Heartland English School – Word of the Day

Theme: Canada Day

Word: Celebrate (verb)

Pronunciation:  /ˈse-lə-ˌbrāt/

Meaning: To do something special or enjoyable for an important event, occasion, holiday, etc.

Examples:

• Every year we celebrate Canada Day on July 1st.
• We are celebrating Canada Day today at Heartland.

Theme: Canada Day

Word: Barbecue (noun)

Pronunciation:  /ˈbärbəˌkyo͞o/

Meaning: A meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked outside on a rack over an open fire or on a portable grill.

Examples:

• I’m having a barbecue on Canada Day, you should come!
• During the summer I like to barbecue all my meat.

Theme: Canada Day

Word: Beaver tail (noun)

Pronunciation:  /ˈbiːvə(r) teɪl/

Meaning: a flat oval doughnut served fried and sugared.

Examples:

• It’s tradition in my family to eat a beaver tail every Canada Day.
• A beaver tail is a very healthy snack.

Theme: Canada Day

Word: Fireworks (noun)

Pronunciation:  /ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌwərk/

Meaning: A small device that explodes to make a display of light and noise.

Examples:

• Did you see the fireworks at the Forks last night?
• Fireworks are very dangerous. Be careful around them!

Theme: Canada Day

Word: Maple leaf (noun)

Pronunciation:  /ˈmeɪpl liːf/

Meaning:  The leaf of the maple, used as an emblem of Canada.

Examples:

• Canada’s national flag has a maple leaf in the middle of it.
• The maple leaves on a maple tree look amazing in fall.

Theme: Journalism Vocabulary
Word: a press release (noun)
Meaning: an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Examples:
– Earlier that day, Google issued a press release with the details of its new privacy policies.
– She did not explain the discrepancy between her statement and the press release that was issued the day after.

Theme: Journalism Vocabulary
Word: broadcast (verb and noun)
Meaning: (verb) to send out by television or radio; (noun) a message sent out by television or radio
Examples:
– The only television network allowed to broadcast at that time is CNN.
– He received over 10,000 letters in one month after his first radio broadcast.

Theme: Journalism Vocabulary
Word of the Day: run a story/article (idiom; verb phrase)
Meaning: to publish a news article (either in print or online)
Examples:
– Did you notice the New York Times ran an article last week that predicted a new nuclear crisis?
– If you run that story, the whole editorial team will probably lose their jobs.

Theme: Journalism Vocabulary

Word: exclusive (adj.)

Meaning: (general) with limited access, leaving out all but a specific group; (in journalism) a news report that is reported first by one news organization

Examples:

• Last week the Dalai Lama agreed to an exclusive interview with BBC to discuss the recent turmoil in Tibet.
• He notes that releasing an exclusive story to one outlet in advance of others might annoy other media.

Theme: Journalism Vocabulary

Word: correspondent (noun)

Meaning: A journalist who supplies stories for a certain news or media organization about one topic or from one region.

Examples:

• Janet is our Middle Eastern correspondent, who is currently working out of Cairo.
• I saw a job at the Winnipeg Free Press. Apparently they’re looking for a financial correspondent.