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and for our topic for today's live lesson，it's about English business buzzwords.

and for our topic for today's live lesson，it's about English business buzzwords.

It's about English business buzzwords.

It's about English business buzzwords.

So there is a warm-up question.

So there is a warm-up question.

Have you previously heard any of the buzzwords.

Have you previously heard any of the buzzwords.

if yes that's great, if no that's all right.

if yes that's great, if no that's all right.

So let's learn some new words.

So let's learn some new words.

First, let's begin with the word buzzword.

First, let's begin with the word buzzword.

So buzzword is a popular word that is intended to sound important or impressive.

So buzzword is a popular word that is intended to sound important or impressive.

In other words, a buzzword is a word or phrase.

In other words, a buzzword is a word or phrase.

UM, THAT IS NEW OR ALREADY EXISTING?

UM, THAT IS NEW OR ALREADY EXISTING?

SO PLEASE WAIT.

SO PLEASE WAIT.

Okay, so a buzzword is a word or phrase new or already existing.

Okay, so a buzzword is a word or phrase new or already existing.

That becomes popular for a period of time.

That becomes popular for a period of time.

Buzzwords often derive from technical terms, yet often have much of the original technical meaning removed through fashionable use, being simply used to impress others.

Buzzwords often derive from technical terms, yet often have much of the original technical meaning removed through fashionable use, being simply used to impress others.

So meaning these are often originated or they often originated from technical words.

So meaning these are often originated or they often originated from technical words.

that are used in different areas or industry, but.

that are used in different areas or industry, but.

A people use them to sound smart and to sound um trendy, so as it says here for fashionable use and to impress others alright.

A people use them to sound smart and to sound um trendy, so as it says here for fashionable use and to impress others alright.

And let's read the sentence example.

And let's read the sentence example.

THE PRIME MINISTER USED A LOT OF VAGUE BUZZWORDS IN HIS SPEECH, BUT DIDN'T REALLY SAY MUCH.

THE PRIME MINISTER USED A LOT OF VAGUE BUZZWORDS IN HIS SPEECH, BUT DIDN'T REALLY SAY MUCH.

Again, buzzwords, popular word that is intended to sound important or impressive.

Again, buzzwords, popular word that is intended to sound important or impressive.

Alright, and now let's move to the next word, and that is annoy.

Alright, and now let's move to the next word, and that is annoy.

Annoying means to make someone slightly angry.

Annoying means to make someone slightly angry.

AGAIN TO MAKE SOMEONE SLIGHTLY ANGRY, AND THE WORD ANNOY IS VERY SYNONYMOUS WITH THE WORD IRRITATE.

AGAIN TO MAKE SOMEONE SLIGHTLY ANGRY, AND THE WORD ANNOY IS VERY SYNONYMOUS WITH THE WORD IRRITATE.

SO LET ME TYPE IT: IRRITATE.

SO LET ME TYPE IT: IRRITATE.

Okay.

Okay.

and also to bother or disturb someone。

and also to bother or disturb someone。

So annoy also means to bother or disturb.

So annoy also means to bother or disturb.

someone.

someone.

Okay，and now let's read a sentence example.

Okay，and now let's read a sentence example.

She was annoyed by her husband's snoring.

She was annoyed by her husband's snoring.

One more time, she was annoyed by her husband's snoring.

One more time, she was annoyed by her husband's snoring.

It means she was bothered or she was irritated.

It means she was bothered or she was irritated.

She felt a little or slightly angry with her husband's snoring.

She felt a little or slightly angry with her husband's snoring.

Okay, so snoring is the sound that people make when they are sleeping.

Okay, so snoring is the sound that people make when they are sleeping.

Next, let's go to the third word.

Next, let's go to the third word.

So the third word is creative.

So the third word is creative.

Creative means involving the use of skill and imagination to produce new things, again involving the use of skill and imagination to produce new things.

Creative means involving the use of skill and imagination to produce new things, again involving the use of skill and imagination to produce new things.

So the keyword is new.

So the keyword is new.

Alright, and another words that we can or other words that we can connect with this vocabulary word are innovative and original.

Alright, and another words that we can or other words that we can connect with this vocabulary word are innovative and original.

Okay, so when you are creative, you are innovative, you create new things, you invent new things, and you are original.

Okay, so when you are creative, you are innovative, you create new things, you invent new things, and you are original.

