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Welcome to JForrest English. I'm Jennifer. And today, you're going to learn English with the

news. We're going to read an article together and this article is from USA Today. And it talks about

the upcoming presidential election. Let's get started. I'll read the headline, Biden versus

Trump big challenges, but opposite ones as 2024. Rematch, begins first, let's talk about this.

Notice how I pronounced it as versus versus this is called an abbreviation. Is when we take a

word and we shorten it and almost always we write verses as vs vs notice though,

it does have this period, which is important to include. If you don't include it, everyone will

know what you mean. But technically, it should be written with the period. So v as period,

That means verses of course that's when one person or team more,

commonly a sports team is competing against another.

So

if there's a football or tennis match on TV, you could say it's the u.s. versus

England

for example and then they would write it as vs period. So Biden

versus Trump because they're competing and they're competing for of course, the

Ian of President of very big competition. Big challenges

but opposite ones of course, opposite is hot cold. Those are opposites opposite ones as

2024 rematch begins notice here, the re in front of match and notice my pronunciation

re e the long e sound rematch. So it means they're competing again because they already.

He competed against each other. This is commonly used in sports. Again, for example,

we lost. So let's say what was mine? Team the u.s. versus England. So let's say the u.s. Lost

England won we lost but don't worry, we'll win the rematch next month. So that means next month,

the u.s. is playing England. Again, that would be the rematch when they compete again.

Let's continue. Joe Biden and Donald Trump each face significant challenges.

So notice you face a challenge. You can face a situation as well, a difficult situation,

that would be a challenging situation. You face challenges in a potential rematch for

the White House in 2024. So this is when the election takes place, 20,

Money for a new USA Today. USA Today is the name of the news company that

published this article. I'm not sure if they're popular,

where you live a new USA Today. Poll. So a pole is when you ask someone about their

preferences,

so I could say I'm calling to see where you want to go

on your next vacation. Would you choose the US?

De Australia or New Zealand. Those are the four choices in the pool and then you

would choose Canada and I is your answer. So, and that would be the poll results,

which share the answers that all the respondents, the respondents are,

the people who are answering the poll who are responding to the poll. So let me write that down.

People who answer a survey or a poll and it comes from the verb to respond, which is another way of

saying answer. So that's why the individuals are referred to as respondents. So this is a noun.

So in the pole you could say we had 500 respondents, 500 people who

Bonded to the pool, who answered the poll. So a new USA Today, poll finds, but opposite

ones. So each candidate has challenges, but their challenges are opposite. We don't know what those

challenges are yet. Hopefully, we'll find out in this article. If you like this lesson, then I know

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For President Biden, his standing among the voters who backed him in 2020 is wide but

shallow. Okay. First, let's talk about this verb here. Who backed him. I'll also point out that

everything that we're reviewing. I summarized in a lesson PDF so you can look in the description

below for the link to download the lesson PDF. So you don't have to worry about taking notes for

Didn't Biden. His standing among the voters who backed him,

this is another way of saying who supported him, who supported him supported him.

So as a question who did you back? I backed Trump or I backed Biden.

And then you you could share, you could, if somebody asks you who did you back? You

can rip off respond back and say I supported Biden because it has the exact same meaning,

so you can absolutely change it. But generally we use the same language

as the question. So if the question used back, I would most likely respond

back

and with back.

Voters who backed him supported him in 2020 is wide but shallow okay. What does this mean wide?

But shallow, it's always easier to explain with a picture so in this picture it showing wide width

Goes this way with wide and then shallow is talking about the depth. So shallow is not

very deep. So if you're digging a hole a shallow hole would only be about this

but then a deep hole would be like this so wide but shallow and know what is deep and

narrow because they're going to say this in the article in just a minute. So pee

Attention to this deep. I already explained when you're digging a hole deep, but then narrow is

not wide, okay? So wide narrow shallow deep. Those are some measurements for you. Now, what

does this mean in terms of support? Describing it as wide, but shallow. So if a wide number,

Of people support by it in, it seemed that he has many supporters, but the support is

not very strong. So, it's like, I support him, but I'm not that committed to him. My support is

not very deep. My support is shallow, there's only this much support compared to this much

support. So, keep that in mind. That's for President Biden. According to this article.

