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so yes today’s topic is going to be
Christmas Christmas is going to be the
theme for today but not only Christmas
related vocabulary words but I’m going
to explain some expressions you can use
when giving and receiving gifts so good
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from how I used last week’s grammar
point so if you joined last week maybe
you remember that we talked about
memories how to talk about your memories
in last week’s livestream so I have a
this week I used an Instagram post not a
Twitter post so this was my I was
talking about today’s livestream with
this post so today’s livestream is
Christmas dreamed of course but in the
text here I said when I was a kid when I
was a kid I was terrified of this Santa
decoration that was in my grandparents
house so when I was a kid is a way to
introduce our memories we talked about
this and
few other similar expressions in last
week’s livestream so if you missed that
please check out last week’s live stream
do I want the Santa hat I don’t know the
producer is asking if I want the Santa
hat I don’t know maybe it may be towards
the end maybe towards the end of our
lesson today I don’t know I I can’t
handle the distraction I’m not very good
at that kind of thing but anyway that
was how I used it in my life
our producer dragged me she said she
says maybe if I get 100 likes on wet on
Facebook we’ll get a Santa hat both on
both Facebook and on YouTube okay we’ll
see we’ll see I can’t keep track of the
likes in real-time there’s too much
information but that’s your guys’s job
then a bunch of likes and maybe we’ll
end the year with the Santa hat anyway
um oh she says they’ll tell me all right
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more people are in good so let’s go to
UM
oh it says 100 likes for the Santa hat
oh my gosh okay we’ll see how that goes
so if we get 100 likes we’ll get a Santa
hat going for the end of the year that’s
nice that’s nice okay but anyway I want
to mention someone had a question
Francois Francois you’ve asked questions
before on the livestream about the
grammar points we talked about last week
Francois asked what did you like to do
would it be correct to say what did you
like doing as a kid yes you can say both
what did you like to do and what did you
like doing are both correct okay so uh
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with the chat somehow on both ways hi
from japan hello Zachariah
hello MD hello Mohammad hello good all
right I’ll keep track somehow with all
of the devices we have but let’s get
started for today’s topic let’s get
started on today’s topic which is
Christmas Christmas yes but if you just
joined today we’re going to talk about
expressions for giving and receiving
gifts giving and receiving gifts and
then a couple points at the end of the
lesson give oh okay good Facebook is up
on
the computer now - all right so today I
want to talk about two main topics first
will be how to give a gift like how to
explain why you chose a gift and then
what to say when you give the person a
gift
that’ll be first second will be the
opposite how to receive a gift so like
nice questions you can ask people when
you receive a gift and then how to
accept a gift politely even if you maybe
don’t like the gift so that’s what we’re
going to talk about today in our last
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first topic for today how to explain why
you chose a gift okay so you might not
think about it really that much but it’s
kind of a good thing to be able to do if
you just walk up to somebody and you say
like here’s a present by it’s sort of
awkward it’s kind of strange so let’s
talk about some ways to make this more
smooth let’s talk about how to do this a
little more gracefully okay so if you’re
friends with the person you are giving
the gift to if it’s a friend or it’s a
family member you can introduce the gift
in kind of a casual way you can say I
got you something
or I got you a little something so this
is for friends and family members if
however I’m gonna steal the mouse here I
sorry if however it’s a colleague or a
co-worker that you’re talking to you
might need to give a little bit more
explanation so if it’s your colleague or
if it’s your co-worker you can say
something like it’s been great working
with you this year it’s been great to
work with you on this project I wanted
to give you something to express my
appreciation for example or just a small
something to say thank you so let’s take
a look at this
oh we have little we have little stars
instead of like dashes or bullet points
today oh that’s cute it’s the end of the
year very nice okay so these are the two
points yeah Merry Christmas our producer
says Merry Christmas
so for friends and family when you give
someone a gift
can say I got you something I got you
something
oh okay our producers keeping track of
the likes for today so it says I got you
something so you can include here I got
you a little something to to uh hi oh
okay I don’t want that what sorry our
producer has just brought me a Santa hat
okay so we’re gonna finish the live
today this way very festive
can you guys that’s good very festive