Okay, and let's read a sentence example: We are looking for a creative and hard-working designer to join our team.

Okay, and let's read a sentence example: We are looking for a creative and hard-working designer to join our team.

One more time, we're looking for a creative and hard-working designer to join our team.

One more time, we're looking for a creative and hard-working designer to join our team.

Okay，and now let's go to the next word，and that is limit.

Okay，and now let's go to the next word，and that is limit.

LIMIT.

LIMIT.

The largest amount, number, etc, that is allowed or possible.

The largest amount, number, etc, that is allowed or possible.

Okay, so limit can also be related or can also mean maximum.

Okay, so limit can also be related or can also mean maximum.

maximum.

maximum.

Because as it says here, the largest amount possible.

Because as it says here, the largest amount possible.

Okay, so a limit is the largest amount or number that someone is allowed to do or allowed to or is possible to do.

Okay, so a limit is the largest amount or number that someone is allowed to do or allowed to or is possible to do.

So the sentence sample here is the speed limit here is 20 kilometers an hour.

So the sentence sample here is the speed limit here is 20 kilometers an hour.

It means a person is only allowed to drive until 20 kilometers an hour.

It means a person is only allowed to drive until 20 kilometers an hour.

It can't go beyond or it cannot exceed that limit because it's already the maximum.

It can't go beyond or it cannot exceed that limit because it's already the maximum.

And now let's go to the next word, which is also related to the word limit.

And now let's go to the next word, which is also related to the word limit.

So this is boundary.

So this is boundary.

BOUNDARY.

BOUNDARY.

The boundary is a line or geographic feature that divides or separates an area, country.

The boundary is a line or geographic feature that divides or separates an area, country.

A point or a limit where two things become different.

A point or a limit where two things become different.

Okay, so it says here a line or geographic feature.

Okay, so it says here a line or geographic feature.

So let's draw um a map.

So let's draw um a map.

So let's say these are two cities, let's say city A.

So let's say these are two cities, let's say city A.

And this is CDB.

And this is CDB.

So when we say boundary, as it says in the definition, so it's a line or geographic feature that divides two areas.

So when we say boundary, as it says in the definition, so it's a line or geographic feature that divides two areas.

So this is the boundary.

So this is the boundary.

Okay, so the line geographical line.

Okay, so the line geographical line.

And let's read this sentence.

And let's read this sentence.

So the sentence, the sentence example is: The Pyrenees Mountains form a natural boundary between France and Spain.

So the sentence, the sentence example is: The Pyrenees Mountains form a natural boundary between France and Spain.

So here, the Pyrenees Mountains are used as boundaries.

So here, the Pyrenees Mountains are used as boundaries.

And let's say this is France.

And let's say this is France.

嗯嗯。

嗯嗯。

Let's say this is France and.

Let's say this is France and.

THE OTHER ONE.

THE OTHER ONE.

IS SPAIN, SO F.

IS SPAIN, SO F.

FOR FRANCE AND S FOR SPAIN, SO THERE IS THE.

FOR FRANCE AND S FOR SPAIN, SO THERE IS THE.

Please hold on.

Please hold on.

Okay, so here.

Okay, so here.

So they use the Pyrenees Mountains.

So they use the Pyrenees Mountains.

To act as the boundary, so these are mountains, Pyrenees mountains.

To act as the boundary, so these are mountains, Pyrenees mountains.

All right.

All right.

and now let's go.

and now let's go.

to the next word.

to the next word.

and that is sit in.

and that is sit in.

SO FIT IN.

SO FIT IN.

Means to feel comfortable and accepted by other members of a group.

Means to feel comfortable and accepted by other members of a group.

One more time, fit in to feel comfortable and accepted by other members of a group.

One more time, fit in to feel comfortable and accepted by other members of a group.

So in other words, it can also mean to belong.

So in other words, it can also mean to belong.

To belong in a group.

To belong in a group.

So let's read the sentence: Hannah found it difficult to fit in at her new school.

So let's read the sentence: Hannah found it difficult to fit in at her new school.

One more time, Hannah found it difficult to fit in at her new school.

One more time, Hannah found it difficult to fit in at her new school.

So maybe it's difficult for her to make friends with other students because it's her new school, so she doesn't know anybody yet.

So maybe it's difficult for her to make friends with other students because it's her new school, so she doesn't know anybody yet.

Okay, and next.

Okay, and next.

