How To Speak Fluently In English About Various Topics Likes and Dislikes

so you want to be fluent in English you

want to talk about topics like music or

reading or weather or travel or even

cooking but you don’t know how well

today I’m gonna teach you this formula 1

2 7 to make you fluent in English this

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let’s jump right in the first part of

the formula is the number one and we’re

going to give our personal opinion now

this number actually represents the

sentence okay the amount of sentences we

are going to use to express our opinion

all right so you’re gonna state if you

like or dislike the topic being

discussed so let’s see this in some

examples so again we have music we can

say very simply yes I like music or then

for reading we can say yes I like to

read now if we’re talking about the

weather I want to teach you an

expression you see I’m saying I don’t

like right here I don’t like cold

weather but then I add one bit now in

English if you add this expression or

pattern you are just saying at all it

means

100% okay so we use it when we’re

speaking of something in the negative

way okay in a negative way I don’t like

for example I don’t like meat one bit

this is just an example or I don’t like

ice cream one bit okay

so again when it’s negative you can say

one bit too mean at all okay and what

about travel for travel we can say yes I

actually love to travel now in this one

when you add actually you are just

emphasizing the truth of your opinion

okay you’re just emphasizing that all

right and for cooking let’s say for

example for cooking we just want to say

yes I enjoy cooking remember enjoy is

just another word for like okay all

right now the second part of our formula

was the number two and what we’re gonna

do is we’re gonna give general

statements about the topic that we are

going to be discussing okay so again

remember this is the first sentence

okay first sentence and remember the

number two is going to represent the

second sentence so in other words we are

going to use two sentences to give a

general statement about the topic all

right so our first sentence for this

section or part of the formula is give

the first general piece of information

on the topic and our second sentence is

going to be giving a more detailed piece

of information again about the topic

alright so let’s see this in action here

we go

so we’re still talking about music this

is what our sentence looks like our two

sentences actually music is considered

to be a universal language that’s a

general piece of information general

statement now real quick considered to

be okay this just means

many people believe this okay so many

people agree on whatever it is you are

talking about okay many people agree or

think this okay think this about a

certain topic okay so we say in English

considered to be so for example let’s

say when you think about American food

what comes to mind

probably hamburgers and french fries

right okay even my students in Korea

they would always say hamburgers and

french fries when they were talking

about American food okay so if this is a

belief that many people have a general

idea that many people have we can say

that hamburgers and fries are considered

to be the most popular American foods

okay make sense great job

now the second sentence says no matter

what country you go to you will always

be able to find some form of music again

now we’re giving a little bit more

detail in our second sentence okay now

what about reading so for the reading

the first sentence is reading books is

said to enhance a person’s eye cue now

remember IQ just refers to your

intelligence okay so your intelligence

now enhance enhance in English it just

means to improve or make better

okay so again to improve or make better

so according to many studies reading is

said to enhance your intelligence again

this is what number one is a general

statement now we’re gonna move into the

second sentence which is gonna give us

more detail okay all right now the

second sentence says it is also said to

improve their understanding of the world

so what happened we gave more details

about the type of intelligence that

people can gain why because they read

books about the world okay general

statements all right now what about the

weather so for the weather we can say

for the first sentence usually cold

weather means lots of snow or wind with

very low temperatures well that’s true

a very general statement now the second

sentence says for example in Michigan

every winter they get multiple feet of

snow each year again so we’ve given a

detail because we said Michigan and we

also said the amount of snow that

Michigan gets each year okay so again

those two sentences now for travel this

is what travel would look like if we

gave an answer about this okay it says

recently traveling around the world has

become quite popular okay so in English

if we use the word quite it just means

very okay again we’re emphasizing

whatever we are talking about we say

quite okay so you can say for example

you can say it’s quite cold outside it

means it’s very cold outside okay or you

can say it’s quite large which means

something is very large okay all right

now our second sentence is you can find

many youtubers making their living by

traveling the world instead of working a

nine-to-five now there are two

expressions two patterns that I want to

explain to you guys in this sentence

okay making their living and working a

nine-to-five so let’s bring this over

here now making their living just means

earning money okay earning money

to live on okay to to live on or off of

okay to live on or off of we both we say

both of those in English okay so like a

career basically career or the salary

you receive okay and for working 9:00 to

5:00 I’ve explained this in the previous

video but this refers to daily hours

worked okay now in other words a full

workday okay a full workday now why do

we say this in English because normally

in America we usually work from 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

