SAY THESE 2 THINGS IN EVERY ENGLISH CONVERSATION

hey there’s something you need to know

about english conversations you see

every single english conversation

includes two main parts these two things

you must say in every conversation if

you want to speak english fluently

and that’s exactly why i created today’s

lesson

i want to help you understand these two

things

master them and start using them so that

you can be fluent in english

are you ready well then i’m teacher

tiffany let’s

jump right in all right so again every

conversation

includes two main things now the first

thing is right here

your opinion the first part of any

english conversation

involves you giving your personal

opinions

or ideas about a specific topic

now the second part is your personal

experience the second part of any

english conversation

involves you giving your personal

experience

related to a specific topic now you’ll

notice for both of these parts

they’re all related they’re both related

to the

topic you are discussing in the

conversation but these

two things must be used in every english

conversation

your opinion and your personal

experience

now you’re probably thinking to yourself

okay teacher tiffany

that seems simple enough however how can

i say these

two things in every single

english conversation now you know i’m

not gonna let you down

i’m gonna show you actually from a real

conversation

how you can include these two things in

a real conversation

so i had a conversation with another

teacher a native english speaker

it was a great conversation but a

portion of that conversation

involved us speaking about a certain

topic

she and i teacher julie you guys know

her

we were talking about how you keep the

lines of communication

open how you stay in contact with people

when you live

abroad so what i want us to do really

quickly is

again this conversation a very short

conversation

in which julie and i talk about how to

still communicate with people

when you are far away so what i want to

do is show you the short clip very

quickly

and i want you to listen closely and see

if you can hear

when i give my opinion and then when i

give my personal experience

and also when teacher julie gives her

opinion

and gives her personal experience

because these two things

must be in every english conversation

so here we go it’s true

it’s very true you know what’s

interesting though and again i think you

probably have recognized this as well

being overseas and having a lot of your

close friends

back at home even with the time

difference and like not being able to

talk on the phone

for the individuals that do take the

time to either respond to your audio

messages or like

keep that like communication open it

really does make a difference i know

like one of my friends she and i we were

close prior to me going to korea

but we got even closer during my time in

korea because

she kept like communicating so it wasn’t

like oh you’re gone see when you get

back i was like no no even though you’re

gone i still want to communicate with

you so

yeah the people i stayed in contact with

like we got even closer so yeah i think

it

the messages do make a difference too

that’s that’s surprising because

i think it’s quite easy to like drift

apart from people

uh when you’re further apart and like to

keep the lines of communication open and

communicate even more like that’s rare

i’m in contact with

people but it’s like on facebook on

instagram and there’s

some friends i have on whatsapp and i

speak with them but

um i think that yeah our communication

has decreased

honestly um so that’s really nice that

you had that experience with your friend

because

yeah it’s uncommon it’s rare all right

so you see again

short clip from our conversation but

within that short clip

a little bit over one minute i gave my

opinion

and i gave my personal experience and

julie did the same

so let me break it down let me show you

exactly what happened in the

conversation

and there were also some new words and

expressions that i want to explain

and teach you so let’s jump back to my

screen and again

i want to show you what happened at the

beginning of the conversation here we go

so the first part giving my opinion

and details this is what i said

in the beginning at the beginning i said

you know what’s interesting though

and again i think you probably have

recognized

this as well being overseas and having a

lot of your close friends

back at home even with the time

difference and not being able to talk on

the phone

for the individuals that do take the

time to either

respond to your audio messages or keep

that communication

open it really does make a difference

now this is the exact dialogue exactly

what i

said during the conversation at the very

beginning so again you can practice by

reading through it

and maybe listening to this part again

to practice your pronunciation

but i started off by giving my

opinion but there are two expressions i

want to explain

to you really quickly all right time

difference now

time difference refers to the difference

in

standard time between places in

different

time zones so for example let’s pause

really quickly

i live in maryland i’m in america on the

east coast

but when i lived in south korea the time

was different korea was about 13 or 14

hours ahead of my hometown

so someone could have asked me hey tiff

what’s the time difference and again

they’re just

asking me what time is it there what

time is it here

and what’s the difference so we say time

difference

in english now let’s see an example

sentence using this expression

here we go what’s the time difference

between

japan and new york all right

so what i want you to do actually in the

