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Well, hello and welcome

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to this English lesson

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about damage and wear.

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The world around us, the world

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around us is filled with things,

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and those things wear out.

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Those things get damaged.

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Eventually, those things

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aren't new anymore.

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If you're wondering what the

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inspiration for this lesson

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is or was, it's the fact that

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my old blue van, with almost

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300,000 kilometers on it, has

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now gone to the wrecking

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yard.

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It is being turned

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into scrap metal.

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First, they'll take out any

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of the parts that might still be

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good, but it is no longer here.

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We have replaced it with

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a small white car, and that

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van is no longer around.

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So, if you want to go back, you

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can watch an English lesson

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where you will see that van

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because I talked about car parts.

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But it was, it wasn't

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damaged, but it definitely

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had a lot of wear.

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And so, and so I thought to myself,

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I should do an English lesson.

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About damage and wear.

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So, you buy things

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that are brand new.

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Eventually, they get damaged.

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Eventually, they're they

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have wear, and eventually,

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you need to replace them.

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So, welcome to this English lesson

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about damage and wear.

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Chipped, having a small piece

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broken off an edge or

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surface, and I do have

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my example sentence here.

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This mug is chipped,

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but I still use it.

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This is actually true.

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Of how Jen and I live, we

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have several mugs that are

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chipped, but some of those mugs

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are still our favorite

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mugs, so we keep them.

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You just drink from the side

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where there is no chip.

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So again, this mug is chipped,

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and I would refer

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to that as a chip.

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This mug has a chip in it,

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and this can happen when you drop

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a mug, but more likely this is

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something that happens because.

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It happens at work a lot because

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we put the mugs in the dishwasher,

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and I think the heat

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of the dishwasher can cause

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the mugs to chip a little easier.

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So, chipped, having a small piece

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broken off an edge or surface.

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Stretched.

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This happens to most of my

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T-shirts over time because I

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keep them for so long.

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Stretched, made longer, wider, or

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looser by pulling or repeated use.

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And the example sentence: "The

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bottom of the T-shirt was

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stretched after wearing it for

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a year." I find a lot of my

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T-shirts, especially if I tuck

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them into my pants, the bottom

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of the T-shirt will eventually

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get stretched.

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I think if you wear a T-shirt

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untucked, it's less

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likely to get stretched.

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But in the winter in Canada, it's

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common to dress in layers, and

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when I wear a T-shirt as my base

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layer, I often will tuck that

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T-shirt into my pants, and somehow

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I think because it's caught in the

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pants, that must stretch it a

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little bit.

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So stretched, made longer,

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wider, or looser

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by pulling or repeated use.

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I'm sure you all have an article

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of clothing that is stretched.

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Crushed, pressed.

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Sorry, here's the normal

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pronunciation:

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crushed, pressed or squeezed out

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of its original shape.

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And then this is something I have

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seen happen many times in my life.

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The man crushed the can

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to show how strong he was.

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So you'll often see

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this on a TV show.

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Someone will drink, finish drinking

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a can of something and they'll

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crush it on their head.

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I won't say what beverage, but.

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Usually not soda, or they'll

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crush the can in their hands.

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So notice a lot of these

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can also be used as verbs.

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Crushed, pressed or squeezed

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out of its original shape.

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And there is something fun

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about crushing a can, isn't there?

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Like you you finish drinking your

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soda or your pop, and you can

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crush the can like this, or

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you can crush the can like that.

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Don't crush it on your head.

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Only crazy.

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People in TV shows

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and movies do that.

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Crushed, pressed, or squeezed

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out of its original shape.

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Smashed, and shattered.

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Slight difference here,

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but they're pretty much the same.

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Smashed is badly broken or damaged

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by a strong impact.

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Someone threw rocks

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and smashed the windows.

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So you'll notice these

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windows are smashed.

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It means that they were nice and

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new and someone threw rocks and

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now they have cracks in them they

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are smashed when we talk about

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shattered we often talk about

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something being in pieces after an

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impact or a fall so shattered

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broken suddenly into many small

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pieces I dropped the plate on the

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floor and it shattered now I

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should say this Someone might say

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to me, "Someone threw rocks at the

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school, and all the windows are

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