REAL ENGLISH CONVERSATION Learn Real English From Real English Conversations Episode 1

hey today i’m going to help you sound

more like a native english speaker in

order to do that you must have natural

english conversations so today i’m going

to show you two real english

conversations between two native english

speakers i’m going to break down the

conversations explain the words and

expressions that were used and help you

finally have a real english conversation

like a native english speaker are you

ready

well then i’m teacher tiffany let’s jump

right in all right so the first english

conversation that we’re going to look at

was actually a conversation i had with

my good friend chanel now we started off

the conversation like this

i said chanel

how is communication changing between

people

chanel responded so

first off communication is not happening

at all now let me pause really quickly

because maybe you’ve never heard this

expression

first off maybe it’s not in one of your

english books so let me explain in

english we use this a lot when we are

first starting a conversation and we

have multiple ideas or opinions so

really quickly let me show you the

meaning of this expression first off you

see this meaning is used for introducing

the first of a series of things that you

are going to say so my friend chanel

after i asked her a question she said oh

tiff

first off hey i’m about to tell you my

main point this is the first in a series

of things that i’d like to say

in english we say first off

one more time after me for pronunciation

practice

first off

excellent all right now let’s look at

this example sentence here we go

first off i want to tell you how much i

like your work

makes sense hey the first thing first

hey to start i’d like to say dot dot dot

so in english conversations we use this

very often my friend said

first off and then she continued her

statement so again we have first off in

our conversation now our conversation

continued i listening to chanel

responded right but i want to give you

this tip really quickly you see she

started off by saying first off and it

let me know that even though she had

other points this was her strongest

point or opinion

when you put emphasis

on a specific point

it lets the other person know that they

need to listen

more intently

this shows that you have thought about

your response and it reveals your

english fluency so again this is why

this expression is so important when you

let someone know hey

i have quite a few ideas in my head but

this first one

it’s important they are ready to listen

to you even more so we continued our

conversation and i said

at all

now look again at what chanel said she

said so first off

communication is not happening at all

this is her opinion and i asked her a

question i said

at all

now this is what happens when you’re

having a conversation you know sometimes

you don’t want to ask someone to repeat

themselves right you feel a little shy a

little embarrassed because you’re an

english learner but look during this

conversation i’m a native english

speaker my friend is a native english

speaker and i asked her to clarify

at all so in english when we do this

during a conversation when we repeat

what someone has just said it means that

it’s almost unbelievable for example

let’s say you and me that’s right you

and me

we are going to go out to eat right and

i say hey

what do you want to eat and you say um

teacher tiffany i really love indian

food and i say

indian food

now i asked you a question i repeated

what you said because it was almost

unbelievable why as you know indian food

is my favorite food so now i’m shocked

that you also like indian food so again

you can do the same thing during an

english conversation don’t be shy to ask

someone to repeat themselves and if they

say something that is shocking or almost

unbelievable all you have to do is

repeat what they said with a question

mark like i did here so after i said at

all chanel responded

nope in my opinion it really doesn’t

happen she doesn’t think communication

really happens well between people

nowadays

then i said wow

can you dive into that idea a little bit

more

now maybe this is an expression you

haven’t heard before

dive into i’m basically asking chanel to

give me some more details to explain her

idea or her opinion a little bit more

let me give you this tip why i asked her

right dive into your point a little bit

more

this lets chanel know that i was curious

about what she said

remember that english fluency is not

just about speaking

listening is also an important skill to

master in order to be a fluent english

speaker so

when there is something that catches

your attention

ask the person to explain it more

it’s totally okay to ask the person to

explain a little bit more you want to

understand their point all right so i

said hmm can you dive into that a little

bit more

so that’s exactly what she did she dove

into it and chanel said

you know tiff usually we don’t have time

so we just ask people to text us the

information we say email me the

information or i’ll see it online

somewhere for example oh tiffany went to

korea i found that out on facebook we

didn’t talk about you going to korea so

yes i have definitely seen the shift in

the way we communicate there’s not as

much actual back and forth face-to-face

conversation now i want to show you

something

before i explain those expressions did

you notice what happened when chanel

responded remember in our previous

lesson if you haven’t watched it watch

the previous youtube lesson i taught the

three the simple rule of threes

in chanel’s response she naturally

started to give a real life example this

is why looking at real english

conversations will help you speak

english with more fluency look at how

she responded chanel immediately said

we email information we text people and

sometimes we see things online three

examples and then she immediately went

into a situation tiffany went to korea i

saw that on facebook that was a real

example so again with english fluency

you have to add things from real life

and that’s exactly what happened in this

real english conversation now there were

a few things that chanel said at the end

that i want to explain to you you see at

the end she said shift and back and

forth so let me explain to you what

these two expressions actually mean we

already had first off i explained that

one to you let’s look at shift now shift

after me pronunciation

shift

excellent last time shift

very good now this just means referring

to an idea an opinion or things of that

nature it means to change

there was a shift

in the opinion there was a shift in

something so we say a change but she

used the word shift now i want to show

you an example sentence using this word

here we go

society’s attitudes toward women

have shifted

enormously over the last century i’m

going to say it one more time

society’s attitudes toward women have

shifted enormously over the last century

i could change the word shifted and put

the word change

women have changed enormously over the

last century so you see

similar meaning to the word change but

it’s another very useful word to use in

a real english conversation now another

thing that she said that was also very

useful she said back and forth back and

forth now remember

i’ve taught you i taught you in a

previous lesson about the conversation

english conversations are kind of like a

tennis match i hit the ball to you you

receive it you send it back we go back

and forth back and forth that represents

two fluent english speakers so back and

forth is actually an argument or

discussion in which two or more people

alternate in sharing their perspectives

i said chanel what do you think she gave

me her opinion i said wow can you dive

into that a little bit deeper we went

back and forth this is back and forth

and it happens all the time in english

conversations now let me show you an

example sentence that you can use this

expression in

they’re having a real back and forth up

there can you hear them yelling

once again they’re having a real back

and forth up there can you hear them

yelling

again i’m just saying hey they’re

upstairs having a heated discussion or

an argument they’re going back and forth

kind of makes sense right again think

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you can master it and speak english like