Okay, so we're done with the vocabulary words, and now let's start to discuss our topic today.

Okay, so we're done with the vocabulary words, and now let's start to discuss our topic today.

So the business world is full of buzzwords that a lot of people find very annoying.

So the business world is full of buzzwords that a lot of people find very annoying.

This may be because they are often used to say things that could have been said more simply.

This may be because they are often used to say things that could have been said more simply.

Here are a few business buzzwords that people across the internet say they hate hearing.

Here are a few business buzzwords that people across the internet say they hate hearing.

So let's start with the first buzzword.

So let's start with the first buzzword.

The first buzzword is to circle back.

The first buzzword is to circle back.

So it means to talk or think about something again or at another time.

So it means to talk or think about something again or at another time.

UM, IT CAN ALSO MEAN UM TO DISCUSS IT LATER.

UM, IT CAN ALSO MEAN UM TO DISCUSS IT LATER.

呃。

呃。

Okay, here so to discuss it later.

Okay, here so to discuss it later.

OR.

OR.

Another is to get back to someone.

Another is to get back to someone.

USUALLY AFTER SOME TIME HAS PASSED.

USUALLY AFTER SOME TIME HAS PASSED.

Okay.

Okay.

And people's dislike for this phrase, maybe because saying things like "we can circle back to that later" is often used as a way to stop talking about something.

And people's dislike for this phrase, maybe because saying things like "we can circle back to that later" is often used as a way to stop talking about something.

So, um, if you want to avoid a conversation or to move away from a topic or question you don't like, so people say, um, circle back.

So, um, if you want to avoid a conversation or to move away from a topic or question you don't like, so people say, um, circle back.

Okay, and so people use it to avoid.

Okay, and so people use it to avoid.

Um, kind of topics or.

Um, kind of topics or.

QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS.

Okay，and now let's go to using action as a verb。

Okay，and now let's go to using action as a verb。

So the word action，if it's used as a verb，it's also a buzzword。

So the word action，if it's used as a verb，it's also a buzzword。

So like，could you action that as soon as possible.

So like，could you action that as soon as possible.

It is also unpopular, perhaps this is because action is most often used as a noun and is only really used as a verb in the office.

It is also unpopular, perhaps this is because action is most often used as a noun and is only really used as a verb in the office.

So here, the word action is used as a verb.

So here, the word action is used as a verb.

And by using action here, it means to put into effect.

And by using action here, it means to put into effect.

Okay, please wait so to put into effect.

Okay, please wait so to put into effect.

Okay, so it's a verb meaning to put into effect.

Okay, so it's a verb meaning to put into effect.

And um okay.

And um okay.

so perhaps this.

so perhaps this.

It is because action is most often used as a noun, so let us make a sentence using action as a noun.

It is because action is most often used as a noun, so let us make a sentence using action as a noun.

Okay, so.

Okay, so.

She has to be responsible.

She has to be responsible.

with her actions.

with her actions.

So here, the word action is used as a noun, which is very common.

So here, the word action is used as a noun, which is very common.

AND WE ONLY USE ACTION AS A VERB IN THE OFFICE.

AND WE ONLY USE ACTION AS A VERB IN THE OFFICE.

AND NEXT.

AND NEXT.

LET'S MOVE TO THE THIRD BUZZWORD.

LET'S MOVE TO THE THIRD BUZZWORD.

So another unpopular phrase is blue sky thinking.

So another unpopular phrase is blue sky thinking.

In the business world, this means creative thinking without limits or being imaginative or imaginative thinking.

In the business world, this means creative thinking without limits or being imaginative or imaginative thinking.

imaginative thinking.

imaginative thinking.

So blue sky thinking is imaginative thinking.

So blue sky thinking is imaginative thinking.

So in a survey of one thousand five hundred British office workers, twenty seven percent said the phrase annoyed them.

So in a survey of one thousand five hundred British office workers, twenty seven percent said the phrase annoyed them.

Okay, but if people dislike business buzzwords, why do they keep using them and creating new ones?

Okay, but if people dislike business buzzwords, why do they keep using them and creating new ones?

Why do you think so.

Why do you think so.

According to Gretchen.

According to Gretchen.

MacCallack, author of Because Internet: Using Phrases Is Part of How We Create a Boundary Between Who We Are at Work and Who We Are at Home.

MacCallack, author of Because Internet: Using Phrases Is Part of How We Create a Boundary Between Who We Are at Work and Who We Are at Home.

