Well hey there I'm Emma from mmmEnglish

coming at you from my new house.

Now I know it kind of looks exactly the same

as it was before back there but I can assure you

that what's happening on that side of the camera

is not okay. I spent the last couple of weeks

packing and lifting and sorting and moving house

always takes way longer than you think.

I was a little disorganised last week so I didn't

make a new lesson for you and I'm sorry about that

but today I've got an awesome lesson for you

to help you expand your vocabulary and learn new

expressions all using the verb look.

Now I'm sure there's going to be some familiar ones

in there but that's great because you'll get

to review them and practise with me a little

and make sure you're using

these expressions accurately.

And there will definitely be some new ones that will

help you to build your vocabulary further

and it'll be interesting to see them used accurately  

in context as well. And as always, I've got a mini quiz

at the end to help you practise so stick around.

We've got a lot of phrasal verbs and expressions

to get through today so make sure you've got

a notebook handy where you can write down

some of the new expressions

and ways of using them.

Watching and listening is great but to make 

these words stick in your mind, practise using them

yourself, write some sentences down

and be especially mindful of the prepositions and the

words that are commonly used with look.

This means that you're learning to use these

expressions accurately and it'll help you to sound

more natural as you use them in spoken English

as well.

Let's start with these useful structures right here

all right take a close look at the options.

We have look as if, look as though and look like.

All of them are used with a clause following.

It looks as if it's going to rain.

It looks as though she's brought her kids.

It looks like he'll arrive late again.

So all of these expressions have the same meaning.

We use them to make a statement about a likely

result in the future and it's based on information

that we have

which means it's likely, it's a good assumption.

But there is one little rule to take note of.

If it's just a noun following look, you can't use as if

or as though, you have to use like.

It looks like rain.

You can't say: It looks as if rain

because that sentence sounds a little unfinished.

You could say it looks as if rain is coming.

That's okay.

But just to keep that in mind, if look

is followed by a noun, you need to use like.

And of course

we can look like someone as well

and that means that they're similar in appearance.

She looks like her mother.

He doesn't look like his parents.

And we also say that people look alike.

They look alike.

It has the same meaning.

They really look alike.

And as a noun, a look-alike is someone who has

a really similar appearance to someone else

and it's especially if it's a famous person.

Her mum is a Michelle Obama lookalike.

Her mum looks like Michelle Obama.

They really look alike.

So all of these sentences have the same meaning,

really similar meaning. You can express that idea

in lots of different ways.

Now you can give someone a look

as well and when we use look as a noun,

we're usually using it with an adjective to describe

the way that someone is looking at someone else.

He gave me an angry look before he left the building.

I know that look, that look means

you don't want to be part of that conversation.

You're annoyed.

We also often hear a dirty look and that's to look at

someone in a bad way like

in a really negative way.

I was late for my sister's birthday and I knew she was

annoyed at me because she gave me such a

dirty look across the room.

That was my best dirty look.

When we think about or we talk about the past

then we can use look back on something,

an event or a time or an experience in the past.

I try to look back on the mistakes I made in the past

and learn from them.

We look after people you know, we take care of them.

I offered to look after my sister's kids

on Thursday night.

Who's going to look after your dog while you're away?

Do you look after anyone?

Or does someone look after you?

See if you can make a sentence using that

phrasal verb down below.

To look down on someone is to have a low opinion

of them or to think that you're better than them

in some way.

It's really common for people who value university

education to look down on

those who don't have a degree.

Can you think of other times in your life or

around you in your community

where people look down on each other?

See if you can write a sentence about that

down below.

We look for things right? You know when we lose

something and we're trying to find it.

Now, of course, we always need to use a noun that

follows this phrasal verb right to explain

what it is we're looking for.

I'm looking for my keys. I can't find them anywhere!

Of course, we look forward to something happening

right? We are waiting for something

to happen and feeling really excited

or really pleased about it.