turkeys okay thanks
thank you ice thank you producer are you
back at your desk yeah thank you thank
you Alicia
okay so let’s do it here we go I got you
something it’s for your friends and your
family members I got you a little
something is something we can do too
and then if you’re talking to your
coworkers you can say just a small
something to say thank you for
everything this year so this is slightly
more formal just a small something a
small object to say thank you for
everything this year so these are two
expressions you can use when you’re
giving someone a gift then a couple
things when you receive this hats
walking the text then when you receive
when you receive a gift though or um
when you give someone a gift to they
might ask you can I open it can I open
it so the verb that we use for gifts is
open open so you might hear the
expression can I open it can I open it
might be the question they ask you when
you get the gift or when they get the
gift so you can say can I open it or if
they say can I open it you can say sure
or you don’t have to open it now but
open it is the gift the gift related
verb to open to reveal a gift so we
don’t use reveal we don’t use something
else we use the verb to open for gifts
so if you want to explain them why you
chose a gift so if you say something
like you begin with I got you something
like for your friends and your family
I got you something then explain why you
chose that gift for them so there are a
few expressions we can use to explain a
reason for a gift so let’s talk about a
few so first is this one I thought you
might or I thought you would
blah blah blah so in meaning in the
future I thought you might maybe there’s
a chance of something or I thought you
would so a high high probability of
something I’ll give you a couple
examples in just a second this next one
is very general I saw this for the
singular and I saw these for the plural
form I saw this and I thought of you or
I saw these and I thought of you would
be good and then here if you got someone
something for a specific purpose you
could say I got you this or I got you
these and then explain the reason why
you got that thing okay so these are
kind of some ways to explain a gift to
explain a gift all righty then so let’s
talk about a few examples then so um if
I want to use this one for example um
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example I wanted to talk to you about
I thought you okay I have to get back on
track I thought you might or I thought
you would I want to talk about these
right now so for example I could say I
got you this for a singular item I got
you this bottle of wine because I
thought you would enjoy it I thought you
would enjoy it would be nice or I got
you this gourmet coffee so you can use
this I
you this gourmet coffee because I
thought you might like to try something
new
so I want to use this pattern for a
question for you guys now so in your
case a your your turn now let’s try to
use this so imagine you are going to
give a gift to someone you are going to
give a gift to someone what do you say
to them so I think there’s a question
that we have prepared coming up over
here somewhere maybe is it there so the
question is what explain a gift that you
are giving to someone and the reason you
chose that gift explain the gift you’re
giving someone and why you chose it so
to do that needy will do I think it’s
coming so you can use this with I got
you this and then follow it with your
gift to begin with so I got you this
gift oh here comes I got you this gift
because I thought you might or I thought
you would so I just said I got you this
bottle of wine so the gift name goes
here I got you this gift this bottle of
wine because I thought you would so
would shows a high possibility or a high
probability and might shows like a
chance kind of a maybe feeling so I got
you this something because I thought you
might
buh-buh-bah so imagine you are giving a
gift to someone so please explain your
gift what is the gift you are explaining
what is the gift and why did you choose
that gift hmm okay so let’s think about
it what is the gift and why are you
giving the gift all right anything so
far hi guys I see lots of people have
joined them too okay what is the gift
why so I got you this Santa hat because
I thought you would enjoy it for example
okay
mmm is it okay I got you something
I got you a kendama again dumber so you
could practice okay good good good I got
you these make sure if you’re using the
plural if you’re using the plural
version of the gift and this should
change to these I got you these shoes
because I thought you would love them
them so remember this in this this is a
singular example sentence I got you this
should change to I got you these if
you’re using the plural form yeah all
right great so answers are coming in now
I got this coffee mug because I thought
you might use it everyday nice one okay
I got you this gift because you are so
sweet to me a very nice okay I got you
this jacket because I thought you would
like it nice Mahmud okay uh I don’t see
anything on Facebook oh okay Facebook is
coming up I got you this coat because I
thought it would be useful for you this
winter a nice one lon okay I got you
