REAL ENGLISH CONVERSATION Learn Real English From Real English Conversations Episode 3
hey welcome to today’s lesson in today’s
lesson i’m going to help you master the
english language by watching and
breaking down a real english
conversation this is going to help you
sound more like a native english speaker
are you ready
well then i’m teacher tiffany let’s jump
right in now what we’re going to do is
look at different parts of a
conversation and when we look at the
conversation we’re going to be listening
for new words new expressions and also
how the individuals express themselves
that’s how you get fluent in english so
here’s the first part of the
conversation
when i was in in high school you know i
was pretty good football player
but didn’t get a scholarship
and i was very disappointed
but
i got to go to england and play football
again pax and you know nice man they
treated me like a celebrity over there
oh
it was it was on yeah and it was just i
just love the english people yeah uh i
love the culture i mean it was just a
very nice environment for me and i
thoroughly enjoyed it and didn’t want to
come back
so you see again a very short 30-second
portion of the conversation but there
were a lot of words and expressions used
during the conversation so let’s first
look at the new words and expressions
and then we’re going to break down how
you can speak just like he was speaking
during the conversation now the first
thing i want us to look at number one
is when he said this
when i was in high school you know i was
a pretty good football player
but i didn’t get a scholarship and i was
very disappointed
now he didn’t just say i was a good
football player
he said pretty good and this is
something that we as native english
speakers use a lot but in order for you
to use it naturally you have to
understand the meaning so let me explain
what this means pretty good actually
means
average
or extremely good i know it’s a little
confusing don’t worry i’ll explain
you see it all depends on the way
it is used and the person’s facial
expression when they use it so for
example
let’s say again in the conversation he
said you know
i was a pretty good football player
his facial expressions showed some
confidence right he didn’t say i was i
was pretty good
you see how my facial expression
suddenly changed the meaning
that was pretty good
meaning i was average
but if i say
i mean i was i was pretty good
you can tell by my facial expression
that i knew
i was real good i was amazing extremely
good so that’s how this expression can
be used in two different ways so let’s
look at an example sentence i was a
pretty good baseball player when i was
in high school now again depending on
the facial expression the meaning can
change either an average baseball player
or an extremely good baseball player
makes sense all right after me
pretty good
excellent very good now in the other
part of the conversation he also said it
was on you heard him say that part right
we’ll watch it again don’t worry he said
it was on
now what does it mean when we as native
english speakers say it
was on you see this expression is kind
of a slang term it means
this is what you say when the battle or
showdown or project is about to begin
or when you want to fight someone after
school so let me explain
so
for example think about when you were in
high school and let’s say there was a
little disagreement between two high
school students and they said okay
i’m gonna see you after school i’m gonna
talk to you after school you could tell
by their body language that they were
probably going to fight when they went
outside after school to fight if someone
says hey they’re about to start they
could say it was on meaning they were
about to start the fight
but the other explanation again is when
you’re about to
start a big
battle
start a big project so he was talking
about football he said oh man they gave
me the ball and it was on he was about
to accomplish something so let’s look at
this example sentence right here
after he threw the first punch it was on
the fight began
it started makes sense right okay so
again after me it was on
excellent very good and again we’re
gonna watch the clip the short clip
again so you can see how these words and
expressions were used during the
conversation
but the one i want us to look at before
we go to that clip again is right here
number three
he said i love their culture i mean it
was just a very nice environment for me
and i thoroughly enjoyed it
i didn’t want to come back now for
pronunciation i want you to repeat after
me
thoroughly enjoyed
good th put your tongue through your
teeth thoroughly enjoyed
excellent now this is something we use
on a regular basis thoroughly enjoying
something it means to enjoy something
completely
totally or very much for example
i thoroughly enjoy
indian food
y’all know that i love indian food i
really enjoy it so i can say i
thoroughly enjoy indian food again to
enjoy something completely now look at
this example sentence
they
thoroughly enjoyed her oatmeal this
morning
makes sense they really liked it they
really enjoyed it thoroughly enjoyed
this is what we say in english so after
me thoroughly enjoy
excellent now let’s check out the clip
one more time and i want you to
