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  • >> FOR SECRETARY OF TREASURY, I AM REALLY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO

  • NOMINATE JANET YELLEN.

  • WE MIGHT HAVE TO ASK LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, WHO WROTE THE MUSICAL

  • ABOUT THE FIRST SECRETARY TREASURY, HAMILTON, TO WRITE

  • ANOTHER MUSICAL ABOUT THE FIRST WOMAN SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,

  • YELLEN.

  • SO THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, JANET.

  • >> BUT SOMETIMES THE BOLT THAT CONNECTS THE ROD TO THE VAN

  • ITSELF CAN JUST SNAP OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ALL.

  • >> WHAT'S HER NAME, MAN?

  • >> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."

>> FOR SECRETARY OF TREASURY, I AM REALLY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO

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Janet Yellen Got The "Hamilton" Treatment After Being Nominated For Treasury Secretary

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    林宜悉 posted on 2020/12/03
Video vocabulary

Keywords

snap

US /snæp/

UK /snæp/

  • verb
  • To close your mouth quickly like biting something
  • To break something dry and thin, e.g. a branch
  • To lose control of your emotions; get angry
  • noun
  • An informal word for a photograph
connect

US /kəˈnɛkt/

UK /kə'nekt/

  • verb
  • To associate a thing with something else
  • To establish a relationship or communication.
  • To join or attach things together
  • To become friends with another person
  • To transfer from one part of a trip to another
  • To understand or feel an affinity with someone or something.
  • other
  • To join (electrical devices) so as to provide an electrical circuit.
  • To join or link together.
  • To relate or associate in the mind.
  • other
  • To establish a relationship or communication.
secretary

US /ˈsɛkrɪˌtɛri/

UK /'sekrətrɪ/

  • noun
  • Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
  • Official in charge of a governmental department
bolt

US /boʊlt/

UK /bəʊlt/

  • noun
  • Line of electricity in the sky from lightning
  • Piece of metal for joining two things together
  • verb
  • To lock by putting a piece of metal across a door
  • To run away suddenly; jump into action
nominate

US /ˈnɑməˌnet/

UK /'nɒmɪneɪt/

  • verb
  • To choose someone to fill a certain position
work

US /wɚk/

UK /wɜ:k/

  • noun
  • The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • Everything created by an author, artist, musician
  • Activity you do in order to make money
  • Place of employment
  • Final product or result of a some labor or effort
  • verb
  • To bring into a specific state of success
  • To be functioning properly, e.g. a car
  • To do your job in your company or workplace
  • To make an effort to do something
  • To operate a machine or device
  • adjective
  • Activity completed in order to make money
show

US /ʃo/

UK /ʃəʊ/

  • verb
  • To be easily seen or displayed
  • To display your emotions or feelings
  • To let someone see something; display
  • To explain or teach how something is done
  • To lead someone somewhere; point them to something
  • To prove something to be true, correct
  • To reveal or allow something to be seen
  • noun
  • False display of love, emotion or action
  • An event for displaying or promoting goods
  • Play, opera or theater production
  • Presentation that is broadcast on TV or radio
van

US /væn/

UK /væn/

  • noun
  • Truck with an enclosed cargo space
please

US /pliz/

UK /pli:z/

  • verb
  • To entertain someone, by dancing, singing etc.
  • To make someone happy by doing something
  • adverb
  • Used when you politely ask people for things
warn

US /wɔrn/

UK /wɔ:n/

  • verb
  • To tell someone about possible danger