Lots of you know that I love the warm weather 

and I usually complain about our relatively mild

winter here in Australia but as you can imagine,

we are just coming out of winter and heading

into summer now and I am very excited about it.

I'm looking forward to summer.

I'm also looking forward to seeing my family again.

I haven't seen them all year thanks to

COVID and the lockdown and all of that stuff.

I'm sure you probably have something that you're really

looking forward to doing, right?

Let me know down in the comments.

We look around or we look round.

And that's when we visit a place and see what's there.

Before I book the venue, I'd like to come and

look around if that's okay,

just to make sure that it's suitable.

Look out!

To look out. We use it as an exclamation

to tell someone to be careful.

That's a really common use. We say: Look out!

You're about to knock the glass off the bench.

Look out!

Now I want to highlight a really neat

little pronunciation tip here, one that is useful

for learning hundreds of English phrasal verbs because

this pronunciation pattern is really, really common.

Often native speakers link the consonant

at the end of one word to the following word

if it starts with a vowel.

So instead of releasing the K after look,

we combine it together with the vowel sound

at the start of out.

Look out.

This little pronunciation tip is going to help

you to sound more natural and relaxed as you speak

in English and I go into this in lots more detail

in a series of videos about linking

in English pronunciation, linking natural

pronunciation. Find it up here.

We look out for people.

Can you hear that? Look out.

Look out for someone, it means to take care of them

and make sure that they're okay.

My nephews are always looking out

for each other at school. It is so sweet.

Now a phrasal verb that has a very similar sentiment

is to look in on someone and that means

to visit someone, to check that everything is okay.

So it's a little different to look out for,

to take care of someone, it means to specifically stop

by their house or visit them somewhere

to make sure that they're okay.

I'll stop by the hospital after work to look in

on my grandma and make sure she's eaten.

You might already know the phrasal verb look up.

Are you already thinking of a few different

phrasal verbs that use look up?

When we look something up, usually we're trying to

find out some information right or we use a

dictionary or Google or Youtube to find

the right answer or the truth right.

If you don't know a word

you look it up in the dictionary.

Now look up is a separable phrasal verb

and that means that we can insert the object

into the phrasal verb or we can have it follow.

So we can say look up the word or

look the word up.

Both of them are okay, it's possible.

Now we can also say that a situation is looking up.

If a situation is looking up, it's getting better

and it's most often used in the continuous form

just like this but not always, you can also say  

Now that I've got a job again, things are starting

to look up.

Okay, the situation is becoming more positive.

Now unlike the previous use of the phrasal verb

look up, this is inseparable. We can't say

that we are looking up the situation.

That doesn't make sense, it's the wrong meaning

of this phrasal verb. But we can say

the situation is looking up

if we mean it's starting to look more positive.

Now if we keep thinking about look up,

then I can say that I look up to someone right.

I respect them, I want to be like them.

I really look up to my boss.

I guess you could say that she's my mentor.

Now this phrasal verb is also inseparable,

the object always follows the phrasal verb.

Who do you look up to? Is there someone in your life that you

respect and you admire?

Write about it in the comments below.

To look into something is to investigate it and this phrasal

verb is quite useful to use in a professional context.

If a colleague says

We sent out the invitations last week but no one's responded.

Do you think there's a problem with the website?

That's odd, maybe. I'll look into it and report back after lunch.

Another great phrasal verb to use in a work context is

to look over something and this means  

to examine it but usually quickly you know,

probably not going into a whole heap of detail.

I'll look over the report tonight

and let you know if I want to add anything.

We can look through something.

Now of course, we have the more literal meaning of look through

but like look over, it's also used when we examine something

especially to find the information that you need.

I can spend hours looking through recipes

getting inspiration for dinner each night.

We can look to someone and we use this when we expect

to get help or advice from them.

She looked to me for the answer but I didn't know.

If I ever feel unsure, I look to my friends for advice.

And last but definitely not least, we have the expression

to have good looks and that means

that someone is attractive right.

