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ceremony
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The word “ceremony,” in this podcast, means a special event that honors a person or a group of people: “What time will the graduation ceremony begin?” The phrase “without ceremony” means very informally, or sometimes without being polite: “The actress surprised everyone, accepting the award without ceremony, simply saying ‘thank you.’” The phrase “to not stand on ceremony” means to be informal and not worry about the rules regarding how one should behave and what one should do: “Don’t stand on ceremony. Come in, relax, and drink a beer with us!” Finally, the “master of ceremonies,” or “MC,” is the person who introduces guests or speakers at an event: “The master of ceremonies shared the speaker’s biography with the audience.” to honor In this podcast, the verb “to honor” means to show publicly that someone has done something very well and that other people are grateful and/or admire him or her for it: “Maggie was honored as the ‘most likely to succeed’ by her fellow students.” Or, “The city had a special event to honor its police officers.” The phrase “to honor (something)” means to do what one has agreed to do: “Do you think they’ll honor their agreement?” Or, “The electrician didn’t honor the contract.” The phrase “to honor a check” means for a bank to pay money to someone because a check has been written to that person: “I took your check to the bank, but they said that they couldn’t honor it because there wasn’t enough money in your account.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 429 – Giving Awards and Congratulations
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 429: Giving Awards and Congratulations.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 429. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Visit our website at eslpod.com, where you can download a Learning Guide for this episode to help you improve your English even faster
This episode is called “Giving Awards and Congratulations.” It will use several vocabulary words that we associate with “congratulating,” telling someone they did a good job, as well as giving out awards to people. Let’s get started.
Part of my job as school principal is to hand out awards and scholarships to students. We recently had a ceremony to do just that. .....
Principal: Miguel, I want to commend you for your work this year and congratulate you for winning the science award. It is well deserved.
The recipient of this year’s community service award is
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