Whats The Norm

hi i’m vanessa from speak english with

vanessa calm and today i’m going to

teach you an expression that you can use

to describe your culture let’s get

started if you have visited the u.s. you

know that almost all americans have to

drive to get around almost everyone has

to drive it’s the norm it’s something

that is normal this expression that i

used it’s the norm it’s the norm is

something that you can use to describe

something that’s normal for your culture

in the u.s. it’s the norm to drive it’s

the norm to have a car because cities

are very spread out

public transportation isn’t that great

so it’s the norm to drive let me give

you some other examples so that you can

use the word the norm it’s the norm to

be able to describe your culture you

could say it’s the norm to use

chopsticks in Japan it’s the norm to use

a fork and a knife in France it’s the

norm to have air conditioning in the

south of my country because it’s so hot

but in the north it’s not as common in

the north it’s not the norm to have air

conditioning is it the norm to have air

conditioning in Italy is it the norm or

you could say having a pet is the norm

in the u.s. almost all families in the

US have a pet it’s the norm it’s

something that is in general and a lot

of people do it’s the norm

this doesn’t mean 100 percent of course

nothing is 100 percent but we could say

it’s the norm it’s normal for a lot of

people so now I have a question for you

what is something that’s the norm in

your country leave a comment below this

video and let everyone know about your

country what is the norm in your country

you could talk about the food

transportation language way of speaking

way of communicating there

a lot of things that could be the norm

in your country so let me know in the

comments below

what’s the norm in your country and try

to use this expression as best as you

can

I’ll see you in the comments and talk to

you later good bye