BBC 英语学习 News Review 'Burnout'_ Jacinda Ardern Resigns

Out of energy. Descend Ardurn quits as the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

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the story Jacinder Arden has resigned as New zealand's Prime Minister.

She announced last week that she didn't have enough energy to continue.

Ardan was the youngest female head of government in the world.

When she came to power, she led New Zealand through the covid pandemic, a terrorist attack and a natural disaster.

You ve been looking at the headlines path what's the vocabulary?

We have? Burnout makes a bow and crammed.

This is news review from BBC Learning.

Let's have a look at our 1st headline.

This is from sky News Burnout Why Jacinda adan's rare admission about her mental health matters.

OK, so this headline is saying that it is important that leaders, prime ministers like Jacinda Adern talk about issues like mental health.

The word we are looking at is burnout, which starts with the word burn related to flames and fire.

But what's the sense here? OK?

Well, burnout is where your job leaves you so stressed and exhausted that you no longer have any energy or enthusiasm.

Yes, it's a noun. It's made up of two parts burn and out.

It's useful to imagine a candle, which of course, has a flame at the top and then the long part of wax.

And it burns down slowly until there is no energy left, and it burns out.

Exactly. Yeah, that's right. So it's used to talk about exhaustion.

So maybe you're working really long hours, or you're feeling very stressed.

And when we use as a noun, it's common to hear it in the expressions, try and avoid burnout.

Or maybe look for the signs of yep, also used as an adjective.

Burnt out, you can say that you are burnt out.

OK, let's look at that again.

Let's have a look at our next headline.

This is from R-T-E grateful Ardan makes last public bow as New Zealand.

PM So this story, and this headline is about Jacinda ardern's final speech as Prime Minister of New Zealand.

The expression we're looking at is, makes a bow.

What does that mean? A bow?

Is this? Yeah, so as a noun, that is a bow.

Of actors do it at the end of a play, and from that we get a metaphor.

So a public figure makes or takes a bow when they make their last public appearance.

Yes. And in your examples, there a bow is a noun.

Can it be a verb? Yeah.

So that action is too bow as a verb.

And we also have the frasal verb to bow out, and we very often use this when they bow out with something.

So can you give us an example?

Yes. So Jacinda Ardan bowed out with a speech, or maybe a sports star might bow out with a championship win or a goal.

Yeah. Well, we've got one more word today.

Before we bow out, we have, let's take a look at that again.

Time for our next headline. This is from the economist.

Jacinda Ardan has crammed a lot into her relatively short career.

OK? This story is saying that Jacinda Adan did a lot in a short space of time.

The word we're looking at is crammed, which is a verb.

Can you tell us more about it?

Yeah. So cram is a verb that means to try and squeeze lots of things into a small space.

Now, imagine nail that you're going away and you've got a small but you want to take lots of clothes.

You've got to really crown them in to make sure that they all fit.

Yes, it can be really difficult trying to get all of those things into a small space.

And so what this story is saying, the point is that Jacinda Adern did a lot in a short space of time, and it was really hard.

Yeah, exactly. Now, we have a different but related meaning with cram.

That's to do with exams. If you cram for an exam, it means you study really

hard, but for a short space of time.

So just before the exam, yes?

So imagine the clothes as the information.

Imagine the suitcase is your brain or head, and you're trying to cram it all in.

It's not easy. Yeah? So if you watch News Review every week, then hopefully you

won't have to cram as much for your next English.

Good advice. Let's look at that again.

We've had burnout. Exhaustion caused by work.

Makes a bow makes a final appearance.

And crammed fit a lot of things into a small Remember, there is a quiz on our website at bbc learning english dot com.

Thank you for joining us. And goodbye.

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