now some people come to work earlier and

some people also stay at work a little

bit later but in general this is the

period of time that people work so we

say 9:00 to 5:00 to refer to a job or

working okay all right and for cooking

for cooking it would look like this

cooking is a major part of almost every

culture okay so again whenever we say

almost every okay almost every means

basically everyone okay basically

everyone or let’s say everything okay so

let’s say you are discussing something

with someone and instead of 100% let’s

say it’s 98 percent well you can say

almost all or

almost every this is a pattern you can

use again this is going to help you

improve your English fluency okay now

for the second sentence we have this is

because food brings people together

alright so again we have our two

sentences that both give us the general

statement about the topic okay now the

last part of our equation was the number

seven yep it’s a doozy it’s a little bit

long so this one refers to stating three

reasons why and also the supports so how

many sentences do we have here

we have 1 2 3 4 5 6 & 7 now for the

first sentence this is what we need to

do we need to state the number of

reasons that we have okay now again

we’re looking at 3 but this number can

change depending on what you’re talking

about

number 2 state your first reason for

liking or disliking it referring to the

topic 3 give a support for this reason

right here number 4

state your second reason for liking or

disliking it number 5 give a support

again for the reason you mentioned here

number 6 state your third reason and

number 7 again it’s going to be the

support for this reason so again let’s

jump into seeing exactly how this will

look okay so we have three details about

what happened now we’re talking about

what we’re talking about music this is

what our seven sentences will look like

okay here we go personally I have three

reasons why I like music okay check we

have the first sentence right here state

the number okay

next first I think music is a great form

of self-expression

alright we got our second one why

because they said music is a great form

of self-expression okay self-expression

we also use let me bring this unless

there’s a different color for this one

guys okay let’s use a blue okay

self-expression just refers to let’s go

up here okay creative lis expressing

your self

okay creatively expressing yourself in

English we say self-expression okay

expressing let’s see if we can get this

in here your self alright so again the

second sentence is taken care of the

first and the second sentence now

we have there are hundreds of musical

artists in the world today and their

individual styles enhance the music they

produce remember we had enhanced on the

previous screen which just means to

improve or make better okay so we gave

the first support all right now moving

on to the next one second

I like music because I love to dance

alright this is the reason now we need a

support okay if you come to my house you

will always hear music and see us

dancing around the room okay that is a

support for that reason now next my

third reason for liking music is that it

brings people to gather

okay brings people together okay alright

so that’s there and then whenever people

get together in a group there is always

some sort of music playing in the back

ground alright so we have the support

okay very good seven sentences now what

about when we’re talking about reading

four readings the first sentence okay I

personally like reading for three

specific reasons okay remember specific

just means exact okay or certain so

exact or we can say certain alright so

again this covers our first sentence the

second sentence says remember the reason

first reason first reading helps me to

relax that’s the reason now what are

some specific details about that I

normally read a good book after getting

home from work in the evening okay so

we’ve given a detail this is how this

individual relaxes when they come home

from work in the evening they read a

good book okay alright next reading

helps me to gain more job related skills

okay that’s the fourth sentence alright

now gain

more okay gain just means to add okay

to add or acquire or get more okay to

add or get more

all right so gain more job related

skills

okay so again we need some more details

now alright as a computer web developer

I need to constantly keep abreast of the

latest technologies being developed whoa

whoa maybe you said teacher what does

keep abreast of mean all right so this

pattern in English just means to be

aware of the latest information okay to

be aware of the latest information okay

so this person said that they work in

computers and they need to keep abreast

or be aware of the latest information

okay in English we say keep abreast of

all right

okay so again that’s done now finally

the last reason reading is a great way

to spend time with my kids my children

so again that’s taken care of that was

easy

now the support my children love for me

to read to them every night before going

to bed all right check we have that

support done very good okay now what

about the weather this is what the

weather would look like the first

sentence again while some people may

like this type of cold weather I have

three reasons why I don’t like it okay

so this is taken care of now let me

explain this pattern really quickly

while some people may dot dot dot okay

so we use this pattern when we are about

to present a contrasting viewpoint

