REAL LIFE ENGLISH Speak English Like A Native Speaker Episode 5
hey today i am going to teach you real
life english that’s right the english
that native english speakers actually
use in real life not just book english
this lesson is going to help you so much
now this is episode 5 of our real life
english series are you ready
well then i am teacher tiffany let’s
jump right in now what i’m going to show
you right now is a very beautiful image
but i want to show you the right portion
of this image look up top in the right
when i see this i immediately think
magnificent
magnificent now i want you to repeat
after me
magnificent
excellent last time after me
magnificent
excellent now this word magnificent just
means very good
beautiful or deserving to be admired
something that is extremely beautiful
like the image i just showed you now
let’s see an example sentence using this
word here we go we have
they live
in an absolutely
magnificent home
one more time
they live in an absolutely magnificent
home
what are we saying we’re saying that
their home is extremely beautiful so
whenever you want to say something is
beautiful or worthy of being admired you
can now say
magnificent
excellent now let me give you a sentence
pattern for this word here’s the pattern
you can use
the view from
dot dot dot is magnificent
again
the view from dot dot dot is magnificent
now here’s an example sentence using
this pattern
the view from
my new apartment
is magnificent
again the view from my new apartment is
magnificent now i want to show you the
view from my new office it is also
magnificent that is the view i see every
day so i can say
the view
from my new office
is magnificent now i want you to try to
use this pattern make your own sentence
put it in the comment section all right
so again we have
magnificent now i want us to jump back
to this image because we see the
magnificent sky
but what about the other portion the
larger portion in english i would say
expansive
expansive
again after me expensive
there you go again one last time
expensive
excellent very good now this word
expansive
just means
covering a large area covering a large
area just like we saw in the image a
large area a large portion of the sky
right so here’s an example sentence i
want you to look at
we saw the expensive view
from the window
wow
we saw the expansive view
from the window makes sense right
now let me show you a sentence pattern
you can use with this word here we go
the sentence pattern you can use is
the
dot dot dot
is or was expansive again we’re using a
simple pattern so that you can get used
to using this word again the dot dot dot
is or was expensive now here’s a
sentence using this pattern
the grand canyon
is
expansive right the grand canyon is huge
it’s very big
it is
expansive
makes sense right so one more time after
me
expansive
good job very good now before we go to
the next word i want to quiz you
i want to see if you’re ready for this
quiz so we have our first quiz all right
here’s the first question all right now
you are going to have five seconds for
this quiz so i want you to look at this
first question here’s the question i
want you to fill in the blank
the woman
likes dot dot dot
houses instead of
tiny houses
five seconds
two one
time what’s the answer
yes you got it excellent the woman likes
expansive very large houses instead of
tiny houses very very good all right let
me reset the timer and i’m going to ask
you question number two
the food she made was absolutely
dot dot dot five seconds
two
one
time what’s the answer
very good the food she made was
absolutely
magnificent it was really good this is a
really good compliment so if you have
some good food from a native english
speaker tell them your food
was magnificent they’ll really be
pleased all right so very good those two
we’ve learned so far magnificent and
expansive now i want us to go back to
the image i want us to look at a
different portion of the image let’s
move closer to where the rocks are
this looks very
serene
serene
again look at me serene
excellent last time after me
serene
good now the word serene just means
peaceful and calm marked by utter calm
or quietness
very peaceful think about walking
through the woods
and there’s a very quiet stream
you can hear the leaves rustling that is
a very serene environment all right now
let’s look at an example sentence here
we go
we enjoyed
the serene landscape at the top of the
mountain
we enjoyed the calm and the peacefulness
at the top of the mountain so one more
time
we enjoyed the serene landscape
at the top of the mountain now let me
give you a pattern a sentence pattern
you can use here’s the pattern
the dot dot dot
looked so serene
it looked so calm
again the dot dot dot
looked so serene now here’s a sentence
using this pattern
man
the sleeping baby
looked so serene
you know what it feels like to look at a
baby sleeping just peaceful and calm it
makes us feel good
the sleeping baby
looked so serene so again last time
after me
serene
excellent all right now let’s look at
another part of this image if we move
our eyes to the right a bit
we see this
a reflection
reflection again after me
reflection
good last time
reflection
good now this word reflection just means
the image of something in a mirror or
any reflective
surface now let me show you the image
one more time
what is being reflected
the sun
you can see the sun’s rays
on the water so again we have the word
reflection
good now let me give you an example
sentence here we go
they were looking at their reflection
in the mirror
one more time
they were looking at their reflection in
the mirror
makes sense looking at themselves making
sure everything was okay checking their
hair their makeup making sure everything
was okay they were looking at their
reflection now what if you want to use
this real life english vocabulary word
here’s a pattern for you
he could see his reflection in the
dot dot dot remember it’s not just a
mirror
he could see his reflection in the dot
dot dot this is a pattern you can use
