INVESTMENT.  

我們下一個詞是投資。

This word has a T between two other consonants,  so it might be dropped. Investment, or it might  

這個詞的兩個輔音之間有一個T，所以可能會被刪除。投資，也可能是

be a true T, investment. But more commonly,  it will be dropped. Investment. It's a noun,  

是真正的T，投資。但更常見的是，會被放棄。投資。是個名詞。

and it means the act of using money to earn  more money. Also, it means spending money, time,  

而它的意思是指用錢來賺取更多的錢的行為。同時，也意味著花錢，時間。

energy, and so on, with the idea that it will  increase something in value or usefulness. Buying  

能量等等，並認為這將增加某些東西的價值或有用性。購買

our house was a great investment. I'm investing  the time to do extra Math games with my daughter  

我們的房子是一項偉大的投資。我正在投資時間與我的女兒做額外的數學遊戲。

because I want her to be confident at Math.  Let's look up close and in slow motion. 

因為我想讓她對數學有信心。 讓我們近距離地看，慢動作地看。

And now we'll go to Youglish to see  five examples of this word in context. 

現在我們就去優衣庫看看這個詞在上下文中的五個例子。

My investment is in their success and that's it. Who's invested in your success?  

我的投資是他們的成功，僅此而已。誰在你的成功上投資？

These are the people who've spent time helping  you get the knowledge and skills that you need.  

這些人都是花時間幫助你獲得你所需要的知識和技能的人。

They've helped pay for classes, or tuition, or  other training, or maybe they've given you support  

他們幫你付了學費，或者學費，或者其他的培訓，或者他們給了你支持。

in non-financial ways, like helping you study,  or taking care of your kids so you could work.  

以非經濟的方式，比如幫助你學習，或者照顧你的孩子，讓你可以工作。

They've invested in you because they  want to see good results in your life. 

他們在你身上投資，是因為他們想看到你生活中的好結果。

My investment is in their success and that's it. Here's another example. 

我的投資是為了他們的成功，僅此而已。這是另一個例子。

We're making a rather large  investment in the technology for this. 

我們為此在技術上進行了相當大的投資。

He's saying that his company or partners  are giving lots of money to the people who  

他說他的公司或合夥人給了很多錢給那些人

are designing the technology. They give money  to help start something new, and later, these  

正在設計技術。他們給錢來幫助啟動新的東西，後來，這些

investors hope to see the technology succeed and  get all of their invested money back, plus more. 

投資人希望看到技術的成功，並拿回所有的投資資金，再加上更多。

We're making a rather large  investment in the technology for this. 

我們為此在技術上進行了相當大的投資。

Let's see another example. They are mothers who are  

我們再來看一個例子。她們是母親，她們是

living in communities where the schools are  failing, where there's a lack of investment. 

生活在學校不合格、缺乏投資的社區；

What does it take for students in a school  to be successful? Of course, good teachers,  

一所學校的學生要想成功，需要什麼？當然是好老師。

good resources, like books, computers, materials,  classrooms, and how do schools get these things?  

好的資源，比如書本、電腦、資料、教室，學校如何獲得這些東西？

Money. Government, or private money is  needed to help a school get the things  

錢。需要政府，或者私人的資金來幫助學校得到的東西。

it needs for students. She's saying that no  investment leads to underperforming schools. 

它對學生的需求。她的意思是說，沒有投資就會導致學校表現不佳。

They are mothers who are living in  communities where the schools are failing,  

她們是生活在學校不合格的社區的母親。

where there's a lack of investment. Let's look at another example. 

哪裡缺乏投資。我們再看一個例子。

We doubled down on our  investment in renewable energy. 

我們在可再生能源方面的投資力度加倍。

Doubled down means to try twice as hard, or  with two times as much effort for something.  

加倍努力的意思是，為了某件事情，要付出兩倍的努力，或用兩倍的努力。

Obama reports that the US increased  its spending on renewable energy like  

奧巴馬報告說，美國增加了對可再生能源的支出，如。

solar or wind power. It doubled down. We doubled down on our investment in  

太陽能或風力發電。它加倍了。我們加倍投資於

renewable energy. Our last example. 

可再生能源。我們最後一個例子。

So I think a lot of it is being  funded by investment money. 

所以我覺得很多都是靠投資資金。

Investment money helps businesses grow. If you  receive investment money, you can use it to pay  

投資資金幫助企業發展。如果您收到投資資金，您可以用它來支付以下費用

for things like employees, or to set up your  business. But with it, you take the promise  

僱員等事情，或建立你的業務。但是，隨著它，你把承諾

you'll pay it back, plus interest. So I think a lot of it is being  

你會還錢，加上利息。所以我認為很多是被

funded by investment money. Our last word today is PURCHASE.  

