Learn Vocabulary Through Conversation USE Advanced English Lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm and I’m Dan and today we’re
gonna talk about how to use the word use
deeply use the word use yes are you
ready to get started ready let’s go
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today we’re gonna talk about three ways
to use the word use and if you enjoyed
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let’s get started with the first way I
want to know Dan loves coffee so I want
to know in the morning what are some
things that you use to make coffee hmm
well I have a a pretty strict regiment
for how I make my coffee so I use a lot
of things yeah so first I use a kettle
to boil the water mm-hmm I use a mug
obviously to hold my coffee mm-hmm I use
a grinder to grind up my coffee and it’s
a pretty nice grinder and then I use a
filter and the cup I don’t know what you
call the cup for it but we call it a
pour over the top the type of coffee is
a pour over so I use a little filter and
then a filter holder to put the coffee
in and then pour the hot water into the
filter and then it filters through and
makes the coffee yep makes the best
coffee possible right yes oh and then of
course I use coffee oh of course you use
coffee coffee beans so here we’re
talking about using something so there
is an item and it’s important for a
process such as making coffee you use it
right and this is a really neutral way
to use the word use it’s not positive
it’s not negative it’s just neutral yes
because the second way is gonna be a
little more negative yeah but it’s not
using an item it’s using someone mm-hmm
so when we say
I think that my friend’s boyfriend is
using her who what does that mean to you
yes so if you use this word with people
then it means that you are taking
advantage of them you’re being selfish
and you’re not thinking about them at
all
you only want to get something from them
yes so that’s why you would say I’m he’s
using her I feel used
right so when you’re using something
like I’m using a kettle to boil water
it’s really neutral but when you say I’m
using him I’m using her it’s much more
negative because it means that you don’t
care about that person you just want
something from them so for example maybe
you know somebody who doesn’t know how
to speak English well and they meet
someone who is a native English speaker
and maybe that person who is a native
English speaker is really nice but the
person who doesn’t speak English well
wants to be their friend not because
they’re a nice person but because they
only want to use them as a free teacher
yeah
so in the situation maybe the native
English speaker feels a little bad like
I want a real friend I thought they
liked me because I’m a nice person yeah
but really that person was using them or
they’re not giving anything in the
relationship yeah yeah they just take
they’re only taking right so using
someone is pretty negative so if someone
says to you I think your boyfriend is
using you oh that’s a really negative
thing so it means you should probably
listen to them think about it maybe
break up with him if it’s true so make
sure that you’re not using someone else
you really genuinely care about the
people in your life your friends your
family you’re not just taking their
skills so another quick example because
I think this verb is a little complex
and because of
rude you’re gonna want to make sure you
use it correctly so for example recently
our car had some problems and I know
someone who is a mechanic but I feel bad
asking them to fix our car because he’s
really our friend and I don’t want him
to think that I’m using him he has a
great skill he knows how to fix cars but
if every time I had a car problem if I
said hey can you help with my car hey
can you help with my car for free for
free I feel like I’m using him he would
just be using them yeah you should at
least buy them lunch sure maybe he feels
like he’s doing something amazing for me
and I’m not giving him anything I’m just
taking taking taking I’m using him yeah
so try not to use people yes but you can
use something yes and funnily enough in
this situation we had a used car as well
Oh used car so what’s a used car mean
well that means that it’s it’s already
been used yes it’s not new it’s not new
we had a used car we didn’t want to use
our friend so we had to use a different
mechanic oh we used all three versions
well let’s go to the final way for our
final way to use use we’re actually
going to talk about another version
useful useful so pay attention to this
pronunciation when we say use there’s
some vibration happening here I use a
camera to make this these videos but
when you say useful it sounds like an S
yeah useful useful so I want to know in
your opinion what are some things that
are useful for learning English what
should in wish learners use what are
some useful things for learning English
I can think of something right here
that’s useful yes these videos oh yes I
hope so it is useful to you
so obviously a good teacher is very
useful in learning English I’d say
YouTube and YouTube videos that’s a
great tool so it’s very useful and of
course
if you know somebody who speaks English
and you can speak with them as long as
you’re not using them that can also be
useful to talk to somebody who speaks
English in practice in person it’s
really helpful yeah so I want to know
for you can you use this word in the
comments below what are some useful
things for learning English share some
tips what do you think what are some
things that are useful to you and if
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