On this program we talk about words and expressions that we use in everyday conversation. Today, we will talk about the word "smart." Like many words, "smart" has lots of different meanings, depending on how and when you use it. For example, “smart" can describe someone who is very neat-looking. A person wearing an official uniform with shiny shoes and buttons can look very smart. We can also use smart” as a verb. Used this way, it means “to feel pain.” That pain could be physical or emotional. So, if you hit your thumb with a hammer by accident, you might yell out, "Ow, that smarts!" This would be a very polite thing to yell when you experience extreme physical pain. Many of us probably wouldn’t be that polite. We would probably yell something quite different.
Title: Book-smart or Street-smart
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/book_smart.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Book-smart or Street-smart' data-article-id='2678'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8125'>On this program we talk about words and expressions that we use in everyday conversation.</span> <span data-start-time='8125' data-end-time='12729'>Today, we will talk about the word "smart."</span> <span data-start-time='12729' data-end-time='22875'>Like many words, "smart" has lots of different meanings, depending on how and when you use it.</span> <span data-start-time='22875' data-end-time='30146'>For example, “smart" can describe someone who is very neat-looking.</span> <span data-start-time='30146' data-end-time='39313'>A person wearing an official uniform with shiny shoes and buttons can look very smart.</span> <span data-start-time='39313' data-end-time='44292'>We can also use smart” as a verb.</span> <span data-start-time='44292' data-end-time='49125'>Used this way, it means “to feel pain.”</span> <span data-start-time='49125' data-end-time='53792'>That pain could be physical or emotional.</span> <span data-start-time='53792' data-end-time='63438'>So, if you hit your thumb with a hammer by accident, you might yell out, "Ow, that smarts!"</span> <span data-start-time='63438' data-end-time='70833'>This would be a very polite thing to yell when you experience extreme physical pain.</span> <span data-start-time='70833' data-end-time='75563'>Many of us probably wouldn’t be that polite.</span> <span data-start-time='75563' data-end-time='79104'>We would probably yell something quite different.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/book_smart.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9537 data-hint-location='30146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/what_does_uniform_mean.m4a'>What does uniform mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='special clothing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/very_smart.m4a'><span>very smart</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/shiny_shoes.m4a'><span>shiny shoes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/special_clothing.m4a'><span>special clothing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/all_different.m4a'><span>all different</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9538 data-hint-location='44292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/what_can_smart_mean.m4a'>What can smart mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='painful'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/animal.m4a'><span>animal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/painful.m4a'><span>painful</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/messy.m4a'><span>messy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/silly.m4a'><span>silly</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9539 data-hint-location='49125' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/pain_can_be_physical_or__blank_.m4a'>Pain can be physical or <span class='blank'>emotional</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='emotional'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/smart.m4a'><span>smart</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/emotional.m4a'><span>emotional</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/severe.m4a'><span>severe</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2161/imaginary.m4a'><span>imaginary</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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