FULL English Class 01 Learn Words Expressions Thought Organization More
everyone you know what time it is it’s
time for our weekly
live english class now for those of you
who are going to watch this video
after the live class i’m teacher tiffany
and i love
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all right as the students come in shell
hey how
are you it’s good to see you on good to
see you michelle
yes we have josie hey josie
good to see you jubilee are you belly
nice to see you good to see you all
right here we go
we said now we have let’s see let’s see
let’s see
nakia nakisa i think that’s it hi good
to see you good to see you
hello hello yes monique good evening
yes and you are watching from belgium
good to see
you annalisa it’s good to see you
again yes it’s always good to see
members of our family
every single week for this live class
claudia good to see you i am so excited
and i’m also elated to see you here
great use of that vocabulary word
excellent again
as you’re coming in for those who are
members of my academy you are
the live members right now say hello
and i have so much to teach you all
today it’s gonna be a great
class marie hello good to see you
yes fernando hey
i am doing amazing thank you so much for
asking
and you’re on fire tonight for this
lesson well i’m on fire to teach
you good to see you rodrigo
hey you are watching from brazil
we have so many brazilian students
amongst our family members so it’s so
good to see you
abdi fattah good to see you always good
to see you
marina hey i’m doing well thank you so
much benvendo hey good to see you
again as well hey linda
good to see you all right you all i know
you guys are ready to learn
a lot tonight this weekly english class
that we have together this live class
man it’s so funny you guys i look
forward to this
so much even though you are the ones
learning
i look forward to teaching you all so
i’m going to go through a little bit
more of the
introductions and the welcomes and then
we’re going to jump right into our
lesson
uh let’s see you belly teacher i am from
new jersey i would like to meet you in
person
hey after the pandemic i plan to travel
everywhere around the united states
around the world because i want to meet
you all
in person too hey what’s going on fred
good to see you here i know you’re a
busy man so i appreciate you being able
to show up for our live
class peterson my man hey good afternoon
to you
i am doing amazing peterson i hope
you are doing good too all right guys so
let me tell you what we are going to be
learning
today this week in our weekly live
english class now each week we learn
about
a different topic we learn new words we
learn new expressions and then we
practice together
so today i picked a topic that is very
very common no matter where you go in
the world
oh katya hey good to see you always good
to see you too
all right so for tonight we’re going to
talk about a topic that is very common
so you can start using the words and
expressions that you’ll learn tonight
you can start using them immediately all
right so again this is our
class for this week as always there are
five
sections the introduction use vocabulary
then expressions thought organization
and then discussion
questions so section one introduction to
the topic now the topic for tonight
is birthdays that’s right we all have a
birthday right
and we’re all able to speak about
birthdays very fluently
in our own language tonight i want to
give you the tools
you need to speak about birthdays
fluently
and naturally in english oh we have
another one
pn good to see you all the way from
france always good to see you alright so
birthdays now the topic for this lesson
is
birthdays a birthday is defined as the
anniversary of the day on which
a person was born typically treated as
an occasion for celebration
and the giving of gifts so throughout
this lesson we are going to talk about
different
aspects of birthdays but i have a
question for you
i want you to think what do you normally
do
for your birthday you know this is
something very interesting in the
academy
guys you’ve seen the video right in the
culture section american culture section
i did a video talking about birthdays
and gifts and
some of the traditions we have here in
america but now i’m curious
i want you guys to tell me what do you
normally do not talking about the
pandemic right now but
in general what do you normally do
for your birthday remember this is an
interactive class
giving you the opportunity to practice
and put your words together so
again the question is what do you
normally do
for your birthday uh peterson says i’m
doing well
i’m at work but i’ll hide my phone and
use my headset discreetly good
peterson good well i’m happy you can
hear
everything going on in class today um
but again
tell us what do you normally do for your
birthday
blizzard good to see you always good to
see you
alright so as you guys are writing your
answer again to the question
what do you normally do for your
birthday
i’ll tell you about my birthday so
growing up for my birthdays usually
my family would get together and we’d
have cake we’d have food and usually i’d
also invite my friends over
the older i got the more it just became
my family like our family unit
but in america there are certain
milestone birthdays like when you turn
25 or 30 or 40
during these birthdays you invite a lot
of people to your home or to a certain
venue and you eat together
you laugh you talk about your
experiences you play games so
in america we usually celebrate
birthdays together playing games
and eating but what about you all what
do you normally do for your birthday in
your country alright paula says
on my birthday i usually like to go out
to eat with my close
family and friends to a restaurant yes
and we have cake and some presents
sounds very
very similar to american birthdays now
paolo i’m going to ask you more of a
detailed question
tell me um which restaurants you
normally go to
what kind of food do you like to eat
normally on your birthday we’re going to
get a little bit more detail all right
so paul will let us know that on her
birthday she likes to go out to eat with
her family and friends
they eat cake and they also open
their presents you know birthdays are
celebrated in different ways around the
world
katya says i love celebrating my
birthday and i always prepare
oh yes katya a special dinner for family
and friends now katya
tell me what type of food do you
normally cook for the dinner
on your birthday tell me what special
food you like to make i’m very curious
all right gene kelly says hi teacher
tiffany hey
i’m attending your class right now well
i am so happy to see you here and i hope
you interact
and practice a lot during this class
alright fred says
i normally go out to eat with my family
because i don’t like so much to make
birthday parties and have big birthday
parties but i love to celebrate with my
sisters that’s really special fred
honestly it’s like
your family is so valuable to you that
family time is enough for you on your
birthday that’s beautiful
all right rodrigo says i usually go to a
restaurant with my family honestly it
seems like food is a large
part of spending a birthday together
right spending it with the people you
love so very good i think claudia came
through i’ll take two more
claudia says in mexico we celebrate
birthdays by gathering with friends and
or family
we sing la mana ni mananitas did i say
it right
and eat cake it could be at home or at a
restaurant
the 15th birthday is a milestone for
girls yes i heard about that and you
know what
in america we have sweet 16 when someone
turns 16 it’s a very big
birthday a milestone we’re gonna learn
that word today
but i know that in mexican culture 15 is
a really big
milestone birthday as well very
interesting all right more coming
through all right here we go
marie says for my birthday i usually go
out with my family and friends
i pray a lot on this day very nice very
nice
marina says my mom always wants to have
parties
she makes a big cake and lots of food
also we have brigadeiro
in brazil is that right we sing happy
birthday and
open our presents very nice monique says
generally i don’t celebrate my birthday
because i’m not really
a fan of it and if you ask me why i
