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  • Hi there. My name is Emma,

  • and in today's lesson I'm going to teach you 10 different expressions

  • with the word "load". Some of these expressions are going to be slang expressions,

  • some of them are going to be verbs, nouns, adjectives;

  • and they all have very, very different meanings.

  • So with the word "load", you might see it a lot. It has a lot of different

  • possible meanings, so you're going to learn 10 today.

  • I'm also going to teach you two different strategies you should use when you see a word

  • you don't know. Okay? So, in this case, we have the word "load" in many different ways.

  • I'm going to teach you two strategies you should use whenever you see a word you don't

  • know or recognize. Okay? So let's talk about the strategies first, and then I'm going to

  • teach you about the different ways we use the word "load".

  • Okay, so when you come across a word you don't know, the first thing you should do is you

  • should try to figure out how much information you can get from it.

  • You can try to figure out if it's a noun, which is a person, a place, or a thing.

  • Is it a verb? Is it an action?

  • Is it an adjective? Which means: Does it describe something?

  • Or is it an adverb? Does it describe a verb? Okay?

  • So it's good to know these words, and to try to figure out if a word is

  • a noun, a verb, an adverb, or an adjective. Okay?

  • Another thing you should do when you come across a new word is you should try to guess

  • what it means based on the words around it. Okay? We call this "context".

  • So, you should look at the sentence, look at the words in the sentence, and look at some of the words

  • in the other sentence, and try to guess what the word means before you look in the dictionary

  • or before you ask your teacher. Remember: The more effort and the more work you do for

  • a word, the more likely you will remember it. Okay? So you want to work hard to remember

  • these words. You want to guess what they mean before you actually find out what they mean.

  • So let's get started with the word "load". Okay, so I have here the first example we're

  • going to do, and that is the word "loaded" with "ed".

  • I have an example sentence.

  • "Bill Gates is loaded. He has so much money."

  • All right? So I want you to take a moment and

  • think: Is this a noun, a verb, an adjective, or an adverb?

  • So here it is in the sentence.

  • This is... What is this?

  • Well, it ends in "ed", okay? So that means it's probably going

  • to either be a verb or an adjective, because both of these often end in "ed".

  • But because it's followed by "is": "Bill Gates is loaded", it sounds like "loaded" is describing Bill Gates.

  • So it's an adjective. Okay? So in this case, "loaded" is an adjective. It's describing

  • Bill Gates. "Bill Gates is loaded." That's a description of Bill Gates. Okay, so we've

  • done the first one. What about the second one? What do you think "loaded" means? Okay?

  • So look at all the words in the sentence. What do you know about Bill Gates?

  • "Bill Gates is loaded. He has so much money."

  • If you focus on "much money" and "Bill Gates", you know

  • Bill Gates is rich; he has a lot of money. "Loaded" means rich. So we can guess that

  • it means rich, based on the words around it. So, I'm going to write that here.

  • The first meaning of the word "loaded" is rich. I have a friend, she's loaded. She lives in a mansion.

  • Okay? Prince William is loaded. You know, he's a prince, he's going to have a lot of

  • money. I wish I was loaded. Unfortunately, I'm not, but it would be so great to be loaded.

  • So, in this case, "loaded" means rich.

  • Okay, so we have the word again, "loaded". This is another different meaning of the word.

  • Okay, so I want you to look at the example.

  • "She's loaded. She had 10 beers."

  • Okay. "She's loaded. She had 10 beers."

  • So first, let's ask ourselves: Is it a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb?

  • Okay? So we look here: "She is loaded." Well, again, it ends in "ed", so

  • this is a clue. Usually verbs or adjectives end in "ed". In this case, we can guess that

  • it's an adjective, because it's after "is" and so it's describing the woman. She is loaded.

  • She is happy. She is sad. So, "loaded" is an adjective, just like "happy" or "sad".

  • "She's loaded. She had 10 beers." So let's try to guess. What do you think this means?

  • Okay? So you know she's loaded. You know it has to do with beer, and it has to do with 10.

  • 10 beers. Is that a lot of beer or a little? If you drink 10 beers, 10 bottles of beer,

  • what would happen? Well, if you said you'd probably be very drunk, you're right.

  • In this case, "loaded" means very drunk. Okay? If you have 10 shots of tequila, what are you?

  • You're probably loaded. If you spend the whole night at the bar, drinking, doing shots with

  • your friends, you are probably loaded. You are drunk. You are loaded. Okay? So this is

  • the second meaning of the word "loaded". Both of these-it's very important to know-are slang

  • expressions. So you would never use this language in an essay; you would use it in a conversation

  • with your friends. Okay? So now let's look at some other examples of words... Or other

  • examples of "load" and "loaded" and their meanings.

  • Okay, so our next expression-I really like this one actually-is: "a load of crap" or

  • "a load of rubbish". So one of these is more American English, "a load of crap", whereas

  • the other one, "a load of rubbish" is more British English. Okay? So "a load of crap",

  • American; "a load of rubbish", more British. Okay, so let's look at our sentence and try

  • to figure out if this is a noun, an adverb, an adjective, or a verb. Okay?