comment section i want you to

be active what’s the time difference

between

and just write that i want you to

practice using this pattern so right now

in the comment section

write your own question right what’s the

time

difference between pick a location and

pick another location all right good job

you can do it put it in the comment

section

alright so time difference now i also

said something else i said make

a difference now make a difference means

having a significant effect on a person

or situation so let’s say for example

my family we are very very

close i love my family so much

so what my family thinks my parents

opinions my sister’s opinions literally

affect me so your opinion if i’m

speaking to my mom or my father

hey your opinion makes a difference it

means it has an effect on me

it has an effect on what i’m doing so we

say

makes a difference in english now let’s

see an example sentence here we go

the scholarship fund made a difference

in a lot of people’s lives

so you see right there made a difference

is used right

so again we’re looking at the first part

where i was talking

and remember there are two things you

must say in every conversation

the first being your opinion so i gave

my opinion right here i said hey you

know it’s interesting

um usually you know you have a lot of

close friends back at home

but with the time difference for those

that actually

do stay in contact it does make a

difference

so i’m giving my opinion hey we may be

far away

but if you still make an effort to

communicate with me

hey that’s going to make a difference

that

is my opinion so really quickly i want

us to

listen just to that short part one more

time

so you can hear when i gave my opinion

so pay a click

pay close attention here we go

you know what’s interesting though and

again i think you probably have

recognized this as well being overseas

and having a lot of your close friends

back at home even with the time

difference

and like not being able to talk on the

phone for the individuals that do take

the time to either respond to your audio

messages or like

keep that like communication open it

really does make a difference

okay so you see what happened right we

went over the dialogue what i said

but i gave my opinion that’s the very

first part of any conversation

now what’s part two yeah you got it

exactly

part two is now telling my personal

experience

now did i do that you know i did so

let’s check it out

let’s see how i talked about my

experience in relation to the topic we

were discussing

so let’s go back to my screen and check

this out here we go

so here we go i we watched clip number

one

now giving my personal experience

it really does make a difference i know

one of my friends

here we go i’m starting she and i we

were

close prior to me going to korea but we

got

even closer during my time in korea

because she kept communicating you see

how i immediately

went into my personal experience right

talking about my friend and what

happened let’s continue

so it wasn’t like oh you’re gone

see you when you get back it was like no

no

even though you’re gone i still want to

communicate with you

so the people i stayed in contact with

we got even closer

so yeah i think it the messages do make

a difference

too so again i already gave my opinion

part one

i said my opinion and now i’m giving my

personal experience about one

of my friends right and i’ll tell you a

story during

story time about my friend alright so

stay here don’t go anywhere it’s at the

end all right so

in this part i did use an expression or

a pattern

prior to this is a vocabulary word now

prior to

just means before a particular time

or event all right so for example

i’m recording this lesson for you right

but

prior to recording this lesson i

ate an amazing breakfast right i had

potatoes

i had some fruit i had avocado it was

delicious so i can say

right before this event right before

this time of recording this video

i ate a really good breakfast so prior

to recording i ate a really good

breakfast so we say prior to in english

now let’s see another example sentence

here we go

make sure all revisions are approved by

the author

prior to publication all right so now

again i told

a personal experience so let’s go back

and check out just that portion of the

conversation all right

let’s go to that portion of the

conversation and see

how it sounds here we go

it really does make a difference i know

like one of my friends

she and i we were close prior to me

going to korea

but we got even closer during my time in

korea because

she kept like communicating so it wasn’t

like oh you’re gone see when you get

back it was like no no even though

you’re gone i still want to communicate

with you so

yeah the people i stayed in contact with

like we got even closer so yeah i think

it

the messages do make a difference too

all right so you see what happened right

you heard you understood you even

understood the

words i used prior to again i gave my

opinion

then i gave my personal experience now

we’re going to hear what julie did as

well

but you see there is one problem i want

to show you what this problem is

again you as a student you want to speak

english fluently you also want to be

able to just like me

say these two things in a conversation

but here’s the problem

it’s hard for you to think about

and practice talking about your personal

experiences many of my students when i

was in south korea

had this trouble they didn’t know how to

organize their thoughts

they didn’t know how to find experiences

that would connect to the conversation

here’s the thing in order to do this you

must

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all right so again guys we’re learning