don’t know
even until now i don’t know the answer
but a few days after
i went to the oh after your birthday you
go to a restaurant with your family
good are you belly says every year i
like to travel with my family i like to
go to disney
i felt like a child and it’s one of my
precious times with my whole family
and we really enjoy it very much very
nice alright monique continues saying
and on this day i try to be dressed to
kill come on now monique i like how you
use that expression we learned that
expression very good
dressed to kill analysis says it’s italy
for our birthday oh in italy for our
birthday we normally meet friends
and some family members and go out
together for lunch or for dinner
but when i was a child my parents made
me a party or
threw a party here’s an expression for
you guys we say
through a party for the past tense or
throw a party right i’m going to throw a
party
at home or at a local food place like
for pizza yes
very common that happens a lot in
america too
alright gene kelly says on my birthday i
like going out with my family
and painting the town red hey
good job good job that’s an excellent
expression very good
all right two more well you guys are
doing amazing today
bruno says i don’t like to commemorate
my own birthday
so usually i do something on a random
date or day
days after and i take my day off to do
something personal that has value to me
oh it’s nice
very nice all right paula says
we used to go to a place called
fuddruckers
they sell delicious hamburgers and have
a lot of space for a lot of people
i also like olive garden when we have a
higher budget or we have more money to
spend very nice
last one shell says when celebrating my
birthday we go outside with my family we
eat in the cheesecake factory
and go to the target mall i want to buy
toys for my kids
my birthday was my kid’s birthday too oh
nice
so we all have special ways of spending
our birthdays right
it’s a very common topic we are all very
aware of birthdays
so let’s learn some new vocabulary words
and try to expand your ability
your fluency so that you can speak like
a native english speaker about this
topic so
here we go let’s jump right in
all right so here’s the first vocabulary
word we’re going into section two right
now
milestone and you notice i kept saying
it over and over again because
earlier we were talking about mexicans
they have that birthday the 15
when someone turns 15 years old they
have this big birthday celebration
why because turning 15 is a milestone
in mexican culture now what is the word
milestone mean here we go
a significant point in
development for example when you get or
you reach the age of 15
the community looks at you in a
different way in america when you turn
16 usually um things have changed a
little bit with the laws in america but
when i turned
16 i was able to get my driver’s license
to start driving
at 15 and a half i could get my
learner’s permit
but at age 16 leading into 17 i was kind
of coming into
uh more of a mature phase in my life
so these ages 16 15 and also 18
21 are milestones so again
a significant point in development so
again
here are some example sentences
graduating from
college is an important milestone
again something very important that
happens in your life right
all right again if you’re understanding
the word you can start to write your
example sentences in the comment section
and then after i go over the example
sentences
i’ll look at yours and we’ll see if we
can correct some together all right
so again the word is mile stone
here’s the second example sentence each
child
must reach important milestones in
their development and finally
the new technique was regarded as a
milestone
in the treatment of covet 19.
so you see again this word milestone
is always referring to something
significant
something important a point or a stage
or
phase in some type of development right
so
turning 16 is a major milestone i’ll
give you some more example sentences
turning 15 in mexican culture
is a major milestone so
i want you in the comment section now to
create your own sentence and maybe tell
us
in your culture what age is considered a
major milestone
once again i’ll give you an example
sentence i said
turning 16 is a major milestone
in american culture or i could have said
15 or turning 15 is a major milestone
in mexican culture now again i want you
to make your own sentence and put it in
the comment section
and while i’m waiting i’m going to
explain the next vocabulary word
but keep your sentences coming all right
so here we go
now the second vocabulary word is right
here ma chor now this may be a little
bit tricky
ma chore good that t t-u-r-e
actually has a ch mature
excellent mature now the word mature
just means
to develop fully or to become
full grown so we normally say if someone
is 13 they’re not mature yet
why they’re still a teenager they just
became a teenager
they’re growing but they haven’t reached
adulthood they’re not mature
just yet all right some examples since
this came through from you all
using the word milestone here we go
katya says
in brazilian culture turning 15 is a
milestone
excellent job katya paula says
helping in a surgery even just holding
some scissors
is a milestone for a great surgeon
good claudia says crawling and walking
are important milestones in the
development of a baby
good shell says the pediatrician was
concerned because the toddler did not
reach
the milestone of learning how to use a
drink
in the sippy cup good i like that one
bruno says a great milestone in my life
happened at the end of last year not the
but
last year my thesis about inflation was
accepted congratulations
to serve as a piece in a new framework
related to a new tax project in my
country first of all
bruno congratulations on getting your
thesis
added and accepted very good all right
nakisa says
next year i will turn 40 and it will be
a milestone oh and turning 40 is a
milestone
in rwanda very nice and very interesting
yes
fred says turning 18 is a major
milestone
for a man in brazil excellent sentence
very good job fred
josie says in our culture which is the
philippines
turning 18 is a milestone so
in filipino culture turning 18 is a
milestone that’s the best way to say it
in filipino culture turning 18
is a milestone good marina says 15 is a
milestone for girls
18 is a major milestone for all the
teenagers
in brazil good all right gene kelly says
having my first
daughter turned out to be a milestone
in my life okay dom says
here in italy you are considered a
mature person when you turn
- hey dom good to see you all right
good you’re using the second word mature
good fernando says 18 is a milestone
period or a milestone
because at this age you are starting to
get your foot in the door
all right so it’s not really getting
your foot in the door remember
getting your foot in the door is a
little bit different right i like how
you try to combine them
but 18 is a milestone period because at
this age
you can start to learn about getting
your
foot in the door for certain positions a
little bit longer but
i do like how you try to combine them
analysis says take a car license
ah getting a license getting a license
or getting a driver’s license
is a milestone for every teenager
mostly where i live in italy okay got
you
andre what’s up man good to see you
all right my pleasure josie my pleasure
that’s the point of these live weekly
english classes
just for academy members my pleasure
paula says in mexico an 18 year old
person is considered mature enough to
vote in the presidential elections
hey paula yes good job marie says in my
culture turning 18 is a milestone
for everyone excellent elizabeth says
bo your first house is a big oh buying
your first
house is a big milestone good buying
your first
house is a big milestone good two more
pn says having my certificate from high
school
was a milestone in my life or getting my
diploma
here’s the word y’all for when you
graduate from high school we say
diploma or high school
diploma that’s the name of that okay
all right high school diploma and
monique says in my home country the
major milestone is when you are 18
but here in belgium there are two
milestones when you are 12 because you
leave primary school
and the second one is when you are 18 or
when you turn 18.