  • My sentence is:

  • "Mark said Michael Jackson lives in his basement. What a load of crap/rubbish!" Okay?

  • So if we just look at "load of crap",

  • do you think...? What do you think it is? A noun, adjective, adverb, verb?

  • Well, if you look at what comes before "load",

  • it's "a load".

  • Any time we see an article, we know that the word afterwards

  • is going to be a noun. So:

  • "What a load of crap", we could also say: "It is a load of crap". "Load" is a noun in

  • this case. Okay, so let's try to guess what the meaning is.

  • "Mark said Michael Jackson lives in his basement."

  • And I actually knew a guy in high school who said this, and he

  • was being serious. He said: -"Michael Jackson lives in his basement." -"What a load of crap",

  • I said. So, do you think I believed Mark, or do you think I don't believe him?

  • Okay, if I say: "What a load of crap", it means

  • I think Mark is lying. Mark is not being honest.

  • Mark is being stupid. He's wrong. Okay? So that means I don't believe or I don't agree.

  • Okay? You know, if somebody says: "Global warming isn't happening. It's not true."

  • I think it's true, so I would say: "What a load of crap. It's true." Okay? It means I don't

  • agree. I don't believe it. I think it's true. So, in terms of this,

  • "load of crap/load of rubbish", do you think it's formal or informal?

  • Would we use this expression, you know, on

  • an essay at university, or would we use it with our friends? This expression we would

  • not use at university on an essay; it's for using with your friends. Okay? So it's informal,

  • it's slang. But it's really common. Okay? So if you don't agree with somebody or if

  • you think they're lying, you can say: "What a load of crap!" Or: "What a load of rubbish!"

  • if you're in England.

  • Okay, the next expression: "a shitload". Okay? "A shitload".

  • "I have a shitload of homework. Too bad!"

  • I have a shitload of homework. I'm not happy about that. So, "shitload", do you

  • think "shitload" is a noun, a verb, an adverb, or an adjective?

  • Okay, well if we look at what we noticed here with "a", we see "a" down here also.

  • And remember what I said?

  • After "a" comes a noun. A noun is a person, a place, or a thing. "A shitload" is a thing.

  • So: "I have a shitload of homework." Okay, so we know it's a noun. What do you think

  • it means? Just looking: Do you think a shitload of homework is a good thing or a bad thing?

  • Okay, for you it would probably be a bad thing; a lot of students don't like homework. So

  • if you have a shitload of something, it means you have a lot of something.

  • So this means,

  • in this case, "a shitload of homework" means a lot of homework. Okay? There is a shitload

  • of things you must learn if you're learning English. This means there's a lot you must

  • learn. So, "shitload" means a lot. Now, here's one difference: Do you think you could use

  • "shitload" with your teachers, or you know, on a university essay, or with your boss?

  • Probably not. "Shitload" is slang, it's something we would use with our friends. Okay? So "shitload"...

  • A shitload of these expressions you're going to see are slang.

  • Okay, so the next expression: "loads of".

  • "I have loads of food at my place. Come over!"

  • Okay? "I have loads of food at my place. Come over!"

  • Do you think "loads" is a verb, an adverb, an adjective, or a noun?

  • Let's take a moment.

  • "I have loads of".

  • Well, in this case, we have the word "have" here. Usually you have something, so that usually indicates

  • a noun. So "loads" is a noun.

  • "I have loads of food at my place. Come over!"

  • Okay, so what do you think it means, "loads of"? Do you think I have a lot of food or a little food?

  • If I invite you to come over, it probably means I have a lot of food at my house, because

  • I wouldn't invite somebody if there's no food. So "loads of food" means a lot of food. So,

  • again, "loads of" actually is the same as "shitload". It means a lot of. Now, "shitload"

  • is a little bit... It's not polite. It's used a lot, but it's not polite. "Loads of" is

  • something you can use with your Grandma, with kids. Okay? It's informal, but it's polite;

  • whereas "shitload", you really just want to use it with your friends or in informal situations.

  • Okay, so now let's look at a couple more expressions that have the word "load" in them.

  • Okay, so our next word... We have two: "freeload" or "free loader". Okay? So the difference

  • here is with the "er". Okay. So let's look at our sentence to try to figure out if it's

  • a noun and whatnot, and also the meaning.

  • "He freeloads. He never buys the beer, but drinks our beer. He drinks our beer.

  • He is a freeloader." Okay? So let's look up here first.

  • "He freeloads." Do you think this is a verb, an adjective, a noun, or an adverb?

  • "He freeloads." Well, considering we just have a subject here and there's nothing after,

  • we can guess that it's a verb. Okay? So "freeload" can be a verb.

  • "He never buys the beer, but drinks ours. He is a freeloader."

  • Okay? So the word "freeloader", do you think it's an

  • adjective, noun, adverb, verb?

  • In this case, again, we have the word "a" before it, and

  • we also have "er". These are clues that it's a noun. Okay? So nouns have "a" before them

  • often, as well as... Whenever you see "er", a lot of the times it's going to be a noun.