We use the verb have or has and the noun good looks.

She has good looks, she's got an awesome job, recognition

in the industry, a gorgeous family.

I'm not trying to compare myself to her at all.

We can also say that someone is good-looking,

using the adjective form as well.

He's a really good-looking guy.

Okay it's time for a mini-quiz. I've got six questions

and you'll need to choose the correct expression

to complete the sentence the right way

so make sure you're paying attention to the words

around the expression in each sentence.

They're going to give you some clues but my best advice

is to go with your gut and see how many you get right.

He has good looks but he's not very intelligent.

We spent hours looking through her record collection.

I can't get my laptop to connect to the projector.

Can you look into it for me?

John has been unemployed since April but he finally got

offered a job at a local factory so things are looking up.

My friend Sarah doesn't have any family living nearby so I always  

look out for her.

It looks as though it's going to rain.

Now this is a trick question. It can't be look like

because the verb doesn't match the subject.

I was just testing.

How did you go?

Let me know if you've got any questions about these expressions

down in the comments below

and take the opportunity to practise a little right now.

Hit pause just for a few seconds

and write a couple of sentences especially to practise the new

expressions that you learned.

Make sure you add your sentences down into the comments.

I'm going to spend some time this weekend

checking them for you

and if you can think of any more phrasal verbs or expressions

with look

then let me know in the comments too.

If you love building vocabulary and learning collocations

then definitely check out one of these two lessons right here.

I will see you in there!

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好吧，嘿，我是来自 mmmEnglish 的 Emma，