recognize all of the expressions that
were used here we go one more time
when i was in in high school you know i
was pretty good football player
but didn’t get a scholarship
and i was very disappointed
but
i got to go to england and play football
again pax and you know before nice man
they treated me like a celebrity over
there oh
it was it was on yeah and it was just i
just love the english people yeah uh i
loved the culture i mean it was just a
very nice environment for me and i
thoroughly enjoyed it and didn’t want to
come back
so you caught all the words and
expressions right thoroughly enjoyed it
was on
but now that we understand the
expressions and the words i want to
break down the conversation a little bit
more
you see what was happening during this
part of the conversation was that ob his
name is ob family friend
was reminiscing was thinking about
something from the past a good memory
you see in this part of the conversation
obi is talking about his past experience
but
you can tell that he is reminiscing
because he goes into detail about his
feelings during that time
this is something that is very important
to english fluency
talking about your feelings during a
past experience so let me explain things
to remember when you’re doing this in a
conversation remember these three things
when you speak about your experience
first
remember to talk about the experience he
talked about playing football he talked
about his experience in
london
second remember to talk about how you
felt during the experience he talked
about how he felt again you start with
talking about your experience then you
talk about how you felt
during the experience
and finally remember to talk about how
you felt
after the experience
in that short 30-second clip that
30-second portion of the conversation
he was able to do all of this that is
why he’s a native english speaker
speaking english fluently able to give
enough information no matter what you’re
discussing so again when you’re talking
about your experience remember to talk
about it
talk about how you felt during the
experience and how you felt after the
experience makes sense right
okay let’s jump to the second part of
the conversation here’s part two of our
conversation
they shipped me this place called
washington dc that i i thought well we
love you it’s so glad you’re here
not to come here and haven’t been
anywhere since
man no okay now this is not really
connected with the question but since
you mentioned you were a football player
and i do like football what position did
you play play quarterback
i mean you mean i’ve never i haven’t
showed you the press clippers in this oh
after we turned the camera
school assistant you were a quarterback
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i respect that yeah i respect you yeah i
know when i first told the dear wife you
know back in the day yeah she looked at
me she looked up and down yeah right
then i broke out the press clippings on
her side and then she believed it right
you know the press speaks for itself oh
yes
all right now i was smiling really big
as i watched that clip again you can
tell that something was happening during
this part of the conversation a lot of
laughter but then there are a lot of
extra expressions and some slang that
was used that for you as an english
learner can be a little bit confusing if
no one explains it to you i’m gonna
explain it to you and give you the tools
you need to start using it and start
sounding like a native english speaker
each and every one of them so the first
one right here
press clipping so
he said i played quarterback
then he said wait you mean i’ve never i
i haven’t shown you the press clippings
of this
after we turn the camera off again this
is how he was talking to me right
but what are press clippings press
clippings let me explain what press
clippings are you see press clippings
again something very important they
literally are a compilation or a
paragraph a paragraph or a short article
that’s cut out of a newspaper or
magazine
we call that a press clipping a story
from a magazine or from a newspaper that
has been cut out
and taken now again he said he had press
clippings about when he used to play
high school football when he played
football when he was younger
so here’s an example sentence
his wallet
was always full of press clippings of
funny stories that he would read to
fellow members he always had these
little pieces of paper these press
clippings stories from articles or
articles from newspapers or magazines we
say press
clippings your turn
excellent job very good now in the next
part of the conversation he also said
this right here he said oh
i’ll school a sister and that’s actually
how he said it now this is slang so i’ll
say it again in the right way
oh i’ll school a sister
now this is something again
i use it all the time i’m a school you i
use it a lot when i play basketball let
me explain what this actually means so
the expression is school somebody and it
means to educate
or put a person in his or her place to
teach someone something all right it’s
when you’re in a position
to teach someone else something that
they don’t know and it’s kind of you can
use it in a funny way oh i’ll school you
on that don’t worry i’ll school you on