the

two parts that you must say in any

english conversation

your opinion and also your personal

experience

so what about julie how did julie

respond after i said my opinion and gave

my experience

well let’s go and check out what julie

did

here we go so now julie is going to give

her opinion and some details so here we

go this is what julie said

that’s surprising because i think it’s

quite easy

to like drift apart from people

when you are farther apart and like to

keep the lines of communication

open and communicate even more like

that’s rare so again you see

julie is now responding to what i said

and in

julie’s opinion it’s quite rare it’s

easy for people to drift apart

when they live farther apart so again

julie what did she do the first thing

she

said her opinion i’m telling you this is

a part of

every single english conversation first

giving your opinion

now i want to explain something to you

she said

drift apart now drift apart means to

slowly

cease or stop being close to

or friends with someone or

to lose personal contact

over time this is a phrasal verb alright

so

maybe you had a friend that you were

really close to when you were in high

school or when you were in elementary

school

but over time you stopped contacting

her or him so you drifted

apart makes sense right all right now

here’s an example sentence for you all

right

the two women who had been friends since

school

drifted apart after they started work

all right now the second one is the

lines of communication

open so in english we say keep the lines

of communication

open and this just means a means by

which

information may be transmitted from one

person

to another so keeping the lines of

communication open meaning

hey i’m always available you can contact

me

you can text me you can message me this

is saying

i’m keeping the lines of communication

open

if you want to contact me you can i’ll

be

available for you right so let’s see the

example sentence here we go

the couple made an agreement to always

keep the lines of communication

open all right so again they made a

commitment to never

cut each other off they would always be

available to talk all right

so again julie gave her opinion about

being far away

and she said oh man usually people

drift apart so now let’s check this out

let’s

listen to what julie said here we go

just that portion

of the conversation here we go that’s

surprising because

i think it’s quite easy to like drift

apart from people

uh when you’re further apart and like to

keep the lines of communication

open and communicate even more like

that’s rare

all right so you heard her right she

said it’s very rare it’s

hard to keep the lines of communication

open because in her opinion

people usually drift apart you’re seeing

you’re seeing now right these two parts

are in every conversation so

that means if julie just gave her

opinion

the next thing she must do is what

exactly julie must now give

her personal experience so let’s see if

that actually happened in the

conversation all right

so julie giving her personal experience

here’s what julie said

i’m in contact with people but it’s like

on facebook on instagram and there are

some friends i have on whatsapp

and i speak with them julie gave

her personal experience how does she

stay in contact with her friends

she mentioned what facebook instagram

whatsapp

she said her personal experience

right after she gave her opinion

again you must say these two things

in every english conversation this is

how

you speak english fluently so again she

mentioned

facebook instagram and whatsapp so

let’s watch this clip let’s go back and

see very quickly

just this part of the conversation when

julie

said quickly her personal experience so

here we go

like that’s rare i’m in contact with

people but it’s like on facebook on

instagram and there’s

some friends i have on whatsapp and i

speak with them

okay you heard it right it was very

quick whatsapp

instagram facebook and i stay in contact

with them

she said her personal experience so now

i gave my opinion and i also gave my

personal experience

julie gave her opinion and her personal

experience

now what happens at the end of a

conversation

well at the end of a conversation there

has to be

a wrap-up now did that happen during

this

short conversation at the end was there

a wrap up

yes there was here we go so there must

be a summary and

julie wraps up that part of the

conversation

here’s what she says but i think that

yeah our communication has decreased

honestly

so that’s really nice that you had that

experience

with your friend because yeah it’s

uncommon

it’s rare so what did she do she brought

it

right back to what i said at the

beginning she said yeah you know

it’s uncommon it’s not really common

that people will stay in contact but

it’s nice tiffany

that you’re still able to stay in

contact with your friends and you were

still able to stay in contact with them

when you were in korea she wrapped up

the conversation i gave my opinion my

experience

she gave her opinion her experience and

wrapped it up

now there’s a word she used though she

used the word rare

now rare just means not occurring very

often seldom occurring or found

now an example sentence is the museum is

full of rare

and precious treasures so again it’s

just referring to things that you may

not

see all the time or things that don’t

really happen

all the time in english we say

rare good job so again

let’s check out this short part of the

conversation that happened

at the end and see how it sounds

but um i think that yeah our

communication has decreased

honestly um so that’s really nice that

you had that experience with your friend

because

yeah it’s uncommon it’s rare

all right she said yeah it’s uncommon

it’s rare so you heard her

wrap up the conversation now this video

clip was short this part of the

conversation but

in this one minute conversation you

still heard the two things that are

always

included in every english conversation

so one more time what’s the first thing

the first thing again

is your opinion and the second thing is

your personal experience now i really

hope you enjoyed this lesson

never forget say these two things in

every english conversation

your opinion and your personal

experience i’m teacher tiffany i really

hope you enjoyed this lesson

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thanks so much for joining me i will see