由投資資金資助。我們今天的最後一個詞是PURCHASE。

A two syllable word with first syllable stress.  We've got the UR vowel there like in bird  

一個兩個音節的單詞，第一音節重音。 我們已經有了UR元音，就像在鳥兒裡一樣

and it mixes, it blends with the R,  they're really just one sound. Pp--urr--  

和它混合，它與R融合， 他們真的只是一個聲音。Pp -urr --

Pur— purchase. It's a verb, it means to  buy property, goods, etc., you can purchase  

Pur-購買。這是一個動詞，意思是購買財產、商品等，你可以購買

souvenirs at the gift shop. As a noun,  it means the act of buying something. My  

禮品店的紀念品。作為一個名詞，它的意思是買東西的行為。我的

most expensive purchase this year was my car.  Let's watch again up close and in slow motion. 

今年買的最貴的是我的車。 我們再來近距離慢動作觀看。

And now we'll go to Youglish to see  five examples of this word in context. 

現在我們就去優衣庫看看這個詞在上下文中的五個例子。

Every time he made a wine  purchase, Lussier thought  

每次買酒的時候，魯西埃都會想

about the parties he would host for his friends. Use a noun before 'purchase' to describe exactly  

關於他為朋友舉辦的聚會。在 "購買 "之前用名詞來準確地描述

what you spent money on: a car purchase, a  home purchase, a vacation property purchase.  

你花錢買了什麼：買車、買房、買度假房產。

this structure, is a fancy  way to say I bought something. 

這種結構，是一種花哨的方式，說我買的東西。

Every time he made a wine purchase,  Lussier thought about the parties he  

每次買酒的時候，盧西埃都會想到自己的聚會。

would host for his friends. Here's another example. 

會為他的朋友舉辦。這是另一個例子。

Farmable soil, if you go to purchase  it, costs four dollars a pound. 

可耕種的土壤，如果你去購買，一斤要四塊錢。

He's talking about the cost of soil or  dirt that can be used to grow plants. 

他說的是可以用來種植植物的土壤或泥土的成本。

Farmable soil, if you go to purchase  it, costs four dollars a pound. 

可耕種的土壤，如果你去購買，一斤要四塊錢。

Let's see another example. One of the things I'm looking  

我們再來看一個例子。我正在尋找的事情之一

at now is what types of equipment do I purchase? This speaker is in charge of a health and wellness  

在現在是購買什麼類型的設備？這位講解員負責的是一個健康養生

program at UC Berkeley. He's thinking about  what kind of gym equipment he needs to buy. 

加州大學伯克利分校的課程。他在考慮需要買什麼樣的健身器材。

One of the things I'm looking at now is  what types of equipment do I purchase? 

我現在正在研究的一個問題是我要購買什麼類型的設備？

Let's look at another example. They have our credit cards,  

我們再來看另一個例子。他們有我們的信用卡。

they have our location, they  have our purchase history. 

他們有我們的位置，他們有我們的購買記錄。

Google, Facebook, and other companies are always  collecting information, about how we use our  

谷歌、Facebook和其他公司總是在收集關於我們如何使用我們的資訊。

computers and phones, things that we search for,  and things that we buy, or our purchase history. 

電腦和手機，我們搜索的東西和購買的東西，或者我們的購買記錄。

They have our credit cards, they have our  location, they have our purchase history. 

他們有我們的信用卡，他們有我們的位置，他們有我們的購買記錄。

Our last example. Real estate is obviously a major purchase. 

我們最後一個例子。房地產顯然是一個重要的購買對象。

Real estate. Land and the buildings on it.  Buying a piece of real estate, like a house,  

不動產。土地和土地上的建築物。 購買一塊不動產，比如房子。

is a big decision, a major purchase. Real estate is obviously a major purchase. 

是一個重大的決定，一個重大的購買。房地產顯然是一個重大的購買。

Seeing their real-life examples can really help  you understand how to use these words, can't it?  

看到他們的真實例子，真的可以幫助你瞭解這些詞的使用方法，不是嗎？

I have a challenge for you now. Make  up a sentence with one of these words,  

我現在有一個挑戰給你們。用其中的一個詞造一個句子。

make a video of yourself saying it,

拍一段自己說的視頻。

and post it to social media, tag me, and use  the hashtag #rachelsenglish30daychallenge

並將其發佈到社交媒體上，給我打上標籤，並使用#rachelsenglish30天挑戰賽的標籤。

Don't be shy, you can do this. Our next video  comes out tomorrow at 10AM Philadelphia time,  

不要害羞，你可以做到這一點。我們的下一個視頻將於明天費城時間上午10點發布。

come back to learn four more vocabulary words.  In the meantime, keep your studies going with  

再來學習四個詞彙。 同時，請繼續學習以下內容

this video, and check out my online courses at  Rachel's English Academy. You'll become a more  

這個視頻，並查看我在瑞秋英語學院的在線課程。你會成為一個更

confident English speaker. And please do remember  to subscribe. I love being your teacher.  

自信的英語人士。還有，請記得訂閱。我喜歡做你的老師。

That's it and thanks so much  for using Rachel's English.

就這樣，非常感謝大家使用瑞秋英語。