that i’ll teach you that
i’ll inform you of that i’m going to
teach you something and it’s slang so
here’s the example sentence right here
i’m about to school you now again i told
you when i played basketball i used this
all the time so
i enjoyed um dribbling like i was a
point guard i could shoot really well so
depending on who i was playing if i was
talking trash or just playing around
with my friends i said okay i’m about to
school you and i would take the ball
down and shoot and again it just means
i’m about to teach you something i’m
about to teach you how to play
basketball right but you can use it in
any situation but it’s slang all right i
wish i had a basketball right now okay
so again after me
school somebody
excellent job very good all right the
next thing he used to use a lot of
expressions
to have it going on he said
i had it going on i mean you know i was
pretty good
you remember we learned that right from
the first clip pretty good and you see
the way he’s talking he’s speaking in a
very confident way so it means he was
extremely good but what does it mean to
have it going on here’s the meaning of
this one as well it’s also slang
to be attractive or socially successful
or to have an aura of success like
i know i’m really good
i know i’m amazing i have it going on
that’s what he was saying hey
i was good in football everybody knew it
i had it going on i was amazing i was
socially successful
makes sense right so let me show you an
example sentence here we go
he really had it going on when he was in
high school
and he did right he played football
really well he had it going on now again
this is slang but hey if you know how to
use it properly you’ll sound more like a
native english speaker
now the other thing he said was break
out something he said yeah you know
when i first told the dear wife his wife
you know back in the day a long time ago
when he was younger she looked at me
looked up
and down
and said yeah right then i broke out the
press clippings on a sister again
he’s speaking about his ability and then
his wife kind of doubts him so he broke
out something what does broke out to
break out something so this expression
break out something it means to present
something for use
especially something that had been
stored out of sight or concealed
his wife had never seen the press
clippings right
they were somewhere concealed or out of
sight so he said let me take them out
i’m going to break out the press
clippings
makes sense right let me break out the
proof
all right so here we go here’s the
example sentence
i dove dove under the counter when the
robber broke out a gun the gun had been
concealed but the robber broke out the
gun that makes sense right so again i
want you to repeat after me break out
something
excellent job very good now there’s one
other expression he used that is also
very important he said yeah
you know
the press
speaks for itself
now this expression speaks for itself
what does it mean when you say speaks
for itself let me break it down here we
go
speaks for itself now this just means if
something speaks for itself it is clear
and needs no further explanation
everything makes sense hey
listen
my english speaks for itself i’m a
native english speaker and you after
this lesson someone will say wow your
english is really good you say yeah my
english speaks for itself
it’s good you don’t need any other
explanation here’s the example sentence
the school’s excellent record speaks for
itself no other explanation or details
are needed makes sense right so after me
speaks for itself
excellent job very good so now that we
know these new expressions i want us to
listen to the clip one more time here we
go pay attention here we go
they shipped me this place called
washington dc that i i
love you it’s so glad you’re here
not to come here and haven’t been
anywhere since
man no okay now this is not really
connected with the question but doesn’t
you mention you were a football player
and i do like football what position did
you play play quarterback
i mean you mean i’ve never i haven’t
showed you the press clippers in this
after we turned the camera on a school
or sister you were a quarterback i had
it going on i mean you know i was i was
pretty good i respect that yeah i
respect you yeah i know when i first
told the dear wife you know back in the
day
she looked at me she looked up and down
yeah right
then i broke out the press clippings on
herself and then she believed it right
you know the press speaks for itself
oh yes
all right so you caught them this time
right all of the new expressions the
slang terms again used in a real english
conversation
but i want us to look at this right here
because i want you to understand what
happened in this part of the
conversation you see he was providing
support and proof for what he was
telling me in this part of the
conversation ob starts to present
information that proves he was good at
playing football he says that he will
show me some press clippings these
clippings were the proof his wife needed
to believe his story again you’re seeing
english fluency is not just about the
number of words you use it’s about being
able to support your answer give proof
for what you’re saying and when you
learn this strategy you’ll be able to
