REAL LIFE ENGLISH Speak English Like A Native Speaker Episode 5

hey today i am going to teach you real

life english that’s right the english

that native english speakers actually

use in real life not just book english

this lesson is going to help you so much

now this is episode 5 of our real life

english series are you ready

well then i am teacher tiffany let’s

jump right in now what i’m going to show

you right now is a very beautiful image

but i want to show you the right portion

of this image look up top in the right

when i see this i immediately think

magnificent

magnificent now i want you to repeat

after me

magnificent

excellent last time after me

magnificent

excellent now this word magnificent just

means very good

beautiful or deserving to be admired

something that is extremely beautiful

like the image i just showed you now

let’s see an example sentence using this

word here we go we have

they live

in an absolutely

magnificent home

one more time

they live in an absolutely magnificent

home

what are we saying we’re saying that

their home is extremely beautiful so

whenever you want to say something is

beautiful or worthy of being admired you

can now say

magnificent

excellent now let me give you a sentence

pattern for this word here’s the pattern

you can use

the view from

dot dot dot is magnificent

again

the view from dot dot dot is magnificent

now here’s an example sentence using

this pattern

the view from

my new apartment

is magnificent

again the view from my new apartment is

magnificent now i want to show you the

view from my new office it is also

magnificent that is the view i see every

day so i can say

the view

from my new office

is magnificent now i want you to try to

use this pattern make your own sentence

put it in the comment section all right

so again we have

magnificent now i want us to jump back

to this image because we see the

magnificent sky

but what about the other portion the

larger portion in english i would say

expansive

again after me expensive

there you go again one last time

expensive

excellent very good now this word

expansive

just means

covering a large area covering a large

area just like we saw in the image a

large area a large portion of the sky

right so here’s an example sentence i

want you to look at

we saw the expensive view

from the window

wow

we saw the expansive view

from the window makes sense right

now let me show you a sentence pattern

you can use with this word here we go

the sentence pattern you can use is

the

dot dot dot

is or was expansive again we’re using a

simple pattern so that you can get used

to using this word again the dot dot dot

is or was expensive now here’s a

sentence using this pattern

the grand canyon

expansive right the grand canyon is huge

it’s very big

it is

expansive

makes sense right so one more time after

expansive

good job very good now before we go to

the next word i want to quiz you

i want to see if you’re ready for this

quiz so we have our first quiz all right

here’s the first question all right now

you are going to have five seconds for

this quiz so i want you to look at this

first question here’s the question i

want you to fill in the blank

the woman

likes dot dot dot

houses instead of

tiny houses

five seconds

two one

time what’s the answer

yes you got it excellent the woman likes

expansive very large houses instead of

tiny houses very very good all right let

me reset the timer and i’m going to ask

you question number two

the food she made was absolutely

dot dot dot five seconds

two

one

time what’s the answer

very good the food she made was

absolutely

magnificent it was really good this is a

really good compliment so if you have

some good food from a native english

speaker tell them your food

was magnificent they’ll really be

pleased all right so very good those two

we’ve learned so far magnificent and

expansive now i want us to go back to

the image i want us to look at a

different portion of the image let’s

move closer to where the rocks are

this looks very

serene

again look at me serene

excellent last time after me

serene

good now the word serene just means

peaceful and calm marked by utter calm

or quietness

very peaceful think about walking

through the woods

and there’s a very quiet stream

you can hear the leaves rustling that is

a very serene environment all right now

let’s look at an example sentence here

we go

we enjoyed

the serene landscape at the top of the

mountain

we enjoyed the calm and the peacefulness

at the top of the mountain so one more

time

we enjoyed the serene landscape

at the top of the mountain now let me

give you a pattern a sentence pattern

you can use here’s the pattern

the dot dot dot

looked so serene

it looked so calm

again the dot dot dot

looked so serene now here’s a sentence

using this pattern

man

the sleeping baby

looked so serene

you know what it feels like to look at a

baby sleeping just peaceful and calm it

makes us feel good

the sleeping baby

looked so serene so again last time

after me

serene

excellent all right now let’s look at

another part of this image if we move

our eyes to the right a bit

we see this

a reflection

reflection again after me

reflection

good last time

reflection

good now this word reflection just means

the image of something in a mirror or

any reflective

surface now let me show you the image

one more time

what is being reflected

the sun

you can see the sun’s rays

on the water so again we have the word

reflection

good now let me give you an example

sentence here we go

they were looking at their reflection

in the mirror

one more time

they were looking at their reflection in

the mirror

makes sense looking at themselves making

sure everything was okay checking their

hair their makeup making sure everything

was okay they were looking at their

reflection now what if you want to use

this real life english vocabulary word

here’s a pattern for you

he could see his reflection in the

dot dot dot remember it’s not just a

mirror

he could see his reflection in the dot

