Hello, this is AJ. Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for "Healthy at 100." Now, I know the vocabulary lesson is probably the least exciting and interesting lesson of the collection.
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Healthy At 100 Vocabulary Text
Hello, this is AJ. Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for "Healthy at 100." Now, I know
the vocabulary lesson is probably the least exciting and interesting lesson of the
collection. And that's okay. In fact, it's really my least favorite as well. l'd say listen to it
one or two times, maybe the first and second day, and after that you don't need to listen
to it every single day. The most important lessons are, y'know, the main, the main
lesson, the main audio and the mini-story and the POV. Those are the most important
but, y'know, listen to the vocabulary lesson a few times the first couple days of the
week. Alright, let's get started with the vocabulary lesson for Healthy at 100. There is
actually a good amount of vocabulary in this one.
Our first word is correlation, so he talks about the correlation between cancer and
animal food. Cancer and animal food, there's a correlation between the two.
Correlation means connection or association. It means the two go together. They
happen at the same time. If you're eating a lot of animal food then you're going to have
more chance of cancer. They're connected. There's a connection there. So that's
called a correlation, correlation. Now, it does have a little bit more specific, scientific
meaning if you're talking about research but you'll learn that in a research class or a
statistics class. The general meaning is a connection, an association between two
things, correlation. So correlation, there's a correlation between cancer, high cancer
rates, and eating animal food.
Next we have the word consumption. There's a correlation between cancer and animal
food consumption. So here, consumption just means eating. Consumption, eating,
very simple. Animal food consumption, animal food eating. When you consume, it's the
verb is consume, to consume means to eat or to use up. Use it all. So consumption is
the noun. It just means eating. Very simple.
Little bit later we have the word colon. There is a study of colon cancer. Women who
ate a lot of meat had high rates of colon cancer. So colon is part of your body, it's your
gut. It's your bowel. It's your lower intestine, right? So your food goes in. It goes down
your throat into your stomach. From your stomach it goes into your upper intestine...do
da do da do...and then finally into your lower intestine. Into your colon, and then it
comes out your body again. So colon is your bowel, your gut, your lower intestine.
Next we have the word dairy. Dairy products, dairy food. Dairy just means milk or
cheese. It's something that comes from milk or cheese. Comes from an animal, you
don't kill it. It's not meat. You know, meat is the muscle of the animal. But dairy
products, it usually comes from the milk of the animal. So milk and cheese are the most
common dairy products. Milk and cheese, dairy, dairy products. So the more dairy
Excitement Main Text
Hi, this is AJ, welcome to our next lesson. This one is called "Excitement." We're
going to talk about excitement and I'm going to read a little section from a book called
The 4-Hour Work Week, which is a fantastic book. I love this book.
In fact, I'm going to do a few...
Published 10/20/21
Excitement Vocabulary Text
Hello, this is AJ, welcome to the vocabulary lesson for "Excitement." Let's start.
Our first word is specificity, specificity, a little difficult to pronounce, specificity. In fact,
many native speakers have trouble pronouncing this word, especially if you say it...
Published 10/20/21