1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:05,599 Let me ask you something. Would you rather pay train fare or a highway 2 00:00:05,719 --> 00:00:10,919 toll? Do you think the admission charge at the movie theater is reasonable in 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:17,480 your country? What percentage of a doctor's fee do patients usually need to pay? 4 00:00:18,199 --> 00:00:23,920 In this podcast English Lesson, you're going to learn the difference between six 5 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:33,960 different types of things you can pay. Let's discuss. Welcome to another Happy 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,799 English podcast, coming to you from New York City. And here's your English 7 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,679 teacher, Michael. All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. 8 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:50,079 It's Michael here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. And 9 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:57,880 this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven oh four. Six things you can 10 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:07,200 pay charge, fee, fair, toll, dues, and tariff. We 11 00:01:07,359 --> 00:01:11,879 use these six words to talk about an amount of money that you need to 12 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,680 pay, but the way that we use them is different. By the end 13 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:21,640 of this English lesson, you're going to know all the different ways that you 14 00:01:21,719 --> 00:01:27,079 can use this vocabulary. Let's get the ball rolling. The first one is 15 00:01:27,439 --> 00:01:34,359 charge. Basically, as a noun, a charge is the amount of money 16 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:38,760 you need to pay for goods and services. Here are some examples. I 17 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,799 was shocked when I saw the charge for room service at that hotel. The 18 00:01:44,879 --> 00:01:49,840 admission charge for a matinee at the Broadway Theater is just nine dollars. That 19 00:01:51,159 --> 00:01:57,760 teacher posts a lot of English lessons on his website which are free of charge. 20 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,400 We also use charge as a verb, and it means to ask a 21 00:02:01,439 --> 00:02:08,639 certain amount for payment of something. For example, this high end supermarket charges 22 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:15,439 forty five dollars for a three literer can of olive oil. The new pizza 23 00:02:15,479 --> 00:02:19,800 shop has great food, but they don't charge a lot for it. That 24 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:28,199 popular marketing expert charges two hundred thousand dollars to speak at an event. Next, 25 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,840 we have fee. A fee is a payment that you make for things 26 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:38,960 like professional services and memberships. For example, Jennifer said that the fee she 27 00:02:39,199 --> 00:02:45,719 paid for her gym membership was high, but she believes it's worth it for 28 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:51,599 her health. The lawyer's fees for handling Mark's case were a lot higher than 29 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:55,960 he had originally thought they would be. You'll need to include the application fee 30 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:04,599 when you submit your college admission docums. The next one is fair. A 31 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:10,319 fair is the money you pay for public transportation, such as bus, train, 32 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:15,840 or taxi rides. You can say things like bus fair, train fare, 33 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:23,080 and for traveling by plane. We use airfare. Here are some examples. 34 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:30,039 Lisa checked the bus fair before boarding to be sure she had exact change. 35 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:36,280 The taxi driver quoted us a reasonable fare for the ride to the airport. 36 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,639 David said he got a good deal on the airfare for his trip to 37 00:03:40,759 --> 00:03:49,319 Thailand. The next one is toll. A toll is a payment you give 38 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,360 in order to use a particular road, bridge, or tunnel. While some 39 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:00,000 roads are free to use, the ones that are not free are often called 40 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:06,199 called toll roads. Here are some examples. There are no tolls on any 41 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:12,719 of the bridges that go from Brooklyn in Queens to Manhattan in New York. 42 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:18,839 State. Highways that are called parkways are toll free, but you do need 43 00:04:18,879 --> 00:04:24,959 to pay a toll on other highways. When I was a kid, you 44 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,360 could pay your toll by depositing coins in a basket at the toll booth. 45 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:38,959 The next one is dues. Dues are regular payments that happen monthly or yearly 46 00:04:39,439 --> 00:04:45,040 that people pay to be members of an organization or a club. Keep in 47 00:04:45,079 --> 00:04:50,279 mind the word dues is usually used in the plural form because there is generally 48 00:04:50,399 --> 00:04:57,759 more than one payment. For example, all members of that labor union need 49 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:02,160 to pay monthly dues. If you live in a condominium, you're going to 50 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,920 need to pay monthly dues, which are used for the upkeep of the common 51 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:14,439 areas. Jack stopped going to his tennis club because the cost of the dues 52 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:20,560 doubled over the past two years. The last word for today is tariff. 53 00:05:21,399 --> 00:05:29,639 Tariff is a government tax that is charged on imported or exported goods. Here 54 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:34,800 are some examples. The new tariff on foreign steel imports affects the prices of 55 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:44,319 construction materials. The government imposed a high tariff on luxury goods to encourage domestic 56 00:05:44,439 --> 00:05:51,240 production. In general, imported cars are more expensive than domestically produced cars because 57 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:58,319 of import tariffs. 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