good so you all are understanding this
idea of milestone
and how to use it in a sentence now
we’re on the word mature
okay mature keep your sentences coming
mature again to develop
fully to become full grown here we go
boys mature at a slower rate than girls
do now this
is scientifically proven there’s nothing
against the guys
this is just something that’s a fact
boys mature
slower than girls do girls normally
mature very
fast but boys they come along but they
come a little slower so we say
boys mature at a slower rate than girls
do
next maturity not age are the best ways
to determine
growth alright so it’s not about
someone’s age for example my niece is 11
years old
but she is extremely mature for her age
so many times
people don’t realize how old she is
because she’s very responsible
very respectful very loving she doesn’t
act like a kid sometimes she acts like a
teenager and she’s only 11 and she
just turned 11. so i can say my niece is
very mature for her
age meaning she acts older than she is
she’s very respectful
and she has a lot of responsibility so
she is very responsible
okay and last here we go the mature
avocado is better than an
um ripe one so mature meaning
uh it’s past ripeness you can use it for
food as well
all right so let me see if you all can
make your own sentences
using this word mature all right i see
that you all have some more
sentences for the word milestone rodrigo
says turning 70 years old is a milestone
in brazil
because not cuz cuz is when you’re
speaking but not when you’re writing
because it’s the compulsory age for
retirement all right valeria says
starting
work with 17 year olds who was the
beautiful ma
uh starting work or beginning to work
when i was 17 years old
was a beautiful milestone for me got you
claudia says motherhood is a milestone
for most women
most women josie says to achieve my goal
to be confident in speaking
english is my milestone ah a milestone
for me
will be when i can achieve my goal of
speaking english with confidence
and i know that you can do it josie i
believe in you
alright bruno says at this time my
english isn’t mature enough
but i’m really improving day by day i’m
confident and i already can see my next
milestone to be fluent
in english now that makes sense i will
say this again your sentences make sense
we don’t say my english is mature if you
say that we
understand what you mean but it sounds
awkward but i like how you try to apply
it to your english language journey okay
all right claudia says to become an
autonomous person is a sign of maturity
very good erica says my daughter is 14
years old
and she is very mature for her age she
is always
all ears for any topic of conversation
excellent i like how you used
all ears claudia says that girl seems to
be as mature as an adult very good
nakisa says we have a mature teacher
well thank you very much
mary says or marie says getting married
is a milestone for
every woman in the world every now
uh-huh not everyone but every woman in
the world
michelle says the 16 year old teenage
girl tried to wear makeup so that she
would look mature enough to get into the
18 and up club
this is a true situation an actual
situation that many
16 year olds actually try to put on
makeup to look more mature to get into a
club meant for 18 and up good
marina says i’m considered a mature
person because i’m responsible
and i have my own opinion and voice i’m
only 16.
oh marina you are young but hey
you’re studying hard and you’re
responsible that’s good
alessandra says my son is 18 years old
but he doesn’t have enough mature
but he’s not mature enough to decide
what he is going to do
for his life oh but he’s not mature
enough to make a decision
about his career okay remember guys when
i correct your sentences
you can always go back later rewind and
write down the way i corrected your
sentences
pian says i noticed that people believe
maturity is only for old people
good valeria says my daughter is more
mature than me
when i was at that age ah is more mature
than me
is more mature at her age than i was at
that age
all right annalisa says there are a lot
of people that mature
early but sometimes it’s possible to
meet adults less mature than
younger people gotchu bruno hey
my pleasure brother here in brazil we
can use that word mature for some skill
that has been developing for us
no worries at all again that’s why i
love these classes because i can give
you all little tips
that won’t come up in a book things that
need to be talked about during the class
so again
my pleasure bruno fernando one needs to
be mature to deal with their own family
very good all right two more josie says
people
is getting mature if there’s an
improvement in their personality ah
you can tell that a person is maturing
when they are able to hold on there’s an
improvement in their personality ah
when a person’s personality improves
it’s a sign that they are maturing
again rewind that later and write that
down okay all right here we go
last one i think that our parents and
our grandparents were more mature than
us because they got married early and
they could stand up
uh for many problems ah and they could
stand many problems or they could endure
many
challenges they could endure many
problems yes that’s true
i’ll do a few more i know you guys are
excited i’m happy you guys are writing
your sentences
frances i start to be a mature person
after i lost my mom ah
i started to mature after i lost my mom
very true when you lose a parent or
someone
uh in your family it does make you grow
up faster so good job
again i started to mature after i lost
my mom or i started to mature
faster all right last one here we go uh
gene kelly says a mature wife reduces
the stress of her husband’s life
mature and wise wife i like that reduces
the stress of her husband’s life
or reduces her husband’s stress
good job guys excellent sentences i love
it i love it
all right so here we go now we’re going
to go on to our third vocabulary word
again we’re looking at words that you
can use
when you’re talking about birthdays all
right we have milestone
and mature and now let’s go to our third
one here we
go the third vocabulary word is right
here
festive now this may be tricky so here
we go guys
festive f sound
festive excellent last time
festive good job now festive just means
cheerful and or joyful celebration
pertaining to a festival remember
earlier we were talking about again
mexican culture
when someone turns 15 and i think
brazilian culture too i think you guys
said
that you have celebrations big
celebrations a very
festive or cheerful and happy event
think about it
when someone has a birthday party do you
walk in happy birthday
happy birthday to you no you’re like
happy birthday
to you like everyone’s happy and excited
it’s a
festive or cheerful occasion
we say festive in english all right so
let’s look at some example sentences
here we go
first we have joan enjoyed celebrating
her
anniversary in a festive manner so she
wanted to do something that would make
her happy and
be cheerful and also feel joyful
so she enjoyed celebrating her
anniversary in a festive
manner next already decorated
for christmas the house looked
very festive now in america and i’m sure
for you all too in your countries for
christmas
we decorate my dad actually i think
about a week ago
started decorating the home he had
