Exploration, Identify, Expand | Vocabulary

0:00- [David] Wordsmiths, hey, I'm aboard an alien spaceship, getting to know the crew. This is my new friend, Grobulux. Grobulux, say hello to Earth.

0:08- [Grobulux] David, it's my pleasure. Welcome aboard the pale green dot.

0:12- [David] Thank you. Can you tell me and the wordsmiths at home about what you're up to, Grobulux?

0:16- [Grobulux] Yeah, happily. I'm part of an exploration mission. We are going around the galaxy, trying to identify new places where we can expand.

0:24- [David] Um, what do you, what do you mean expand? Like, you're here to conquer Earth?

0:29- [Grobulux] Yeesh! No, my goodly Earth dude. We're expanding our business. Our planet is famous for its donuts, and we are scouting for a new location. Do earthlings like donuts?

0:41- [David] Yes. And you know what else earthlings like?

0:43- [Grobulux] Ooh! Is it vocabulary words?

0:45- [David] You catch on quick, my friend. - [Grobulux] Oh boy!

0:47- [David] Our words today are exploration, identify, and expand. Exploration. Exploration, it's a noun. It means traveling to learn more about an unknown place. We can see the word explore in there, but with the suffix, T-I-O-N, tion, which makes verbs in den nouns.

1:06So Grobulux and his crewmates are exploring Earth. Their job is exploration.

1:12- [Grobulux] It's a nice job. - [David] I bet. Identify. Identify, it's a verb. It means to figure out or say what something is. And it's also a noun. If we put on T-I-O-N again, if we put on tion again, identification, which can mean a few different things. It can be the act of figuring out what something is, and it can also be proof that you are who you say you are.

1:36So like, my passport is a form of identification because it proves that I'm David.

1:41- [Grobulux] Ugh. I look like such a larva on my passport. It's so embarrassing!

1:45- [David] We've all been there, man. And finally, expand. Expand, a verb. It means to grow bigger. The noun form is expansion. The act of growing bigger in size, number, or amount.

1:59- [Grobulux] Yeah, we want to expand the number of Fleebo Donuts locations.

2:03- [David] Your planet's called Fleebo? - [Grobulux] No, that's silly. My city is called Fleebo.

2:08- [David] Gotcha. Okay, so let's use these words in some senses, huh?

2:11- [Grobulux] Yes, please. - [David] Billions of years from now, the sun will expand into a giant red star.

2:18- [Grobulux] It will grow larger? - [David] Yes, exactly. It will increase in size. An expansion.

2:23- [Grobulux] Is that Earth there, in the path of the star expansion?

2:27- [David] Yeah, but you know, billions of years from now, so not our problem, right?

2:32- [Grobulux] Okay, I'm making a note. Rent don't buy.

2:34- [David] Next sentence. My career in space exploration ended when I learned how terrible astronaut food was.

2:41- [Grobulux] See, this is the problem we are hoping to solve. My people explore the stars in comfort, eating delicious donuts as we travel to learn more about unknown places.

2:50- [David] As you explore? - [Grobulux] Precisely.

2:51- [David] Finally, Grobulux, can you tell me what this is? I'm trying to identify this glowing alien device.

2:58- [Grobulux] I'm in a sentence? - [David] Yes. What is this object, please. Can you identify it for me?

3:02- [Grobulux] Oh, you want me to tell you what this glowing thing is?

3:06- [David] Yeah. Yes, please. - [Grobulux] That's a donut scoop. We scoop donut batter with it.

3:09- [David] Why does it glow? - [Grobulux] Because glowy things look neat.

3:13- [David] Makes sense to me. Hey, that's all the time we've got for this one, wordsmiths. Until next time, you can learn anything. David out.

3:20- [Grobulux] Grobulux out. Did I do it? - [David] You did it, bud.

3:23- [Grobulux] Would you like a donut? - [David] Yeah.