English Listening Practice: Learn Key Words and Phrases (Tariffs)
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This episode focuses on key words and phrases related to tariffs, enhancing English listening skills.
Learn key words and phrases all about tariffs in this English lesson. Practice your listening and improve your English. Useful Vocabulary and Phrases Tariffs are added to imported goods. 👉 Passive voice for focus. Example: Taxes are collected by the government. Tariffs can protect local jobs. 👉 Use modal verbs (can/might/could) for possibility. Example: Tariffs might protect local industries. Consumers will end up paying more. 👉 “End up” = final result of a situation. Example: If prices rise, shoppers end up spending less overall. Supply chain 👉 Where parts of a product are made and assembled. Example: The global supply chain was disrupted last year. Free trade 👉 Trade with no tariffs or restrictions. Example: The EU is an example of a free trade area. Retaliate 👉 Respond with an action. Example: One country raised tariffs, the other retaliated. Trade deficit 👉 When imports are greater than exports. Example: The US has a trade deficit with China. Conditional Sentences with Tariffs If tariffs go up, prices will go up. 👉 First conditional (real future). If countries keep raising tariffs, it might start a trade war. 👉 First conditional with might (possibility). If tariffs…
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