lights outside he put up the tree
there are different things around the
house and it looks very festive we have
music playing in the background
christmas music and it’s amazing
oh hey guys uh if you all don’t know is
a group called
pentatonix they have an amazing
christmas album so i’ll type it in the
comments section for those who are
watching live
pint is an amazing group
uh they actually sing acapella
meaning no instruments but their voices
are so amazing
they do percussion they can do the drums
with their voices so
pentatonix look for their christmas
album
and they’re on youtube as well but i
like listening to them
my nieces love them like we all enjoy
their music so
if you want a really nice christmas
album something different pentatonix
on youtube so again festive cheerful
joyful now here’s the next sentence
in spite of the sad occasion
ellen wore festive attire for
the funeral okay so again in spite of
the sad occasion it was a very sad time
but she was like
i want to feel good though i want to
have festive attire i don’t want to wear
all black i want to wear bright colors
because i want to feel happy
even though this is a sad occasion so
she wore
festive attire all right here we go yes
dom you know them too aren’t they
amazing like their voices
amazing one of my favorite songs dumb
by pencil thoughts is mary did you know
listen y’all if you like when i sing you
are gonna
love their music so pentatonix they are
amazing all right
so we have this third vocabulary word
festive so again i want you all to try
to make your own sentence
using the word festive now as you guys
are writing your sentences i want to
remind you of something because
still some of you all ask me again about
tutors and stuff so i tell you guys
about cambly all the time
because cambly is an amazing company and
i work with them
cambly has tutors from all around the
world they have tutors from australia
from england from america amazing
english teachers and i’m telling you
guys about them now again
because when we practice together you
know after we finish class you practice
with your partners
sometimes you’re going to need to
practice with a native english speaker
now i can’t practice with each and every
one of you even though i would love to
but cambly and i work together so i
always am trying to encourage students
if you want a tutor a personal tutor
learn things in my academy
learn things from our weekly class but
then you can get a tutor and then you
can actually practice
one-on-one so again caim is a great
company guys i think you guys will learn
a lot i’ll try to put some coupons again
because we work together so i have some
coupons you guys can use if you do
want to get cambly service they’re
awesome i think some of you actually
study with their tutors
and you’ve learned a lot from them so
here we go let’s see if we have some
sentences again for festive let’s see
festive
let me see i was trying to give you guys
some time to come up with sentences
bruno says i don’t like places too
festive
i don’t like festive places
they break my mind it was something that
i learned how to handle after a while it
was a milestone of an outcome from a
maturing process okay
so we got to be careful this is kind of
a run-on sentence right you’re just
going
to do instead of
pause so let me try to correct this one
i don’t like
festive places because they kind of
you say break when you say break my mind
what do you mean
you can’t concentrate if that’s the case
you can say i don’t like
festive places because i can’t
concentrate
when i am in a place that’s very festive
it was something that i learned how to
handle however i learned how to handle
these festive places after a while
this was actually a big milestone and an
outcome that came from the maturing
process
now you have to rewind this later to
write down what i said but i’m trying to
help you out too
and at least it says when i graduated my
friends organized
a festive toast at our university
okay good all right paula says i got
chills when i listened to mary
yes paola pentatonix mary did you know
great song yes fred i knew saying yes so
fred you’ve actually
worked with uh cambly and been with
their tutors for a while they’re amazing
so
thanks for letting us know that uh fred
marie says when coven 19 is over i’m
going to do a festive party i’m going to
dress to kill
okay marie i like that i like that all
right
uh erica says how can i use cambly okay
so you just go to cambly.com but what
i’m going to do
is after this class right underneath the
video you’ll see i’m going to put the
coupons because you can go there now
um i have a coupon code again because i
work with them but i want you guys to
get the best coupon so the best coupon
i’ll post it after you know what
actually i’ll post it right now hold on
one second guys
um they’re really good though they
really help students actually
expand their knowledge of english i’ll
put it in the comments section right now
um you guys can use that code if you
want to actually start using cambly
right now
because they’re awesome um but yeah
they’re great
here we go i think another comment came
through hold on one
second uh look i’m about to sing mary
did you know
that’s your baby boy with some way they
walk
on water here we go all right
my mother-in-law’s house always looks
very festive because she
beautifies everything oh she likes to
beautify it for every season
gotcha i like how you used beautify from
a previous lesson all right
p.a says i really miss african chris uh
christmas in africa because
they’re in my opinion uh in my point of
view it’s so festive
i really miss christmas in spending
christmas in africa one more time
i really miss spending christmas in
africa because it’s very
festive in my opinion okay all right
paula says this year has been very
difficult but right now i feel very
festive because of the christmas season
excellent katya says christmas is
usually a very festive time
but this year is going to be a lot
different in my house
good sentence hey bruno i’m so happy you
liked it
fernando says the girl celebrated her
graduation in a festive manner because
she was citing many opportunities to
explore her career for a career
marina says when i received my
certificates for being the best student
in my school
it was a festive and touching moment got
you
all right here we go monica’s on
christmas day everybody looks
ah looks good looks like they are in a
festive mood on the way to go to church
on christmas day everyone looks like
they are
in a festive mood as they go to
church got you and erica says my
favorite time
is christmas because we have the most
beautiful festive time of the year and
festive time of the year alright
jonathan thank you so much thank you so
much i’m honestly going to be listening
to that song
after class like i really love it
alright so again
excellent job guys we all understand
what the word festive means and how to
use it properly
so we have three words milestone mature
and festive so when you’re talking about
birthdays you can use
these three vocabulary words now let’s
move on to the next section and get into
expressions and idioms here’s one
age is nothing but a number this is one
that is used
all the time so it’s very simple
but very useful now age is nothing but a
number
this literally just means age does not
determine