And this poll. Now his support is wide but shallow at risk of being eroded. Eroded means

it's going to disappear. His support will disappear. So no longer be there,

that's what it means of at risk of being eroded. So his support will

disappear. Let me just write this for you here. I lost my controls.

At risk of, I have to write at risk of Disappearing. Do you

know why? Because if I use all of, of is a preposition and then your verb following,

a preposition has to be in ing form. So I can say at risk of being eroded,

or at risk of Disappearing by a credible Democratic Challenger. So if another challenge,

ER, so somebody who challenges Biden that would be a challenger if a credible Democratic Challenger

appears, he could erode so cause Biden's support to disappear for the nomination

or a third-party candidate in the fall. Notice my pronunciation here because we have the word

date

and that's how you would pronounce

On the set date. What is the date today? What is the date today? Hey, Siri, what's the date today?

And you pronounce it 88 but here I'm pronouncing it candidate did it. So

is that schwa sound candidate candidate? A candidate is a person who is competing in a

A competition. Generally an election. So Trump is a candidate and Biden is a

candidate. And of course there are other candidates as well.

For former President Trump's support among his 2020. Voters is deep,

but narrow, you already know what that means.

Here's the picture to remind you. So deep. Remember, deep

you can see in the picture. So it means the people who support Trump really,

really support him the amount of support for Trump is deep but it's narrow,

which means that not as many people support him. But the people who do support him they really

Really support him deep and narrow. Why but shallow so that's why in the headline

it says they're opposites because their support the way that people

support

them or back. Them is quite different, they're opposites.

Okay. So deep but narrow reinforced by controversies, notice the pronunciation

here controversies that are all but guaranteed to make it harder for him to

Expand his support. Because remember, his support is narrow. So, if he wants to expand his support,

it means, it would become wider expand his support in the general election.

I like this expression here, all but guaranteed, when you describe

something as all, but guaranteed, it is actually seeing almost guaranteed 95%.

Ian, if guaranteed is one hundred percent certain that it would probably be 95,

96. 97 maybe even 98 or 99% certain. So you might say,

Rain this weekend is all, but guaranteed, it's just another way of saying it,

most likely will rain this weekend all, but guaranteed having. This B

here is a little confusing because maybe it makes it sound like, it isn't guaranteed,

but it's actually saying it's almost guaranteed. So again, this is, I would say,

95 to 99% certain.

All but guaranteed, so the controversies are all but guaranteed to make it harder for him to

expand his support. Make it wider in the general election, the pool of 600, Biden voters. Remember

those are the respondents. So we could say there were 600, respondents 600, Biden voters,

and 600 Trump voters. So, again, 600 respondents taken by landline and cell phone April.

10th to 18th, underscores, the uncertainties. I like this verb here underscore to underscore

because it comes from computer technology. Because right now,

I am underscoring the word underscore right now,

I'm underscoring the word general election. So if I do this and you all you see is this part of the

The screen, your eye is naturally going to go to general election,

it could obviously go to the highlighted part. So let me get rid of the heart highlighted parts

right now. Where is your? I going to go to the word uncertainties because it's underscored. So,

when we underscore something, we emphasize it, you emphasize it and you emphasize it because

Has. It's important for some for some reason. As an example, I could say,

the recent storm underscored the need to have bottled water at home. Why would a

storm emphasize this

emphasize, the importance of bottled water? Well, because maybe in the storm, the

power

went out. And the grocery stores were closed and you needed access to water.

But you couldn't get it. So if you have bottled water at home and other food

other supplies as well, the recent storm underscored the need to have

it showed the importance of it. So I really like that verb, that's a good

one. Let's continue a muscular 93 percent of the

voters, who supported Trump in 2020, approve

of the job he did as president, notice the adjectives here.

Muscular generally, when we see muscular, we think of people who have big muscles,

I am not very muscular. I have tiny little muscles, but if you are muscular,

you're probably quite powerful. And that's what the adjectives means. In this case, a

powerful 93 percent of the voters,

and is powerful because that's a

Very high, number 93 percent that is impressive. So I'll write here powerful as an adjective,

and this is why earlier they said his support is deep, the people

who support

him really,

really like him. His support is deep,

93 percent of the voters, who supported Trump in 2020, who backed.

