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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
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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

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a lesson PDF so you can look in the description

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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,
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