maturity and we just learned the word
mature right
so age is nothing but a number it just
means that hey
somebody might be 40 years old but it
doesn’t mean they’re mature
it also means like my niece even though
she’s 11 years old it doesn’t mean she’s
immature she’s actually very mature for
her
age age is nothing but a number
all right here we go let me see let me
see another comment came through
um gene kelly says i’m a very la
uh low-key guy festive times don’t speak
to me that much i’m a very low-key guy
or i like to lay low all right
festive times don’t speak to me that
much i got you all right here we go i’m
gonna move down so we can get to this
one
um romina says tiffany should give us
some classes about
maybe one day all right shell says
christmas is coming and everyone was in
a festive mood
even though we’re in the midst of a
pandemic good i think i missed one
um valeria in spite of this pandemic
i’ll prepare a festive christmas night
with virtual meetings with my relatives
good
i’m very happy to hear that good all
right so again
we’re looking at this this expression
age is nothing but a number so how can
we use it in a sentence here we go
first sentence right here she is 20
however she behaves as
if she is 15. i guess age is nothing but
a number think about it if someone tells
you they’re 20 years old
you naturally think okay you’re an adult
so you’re probably very mature
but like this sentence it says ah she’s
20 but she acts like she’s 15.
i realized age is nothing but a number
this is how you use it in a sentence um
let me see
jasmine says i agree with you marina she
sings like an angel thank you so much
guys i appreciate you guys a lot i
appreciate you oh it went away thank you
so much i appreciate you
all right here we go the next sentence
again if you have an idea or a sentence
pop it in the comment section using
age is nothing but a number here we go
even an 80 year old can be immature
after all age is nothing but a number so
again
even an 80 year old you think an 80 year
old is very mature and very wise but
this sentence says hey
some 80 year olds are immature so it’s
proof that
age is nothing but a number all right
now the next one here we go the next
sentence using this expression is
be careful not to age or get older
without learning the lessons of your
past
because age is nothing but a number
so just because you’ve gotten older
doesn’t mean that you’re going to get
more mature
the only way you mature is if you learn
from
your mistakes learn the lessons
from your life right then you mature and
this is saying hey because
age is nothing but a number age is not
automatically equal maturity
so how can you use this in a sentence
all right here we go
uh fred says when i saw my friend’s
attitude i thought
age is nothing but a number very good
fred very good
paula says my grandpa danced all night
in his 80 year old party and he proved
that age is nothing but a number come on
grandpa i like that i like that
kiss what’s up he said i’m forever 21.
marina says my brother’s almost turning
20 but he acts like a silly clown
age is nothing but a number very true
you guys see how
easy it is to use this expression
analysis says how i was saying there are
a lot of people who mature earlier but
there are also a lot of people who look
like their children so age is nothing
but a number all right so again
just say the expression all right i was
saying there are a lot of people who
mature
early but there are also a lot of people
who still act like
children so take out the other age is
nothing but a number all right again
later on rewind and write down what i
corrected uh how i corrected your
sentences good job
bruno says next year we deserve a new
christmas song album
[Laughter]
you never know if i had time i would
sing some songs
fernando says my neighbor is 45 but
cannot put his children
on the rail age is nothing but a number
when you say put something on the rail
are you saying like he can’t get them
straight he can’t discipline his
children let me know what you mean
dom says i’m a 25 year old guy but
actually most of the time it seems like
i’m 80 years old
so yeah ages age is not no
age is nothing but a number all right
nothing but a number all right
monique says my grandpa is very old but
he is still as
fit as a fiddle come on monique i love
when you use the idioms that i’ve taught
you
so age is nothing but a number very good
abdi fatha says a few years ago i was in
a debate with older people and they
tried to push me down for my age
but a friend of mine said age is nothing
but a number
excellent example excellent example
claudia says when i started taking
taekwondo many people taught i’m too old
for that but age is nothing but a number
okay here we go
when i started taking taekwondo many
people
said that i was too old for that but
age is nothing but a number all right
many people said i was too old for that
but instead of saying but because we
have a lot of butts however in my
opinion
age is nothing but a number our bruno
says i’m really happy when i see an old
person acting like a young person
they show us that age is nothing but a
number true
shells is teacher age is nothing but a
number and age doesn’t matter
are the same meaning okay age doesn’t
matter and age is nothing but a number
yes they actually are very similar like
age doesn’t matter an age is nothing but
a number
similar meanings the only thing is uh
when i say
age is nothing but a number i’m just
saying that hey
somebody old could be acting young and
somebody young could be acting old
when someone says age doesn’t matter
many times they’re referring to um
something you can do or cannot do like
hey age doesn’t matter
um like if dating um so yeah actually
the more i’m saying it yeah you can use
them interchangeably yeah good
connection yeah we use them for both
things
when you said ace doesn’t matter my
first thought was like dating
sometimes a guy would be 40 years old
and he wants to date a 20 year old he’s
like hey
age doesn’t matter so that’s why i
thought but yes they have the same
meeting good question shell
erica says when i go to disney world i
really enjoy
i really enjoy it like a child i believe
that age is nothing but a number
good fernando says discipline them yes i
thought you were talking about that
um i guessed the meaning based on the
context of what you’re saying
so we don’t use that expression often i
actually my first time hearing it
so i think it’s better to discipline
them saying that is better than the on
the rail again i have never heard that
one but i guessed what you meant but
okay discipline them all right
all right one more binvindo says don’t
let the
age pressure you ju it’s just a number
live your life in your timeline
okay um good but you didn’t necessarily
use
the expression you kind of just said in
a different way we’re trying to use the
expression as it’s written but i do
understand your sentence all right
all right yes fernando yeah i guess that
we don’t necessarily use that so i
i haven’t heard that one so you may have
learned it but remember there’s so many
idioms that are in the english language
but i’m trying to teach you all ones
that are used in real life
right now in the current society and
this one i have not heard that one
actually so i just guessed so i want you
to try to find another one that’s
actually useful you can just say