this phone because I thought you might
love this phone you would call me every
day very nice that’s from Ezra let’s see
a messiah says I got a 3d maze because I
thought she might like it great good
good good
Alan says I got you this sweater because
I thought you would need it this season
nice one okay on YouTube Bart says I got
you these shoes because I thought you
might like them perfect perfect so using
the plural form here good um lots of
people saying shoes why are so many
people saying shoe there are quite a few
Takia hey Chucky I says I got you this
robot because I thought you might enjoy
it it I thought you might enjoy it good
okay
uh over on YouTube I got you a bear cuz
I thought you would enjoy hugging him at
night that’s funny you guys have funny
reasons wow there are a couple robots
their shoes and robots why do we have so
many shears and robots it’s pretty good
Oh another one a PlayStation 4 because I
thought you would like to defeat me once
in your life playing Fifa oh that’s a
challenge christian has issued a
challenge over on facebook very nice
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oh hey great so if you’re just joining
live today’s theme in case you couldn’t
tell
today’s theme is Christmas and we’re
talking about how to give and receive
gifts so in the beginning of the lesson
we talked about giving a gift and how to
explain the gift so now I want to move
on to how to receive a gift if someone
gives you a gift how do you receive it
what do you say so let’s move on to that
part of today’s lesson alright so when
you receive a gift it’s a good idea it’s
kind of a nice idea to ask a small
question about the gift so you can say
something like wow how did you know I
wanted this or how did you know in
general so how did you know we use we’re
gonna see in just a second how did you
know is an expression that we use that
means how did you know
this was the item I wanted but we just
say how did you know here it is yeah so
how did you know I wanted a lightsaber
for Christmas or how did you know I
wanted this how did you know I wanted
Li’s so singular again singular for a
singular gift or for a plural gift how
did you know I wanted this how did you
know I wanted these but make sure to say
this if you if you use these one of
these expressions you should probably
say it with like an upbeat like excited
intonation if you say like how did you
know it sounds really insincere so
please make sure to be energetic when
you say this how did you know how did
you know I wanted this which means it’s
the it’s the it’s to give the person the
other person the idea that wow this is
something you really hoped to get this
is something you really hope to get so
you can ask these two questions these
are really good ones to ask some other
follow-up questions that might be useful
if for example if for example you
receive a gift and you’re not so excited
about it like you receive something and
you’re like oh wow that was off very
nice of this person but maybe it’s like
it’s not your favorite item or it’s
something that you’re not so excited
about you can use an expression just to
kind of create conversation like about
where they purchase the item where they
purchased it so before we studied like
the singular and plural forms for gifts
so you can apply the same thing here so
this is for something that people are
that you are happy to receive maybe but
maybe here if you get something and
you’re kind of not so excited about it
you can say oh where did you get this oh
where did you get these or something
that shows you’re interested maybe and
you are happy to talk about it but maybe
so you don’t have to pretend to be super
excited about it but you can still make
conversation about your gift oh where
did you get this or where did you get
these and of course just consider your
facial expression to like don’t
don’t look sad or don’t look
disappointed like try to be respectful
of the person when they give you a gift
but this is a good question that’s kind
of a neutral question if you receive
something you’re not so excited about it
okay so a couple things not to say a
couple of questions you should not say
if you receive a gift that you are not
excited about
if you receive something and you’re like
well um you’re not really thrilled about
it don’t ask a question like why did you
get me this don’t ask don’t ask this
question why did you get me this this is
a very negative sounding question like
if you say why did you get me this like
it sounds like this is totally not a
match for me this is totally not a match
for me at all so why did you get me this
don’t use this expression when you
receive a gift also it’s generally not
good manners to ask about the price if
you ask someone was this expensive or
were these expensive it sounds a little
bit rude in many cases so that’s a good
question to avoid was this expensive
were these expensive it’s a good idea
not to use those so please be careful of
that okay oh we have updated text all
right so these two questions don’t you I
would avoid using these two questions so
why did you get me this or why did you
get me these like not such a good
question to ask for receive when you