a native english speaker now let’s go to

the next conversation again this

conversation same topic my friend chanel

and i we’re talking about communication

and i’m breaking it down so that you can

see

just how native english speakers have

real conversations so our dialogue

continued conversation

number two

now this time

i also started the conversation and i

asked her i said chanel what are your

thoughts on talking to strangers now

just very quickly to make sure you know

what a stranger is a stranger is someone

you don’t know someone on the street

someone you’ve never met before we say

stranger in english so i asked her what

are your thoughts on talking to

strangers

chanel responded so

i don’t really think it’s good to talk

to strangers that’s her opinion

now i know some of the older people like

those in their late 60s or early 70s

they will talk to any and everybody

she’s giving an example it doesn’t

matter what you’re doing you could be

smoking on the side of the street

they’ll stop you and talk to you

what just happened

remember i taught you last week

in a natural english conversation when

you’re giving a fluent english response

you must either give details reasons or

examples and chanel

naturally went right into an example she

said yeah

i don’t think it’s okay to talk to

strangers however

people in their 60s or 70s

they’ll talk to anybody she talked about

hey if you’re smoking on the street

they’ll stop you and talk to you think

you can visualize what she’s saying

again supporting her opinion right so

again how did i respond to her idea now

you notice though really quickly she

said any and everybody i want to explain

that to you because

this is something you won’t see in an

english book any and everybody but it’s

something that native english speakers

use when we’re having natural and real

english conversations so any and

everybody here we go

this is kind of a slang term or informal

expression and it emphasizes that all

types of people are included not

excluding anyone hey any and everybody

can come here for example any and

everybody can study using my english

lessons i hope you guys love them right

any and everybody and stay till the end

for story time

because i’m going to tell you about one

of my friends and how any and everybody

connects to my friends so stay tuned all

right so let me show you an example

sentence here we go

my friend talks to any and everybody

this is a true statement i have a friend

that will talk to any and everybody

means she will talk to anyone all right

so in english after me we say

any and everybody

excellent last time any and everybody

good job good job all right so let’s

keep going with the conversation again

chanel told me that hey you know older

people will talk to any and everybody so

how did i respond i said

well before excuse me let me give you

this english tip real quick

notice how chanel immediately went into

a real example i mentioned that this is

something again that happens in natural

english conversations you make your

point and then immediately support it

with either an example reason or detail

i just wanted to emphasize that point

one more time all right here we go guys

come on all right so we have this one

right here how did i respond wow that is

so true

they talk to you and you know that you

have no other choice but to answer out

of respect

what happened this back

and forth

back and forth back and forth what

chanel said i understood it i agreed

with it ah that’s so true and i

responded my response was related to

what she said so how did chanel respond

after i said that then chanel said yep

and that’s why they do it but to go back

to your question as for me and my house

or for me and my family we do not talk

to strangers because there are some

crazy people in this world

how about you

you see now she sent the ball the tennis

ball back to my court she gave her

opinion

then she summarized you noticed how at

the end she said her opinion once again

at the beginning she said i don’t think

it’s good to talk to strangers even

though all people do it

my household we won’t do it so it’s

always good when you’re giving an answer

to sandwich it your opinion support and

then your opinion again this is

something that happened naturally in

this conversation

then she said tiff

how about you so how did i respond after

she put the ball in my court

i said okay

i see exactly where you are coming from

hold on teacher

what does that mean i see exactly where

you are coming from

let me explain don’t worry it’s not as

hard as it seems let me explain so see

where you’re coming from to see where

someone is coming from it just means

that you understand

why that person has a particular opinion

often although you do not have that

opinion for example

i am a vegetarian i love food but i

don’t eat meat and i also am basically a

vegan i don’t eat cheese now i have

friends who love meat and that’s okay so

they’ll tell me tiffany

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girl this steak is amazing

and they’ll tell me all the seasonings

that were put in the steak and all the

flavors i don’t eat meat but i can say

hey hey i see where you’re coming from i

know it’s probably delicious it’s not

for me but i can see where you’re coming

from

i see

that you have that particular opinion

and i understand it may not be my

opinion but i see where you’re coming

from kind of makes sense right all right

so let me show you an example sentence

here we go here’s an example sentence