so we could say
he could see his reflection or she could
see her reflection
in the mirror at the end of the hall now
we’re saying where it’s located so we
made the sentence longer right so again
he could see his reflection in the
mirror at the end of the hall we use
this word reflection so last time after
me
reflection
excellent all right now what about this
next word so again we had reflection but
our eyes kind of zoom out and we see the
man looking
and we have in or into
the distance
again in
or into
the distance one more time after me for
pronunciation practice i’ll do both ways
in
the distance
good second
into the distance
excellent we use both of these patterns
these expressions so
this just means to look at or to look to
a place that is very far
from where you are although you can
still see or hear things there
we can see the sun but it’s very far
away right just like the man was looking
very far into the distance so let’s look
at an example sentence using this
expression
this man excuse me the man was looking
off into
the distance again
the man was looking off into
the distance now what if you want to use
this in a sentence let me give you this
pattern
the dot dot dot could be seen in the
distance
the dot dot dot could be seen in the
distance a very simple pattern now using
this pattern here’s an example sentence
the large boat
could be seen in the distance right now
we could also say again looking at the
image we could also say hey
the sun
could be seen in the distance
the clouds could be seen in the distance
a very simple pattern for you to use
now we have our second quiz i need to
make sure
you understood all of the words and
expressions so here we go our second
quiz first question now again remember
you have a five second timer here’s the
first sentence
the view from the top of the mountain
was truly
five seconds
time
what’s the answer come on you got it
was truly
excellent
magnificent very
good excellent job
now second question let’s restart the
timer
the seals
formed small groups on the dot dot dot
beaches where they breed
five seconds
start
time what’s the answer come on i know
you have it what’s the answer
exactly expense
beaches very very large all right here
we go question number three let me
restart the timer
he enjoyed writing in his journal next
to the small and
dot dot dot link here we go time starts
now
what
time what’s the answer come on you know
it
yes the serene
calm and peaceful lake excellent job all
right question number four let’s see if
you can find the answer
before she left the house
she looked at her
dot dot dot
in the mirror what’s the answer five
seconds
one
time what’s the answer come on
excellent
reflection in the mirror very good all
right number five here’s question number
five
the youngest student stared off
dot dot
instead of focusing on the lesson
five seconds starts now
two
one
time what’s the answer
excellent the young student stared off
into the distance instead of focusing on
the lesson
excellent job i am so proud of you you
learned so many real life english words
and expressions today i want you to use
them in real life so that you can sound
more like a native english speaker now i
want to remind you again before we go
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enjoyed today’s lesson remember i’ll see
you next week but as always remember to
speak english
you still there
you know what time it is it’s story time
hey i said it’s story time
all right so
this story that i want to tell you came
to mind because
last week so i moved to a new office
remember earlier i showed you all the
view from my office right the view from
my office remember we talked about that
a little earlier
beautiful office beautiful apartment
beautiful area it’s wonderful
but i got home late one night last week
i think i got home maybe around 10 30 or
11 p.m it was dark outside it was very
calm and serene right so i got out of my
car
and i have an automatic lock so i just
hit the button and it locks my car on my
key so i hit the button and went dude so
i stepped out my car again locked it to
do and i was about to walk on the
sidewalk toward my apartment when all of
a sudden
i heard footsteps behind me now remember
it was late at night it was dark it was
very calm but all of a sudden i heard
footsteps behind me
now
immediately i thought that someone was
following me so i turned around quickly
and there was a man standing there he
had a hood on and he was walking towards
me
and i looked at him and he said hey how
are you
i said dude you can’t just walk up on me
like that it was actually my neighbor
he said oh i’m sorry and i think he was
cold so he was walking kind of quickly
and he was kind of leaned over like this
and i thought about man
if i had been in south korea
it would have been totally different you
see i was scared at that moment because
i thought someone was coming to attack
me but when i lived in south korea again
this situation reminded me of south
korea because living in south korea even
at midnight as a single female living
alone i could go outside at midnight
walk to a park by myself where was dark
they had a few lights there and i could
walk and not worry about anyone
attacking me
that’s how safe korea was and the
situation that happened last week
reminded me of how much i missed korea
and walking around at night without
worrying about anyone attacking me now
my neighbor is great he didn’t do
anything of course but that fear that
someone may have been walking up upon me
that fear went away when i was in south
korea it’s a very safe country maybe
your country is just like korea very
safe or maybe your country is similar to
more of a dangerous company company
country but i’m glad everything worked
out of course and my neighbor he’s a
cool guy but it reminded me that
sometimes you can be in an area that’s
safe and sometimes you can be in an area
that’s not safe alright guys i hope you
enjoyed this short story today have an
awesome week and i will see you all next
time