Welcome to English Challenges where
you're going to learn how to speak
English naturally and confidently. Today
we're going to learn about government
agencies. The reason I'm doing this video
is because we use acronyms for most
government agencies, but I've noticed
that ,for example, in Spanish, they say SIA,
but in English it's C-I-A. Sometimes we say the letters and sometimes we create kind
of a word for it. Can be a little
confusing, so I want to clear it up. Your
challenge today is to tell me in the
comments which is your favorite
government agency and why. For example. I love the CIA because I really enjoy
watching spy movies and reading spy
novels what about you if you're a
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first agency we're going to review is
the FBI so here we say all three letters
f.b.eye this stands for Federal Bureau
of Investigation so Bureau the spelling
is kind of weird so just focus on the
pronunciation
HBU you view row row right like it
doesn't sound anything like the spelling
so the Federal Bureau of Investigation
is the FBI next on the list we have the
NS a the NS a so notice here we have the
FBI the NSA so we have the article NSA
stands for National Security Agency
National Security cute-cute Security
Agency notice that an American English
the T often sounds like a D so instead
of security there's no air so security
again NSA National Security Agency next
up is the c.i.a so the CIA Nazia
I a you want to say every letter and I
also find that for the eye you want to
make sure you finish the eye before you
get to a so said of CIA see IIIi CIA and
this is the Central Intelligence Agency
so the Central Intelligence Agency is
the CIA EPA is the Environmental
Protection Agency now this one's
interesting because we have
environmental but Americans often don't
pronounce that T there are you noticing
a trend the T for us it's there's so
many variables okay so in this case
environmental or environmental sometimes
you'll hear depending on the region
where the persons from you'll hear it
completely reduced or it's very subtle
so the Environmental Protection Agency
the FDA is the Food and Drug
Administration now the drug in this one
does not mean like illegal drugs it's
talking about like pharmaceuticals so
the FDA is the Food and Drug
Administration listen for the reduction
here food and drug the D and and is
dropped so food and and the D links to
the a Food and Drug Administration FDA
IRS is the Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue here you hear the T
there is air internal internal revenue
so not new way but new new Internal
Revenue Service IRS NASA now this one we
don't say na sa it's NASA NASA NASA and
this is the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration NASA sec this is
the Securities and Exchange Commission
and here we have the end notice an
American's drop the D in and a lot so
securities and securities and
change commission and mix change there's
no D so the SEC is a Securities and
Exchange Commission not to be confused
with the SEC in American national
football so if you here use for football
that means something totally different
and finally the USPS the United States
Postal Service USPS United States Postal
Service notice here that we have United
the T is so subtle and then postal
Postal it's really they're so United
States Postal Service this is something
that now that you know by the way there
are like five different ways that we
pronounce the T in American English so
when it sounds different to you it's
because it is so it's okay with practice
you can master it just take it one word
or one expression at a time so whatever
words you use the most for example in
this list which of these government
agencies do you talk about the most
master that one and tell me in the
comments so which one do you use the
most which and you know the most about
or which one is your favorite and why
and as usual sharing is caring so share
this video with someone that you know
maybe who works for a government agency
and wants to master their pronunciation
or someone who loves American English
like you and me thank you so much and
great job I'll see you next video