  • Not always, but a lot of the times. So, for example: teacher, officer, leader. Okay?

  • What do those three words have in common? They're all people. Many times when you see "er",

  • it means it's a person. So, a freeloader is a person. Okay? It's a person who freeloads.

  • All right? So, let's guess the meaning now.

  • "He freeloads. He never buys the beer, but he drinks our beer. He is a freeloader."

  • I want you to take a moment and guess what it means. Okay?

  • So what do you think it means? Do you think that a freeloader shares with people?

  • No. A freeloader likes to not spend money. A freeloader likes to keep their money

  • or they don't have money. They like to use other people's things so they don't have to

  • buy them. Okay? So, for example, I know somebody who whenever, you know, we go to a restaurant,

  • they don't usually have their wallet and they say:

  • "Oh, can you buy my dinner for me? I forgot my wallet."

  • That person's a freeloader, because they don't put money in; what they

  • do is they use other people, and they want other people to pay for their things. Or imagine this:

  • Imagine somebody comes to stay at my apartment, but they never pay me money. They

  • sleep on my couch for like a year, they never pay me money. That person is a freeloader

  • because they're not using their money, they're not sharing their money. Instead, they're

  • using me, and my money, and my resources. Okay? So if you freeload, it means you don't

  • spend money; other people have to spend money for you. Okay? Okay, so let's write that down.

  • So it's almost like take advantage of someone,

  • and not spend your money;

  • you spend other people's.

  • Okay. So you spend other people's money or resources; not your own.

  • Okay, and again, "freeloader" is the person who does this; whereas "freeload" is the verb.

  • So we could say:

  • "A freeloader freeloads." That's a possible sentence.

  • All right, let's look at the next expression.

  • "A load off my chest" or "a load of my mind".

  • So this is an expression.

  • "The project is done. It's a load off my mind."

  • So in this case, "load", do you think it's a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb?

  • If you guessed a noun, you're correct. We know that because of the word "a":

  • "a load off my mind".

  • So what does this mean? I want you to take a moment and take a guess.

  • "The project is finished."

  • If you finished a project, would you feel stressed or no stress?

  • You'd probably feel very happy.

  • You probably would feel that there was stress, but now you're finished there's no stress.

  • So: "The project is done. It's a load off my mind." It means I had a problem, but now

  • the problem is gone. I feel relief. Okay?

  • It's a load off my mind, it's a load off my chest. They have the same meaning, and they mean

  • I'm not worried now, I feel great, I'm relieved. Okay?

  • So the meaning is: "I'm relieved."

  • Imagine you have an English test, you're really nervous, really stressed,

  • and then you finish the test, you're going to say:

  • "That's a load off my mind." It means: "I'm not stressed now. I finished my test. Whew. I feel relief."

  • Okay?

  • Okay, the next sentence, "loaded":

  • "The gun is loaded. I loaded the gun."

  • Okay, so I want you to take a moment, are these nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs? What are they?

  • Well, in this case: "The gun is loaded."

  • It's probably an adjective; it's describing a verb. Or it

  • could also be passive tense, but we won't get into that. We also have:

  • "I loaded the gun." This one

  • is a verb. Okay? We know that because it comes after the subject, and it's

  • the action of the sentence. So what do you think it means to load a gun?

  • What can you do with a gun? There's only a couple of things. You can shoot a gun, but before you shoot

  • the gun, you need to put the bullet in the gun. So when you load a gun, it means you

  • put a bullet in a gun. Okay? So, in some countries, people carry around loaded guns. This means

  • their gun has a bullet in it. Okay? So a loaded gun has a bullet. All right, so let's look

  • at a couple final expressions-okay?-in a moment.

  • Okay, so our last expression of the day is, again, "load",

  • but in this case we're using it with the word "truck".

  • "I loaded the truck. It's full."

  • So in this case, do you think this is a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb?

  • If you said verb, you're correct. Okay?

  • It's an action. I load the truck. So what does this mean? So take a moment, make a guess.

  • Okay? Take a guess.

  • If you load a truck and it becomes full, it means you're putting something

  • into the truck. Okay? We can load a truck, we can load cars, we can load airplanes. It

  • means we're taking things like boxes or, you know, any types of things, and we're filling

  • a truck, a car, a bus with these things. Okay?

  • So it means to put something into a vehicle.

  • Okay? And "vehicle" means truck, bus, plane, car. Okay? Those are all vehicles.

  • So you're putting something, it can be anything, into a vehicle. You're loading it. Okay? You're

  • filling it up with things, that means "to load".

  • So, I invite you to come check out our website at www.engvid.com.

  • There you can take our quiz and practice these words to make sure you understand them,

  • and you can also see more examples of them used in sentences.

  • I also invite you to subscribe to my YouTube channel.

  • There, you will find all sorts of videos on pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and many other topics.

  • So, thank you for watching, and until next time, take care.

Hi there. My name is Emma,

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LOAD "在英語中的多種含義 (The Many Meanings of "LOAD" in English)

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    Shuwen Wu 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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