okay contrasting or opposite view point

all right so let me show this to you

guys

visually let’s say for example we have a

group of people okay

now this group of people is discussing a

certain topic let’s say these people

right here let’s make this one a woman

and this one woman as well now they are

discussing politics okay

politics and school all right now let’s

say for example these individuals

believe that politics should be

discussed in school so they are yes

right they say yes it should be

discussed in school

however this individual and this

individual say that politics should not

be discussed in school so what happens

now if we’re going to use once again

this right here we can say while some

people may believe that politics should

be taught in school now we have the

contrast other people do not agree

okay so again while some people dot dot

or while some people may dot okay all

right great job now the first reason

first I have a low tolerance for cold

weather not real quick let me explain

that to you guys

low tolerance low tolerance just means

not able to deal with or endure okay not

able to deal with or endure so some

people say they have a low tolerance for

children they can’t deal with them or

endure you know the screaming or them

being loud I have a very high tolerance

I love children okay but again we say

low tolerance alright so again that is

taken care of now the next sentence

giving more details giving a support in

other words no matter how many pieces of

clothing I have on I am still usually

cold again support the person is wearing

a lot of clothes but they’re still cold

next we have the second reason I usually

catch a bad cold when it gets cold when

it gets cold outside okay that covers

right here now the support I remember

having a cold that eventually led to me

getting the flu last year so for the

support this individual actually gave an

example okay next we’re gonna have

lastly the last reason I can’t go

outside as much as I would like when it

is cold alright so this is a reason they

can’t go outside a lot what’s the

support I love outdoor sports but cold

weather inhibits me from enjoying the

sports I want to enjoy so we got more

detailed because this person mention

that they do like sports

alright so real quick inhibits this word

just means to stop or to prevent okay to

stop or prevent someone from doing

something alright okay great job now if

you’re talking about travel okay this is

what it would look like for travel now

in my case even though I have many

reasons for liking to travel I can tell

you my top three okay so we got that

taken care of but again let’s look at

this right here

now in my case alright in my case just

means in my situation in my situation or

in my experience okay let’s say or

experience alright in English we say in

my case alright okay now we have that

taken care of next we have the first

first I love to experience new cultures

taking care of that’s the reason what’s

the support after traveling to many

different countries I realized how much

I could learn from the unique qualities

of other cultures so giving an actual

example this person traveled to many

different countries okay now second

reason I enjoy learning new languages

okay

now was the support languages connect

people in a way that supersedes many

other types of connections okay

supersedes now supersedes just means to

be more important or valuable okay more

important or valuable all right

supersede so this person gave that as a

support all right okay next finally the

last reason I enjoy meeting new people

okay that’s the reason and the support

each time I travel around the world I

make new amazing friendships this person

actually makes new friendships that’s

their support ok very good

now if we’re talking about cooking how

do we answer this one so cooking here we

go the first sentence I mainly have

three reasons why I enjoy cooking okay

so in English when we say I mainly okay

this is in general okay in general or as

the majority in general or the majority

alright let me say I mainly let’s fix

this really quickly make that I clearer

okay all right so again the first ones

taken care of they have how many reasons

you got it

three reasons okay first cooking is a

way for me to express myself in a

creative way remember earlier is the

second sentence we learned creative

expression we can also say self

expression all right so what’s the

support instead of cook

with recipes I simply cook everything

from scratch all right that’s the

support but you may be asking yourself

teacher what is this trying to tell us

from scratch so from scratch just means

with no recipe no recipe or assistance

okay all from her or his head okay

cooking from scratch all right so again

the second Kara now second reason

cooking gives me the ability to control

what I eat when I cook the food okay so

again the reasons taken care of now the

support when I cook the food I don’t

have to worry about any harmful

ingredients okay that’s the support all

right now what we’re gonna do is the

last reason here we go finally I love

cooking because I can experience new

cultures alright that’s the reason

what’s the support the support is some

of my favorite types of food to cook are

Indian and Mexican food again this

person has given us their support for

their reason so we are able to discuss

cooking in a way that was very fluent

okay using fluent English all right okay

remember this is the formula one to

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