So again, boundary or limit.

So again, boundary or limit.

BORDER OR.

BORDER OR.

Gap, so maybe gap is better.

Gap, so maybe gap is better.

Okay, so creating a gap or limit between between who we are as a person at work and who we are as a person at home.

Okay, so creating a gap or limit between between who we are as a person at work and who we are as a person at home.

So at home we use different or ordinary words that we don't normally use at work and at work we use set of phrases that we use only.

So at home we use different or ordinary words that we don't normally use at work and at work we use set of phrases that we use only.

For business, and we do not normally use them in our daily lives.

For business, and we do not normally use them in our daily lives.

Using the same words and phrases as the people around us also makes us feel like we are part of a group, so even if we dislike business phrases, we still use them to fit in.

Using the same words and phrases as the people around us also makes us feel like we are part of a group, so even if we dislike business phrases, we still use them to fit in.

Okay, so to fit in again means to belong.

Okay, so to fit in again means to belong.

Or to be accepted in a group.

Or to be accepted in a group.

Okay，and these are common office buzzwords and what they mean。

Okay，and these are common office buzzwords and what they mean。

So the first one is pain.

So the first one is pain.

So ping is to contact someone online or by phone, usually with a short message.

So ping is to contact someone online or by phone, usually with a short message.

Okay, so let's make a sentence using this word.

Okay, so let's make a sentence using this word.

嗯。

嗯。

Okay.

Okay.

Don't forget.

Don't forget.

To ping me.

To ping me.

if you have any questions.

if you have any questions.

0 sorry if you have some questions, it is better okay?

0 sorry if you have some questions, it is better okay?

So do not forget to ping me if you have some questions okay?

So do not forget to ping me if you have some questions okay?

So again, ping is to contact someone or send a message to someone online or by phone.

So again, ping is to contact someone or send a message to someone online or by phone.

And next is to unpack.

And next is to unpack.

So to unpack is to talk about something in detail.

So to unpack is to talk about something in detail.

So when you want to talk about things, um.

So when you want to talk about things, um.

How they happened, and yeah, like other give more details, more specific or particular details about something.

How they happened, and yeah, like other give more details, more specific or particular details about something.

So we say or we use unpack, and if we are going to use.

So we say or we use unpack, and if we are going to use.

it in a sentence, we can say.

it in a sentence, we can say.

嗯，cat.

嗯，cat.

然后。

然后。

Um.

Um.

story.

story.

Behind the incident.

Behind the incident.

So she unpacked or gave or talked about the detail of the whole story behind the incident, maybe an incident at work.

So she unpacked or gave or talked about the detail of the whole story behind the incident, maybe an incident at work.

Okay，and next is synergy。

Okay，and next is synergy。

So the word synergy means the combined power of people or things working together.

So the word synergy means the combined power of people or things working together.

So again, it means the combined power of people or things working together.

So again, it means the combined power of people or things working together.

嗯。

嗯。

As a.

As a.

sentence.

sentence.

THE THE TEAM.

THE THE TEAM.

has.

has.

AN AMAZING.

AN AMAZING.

Synergy.

Synergy.

AGAIN.

AGAIN.

The team.

The team.

has an amazing synergy.

has an amazing synergy.

And next low hanging fruit.

And next low hanging fruit.

Low hanging fruit means something that is very easy to do or achieve.

Low hanging fruit means something that is very easy to do or achieve.

So imagine a fruit that is hanging, that is hanging low, so it means you can easily pick it.

So imagine a fruit that is hanging, that is hanging low, so it means you can easily pick it.

And let's make a sentence using low hanging fruit.

And let's make a sentence using low hanging fruit.

the task.

the task.

MY BOSS.

MY BOSS.

Gives me are low hanging.

Gives me are low hanging.

right.

right.

Okay, so the task my boss gives me.

Okay, so the task my boss gives me.

IS LOW HANGING FRUIT.

IS LOW HANGING FRUIT.

嗯。

嗯。

Next is bandwidth.

Next is bandwidth.

So bandwidth is the time or how much time or how many resources someone has for a job.

So bandwidth is the time or how much time or how many resources someone has for a job.

So maybe we can put this one here first.

So maybe we can put this one here first.

So how much time or how many resources someone has for a job.

So how much time or how many resources someone has for a job.

Okay, so for the sentence, um.

