Speak English In 3 Simple Steps About Events

so today i’m going to teach you three

simple steps that are going to help you

speak

fluently in english like a native

english speaker about events

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all right step number one describe the

setting first you need to describe

when the event happened remember that

this needs to be a thorough

explanation what you’re doing is

basically

painting a picture in the mind of the

person

listening to you that’s right you’re

setting this

stage and helping the listener see

or visualize the story you are about to

tell them

so again in other words by the end of

this part

the person listening to you should be

able to visualize the exact

time period so imagine if i was telling

you a story and this story is about

a dinner that my friends and i put on

for our korean teachers

a true story now according to step

number one

i must first describe the setting so

around 2013

i was studying korean and in the evening

after our classes so i’ve organized my

thoughts

so that i can describe the setting to

you so here we go

um it was about 2013 it’s true story

and i was studying korean at a

university uh sun gonguan university

and we had really great korean teachers

but we also noticed how hard

they worked we would have classes um i

think about maybe

seven hours a day um in between of

course there was a long break but

we had classes for a large portion of

the day

and we realized that if we were in class

for so many hours

the teachers must have been working

overtime in order to prepare the

information

that we needed to learn in class so we

said you know what we want to do an

event for our teachers

but we realized the event had to happen

in the evening because we had classes

all day

so i finished step number one i set the

stage now you are aware of

kind of what was going on when this

event occurred

but i want to give you some idioms that

will help you also

speak about the time or the setting when

you are talking about an event

so here are the idioms that are going to

really help you a race against

time all the time in the world and

bad time so the first one a race

against time now this just means

you use this when you’re trying to

accomplish something

critical in a short time frame

so think about when you are preparing

for an exam or a test

right you really are trying to study

hard but you don’t have enough time

so you are racing against time

so let me show you some examples using

this idiom here we go

it was a race against time to find

a cure for the disease

next they are in a race against

time and finally he said it’s

a race against time to get the building

finished

before the winter season starts so you

see this kind of

deadline that someone is trying to

actually beat the deadline

so how can we use a race against time to

speak about

the situation i am talking about the

event i’m telling you about

here we go let me show you how i could

use this idiom

i could say it was a race

against time to find the right

venue and venue just referring to the

location where

we’re going to have the dinner so we can

use this idiom

a race against time during step number

one

now the next idiom that you could use

when you’re speaking

uh about the event is all the time

in the world now this just means an

unlimited amount of time it means you

have

no limits you can spend as much time as

you like

watching these videos or doing something

else but

you have all the time in the world so

here are some example sentences right

here he made me

feel as if i had all the time in the

world to watch

the movie next don’t worry

we have all the time in the world and

finally

the teacher gave the students all the

time in the world

to finish their projects so again step

number one you’re talking about the

setting or the time period

and this idiom all the time in the world

can also be used

when you are speaking about the setting

of the event

so what about the event i’m telling you

about with the korean teachers

and this dinner that we prepared for

them how can i use

all the time in the world to speak about

the event

and the setting here we go let me show

you how you can do this

right here we felt like we

had all the time in the world

so you see i’m talking about the setting

the time period and we

felt like hey we have all the time in

the world to prepare

for this event okay all right now the

other idiom that you can use

when you’re speaking about the setting

or step number one

is right here bad time

now this just means an inconvenient

moment

or an unfortunate experience so here’s

the first example sentence

sorry you called at a bad

time it means it wasn’t a convenient

time

all right next we have this one right

here

this is a bad time

and finally that call came

at a bad time so we see that this is

a very simple expression very simple

idiom to use

again just an inconvenient moment so

what about the event

if i’m explaining the event that we did

for the korean teachers the dinner

and i’m on step number one talking about

the setting

how can i use the idiom bad time to talk

about the event setting

let me show you here’s what i said my

friend wanted to attend but it was

a bad time because she had

a previous engagement what happened

so i said the setting right but oh my

friend couldn’t come because it was a

bad time for her

she had a previous engagement again

giving some more background information

about the setting

and the time period so again step one

give some background information about

the setting

now let’s move on to number two step

number two

give the three main details

you need to describe the three most

important

aspects of the event remember that these

details need to be specifically

about the event in other words instead

of

general details you need to give details

specifically about the event and not

similar events so think really hard

about

the event you’re speaking about what

made it unique

what made it important so what about the

event i’m telling you about

the dinner we did for the korean

teachers now here are some details that

are very important about the dinner

all right so here are the details a big

auditorium

a talent show program and gifts and food

so

let me tell you some more about the

actual event so

we had the event in a huge auditorium on

the campus right

so the head of our program uh helped me

find a big auditorium that was perfect

because

there were literally hundreds of

students in our program

