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

teaching english now students as you’re

coming in you know what to do

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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

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

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

phase in some type of development right

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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