speak english fluently so things to
remember
this rule when you are giving your
opinion or a story here we go
always provide supporting information
and details that will help people
believe what you are saying
again as an english learner i know you
may be a little nervous sometimes to
speak in english don’t worry about
making mistakes instead focus on
providing information that supports what
you’re saying i’ve had so many students
especially when i was in korea
that came to me for an interview
and they had to figure out which level
they were going to go into when i worked
at the institute
and the students that made grammar
mistakes however
but they were able to
support their answers and give me
details and information those students
were placed higher than students that
made no mistakes but were not able to
give me supporting information it’s
really about your ability to give
supporting information for what you’re
saying now honestly i hope this lesson
really helped you i hope you enjoyed the
conversations i hope you enjoyed my
conversation with my family friend ob
and i hope to see you next time keep
studying hard now remember i do have a
free pdf for you if you want to keep
studying and mastering the english
language and you want to speak like a
native hit the link right in the
description it’s for the speak english
like a native the action plan a totally
free pdf that will take you through the
steps you need to follow in order to
speak english like a native english
speaker i hope you enjoy the lesson
again and i will talk to you next time
you still there
you know what time it is here we go it’s
story time
hey i said it’s story time
all right
today’s story is actually
about something you all know that i love
so
christmas
now christmas uh was a few weeks ago
and my family and i we had a wonderful
time together
so
during the day we actually we had
wonderful food together we decided to
make mexican food it was delicious
and we had worship together we talked
about um all the things that we
appreciated that god had given us and
then we went to open up the gifts
so my parents and i my sister my
brother-in-law and my nieces we all went
to the family room where the big tree
was and we were all opening up our gifts
everyone was opening up gifts and my
sister and i we were in shock because
usually my nieces they’re the kids that
get a lot more gifts because you know
we’re older and it’s fine the kids can
have it
but this year my parents decided to give
my sister and i a lot of gifts and i’m
not gonna lie to you i was happy so
my sister and i were extremely happy
this year and of course we got our
parents gifts too but it was really nice
so everyone was happy
i gave my family members some paintings
i did and they were happy i had them
framed and everything so we came to what
we thought was the end of our
gift-giving time and we were just
sitting there talking and my dad
suddenly stood up and said hey
so
i have something else that i want to
bring out and it’s for the entire family
so i need you guys to go to the other
room now let me just give you a little
bit of history
my dad for honestly the last i think 15
years
has always bought himself a gift and put
one of our names on it and said oh what
thank you
tiff i didn’t know you bought this for
me and i didn’t buy it for him he bought
it for himself so we had this ongoing
joke that my dad likes to buy himself
gifts and put one of our names on it so
we just expected it to be another one of
those because up until that point he had
not opened a gift that he bought for
himself
so he said i have a gift that’s for the
whole family so we’re like huh what
could this be so he said hey did
everybody go to the living room so we
went to the living room we’re just
sitting there
wait maybe about
five minutes and we’re like what is
daddy getting
and he comes downstairs with a big black
thing
it was a karaoke machine and he had a
microphone now let me explain something
you guys know i like singing i love
music my entire family everyone in my
family loves music
so
we said oh yeah i mean it had lights and
everything now here’s the thing
my family we’re very loving we’re cool
put a mic in our hand
we gonna put a show on so anyways
so
my dad said all right so he had
everybody’s favorite song so my parents
went first my dad my mom sang a song and
they were just dancing around and he
said all right baby girl talking to me
he said tiff it’s your turn and there’s
this song that i really like when i was
in korea i sang it all the time we went
to the karaoke place so i’ll sing a
little bit of it for you
um
um
you say
i’m crazy
but you don’t really know what you’ve
done
i’ll stop there
but i sing the whole song and i mean i
was giving it my all and then my sister
went and she was singing and my
brother-in-law went up we had an amazing
time and we laughed so hard because the
year we thought my dad was gonna get
himself something really big is the year
he bought something big that the entire
family could really enjoy and it was a
great memory singing on christmas night
with my family hopefully you also had
some wonderful memories made some
wonderful memories with your family on
christmas and yeah i hope you enjoy this
story and i’ll talk to you guys next
time