and we had a lot of teachers so we

needed a big venue so

we got this big auditorium it was really

nice lots of seating there was a big

open area

and there was a stage so we were in the

auditorium we came about

maybe three hours before the program

started because we wanted to get

everything set up

now the program also included a talent

show

and also a presentation aspect so

what happened was there were students

from all around the world because we all

came to korea and we were learning

korean together

so students actually there were some

students who danced

some students who sang and other things

were put on

to entertain the teachers to show the

teachers how much we appreciated them

and then we also had a section where we

gave the teachers gifts now one of my

good friends

she’s chinese and she’s an amazing

artist

so she actually drew pictures sir

pictures um true paintings drew pictures

of

all of the teachers had them framed and

then they were given

as gifts to the teachers so it was

really a huge

event the food was awesome as well we

had it catered

teachers enjoyed the food they enjoyed

the program and we had an

amazing time so now we need to look at

some

words that will help you speak about the

details when you’re talking about an

event

here are some useful words monumental

remarkable and world class

now monumental this is a word that means

great in importance extent

or size or very great now remember i

told you the auditorium was very big

right so this again we can use this word

to describe

things or to give part of the details

for step number two but let’s look at

some example sentences using this

word monumental here we go first we have

we saw many monumental sculptures

next we have this is a monumental

task and finally i think

this may be a monumental waste of time

so again

monumental is just another way of

describing something that is

large or very important so how can i use

it to speak about this korean

um this dinner we put on for our korean

teachers

here we go i can say this like this

the dinner was a monumental event

makes sense right it was a huge event it

was

really important you got it right okay

now another word you can use

when you’re following step number two

remarkable

all right again remarkable now this

means worthy of attention

exceptional interesting or

excellent this is a very useful english

word and a word that you can use as you

move to step number two to give the main

details of the event

you are speaking about now i want to

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we go so again

worthy of attention exceptional

interesting or excellent that was

a remarkable achievement next

it was a remarkable sight

and finally he was a remarkable

man now how can we use this to talk

about

the event i told you about with my

teachers let me show you

here’s what i can say the food was

remarkable and that’s very true the food

it was good so the food was remarkable

now what about this word right here

world

class this is kind of a hyphenated word

but an expression we use it says

ranking among the world’s best or

outstanding

we say this when we want to say

something was out of this world

amazing we can say world

class so let’s see some example

sentences here we go

they have a world class orchestra

next he’s a world class

athlete and finally i have always

wanted to be a world class swimmer

so you see this is kind of connected to

excellence

being the best doing really well so how

can we use world

class to speak about the event we put on

for our teachers

let me show you here we go we all wanted

to put on a world-class

event for our teachers

you see right i was able to use this

this word this hyphenated word group

this expression

to describe some of the details related

to the event

step number two giving the three main

details now

what about step number three this is

also a very important step

when you’re trying to speak fluently

about an event you need to explain

how it changed you you need to tell us

how it affected you remember this needs

to be

a clear description of how the event

changed you

in other words compare yourself now to

how you were

before the event this is something that

is very important for you as an english

learner to understand

and to remember when you’re speaking in

english when you’re describing something

you’re not just describing the current

state

of that thing or the actual thing that

happened at the event

you want to also talk about the before

and the after

the before being the setting the after

being how it changed you so

let’s see again speaking about the

korean teachers and the dinner we put on

so it showed me the power of

teamwork and recognizing people’s

gifts let me explain what i mean

i told you there were hundreds of

students from around the world

china bangladesh all of these countries

coming together japan

america canada europe we had a lot of

students from around the world

and we all had to come together to

create this program

for the teachers this event so i learned

the power of

recognizing different people’s strengths

right because again we were all learning

korean that doesn’t mean we all spoke

english so we were all

operating on our second languages trying

to figure out how to work together

and it taught me so much about how when

you have

a common goal and you are all deciding

to work

together you can accomplish amazing

things

and honestly i never forgot that lesson

because

as i watched the event unfold and i

watched the teachers faces and how happy

they were

as the students were up front acting and

singing and

i was in the background on the computer

it really made me

smile because i realized how much

everyone loved the teachers so i learned

a lot

from this event so now what about some

idioms i can use

to talk about the event and what i

learned and that you can use as well

here we go useful idioms to turn over a

new leaf

to take shape and to have a change of

heart

so to turn over a new leaf means to make

a fresh

start to change one’s conduct or

attitude for the better remember i told

you after the event

i realized the power of teamwork

and working together so let’s see some

example sentences here we go

he promised the teacher he would turn

over a new leaf

and behave himself in class next

the little girl turned over a new leaf

and decided to study hard

and finally it’s time for you to turn

over a new leaf now how can i use this

idiom to speak about the event and what