discipline them um or spank their butt
or put them in check ah put them in
check this is something that if you use
will understand put them in check it
means to discipline them
put them in check i’ll type that out for
you
he didn’t know how to put his children
in check it just means how to discipline
them but we use that okay
all right so here we go guys so we have
age is nothing but
a number now let’s go to the next
expression here we go
let your hair down now this just means
to relax
or forget about your inhibitions now i
think i’ve taught this to some of you
before
um let your hair down just means to
relax not worry about things think about
it on your birthday i think it was
bruno i think bruno you’re the one that
said that on your birthday you just kind
of want to relax like
you want to do what you want to do like
what you find value in
you don’t want to have to worry about
anything you just kind of want to take
it easy so we say
let your hair down on your birthday
usually you like
to let your hair down not worry about
things right
so to relax or forget about your
inhibitions now let’s look at some
example sentences here we go
it’s the weekend time to let your hair
down think about it you don’t have to
work anymore
like it’s time to let my hair down and
relax
so again as you’re listening and and
listening to this and also looking at
the example sentences
come up with your own sentences and put
them in the comment section
using this expression let your hair down
all right
here’s the next sentence stop taking
everything so seriously
and let your hair down all right so hey
hey
hey come on relax
don’t take things so seriously let your
hair down
that’s what it means so if someone ever
says that to you they’re really just
saying hey
it’s okay you can relax calm down
take it easy let your hair down all
right
here we go next one is right here for
your birthday party
make sure to let your hair down and have
a good
time that’s right for your birthday
party you don’t want to be stressed you
want to just have
relax and kind of enjoy the environment
and the party right
all right so here we go make your own
sentences now
using the expression let your hair down
all right bruno says yes i do it that
time is just for me yep okay
all right talking about spending quality
time with himself like valuable time he
wants to do things he likes to do on his
birthday
shell says a short vacation allows you
to let your hair down and enjoy
natural surroundings with a loved one
excellent job shell very good
paola says when this pandemic ends i’m
going to celebrate and let my hair
down yes paola yes so yes
things that we want to do when this
pandemic ends monique says after all uh
after a long day of work right i enjoy
being home and letting my hair down
again after a long day of work or even
at work
we’re not really at work now because of
the pandemic but of work
i enjoy being home and letting my hair
down alright
marina says sometimes it’s not easy to
let your hair down because everyone’s
always expecting you to do your best
good sentence elizabeth says when i’m
trying something new
i let my hair down i just relax and just
try to accept
what it is okay claudia says after a
hard week i only want to let my hair
down
very good come on guys excellent job
all right give me some more again let
your hair down just meaning to relax
forget your inhibitions don’t be
restricted just
relax and have no stress so i’m gonna
let you guys come up with more sentences
and i’m gonna go into our last
expression and i’ll come back to check
your sentences okay
all right so here we go the last
expression is right here a very useful
one
over the hill now this one just means
old or past a person’s prime
past middle age think about it now
if you’re in your 20s 30s 40s
50s right right above that 50 like 52 53
you start feeling like hey i’m not as
young as i used to be
got a little uh back pain my neck kind
of hurt a little bit
we say ah okay you’re over the hill
think about it like this think about
your life as a hill right
you’re going up you have energy you’re
ready to accomplish things to succeed
to do many things and then you get to
the top right you’re like okay
it’s downhill from here just kind of
relaxing trying to take things
easy we say over the hill usually
happens around
50 55 around that age you say oh you’re
over the hill
all right imagining that your life will
be a hundred years
starting at zero ending at 100 50 is the
middle point so
over the hill all right here we go let’s
see
um let me see let me see bruno says hey
folks don’t put your mind under pressure
the next milestone is right there
we will overcome this pandemic together
let your hair down good job we will
overcome this pandemic good
erica says if you ask me i will tell you
that you look
so beautiful with your hair down thank
you now that’s not the expression but i
like the sentence
rodrigo says i’m on vacation uh i’m in
vacation then there is one thing to do
whenever i’m on vacation i want to let
my hair down again whenever i’m on
vacation i want to
let my hair down again when i’m
corrected in the sentences guys
remember to rewind later and write down
how i corrected your sentence okay
josie says when i have a vacation i’m
going to let my hair down
jonathan says when i dance i feel like
i’m able to fly
i feel like i’m letting my hair down
i feel like i’m letting my hair down
fernando says economic growth will be
re-established
in 2021 economic growth economic growth
people say both ways
uh so the government will let its hair
down all right
i’ve never heard that said like that
before so
let its hair down is used for people
right not for like a government entity
right entity or organization so
we use it when speaking about people but
i do understand what you’re saying so
again
we use this for people all right
analysis says when i take my first
touristic
group i was very uh when i took remember
past tense when i took my first
tourist group i was very excited and
nervous
my colleague told me let your hair down
and be very careful anna-lysa
going back and forth between present and
past so for the past tense make sure
everything is past
tense all right good linda says uh
at the weekend on the weekends i let my
hair down
on the weekends i let my hair down pm
says my vacation starts on friday
since i let my hair down because the
year was stressful
my vacation starts on friday so i will
let my hair down because the year was
stressful okay
again be careful not back and forth the
president passed okay
two more abdi fatah says i have had many
exams during the month of december and
now that we are free i still want to
study
but my mother said to let my hair down i
corrected it in real time so again
rewind and write down what i wrote
i’ll do one more elizabeth says quick
question oh okay hold on i’ll come back
to you elizabeth hold on one second
um nakia says at the end of this year i
will let my hair down and chat with my
relatives and friends good
i’ll do an extra hilarious says when i
feel overwhelmed or disgruntled
i usually let my hair down literally by
riding a bike
gotchu okay elizabeth says quick
question over the hill means that you’re
not too young but also you are mature
enough to be a bit mature
well no over the hill usually it
literally refers to the age like you’re
over the hill like you’re over 50.