receive a gift don’t ask about the price
either all right hat is kind of itchy
okay so I want to make those points too
but finally if you get a gift and it’s
quite a lot maybe you receive a very
expensive gift or you’re in a situation
where maybe for your company or your
work policy you cannot accept a gift in
those cases you can say thank you very
much but I cannot accept this I thank
you but I cannot accept this I cannot
accept this so you can you should
probably begin the expression with thank
you but I cannot accept this gift okay
finally to finish your accepting of the
gift after you ask a question or
something just say thank you so thank
you so much or wow this is so nice of
you or wow I really appreciate it so I
think we have this coming up too in just
a second so when we accept a gift of
course say thank you or thank you so
much or wow this is so nice of you with
that emphasis on so wow this is so nice
of you or wow I really appreciate it I
really appreciate it sounds a little bit
more formal than thank you so much or
this is so nice of you here we go
so well I really appreciate it this is
good for um your co-workers if you
receive something at work or if you
receive something that’s kind of more
like a professional situation you can
use this wow I really appreciate it
oh yeah Pierre has an example of on the
YouTube chat Pierre Medina hi Pierre
says why did you get me this what’s
wrong with you yeah avoid that question
don’t use those questions because they
sound very aggressive and like not
appreciative told me has a funny
question on the YouTube chat why did you
get me this Ferrari I wanted a Porsche
well that sounds like a very nice
problem to have I don’t know about you
Tommy but that sounds like a very nice
problem to have son bula on YouTube this
is American English I speak American
English I’m from California I have more
of a West Coast American English accent
but my pronunciation is a bit
exaggerated in this in this video okay
good morning Jakarta alright so I think
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so on so maybe some of you saw the
Christmas video that we put on the
channel I was wearing this hat in the
video too briefly maybe some of you saw
the Christmas video on the YouTube
channel that went up two days ago so you
might know some of these things I’m
going to explain now and but if you
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watching so please check that out I hope
you get to see it but I want to make a
couple points because I checked I
checked out like the comments a little
bit and I noticed a small issue when you
greet someone on Christmas Day oh when
you greet someone on Christmas Day or
just before Christmas we use the
greeting Merry Christmas Merry Christmas
so this is kind of a greeting we only
use we only use Merry in American
English for greetings for Christmas so
you’ll see it here in just a second so
here it is Merry Christmas we have some
nice decorations down here so Merry
Christmas this is the typical greeting
use American English greeting we use for
Christmas time so we use merry please be
careful I’ve noticed some of you are
using ma rry the spelling ma rry please
be careful
merry is like to get married to marry
someone the sound is the same the
pronunciation Merry Christmas
and like to get married the
pronunciation sounds the same but this
spelling is different M e rry means
happy like full high spirits full of
happiness we use it in an expression
like eat drink and be merry merry means
happy like happy things happy times good
stuff very positive so please don’t make
a spelling mistake with this this should
be M e rry so please be careful there
however after Christmas we stop using
this phrase so the day after Christmas
we do not use this phrase you can use
this before Christmas and on Christmas
Day then after Christmas it’s a good
idea to change your greeting to happy
new year or have a happy new year have a
happy new year happy new year or have a
happy new year hardly I just explained
what merry means merry means very happy
full of high spirits hi Carly I just
answered one of your questions and ask
Alicia I think so thanks for the
question
umm then when you yes have a happy new
year is the one you can use after
Christmas but before the new year before
the new year okay but if you are wanting
to like greet somebody at this time of
year so it’s before Christmas it’s
before the new year you can say both of
them you can combine these two to say
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year both
of them we can put them both in the same
greeting we can put them both there so
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year if
you listen to English Christmas songs
you’ve probably heard this expression
like Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year something like that so we can
combine these two Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year
so to all of you watching Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year and of
course you can use happy
all the days as well happy holidays is a
nice and general expression yeah yeah oh
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the end
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