i learned or what someone learned from

the event

some students turned over a new leaf

and decided to study harder you see how

i used the idiom right

after the event there were certain

students that were like man

our teachers are amazing we’re going to

study

harder makes sense right okay now the

second idiom you can use for this step

is right here

to take shape and this just means to

assume

a distinct form or to develop into

something definite or tangible

think about it when you have an idea

it’s really just in your mind right

but as you see things start to come

together

as we started seeing students coming

together getting on stage

singing teachers walking in the room we

realized that things were taking

shape makes sense right all right so

let’s see some example sentences using

this idiom here we go

we watched the vase begin to take shape

in the potter’s hands next

our ideas excuse me our ideas are

beginning to take

shape similar to what i said a few

moments ago right

here we go and finally the olympic games

are beginning to take

shape good so what about what i can say

i realized that all the plans took shape

because we worked together you see what

i did right there right

i told you what lesson i learned and i

use the idiom

to take shape you can do the same thing

when you get to step three

when you’re describing an event to speak

fluently all right

now the last idiom is also good this

idiom is right here to have

a change of heart it means you change

your opinion or the way you feel about

something so here we go she was going to

sell her house

but she had a change of heart he had a

change of heart

after he talked to his wife and finally

i had a change of heart at the last

minute and decided to give

him the money so we see this change of

heart being again

you’re changing your opinion or the way

you think so what about

our event right the korean teacher event

our teacher was thinking about

leaving but she had a change of heart

after

the event so again you’re seeing how

these idioms can be used

in step number three this is how you

speak fluently about an event in english

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you still there you know what time it is

it’s story time hey

i said it’s story time all right

so oh i scratched myself today’s story

is actually about an event a very

special event that happened to me

so um many of you know again that i

worked for nasa and you know that i left

nasa and that i went to south korea to

become a missionary english teacher

however in between that time of quitting

nasa

and going to south korea i did a few

other things in america i actually had

an

art show so i want to tell you about my

first big

art show so this is what happened i left

my job

at nasa and i was at home with my family

i sold my house and moved back home with

my parents

and i decided that i wanted to

have a big art show and i wanted to do

paintings and draw pictures of homeless

people i wanted to

share the message that we have to help

those who are in need around us

so it took me about a year a full year

to produce

multiple paintings and multiple drawings

that were very large

and i wanted to have this big art show

so i was able to um

rent our church has a big auditorium i

was able to rent the auditorium

for the event so it’s going to be on a

sunday afternoon

and i had everything set up i was going

to get all of these big easels

now the thing is

my friends surprised me because i had

moved away

and i was again staying with my family

so my college friends

decided to surprise me and come

to the event so there were about i think

eight

eight of them i’m trying to remember off

the top of my head i think there are

about eight individuals

who drove up some of them were from

texas somewhere from alabama they came

from all around the united states

and they drove up and some flew up to

support me

in this event so they came they stayed

in my family’s house we all stayed

together i mean

this event honestly it was a very

special moment for me because i realized

how much my friends

loved me and i realized how much i loved

them so we all came together we stayed

at my house

and it was the day of the event um

excuse me no

right before the event the night before

the event we all had to go

and we had to set things up they were

going to help me set things up so

the thing is there were three things

that happened first to set up the event

we had all of the easels it took

probably

about four or five hours to set

everything up it was a lot of work with

my friends they said hey tiff we’re here

for you

we want to help you so they helped me

set up everything took about four hours

and we had all the paintings set up

lined up very nicely and

one of my friends i had music playing on

in the background

and as we were finishing setting up

everything

they said hey tiff we should dance like

let’s have a good time like you know

kind of dancing around so

we all started dancing again we’re all

friends so it was nothing you know that

was just

just dancing and having a good time and

so we’re all dancing around and i just

remember

how happy i was at that moment and how

happy my friends looked as well

it was like we were all supporting well

they were supporting me but

i realized like man it’s such a

beautiful thing to have good friends so

we kept dancing had a good time then

once we were finished dancing we went

back to my house everyone slept at our

house

we had a big breakfast the next morning

and then we all

went to the venue we all went to the

church for the um for the actual program

and again they stayed all day they

helped me with the event

um we had some little snacks for those

that came to the event

and a lot of my family and friends came

and supported a lot of art was sold

and i just again remember that event

being

something that showed me the importance

of supporting your friends

and being there for you there for them

when they need you and

i never forgot that uh they know who

they are i really appreciate

all of you and just a reminder that when

your friends

uh when you love your friends be there

for them and they won’t forget you so

yes the event again the art a lot of art

sold we had a good time dancing the

night before

when the event actually happened lots of

people came lots of art was sold

and it was an event that i will never

ever

forget all right guys i hope you enjoyed

today’s story i hope you enjoyed the

lesson as well

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