dot dot this is a pattern you can use

so we could say

he could see his reflection or she could

see her reflection

in the mirror at the end of the hall now

we’re saying where it’s located so we

made the sentence longer right so again

he could see his reflection in the

mirror at the end of the hall we use

this word reflection so last time after

reflection

excellent all right now what about this

next word so again we had reflection but

our eyes kind of zoom out and we see the

man looking

and we have in or into

the distance

again in

or into

the distance one more time after me for

pronunciation practice i’ll do both ways

the distance

good second

into the distance

excellent we use both of these patterns

these expressions so

this just means to look at or to look to

a place that is very far

from where you are although you can

still see or hear things there

we can see the sun but it’s very far

away right just like the man was looking

very far into the distance so let’s look

at an example sentence using this

expression

this man excuse me the man was looking

off into

the distance again

the man was looking off into

the distance now what if you want to use

this in a sentence let me give you this

pattern

the dot dot dot could be seen in the

distance

the dot dot dot could be seen in the

distance a very simple pattern now using

this pattern here’s an example sentence

the large boat

could be seen in the distance right now

we could also say again looking at the

image we could also say hey

the sun

could be seen in the distance

the clouds could be seen in the distance

a very simple pattern for you to use

now we have our second quiz i need to

make sure

you understood all of the words and

expressions so here we go our second

quiz first question now again remember

you have a five second timer here’s the

first sentence

the view from the top of the mountain

was truly

five seconds

time

what’s the answer come on you got it

was truly

excellent

magnificent very

good excellent job

now second question let’s restart the

timer

the seals

formed small groups on the dot dot dot

beaches where they breed

five seconds

start

time what’s the answer come on i know

you have it what’s the answer

exactly expense

beaches very very large all right here

we go question number three let me

restart the timer

he enjoyed writing in his journal next

to the small and

dot dot dot link here we go time starts

now

what

time what’s the answer come on you know

yes the serene

calm and peaceful lake excellent job all

right question number four let’s see if

you can find the answer

before she left the house

she looked at her

dot dot dot

in the mirror what’s the answer five

seconds

one

time what’s the answer come on

excellent

reflection in the mirror very good all

right number five here’s question number

five

the youngest student stared off

dot dot

instead of focusing on the lesson

five seconds starts now

two

one

time what’s the answer

excellent the young student stared off

into the distance instead of focusing on

the lesson

excellent job i am so proud of you you

learned so many real life english words

and expressions today i want you to use

them in real life so that you can sound

more like a native english speaker now i

want to remind you again before we go

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enjoyed today’s lesson remember i’ll see

you next week but as always remember to

speak english

you still there

you know what time it is it’s story time

hey i said it’s story time

all right so

this story that i want to tell you came

to mind because

last week so i moved to a new office

remember earlier i showed you all the

view from my office right the view from

my office remember we talked about that

a little earlier

beautiful office beautiful apartment

beautiful area it’s wonderful

but i got home late one night last week

i think i got home maybe around 10 30 or

11 p.m it was dark outside it was very

calm and serene right so i got out of my

car

and i have an automatic lock so i just

hit the button and it locks my car on my

key so i hit the button and went dude so

i stepped out my car again locked it to

do and i was about to walk on the

sidewalk toward my apartment when all of

a sudden

i heard footsteps behind me now remember

it was late at night it was dark it was

very calm but all of a sudden i heard

footsteps behind me

now

immediately i thought that someone was

following me so i turned around quickly

and there was a man standing there he

had a hood on and he was walking towards

and i looked at him and he said hey how

are you

i said dude you can’t just walk up on me

like that it was actually my neighbor

he said oh i’m sorry and i think he was

cold so he was walking kind of quickly

and he was kind of leaned over like this

and i thought about man

if i had been in south korea

it would have been totally different you

see i was scared at that moment because

i thought someone was coming to attack

me but when i lived in south korea again

this situation reminded me of south

korea because living in south korea even

at midnight as a single female living

alone i could go outside at midnight

walk to a park by myself where was dark

they had a few lights there and i could

walk and not worry about anyone

attacking me

that’s how safe korea was and the

situation that happened last week

reminded me of how much i missed korea

and walking around at night without

worrying about anyone attacking me now

my neighbor is great he didn’t do

anything of course but that fear that

someone may have been walking up upon me

that fear went away when i was in south

korea it’s a very safe country maybe

your country is just like korea very

safe or maybe your country is similar to

more of a dangerous company company

country but i’m glad everything worked

out of course and my neighbor he’s a

cool guy but it reminded me that

sometimes you can be in an area that’s

safe and sometimes you can be in an area

that’s not safe alright guys i hope you

enjoyed this short story today have an

awesome week and i will see you all next

time