How to Express Yourself in English when you are happy
do you want to express yourself
naturally in English well don’t worry
today I will teach you how to express
yourself naturally in English welcome to
speak English with Tiffany I am teacher
Tiffany and today we are going to learn
the sixth
secret to speaking English how to
express yourself in English when you are
happy this secret will improve your
ability to speak clearly and logically
in English are you ready
well then let’s jump right in as an
English Learner you spend hours upon
hours studying grammar memorizing
vocabulary and reviewing tons and tons
of expressions but when it comes time to
use what you have learned in a situation
sometimes the words just don’t come out
that is because you have been learning
all of these things separately but when
you begin to learn vocabulary
expressions and idioms as a group
altogether then your ability to express
yourself naturally in English will
improve so let’s look at this method
today and learn how to naturally express
ourselves when we are happy the
vocabulary word we will learn that
relates to being happy is elated elated
elated means very happy very happy three
example sentences using this vocabulary
word our he was elated after winning the
contest he was elated after winning the
contest number two the girl recorded his
elated reaction and the video went viral
the girl recorded his elated reaction
and the video went viral and number
three she met Michael a few weeks later
and her friends were elated she met
Michael
a few weeks later and her friends were
elated next we will look at an
expression the expression we will learn
that relates to being happy is jump for
joy jump for joy jump for joy means to
be extremely happy and usually the
person will jump in the air but not
always sometimes it’s a figurative
expression three example sentences using
this expression are number one Samantha
jumped for joy when she found out that
she had passed the exam
Samantha jumped for joy when she found
out that she had passed the exam number
two
Bryan jumped for joy when he heard that
his wife was pregnant again
Bryan jumped for joy when he heard that
his wife was pregnant and number three
Aaron jumped for joy when he heard that
his wife got the job again
Aaron jumped for joy when he heard that
his wife got the job and finally we will
look at one idiom the idiom we will
learn that relates to being happy is on
cloud nine again on cloud nine on cloud
nine means to be happy three example
sentences using this idiom are number
one I was on cloud nine when the boss
announced that I was getting a raise
again I was on cloud nine when the boss
announced that I was getting a raise
number two she was on cloud nine because
her boyfriend called her from overseas
again she was on cloud nine because her
boyfriend called her from overseas and
number three he bought his first car and
he’s on cloud nine
once again
he bought his first car and he’s on
cloud nine
now that we know one vocabulary word one
expression and one idiom related to
being happy let’s look at an example
question and answer it using what we
have learned the question were you all
happy when you heard the news
answer yes I was elated when I heard the
news my little brother was happy too
he jumped for joy my dad even looked
like he was on cloud nine all right
amazing today you learned the sixth
secret to speaking English how to
express yourself in English when you are
happy we learned one new vocabulary word
elated one new expression jump for joy
and one new idiom on cloud nine so
instead of just saying you feel happy
you will now be able to express yourself
like a native speaker and use multiple
natural expressions so try to use at
least one new vocabulary word expression
or idiom today you can do it you can
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