Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 45

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  Hi there.

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  This is Harry.

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  And welcome back to the podcasts of english grammar and helpful tips to help you to speak better English.

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  So the next sentence I have concerns the local or issues concerning environmental matters, and these are quite popular at the moment.

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  And there's lots of talk about different things, global warming and all of these other issues.

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  So this sentence concerns this wonderful young girl from Sweden, Greta Thunberg.

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  Okay, so here's the teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg sailed from Plymouth in the UK on a zero emissions yacht in order to minimize the carbon footprint of her travel.

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  Okay, so lots of words there.

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  So let me read it again.

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  Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg sailed from Plymouth in the UK on a zero emissions yacht in order to minimize the carbon footprint of her travel.

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  So very relevant and very up to date.

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  This is a very bright young lady who organized strikes in her school.

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  And this spread around the world, of course, with the help of the Internet and social media.

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  And she's become quite a focal point for the whole campaign against global warming.

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  And she's sailed across the Atlantic to get to New York so that she could make a speech to the United nations.

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  So we look forward to hearing about that.

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  So what grammar have we got here?

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  So, teenage environmental activist.

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  So, teenage.

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  This is the word we use for young people between the ages of 13 and 19, so that teens or teenage teenagers.

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