Trump approve of the job. He did as president, just five percent disapproved. That is impressive.

It shows that his support is deep, what's more 45 percent. Say, they are more excited about

voting for him in 2024 than they were last time, a double-digit edge over the thirty, three percent,

who are less excited. So again, they're showing the support is very deep.

So here double digit will one. Digit is from 0 to 9. That would be a single digit as an example. I

could see the temperature is going to be in the single digits tonight, which would mean is going

to be between 0 to 9 degrees Celsius tonight. Now, if I say it's going to be in the double digits,

It's this weekend, for example. Well, what would be two digits? That would be 10.

10 degrees. Well, 40 degrees is also in double digits. 50 degrees is in double

digits but hopefully know where it's going to be 50 degrees Celsius in Canada generally, goes up

to 30 is about our maximum. So I'm just going to write 30 this would be a double digit. Because

one digit 2 digit, there are two digits. Okay, so the double-digit edge because Edge in this,

Is means increase because 33% are less excited. But 45% are more excited. So

the difference between these two numbers is 12 and that's double digits. So that's what

this double-digit Edge means. It's just the difference between this number and this number

Okay, let's continue on some candidates. You can kind of be lukewarm about. If you're a lukewarm,

it means not very warm but not very cold. So if I described my interest in something as lukewarm,

it means I'm kind of interested but not overly interested. So that's what all right here.

Somewhat interested but not overly interested but with tromp is hot or cold. So it's saying

if it's hot, you love him but if it's cool do you hate him? So that's it's hot or cold.

Most people are not lukewarm. They have a very strong opinion said, Ron buffum 77 a

health insurance agent from Round Rock Texas. So he was one of the respondents the people

Who answered the poll, a Republican and a trump voter. He was among those called

in the pole. He was one of the respondents for Biden 85% of his 2020 voters approve of the job,

he's doing as president and ten percent disapprove. So his support

isn't as deep as Trump. It's shallow or shallower at least a healthy rating, but

But not quite the full Embrace. Trump has more troubling for the current president 43% of his

voters report being less excited about supporting him. Next time,

that's almost half the voters close to double the 24% who are more excited. So

more people are less excited but remember he has wider support which means overall

Or people support him but they don't support him as much, but Trump has very deep support but it's

narrow, which means not as many people support him. Just go back to that Visual and that's the

end of our article. So now, what I'll do, I'll go to the top and I'll read the article in full. And

this time, you can focus on my pronunciation Biden versus Trump big challenges, but opposite ones.

As 2024 rematch, begins, Joe, Biden, and Donald Trump. Each face significant challenges in a

potential rematch for the White House in 2024. A new USA Today, poll finds, but opposite ones

for President Biden. His standing among the voters who backed him in 2020 is wide,

but shallow at risk of being eroded by a credible Democratic Challenger.

For the nomination or a third-party candidate in the fall for former President Trump support

among his 2020, voters is deep, but narrow reinforced by controversies that are all but

guaranteed to make it harder for him to expand his support. In the general election, the poll

of 600. Biden voters. And 600 Trump voters taken by landline and cell phone. April, 15th to 18th.

Underscores the uncertainties a muscular 93 percent of the voters, who supported

Trump in 2020, approve of the job he did as president. Just five percent disapprove. What's

more 45 percent? Say they are more excited about voting for him in 2024. Then they were last time

a double-digit edge over the 33 percent who are less excited some candidates, you can kind of be

Lukewarm about but what Trump is hot or cold, said Ron buffum 77 a health insurance agent from Round,

Rock Texas, a Republican and a trump voter. He was among those called in the poll for

Biden. 85% of his 2020 voters approve of the job. He's doing as president and ten percent

disapprove a healthy rating but not quite the full Embrace. Trump has more troubling for the current

President 43% of his voters report being less excited about supporting him. Next time,

close to double the 24% who are more excited, we'll be reviewing many more news articles

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