从我的新房子来找你。

现在我知道它看起来和

回到那里之前完全一样，但我可以向你

保证，相机那一侧发生的事情

是不正常的。 在过去的几周里，我在

打包、起重、分类和搬家的

时间总是比你想象的要长。

上周我有点杂乱无章，所以我没有

为你上新课，对此我很抱歉，

但今天我为你上了一堂很棒的课，

帮助你扩大词汇量并学习新的

表达方式，所有这些都使用动词 看。

现在我确信其中会有一些熟悉的表达方式

，但这很好，因为您

可以复习它们并与我一起练习一些

，并确保您

准确地使用这些表达方式。

肯定会有一些新的，可以

帮助你进一步建立你的词汇量

，看到它们在上下文中准确使用也会很有趣

。 和往常一样，最后我有一个小

测验来帮助你练习，所以坚持下去。 今天

我们有很多短语动词和表达

方式要完成，所以请确保您有

一个方便的笔记本，您可以在其中写下

一些新的

表达方式和使用它们的方法。

看和听很好，但要让

这些词牢牢记住，自己练习使用它们

，写下一些句子

，特别注意介词和

常用的词。

这意味着您正在学习准确地使用这些

表达方式，并且在您在口语中使用这些表达方式时，它也会帮助您听起来

更自然

。

让我们从这里的这些有用的结构开始，

仔细看看这些选项。

我们看起来好像，看起来好像，看起来像。

它们都与后面的子句一起使用。

看起来好像要下雨了。

看起来好像她带来了她的孩子。

看来他又要迟到了。

因此，所有这些表达方式都具有相同的含义。

我们使用它们来就未来可能的结果发表声明，

并且它基于

我们拥有的信息，

这意味着它很可能，这是一个很好的假设。

但是有一个小规则需要注意。

如果只是跟在look后面的名词，不能用as if

或as if，必须用like。

好像下雨了。

你不能说：看起来好像下雨了，

因为这句话听起来有点未完成。

你可以说它看起来好像要下雨了。

没关系。

但请记住，如果

look后面是名词，则需要使用like。

当然，

我们也可以看起来像某个人

，这意味着他们的外表相似。

她长得像她妈妈。

他看起来不像他的父母。

我们也说人长得像。

他们看起来很相像。

它具有相同的含义。

他们真的很像。

作为名词，长相相似的

人与其他人的外表非常相似，

尤其是当它是名人时。

她的妈妈和米歇尔·奥巴马很像。

她的妈妈看起来像米歇尔奥巴马。

他们真的很像。

所以所有这些句子都有相同的意思，

非常相似的意思。 你可以

用很多不同的方式表达这个想法。

现在您也可以给某人看一眼

，当我们将look用作名词时，

我们通常将其与形容词一起使用来描述

某人注视其他人的方式。

离开大楼前，他生气地看了我一眼。

我知道那个表情，那个表情意味着

你不想参与那个对话。

你生气了。

我们也经常听到一种肮脏的眼神，那就

是以一种非常消极的方式看待某人。

我姐姐的生日迟到了，我知道她生

我的气，因为她

在房间对面用如此肮脏的眼神看着我。

那是我最肮脏的样子。

当我们思考或谈论过去时，

我们可以回顾过去的某事

、事件、时间或经历。

我试图回顾过去犯下的错误

并从中吸取教训。

我们照顾你认识的人，我们照顾他们。

我提出在星期四晚上照顾我姐姐的孩子

。

你不在的时候谁来照顾你的狗？

你照顾任何人吗？

还是有人照顾你？

看看你能不能用

下面的那个短语动词造一个句子。

看不起某人就是对他们的评价很低

，或者认为你

在某些方面比他们好。

重视大学教育的人看不起没有学位的人，这是很常见的

。

您能想到您生活中或

您所在社区周围的其他

人们互相看不起的时候吗？

看看你能不能在下面写一个关于这个的句子

。

我们找东西对吗？ 你知道我们什么时候失去了

一些东西并且我们正在努力寻找它。

现在，当然，我们总是需要在

这个短语动词后面使用一个名词来解释

我们正在寻找什么。

我在找我的钥匙。 我在任何地方都找不到它们！

当然，我们期待发生一些事情，

对吗？ 我们正在等待

某件事发生，并对此感到非常兴奋

或非常高兴。

你们很多人都知道我喜欢温暖的天气

，我通常会抱怨

我们在澳大利亚的冬天相对温和，但正如你想象的那样，

我们刚刚走出冬天

进入夏天，我对此感到非常兴奋。

我很期待夏天。

我也期待再次见到我的家人。

由于

COVID 和封锁以及所有这些，我一整年都没有见过他们。

我敢肯定，你可能有一些你真正

期待做的事情，对吧？

在评论中让我知道。

我们环顾四周或环顾四周。

这就是我们访问一个地方并看看那里有什么的时候。

在我预订场地之前，

如果可以的话，我想来看看周围

，以确保它合适。

小心！

向外看。 我们用它作为感叹号

来告诉某人要小心。

这是一个非常常见的用途。 我们说：小心！

你即将敲掉板凳上的玻璃。