you next week but

as always remember to speak

english

you still there you know what time it is

it’s story time

hey i said it’s story time

all right so for today’s story

i want to tell you something about

my weekend this happened a few days ago

one of my closest friends she’s actually

one of my best friends

she had a birthday party now this is

going to show you something about my

friend’s personality

so my friend had this huge birthday

party right

she had a really big milestone birthday

and it was gonna be outside so the

decorations were beautiful

now my friend she had planned to wear an

amazing outfit

but she also asked us myself and two of

her other friends

to practice a dance she said tiff i want

you guys to learn this dance so that

when i come

out we can immediately start doing the

dance together

so myself and my two other friends said

okay we got your back we’ll do it

so again this happened on sunday so

on she asked me to learn the dance and

then on sunday morning i said let me

make sure i know this dance before we

get to the party

so i opened the link that she sent me

that had the dance and the dance

it was kind of short but had quite a few

steps to it

now i assumed it was going to just kind

of be like you know real simple maybe a

little left to the right maybe you know

a little two-step or something

so when i opened the link when i clicked

on the link

it was a little bit more than i

anticipated there was a guy

in a student studio teaching these

students the steps

so i was following him i was following

the youtube video that

taught the lesson like taught the dance

so as i’m in my room practicing the

dance there was a lot of stepping on the

side then criss-cross

then slide to the left slide to the

right spin out spin to the left

after five minutes i was out of breath

now

i have a lot of energy but i was out of

breath and i sat on my bed and i said

lord i don’t know what’s going to happen

when i get out there

so anyways fast forward we come to now

the party so

i’m there my other two friends are there

and a lot of other people are there

so we’re waiting for my friend to come

out her birthday

she’s got really nice dress on and the

music comes on

so me and the other two ladies are like

okay it’s about to be our time now i

have my camera

to record my friend so my friend comes

out and she’s you know kind of jam into

the music or whatever

and i thought well maybe i’ll just

record because

she wants to dance but then she looked

at us she said let’s do it

so we said okay so we got behind her

and we started doing the steps now the

only thing is

there were four of us right all four of

us were doing different steps

it wasn’t that we were doing the wrong

steps somebody had watched a different

video they have a different dance for

the song

but when i say we were all happy man so

we were all doing the dance

everybody else joined in and we were

doing the dance

but then the sky opened up

and it started pouring down

rain so the dance got cut short and we

all

walked underneath my friend’s um her

deck we’re thinking hey it’ll be like a

five minute rain because it’s the summer

time

but that wasn’t the case the rain kept

coming

now here’s what i want to tell you about

my friend one thing that i love about my

friend

is she rolls with the punches

now rolling with the punches means

something may happen that’s unexpected

but instead of letting it bother you

you just keep pushing forward and you

don’t stress and that’s exactly how

my friend is think about this oh my

friend turned 50. so this is a very

important birthday she’s been planning

it for months and the moment she came

out

a few minutes after it started pouring

down rain it rained on all the

decorations

and other people would have burst out in

tears and been

so worried and anxious but my friend

said all right

let’s just take it inside and everybody

went inside and it ended up being an

amazing

birthday an amazing time but i really

value my friend for being able to let

things

roll off of her back rolling with the

punches and still being able to have a

great time

even when bad things happen so uh we

have that kind of in common you just

kind of figure things out and roll with

it but

my friend is very special to me her name

is monica monica if you watch this video

i’m so glad you had a great birthday

but yes sometimes you have to just roll

with the punches and go with the flow

now that was my personal experience my

opinion was

yes i think that it’s good to roll with

the punches you see how i put that in

there right

now i hope you have a friend like that

as well that is really easy going

don’t forget to make your sentence and

put it in the comment section i want to

see you guys practice

and i hope you enjoyed this story about

my friend’s birthday party

i will see you all next week have an

awesome

week and i’ll talk to you later bye