Okay, so for the sentence, um.

he.

he.

HAS A VERY.

HAS A VERY.

嗯。

嗯。

WIDE.

WIDE.

Bandwidth.

Bandwidth.

嗯。

嗯。

In his chosen.

In his chosen.

可以了。

可以了。

Or in his career.

Or in his career.

As an engineer.

As an engineer.

So he has wide or a lot of time and a lot of resources in his career as an engineer or in his job as an engineer.

So he has wide or a lot of time and a lot of resources in his career as an engineer or in his job as an engineer.

Okay，and now let's go to the next part，so.

Okay，and now let's go to the next part，so.

Um, oh, but before that, let's just have a review.

Um, oh, but before that, let's just have a review.

Of what we learned.

Of what we learned.

Okay, so again.

Okay, so again.

Okay, so again buzzword or yeah buzzword is a popular word that is intended to sound important or impressive.

Okay, so again buzzword or yeah buzzword is a popular word that is intended to sound important or impressive.

They are originally technical words but they are used um to impress someone or to be fashionable or uh to be in.

They are originally technical words but they are used um to impress someone or to be fashionable or uh to be in.

Okay，and just out smart。

Okay，and just out smart。

And next one is annoy。

And next one is annoy。

So when you annoy someone，you make that person feel slightly angry，so you bother or disturb someone，or you irritate.

So when you annoy someone，you make that person feel slightly angry，so you bother or disturb someone，or you irritate.

And the next one is creative, so creative means involving the use of skill and imagination to produce or to make new things.

And the next one is creative, so creative means involving the use of skill and imagination to produce or to make new things.

So related words to this are innovative and original.

So related words to this are innovative and original.

And the next word is limit, so limit is the largest amount number.

And the next word is limit, so limit is the largest amount number.

Or et cetera, that is allowed or possible on the speed.

Or et cetera, that is allowed or possible on the speed.

Sorry, the related word to it is maximum.

Sorry, the related word to it is maximum.

AND THE NEXT WORD IS BOUNDARY, SO BOUNDARY MEANS A LINE, GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE THAT DIVIDES AN AREA, COUNTRY, ET CETERA.

AND THE NEXT WORD IS BOUNDARY, SO BOUNDARY MEANS A LINE, GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE THAT DIVIDES AN AREA, COUNTRY, ET CETERA.

IT CAN ALSO BE A POINT OR A LIMIT WHERE TWO THINGS BECOME DIFFERENT.

IT CAN ALSO BE A POINT OR A LIMIT WHERE TWO THINGS BECOME DIFFERENT.

And next, fit in means belong or to feel comfortable and accepted by other members of a group.

And next, fit in means belong or to feel comfortable and accepted by other members of a group.

UM.

UM.

okay?

okay?

And next... okay, so again to circle back, so to talk or think about something again or another time to discuss it later.

And next... okay, so again to circle back, so to talk or think about something again or another time to discuss it later.

And people hate it because it is used to avoid some topics in conversation.

And people hate it because it is used to avoid some topics in conversation.

And next, using action as a verb.

And next, using action as a verb.

So the word action is used as a verb in the office, but it is not commonly used as a verb in normal settings because action is mostly used or most often used as a noun.

So the word action is used as a verb in the office, but it is not commonly used as a verb in normal settings because action is mostly used or most often used as a noun.

And next one is a blue sky thinking, so meaning creative thinking without limits or imaginative thinking.

And next one is a blue sky thinking, so meaning creative thinking without limits or imaginative thinking.

And next one, yeah, I think that's all for that part.

And next one, yeah, I think that's all for that part.

And next, so these are common office buzzwords.

And next, so these are common office buzzwords.

Common office buzzwords, so again ping, so to contact someone or to give someone a message online or by phone, and next unpack, so to talk about something in detail.

Common office buzzwords, so again ping, so to contact someone or to give someone a message online or by phone, and next unpack, so to talk about something in detail.

Next is synergy, so the combined power of people or things working together.

Next is synergy, so the combined power of people or things working together.

Low hanging fruit，something that is very easy to do or achieve。

Low hanging fruit，something that is very easy to do or achieve。

Bandwidth，so the time and the resources someone has for a job。

Bandwidth，so the time and the resources someone has for a job。

For the last question，for you，do you ever use English at your place of work？

For the last question，for you，do you ever use English at your place of work？

Why or why not.

Why or why not.

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