Plug and Socket – British English Vocabulary

Vocabulary of the Home with Eugenius the Genie
Episode 2
Good morning, Eugenius.
Good morning, Richard. What can I do for you? Your wish is my command.
Great!
I’d like to teach my viewers some common vocabulary of the home.
Okay.
I’d like you to conjure up another essential thing that you can find in a British home.
Very well! Abracadabra!
Eugenius! A plug and socket.
One of the most essential things in a house.
Yes, indeed!
Without a plug and socket, I would not have been able to make this video English lesson.
The socket allows access to the electricity distributed through the electrical circuit of a house.
Sockets are found in most rooms of a British house, except for the bathroom.
Water and electricity at 240 volts do not mix well.
To get electricity from the socket for your device or appliance, you plug the plug into the socket.
A plug is a small plastic or rubber coated object securely attached to the end of a cable running from an electrical device or appliance.
In Britain, plugs are three-pin plugs which fit in three-hole sockets.
They are one of the safest designs in the world.
The top pin on a British plug is longer than the two bottom pins.
The top pin is the earth pin and connects the electrical circuit to the earth or ground.
It is impossible to insert the two bottom pins, or anything else, into the socket until the earth pin has been inserted.
The two bottom pins are the neutral and live pins and they carry the electrical current.
Insulation on part of the live and neutral pins stops you getting a shock when you plug in the plug.
All British plugs have a built-in fuse between the live pin and the live lead within the cable.
A dangerous electrical surge melts the wire inside the fuse and breaks the circuit.
The live and neutral cables will detach first if the cable is ripped out of the plug.
The earth will be the last to detach, protecting the user and the appliance.
The only downside of the British plug is its size and weight.
Because of its design, the pins invariably point upwards when a plug is carelessly left on the floor.
Standing on a plug can be excruciatingly painful.
Eugenius and I will be back soon with more vocabulary from the British home, so stay tuned.
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/ ˈɡreɪt /
/ aɪd ˈlaɪk tə tiːtʃ maɪ ˈvjuːəz səm ˈkɒmən vəˈkæbjʊləri əv ðə həʊm /
/ ˌəʊˈkeɪ /
/ aɪd ˈlaɪk ju tə ˈkʌndʒər ʌp əˈnʌðər ɪˈsenʃl̩ ˈθɪŋ ðət ju kən faɪnd ɪn ə ˈbrɪtɪʃ həʊm /
/ ˈveri wel / ˌæbrəkəˈdæbrə /
/ juˈdʒiːnɪəs / ə plʌɡ ənd ˈsɒkɪt /
/ wʌn əv ðə məʊst ɪˈsenʃl̩ ˈθɪŋz ɪn ə ˈhaʊs /
/ jes / ɪnˈdiːd /
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/ ði ˈəʊnli ˈdaʊnsaɪd əv ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ plʌɡ ɪz ɪts saɪz ənd weɪt /
/ bɪˈkɒz əv ɪts dɪˈzaɪn / ðə pɪnz ɪnˈveərɪəbli pɔɪnt ˈʌpwədz wen ə plʌɡ z ˈkeələsli left ɒn ðə flɔː /
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/ juˈdʒiːnɪəs ənd ˈaɪ wl̩ bi ˈbæk suːn wɪð mɔː vəˈkæbjʊləri frəm ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ həʊm / ˈsəʊ steɪ tjuːnd /
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/ ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ fə naʊ /
/ ˈsiː ju /