like you’re not young anymore you’re
kind of gone on the downward trend again
if you’re zero is when you start life a
100 we say
assuming 100 is when you die the middle
part of your life
imagine a hill so this is the hill
you’re 50.
all right you’re going it’s kind of
downhill from there right you can still
accomplish many things
but you don’t have as much energy as you
had when you were 15
or 20s we say ah you’re over the hill
now when you turn 50 or 55 okay
all right um no worries annalisa i got
you keep practicing
all right um let’s see bruno says i
guess that in 2021 related to the
economics the government will put their
hair up
again guys we don’t use this when we’re
talking about an organization
let your hair down is used for people i
think you were joking though
all right so here we go over the hill
here are some examples and things that
may help you
he used to be fast but now he’s over the
hill
think about it he used to be fast back
in the day so again
i was a track runner like i love to run
this is why the
coven 19 situation and this pandemic is
hard for me because i used to go to the
gym and run
and ran every day now i can’t now when i
was younger growing up
my dad actually was a like to run too so
he would race us
and he would beat us but now that i’m
older i can run faster why because
okay as you get older you run a little
bit slower but now my nieces
they can run fast so then slowly they
can start running as fast as their
auntie so again
the older you get the less able you’re
the less you’re able to do certain
things you were able to do when you’re
younger
so he used to be fast but now he’s over
the hill
all right next one here we go after his
50th birthday bernie felt over the hill
again he felt like okay i’m going
downhill now not
up all right and finally right here once
beautiful and
enlightened susan was now over the
hill again on the kind of the downward
trajectory of their life right
all right so i’ll take about three or
four i’m looking at the time want to
make sure we end on time but
give me some sentences using the
expression over the
hill here we go uh elizabeth says
okay thanks for the explanation so in
that case my example will be my parents
are over the hill
excellent elizabeth exactly very good
amalia or amelia says when i finish my
day at work
i like to let my hair down by drinking
something with
friends god she’s just relaxing taking
it easy good
i’ll take about two or three sentences
again for over the hill
while you’re writing i’m going to keep
on going and then we’ll come back okay
so now we have these expressions and we
understand how to use them we’re
speaking about birthdays
section number four all right here we go
here’s the question i want us to look at
for birthdays and remember whenever
you’re answering the question in this
section it’s going to be a little bit
quicker today
wanna you want to try to give three
reasons three details or three examples
all right
again we’re talking about organizing
your thoughts and being able to speak
fluently
in english i see a sentence came through
hold on one second
monique says despite the sport that i do
every day i think and i feel that i am
on the road to being over the hill
got you uh-huh paula says he was the
general manager
of the company but just because he got
over the hill the committee changed him
for a young lawyer
it was sad but just because he was over
the hill
the committee decided to change his
position
ah or to give his position to a young
lawyer got you to fire him and give his
position to a young
lawyer got you that does happen very
often okay
all right here’s the question guys again
if you have sentences for over there you
can give them
what is one birthday tradition that you
would like to pass
on to your children again here’s the
question
what is one birthday tradition that you
would like to pass on to your children
so this is what i want you to do
remember whenever you’re answering you
want to give either three details three
reasons or three examples
so since i’m asking you specifically for
one tradition that you’d like to pass on
to your children one birthday tradition
i want you to tell me what the tradition
is and then give three
details about the tradition so again
the question what is one birthday
tradition that you would like to pass on
to your children
and then give me three details about
that tradition
all right here we go going back to the
comment section
i think some of you have sentences for
over the hill fernando says when i turn
over the hill i will continue
letting my hair down okay when i am over
the hill
i will continue letting my hair down
i’ll continue to let my hair down all
right
um my mom doesn’t want to accomplish
more things because she says that she’s
over the hill
however age is nothing but a number good
job
claudia says i take care of my health
because i want to feel good when i get
over the hill
good gene kelly says when i was young i
was a party animal
but now that i’m over the hill i see
life differently
excellent very good sentence very good
way of thinking very natural
all right shell says she was very sick
for two weeks but she is over the hill
now okay makes sense she’s over the hill
so
now you know she doesn’t get uh better
as fast as she did when she was younger
okay
so again the question you all again is
right here what is one
birthday tradition that you would like
to pass on to
your children remember you can pick one
tradition whatever it is
and i want you to give us three details
and remember you’re talking about it
right here
but i’m opening up on my phone remember
we have our private group again our
private telegram group
and what you’re gonna have to do is at
the end of class again
write your answer at the end of class
just like
last week you’re going to have to record
a video clip of yourself answering the
question
and you’re going to post it to our
family group right here hold on you guys
can see our family group right here
you’re going to post your videos last
week i was so proud
you guys posted your videos i think it
wasn’t everybody
so you got to get on it guys i know
you’re nervous but you can do it
but i know shell and paola and i think
analisa and a few more of you posted
your video clips so again
the question is what is one birthday
tradition that you would like to pass on
to your children
i know you guys are typing so for me one
birthday tradition that i’d like to pass
on actually this is a tradition that is
not in my family one of my good friends
what she does normally is
she will give money to someone but
she’ll add a zero to their age so if
they’re turning
nine she’ll give them well no wait a
minute wait a minute
she’s not giving ninety dollars let me
think about what she said either she’s
giving
19 or something like that she’ll add a
number to their actual age and give them
that amount of money
so it’s a really nice tradition not too
too much money but
i’ll say my personal tradition that i
like for birthdays you know we always
i like to give people gifts that they
actually want
like they need and they may have known