i would have taken the dog to the vet

but i could see where they were coming

from so maybe somebody told this

individual don’t take the dog to the vet

it’s not that serious all you have to do

is give your dog this medicine and he’ll

be fine so i would have taken the dog

but

i could see where they were coming from

i didn’t agree totally but i could see i

could understand

this is a very

very commonly used

english expression even in natural

english conversations so not just in

writing in natural english conversations

so once again let’s look and see what

chanel said excuse me what i said

because i used it one more time here we

go so again i said

okay i see exactly where you are coming

from so my opinion is a bit split it

means has two sides on one hand i am

aware of the fact that talking to

strangers can be dangerous because of

the world that we live in

but on the other hand people are losing

communication skills due to improving

technology now wait a minute

i said something on one hand

why did i say on one hand whoa

stay with me

how many hands do you have you have two

hands right you have a left and a right

hand you may be watching it and it’s

flipped for you but my left and my right

hand

two different hands right so i can say

on one hand

one opinion dot dot but on the other

hand second opinion

visuals kind of help you understand but

let me show you exactly how to

understand this expression on one hand

it’s used to introduce a statement that

is followed by another

contrasting or opposite statement which

is typically introduced with on the

other hand so on one hand dot dot

but on the other hand dot dot dot make

sense all right let me show you an

example sentence really quickly here’s

the example sentence right here

on one hand

i really ought to support my team

on the other hand i don’t have the time

to attend all the games two opposing

opinions i should support them i can’t

support them because i don’t have time

so in english we say on one hand makes

sense right again

natural english expression that comes

out in real english conversation so

let’s go again back to the conversation

right we have back to the conversation i

wanted to show you that one again here

we go

so again continuing

in the past you could

sit down next to a stranger and have a

full-on conversation about the weather

that doesn’t happen as often now because

it’s hard to gauge if someone is a good

person

or a bad person now i want to pause

really quickly because i’m giving my

opinion but i use another expression and

another word we used to have full-on

conversations but now we can’t gauge if

someone is good or bad again i’m giving

supports for my answer for my opinion

but what does full-on actually mean here

we go full-on means it’s used to

describe things or activities that have

all the characteristics of their type or

are done in the strongest or most

extreme way possible so

i said a full-on conversation that means

we’re going deep we’re talking for a

long time it’s a really good back and

forth we’re going back and forth in this

conversation that’s a full-on

conversation and that’s what i was

saying in the past man we used to have

really full on conversations now let me

show you another example sentence using

this expression

he wanted to do a full-on documentary

but he wanted it to span over a long

time so he wanted to do

everything he wanted to include

everything that’s normally in a full

documentary what happened in the

beginning in the middle and the end of a

person’s life or whatever he was

actually following for the documentary

we say full on so for pronunciation

after me

full on

excellent all right so we have full on

and i said a full-on conversation

but i said nowadays

it’s hard to gauge if a person is good

or bad what does the word gauge mean it

means to

estimate or determine

the magnitude amount or volume of

something it means to make a judgment

about something usually people’s

feelings

watch

can you gauge if i’m upset or happy

you can say ah it’s a little hard to

gauge what teacher tiffany is feeling

but i think she’s not happy right now

now i was just acting you know that i’m

happy all the time all right so we say

gauge in english let me give you an

example sentence here we go here’s the

example

it’s hard to gauge what he is really

thinking it’s hard to determine what he

is really thinking makes sense right all

right good so let’s go back to my

opinion again i said

that doesn’t happen as often now these

conversations because it’s hard to gauge

if someone is a good person or a bad

person

people are becoming much more isolated

or to themselves

so for that reason alone i think it’s

okay to talk to strangers in

certain situations

so again

we had this great back and forth she

gave her opinion then she asked me hey

tiff how about you

i gave my opinion and i supported it

right and then at the very end i

restated my opinion so there are so many

things in this lesson that i want you to

practice and to review remember we

learned lots of words and book and

expressions but i want you to remember

always support your answers always go

back and forth and when you start with

your opinion give supports and then end

with your opinion once again i really

hope you enjoyed this episode of real

english conversations i hope it helps

you master english conversations and

finally start sounding like a native

english speaker and speaking english

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hope you all have a wonderful day a