小心！

现在我想在这里强调一个非常简洁的

小发音技巧，它

对于学习数百个英语短语动词很有用，因为

这种发音模式非常非常普遍。 如果以元音开头，

母语人士通常会将

一个单词末尾的辅音连接到下一个单词

。

因此，我们没有在查找后释放 K，

而是将它与 out 开头的元音结合在一起

。

小心。

这个发音小技巧将帮助

您在说英语时听起来更自然、更放松

，我将

在一系列有关

英语发音链接、链接自然

发音的视频中更详细地介绍这一点。 在这里找到它。

我们寻找人。

你能听到吗？ 小心。

照顾某人，这意味着照顾他们

并确保他们没事。

我的侄子们总是

在学校互相照顾。 它是如此甜蜜。

现在，具有非常相似情感的短语动词

是看某人，这

意味着拜访某人，检查一切是否正常。

因此，照顾、照顾某人有点不同

，这意味着专门

去他们家或去某个地方拜访他们

以确保他们没事。

下班后我会去医院

看看我奶奶，确保她吃饱了。

您可能已经知道短语动词查找。

您是否已经在考虑使用查找的几个不同的

短语动词？

当我们查找某些内容时，通常我们会尝试正确地

找出一些信息，或者我们使用

字典、谷歌或 Youtube 来

找到正确的答案或正确的真相。

如果你不认识一个词，

你就在字典里查。

现在查找是一个可分离的短语动词

，这意味着我们可以将宾语

插入到短语动词中，或者我们可以让它跟随。

所以我们可以说查找单词或

查找单词。

两个都好，有可能。

现在我们也可以说形势正在好转。

如果情况正在好转，它会变得更好

，并且最常以连续形式使用，

就像这样但并非总是如此，您也可以说

现在我又找到工作了，事情

开始好转了。

好的，情况正在变得更加积极。

现在与以前使用短语动词

查找不同，这是不可分割的。 我们不能

说我们正在查明情况。

这没有意义，这

是这个短语动词的错误含义。 但是

，

如果我们的意思是它开始看起来更加积极，我们可以说情况正在好转。

现在，如果我们一直在考虑抬头，

那么我可以说我在仰望某人。

我尊重他们，我想和他们一样。

我真的很尊敬我的老板。

我想你可以说她是我的导师。

现在这个短语动词也是不可分割的

，宾语总是跟在短语动词之后。

你仰望谁？ 在你的生活中，有没有

你尊重和钦佩的人？

在下面的评论中写下它。

调查某事就是调查它，这个短语

动词在专业环境中使用非常有用。

如果一位同事说

我们上周发出了邀请但没有人回复。

你觉得网站有问题吗？

这很奇怪，也许吧。 我会调查一下，午饭后回来报告。

在工作环境中使用的另一个很棒的短语动词

是查看某物，这

意味着检查它，但通常很快你就知道了，

可能不会深入细节。

今晚我会查看报告

，如果我想添加任何内容，请告诉你。

我们可以看透一些东西。

当然，现在我们有更字面意思的“查看”，

但就像“查看”一样，它也用于我们检查某些东西，

特别是为了找到您需要的信息。

我可以花几个小时浏览食谱

，每晚都在寻找晚餐的灵感。

我们可以向某人

寻求帮助，并在我们希望从他们那里获得帮助或建议时使用它。

她向我寻求答案，但我不知道。

如果我不确定，我会向我的朋友寻求建议。

最后但并非最不重要的一点是，我们

有漂亮的表情，这

意味着某人很有吸引力。

我们使用动词 have 或 has 和名词 good looks。

她长得漂亮，有一份很棒的工作，

在业内享有盛誉，还有一个美满的家庭。

我根本不想将自己与她进行比较。

我们也可以

用形容词形式说某人很漂亮。

他是一个非常好看的人。

好的，是时候进行小测验了。 我有六个问题

，您需要选择正确的表达方式

以正确的方式完成句子，

因此请确保您注意

每个句子中表达周围的单词。

他们会给你一些线索，但我最好的建议

是跟着你的直觉走，看看你做对了多少。

他长得很好，但他不是很聪明。

我们花了几个小时浏览她的唱片收藏。

我无法让我的笔记本电脑连接到投影仪。

你能帮我看看吗？

约翰自 4 月以来一直失业，但他终于

在当地一家工厂得到了一份工作，所以情况正在好转。

我的朋友莎拉没有任何家人住在附近，所以我总是

照顾她。

看起来好像要下雨了。

现在这是一个技巧问题。 不可能看起来像，

因为动词与主语不匹配。

我只是在测试。

你是怎么去的？

如果您对这些表达式有任何疑问

，请在下面的评论中告诉我，

并借此机会立即练习一下。

暂停几秒钟，

然后写几句话，特别是练习

你学到的新表达方式。

确保将句子添加到评论中。

我将在这个周末花一些时间

为你检查它们

，如果你能想到更多的短语动词或表达方式

，

那么也请在评论中告诉我。

如果您喜欢建立词汇和学习搭配，

那么一定要在这里查看这两节课中的一课。

我会在那里见到你的！