right so i think one tradition i try to
hold is
leading up to a friend’s birthday or a
family member’s birthday i try to think
about hey
what has that person been talking about
a lot maybe they didn’t ask me for it
but i want to find that gift that i
think they’ve always wanted but they
didn’t even realize
that they should tell somebody so i like
to find gifts people actually want
and i like going out to eat together i
think a lot of you go out to eat but i
like going out to eat
uh analisa says i think there is time
that we’ll go over the hill
yes eventually we will go over the
hill all right i think you guys are
still typing out your answers so don’t
worry keep typing them
i do want to show you all this okay
again what’s the one birthday tradition
you want to pass on to your children
and remember guys the discussion
questions right
for birthdays this is found in the
academy remember guys the same link you
use
to come to this live class for only for
the academy members
you guys will find all the questions for
you guys to practice with your partner
over the next seven days right when is
your birthday how are you celebrating
your birthday
you’ll see all of these questions on the
page in the academy when you log in
so for the next seven days you can
practice with your partners you can find
a zoom meeting
or you can schedule zoom meeting and
practice with your partners all right so
here we go
take a few answers pn says i want to
celebrate the birthday of my children
because we will spend quality time
together
two that will give us memories and it’s
a special day okay you want to spend
time with them right
quality time give you many memories and
it’s a special day so
for you the tradition you want to keep
going or keep um
keep alive is just spending time
together gotcha or i think one more let
me see
um jonathan says can i follow the
telegram group it’s not a
telegram group if you’re an academy
member yeah we’re waiting for you
all you have to do is log in and the
telegram community the link is there so
um i’m going to ask let me see the
telegram group again
if you’re a member of the academy all
you have to do is log
in go to the section where it says at
365 day lesson plan
the third one down should say private
telegram community
click that and you’ll find the link for
our telegram community we’re waiting for
you jonathan
so many good things happen in the
community people are talking all the
time having zoom meetings so
definitely all right claudia says i want
my children to take a moment to make a
reflection about how they feel and the
goals they have for the next year
all right good but remember guys when
you record your clip you got to include
three details
reason or exam reasons or examples a
good answer though just give more
supporting information
paula said i don’t have any specific
birthday tradition but first i would
like my children to learn to be grateful
to god for having
offered giving them one more year second
to pass that day with their family or to
spend that day with their family
and third to eat a beautiful and tasty
cake
yes erica says our tradition is always
to be together
i hope god allows my children to be
together and not wait
want anything but spend time together
during our time together by earning lots
of quality time okay so
spending time together and having lots
of quality time all right
um marina says i want the next
generation to continue to think that
birthday is a festive day because it’s a
moment that you can get spend together
with your loved ones
you can have fun and spread love and
happiness good spending time together
claudia says and finally to think the
things they are grateful for think about
the things they are grateful for
very good all right guys time went by so
fast today again remember your
assignment for this week again
i want you guys immediately after class
is the best time to do it
i know it’s going to be a little bit uh
sometimes people say teacher we’re a
little nervous i know i know
trust me when i first started doing
youtube videos and had to get on camera
it was a little bit you know
nerve-wracking
but the more you do it the better you’ll
become and i know your english will
improve as well so again
what you need to do is i’m going to go
back to the previous slide hold on one
second
let me go back to the slide and i want
you guys to again
answer the question you’re going to
answer the question
name one tradition and then tell us
why you want to pass it on to your
children let me show you again
what is one birthday tradition that you
would like to pass on to your children
your assignment again is to record
yourself
make a real quick video clip and then
post it to our telegram community our
private telegram community
all right you guys can do it i believe
in you remember
i’m teaching you the information but you
now have the tools to
improve your english by practicing
practice
makes perfect all right hey pn it is my
pleasure my pleasure alright guys again
i hope you enjoyed today’s class
i hope you learned a lot hope you use
the words
and the expressions now when you speak
about birthdays
over the hill age is nothing but a
number
mature festive so many words and
expressions that you can use now to
sound
more fluent in english when you speak
about birthdays all right here we go let
me see let me see
um thank you very much i appreciate that
i love my skin color too
i love being black all right um let me
see
hey thank you so much paola i love you
all too
all right guys i will see you all next
week same time
same place remember check on
our website in the family again for
those who are not if you’re not a family
member again for those watching the
recording later
remember this is for academy members
only live classes
that you guys can watch every tuesday
and get class with me and get
corrections
as well so thanks again guys again for
those who are watching this later you
can come join us let’s jump right in
calm all right you’re welcome guys
you’re welcome
how do you recommend me to use the
academy to improve to write my essay
so writing is all about thought
organization so again in the academy if
you’re following my daily plan your
writing is also going to improve
remember writing is basically you
organizing your thoughts and putting
them on paper
so if you’re improving your speaking
skills your writing will also improve
too but in the academy there’s one
section i have about how to write an
essay
find that you can watch that video but
remember still follow my daily plan
and still practice including
recording your video clip it will help
your writing improve as well
yes time is up i know that hour went by
very fast
hugs for you guys too good to see you
all i’ll see you guys next week
you’re welcome thank you so much shel i
hope you have an awesome day too
mary it’s true guys merry christmas yes
merry christmas this
friday is christmas so i wish you all
a merry christmas and i will see you all
next week
have an awesome day awesome evening for
those
who are experiencing the same time zone
i am in right now all right guys i’ll
talk to you all next week