199. The Wealthiest People in History! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish"><u><strong>JOIN THE CONVERSATION CLUB  -- https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast" target="_blank"><u><strong>NEW YOUTUBE Channel!!! - https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.link/" target="_blank"><u><strong>ENGLISH CLASSES - https://thinkinginenglish.link/</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2023/01/16/199-the-wealthiest-people-in-history-english-vocabulary-lesson/" target="_blank"><u><strong>TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2023/01/16/199-the-wealthiest-people-in-history-english-vocabulary-lesson/</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Last week I talked about Mansa Musa, an African King with indescribable wealth. Today, I’m going to discuss more of the wealthiest people in history – from the Emperors of Song Dynasty China, Rome, and the Mughal Empire, to American Industrialists John D Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. Let’s listen, learn, and practice our English!</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1fuqul"><u>thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) </u></a></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/"><u>Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast" target="_blank"><u>YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <h2>Vocabulary List</h2> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Worth (adj) - </strong>having a particular value, especially in money</p> <p><em>Our house is worth £200,000.</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Equivalent (adj) - </strong>having the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc</p> <p><em>She's doing the equivalent job in the new company but for more money</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Output (n) - </strong>an amount of something produced by a person, machine, factory, country, etc</p> <p><em>Last year manufacturing output fell by 14 percent</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Extravagant (adj) - </strong>spending too much money, or using too much of something</p> <p><em>He had the extravagant lifestyle of a movie star</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Invest (v) </strong>- to put money into something to make a profit</p> <p><em>The institute will invest five million in the project</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>To finance (v) - </strong>to provide the money needed for something to happen</p> <p><em>The city council has refused to finance the project</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Monopoly (n) - </strong>(an organization or group that has) complete control of something, especially an area of business, so that others have no share</p> <p><em>There are laws to stop companies becoming monopolies</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>To fund (v) - </strong>to provide the money to pay for an event, activity, or organization</p> <p><em>The company has agreed to fund my trip to Australia</em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support</a>

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