wonderful week but as always remember to

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you still there ha ha

you know what time it is it’s story time

hey i said it’s story time

all right so remember during the lesson

i taught you all the expression

any and everybody and i promised you

that during story time

i would tell you about one of my friends

and how any and everybody relates to her

so when i was in south korea this was

during my

last two years in south korea maybe last

two or three years in south korea one of

my closest friends from college she also

came to korea and she was an english

teacher a missionary english teacher so

my friend myself and three actually

three other friends and then one of

their boyfriends so they were there were

two couples and then my best friend and

i so we all decided to go on a vacation

together on vacation together

we wanted to excuse me

i’ll get some water we wanted to rent an

rv an rv

so an rv is kind of like a mobile home

uh like a home on wheels it’s a vehicle

that has a bathroom a shower a kitchen

everything inside bedrooms and

everything

so we all decided to go to

the beach and the beach actually had

mobile homes right at the beach so we

were so excited right

we’ve all been working hard and we were

ready to go on this trip so we all

traveled the three hours by train to get

to the beach we got there we were

planning to be there for about four days

three nights and four days

so we got to the mobile home now you

have six adults right in this small area

we were all very close so we weren’t

worried about having any you know

arguments or anything we were all very

close so and my best friend and i have

been friends since college so no one was

worried

so my one of the couples they actually

were married so we said hey you guys can

have a large room you guys are married

the other couple they were just dating

so they bunked in the same room with

myself and my best friend with me my

best friend

so everything was going well we were

having a good time the food was good my

best friend likes to cook i like to cook

my other friend likes to cook so it was

great we watched movies together and it

was really a time for us all to bond we

had a wonderful time one night

late at night we decided to go out on

the beach and we had fireworks i mean it

was great even now thinking about i’m

realizing how much fun we had so on the

day

i think the day before we left we had to

leave the next morning

we decided hey let’s just chill on the

beach this afternoon for like two or

three hours just chill relax talk have

some snacks

all of us said

okay that’s cool

but my best friend from college she is a

very outgoing person she’s a very she’s

the epitome

of an extrovert if you look in the

dictionary you’ll see her picture she’s

really an extrovert she loves people

like you all would love her

so we get to the beach you know just

about maybe about a two minute walk from

our mobile home and we’re setting out

our blankets and everything and my uh

best friend then she

she then

asked one our other friend’s boyfriend

she said don’t you want to go do

something and he was like what do you

mean and she asked us guys don’t you

want to do something and we said well we

are doing something we’re going to sit

on the beach and just talk and bond and

have a good time

she said no but i don’t want to just sit

on the beach like we’re on vacation i

want to do something so we said hey

we just want to sit on the beach now i

know her very well and i knew what she

was asking she did not just want to sit

on the beach because she was going to be

bored

so she said i’m gone and i said okay and

my other friends looked at me they said

tiff i said she’s fine she’s fine she

just wants to go explore

so we sat on the beach for like two or

three hours and she was gone for that

entire time

so right when we’re about to go back to

the mobile home we see her walking

toward us and she has this big smile on

her face

and she said

oh my goodness guys i went over there i

went around the beach and down there and

there were so many people and i was just

hanging out with them and we were

talking laughing and joking and

apparently they were having some party

outside just a beach party and i could

tell by the look on her face that she

had the best time of her life so my

other friend looked at me and said tiff

she really had the best time of her life

i said listen she can talk to any and

everybody so i know that she was not shy

and that she had an awesome time she

said well you’re right tiff she had

never my friend had never seen my other

friend in that situation where she just

wanted to go and be around people so we

had a great time it was interesting when

she left us when we were all bonding but

i said listen this is the beauty of

different personalities some people just

like to stay with the group and some

people like to be within any and

everybody so

maybe that’s what you are like maybe

that’s your personality you just want to

explore and meet new people that’s cool

or maybe you’re like us you just want to

relax spend time with your close friends

both are a-okay all right guys i hope

you enjoyed this story thank you again

for watching this lesson remember to

practice remember you can speak english

and i am your teacher to help you along

the way i’ll see you next time