How To Express Yourself Confidently In English Episode 2
hey I love food no no it’s true I really
really love food and what you’re seeing
right now is my current favorite now
what’s so special about this dish
well this dish actually represents
something very unique about American
culture and I want to tell you all about
it but I have to tell you at the end of
this lesson so stay tuned I’m teacher
Tiffany let’s jump right in all right
today we are going to do XO 2 of how to
express yourself in English now we have
this simple formula D plus P plus P now
you’re gonna use this formula to express
yourself in English like a native
English speaker when you are speaking
about skills or abilities now I promise
this simple formula is going to take
your English to the next level so let’s
get started here we go now each of these
letters represents something important
the letter D stands for describe the
letter P stands for personal and the
other P stands for process so getting
started with the letter D this stands
for describing the basic skill or
ability
whenever you’re speaking in English and
you’re trying to express yourself you
always want to start by giving a good
foundation so you’re gonna describe the
actual ability that you’re talking about
or that the discussion is focused on
okay so we have described the basic
skill or ability now how do we do this
so let’s say for example we’re speaking
about singing now you know very well
that I love to sing and many of you have
commented on my singing and I really
appreciate your comments but how do we
describe this basic ability here we go I
said singing is basically producing
musical sounds with your voice and
following a specific rhythm now just to
make sure you understand what rhythm is
for example let’s say I have my fingers
and I’m gonna
so I’m just randomly snapping right now
there’s no rhythm right but then let’s
say I follow a specific pattern so I go
boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom
boom
that’s a rhythm okay alright so let’s
continue but being able to sing well is
a totally different story
a good singer is someone who is able to
control their voice and create musical
sounds that are pleasing to the ears of
those listening now what you’ll notice
on the screen is that I have bolded some
words and also underlined them because
these are expressions or vocabulary
words that I want to explain to you in a
little bit more detail so here we go the
first one the first expression is a
totally different story so in English we
say a different story
and it’s used to refer to a situation
usually a bad one that is opposite of a
previous situation you mentioned so
let’s say for example we’re gonna talk
about the weather
just for example and we want to use this
expression so let’s say I’m telling you
about the weather from yesterday I say
oh man the weather in my hometown whew
it was amazing yesterday the Sun was
shining you could hear the birds
chirping the wind was blowing really
softly there was a nice breeze the
weather was amazing but today is a
different story so you see what happened
there right I gave you one situation
related to yesterday’s weather right and
then I gave you the opposite situation
today’s weather is a different story
so you can naturally guess what today’s
weather is ah yesterday’s weather was
amazing but today it’s not that good
well actually today’s weather is very
gloomy and rainy so it’s opposite of
yesterday’s weather makes sense
so we use the expression a different
story when once again we’re referring to
a situation that is usually bad or
opposite of another situation okay
so let’s look at some more examples
and says here we go first we have this
one I love apples but bananas are a
different story again you can guess ah
she likes apples
but she doesn’t like bananas and again
just by using this expression you were
able to understand that right okay here
we go next we have the rent is cheap
here but it’s a different story
in the city and finally this rice is
amazing but the soup is a different
story
okay so again you can use this
expression when you want to express the
opposite usually a bad situation okay
all right now we had another vocabulary
word so the other vocabulary word was
pleasing or the other expression and
vocabulary worth in this section so
pleasing giving a sense of happy
satisfaction or enjoyment satisfying or
appealing giving pleasure so I want you
to think about two situations let’s say
for example we’re talking about two
different sounds
the first sound is of a car screeching
down the road and then suddenly hitting
something or crashing into a wall or
crashing into a car and no one dies but
think about that sound the sound of a
car crash is that a pleasant sound or is
that a sound that kind of oh ah it
doesn’t sound too good
exactly now on the opposite in the
opposite situation I want you to think
about a baby a baby that has just
finished eating a baby that is happy and
sitting or laying on its mother’s chest
and I say it’s a baby boy and he’s
looking at his mother lovingly and
making little sounds those sounds
usually make us as adults feel happy so
those are pleasing sounds so again a car
crash is not a pleasing sound but a baby
cooing or singing softly is a very
pleasing sound make sense alright good
now let’s see some example sentences
okay so pleasing giving us a happy
satisfaction or enjoyment here
the sentence that was a very pleasing
performance next this area of Paris has
a pleasing climate in September and
finally her design is very pleasing to
the eye so again for that last sentence
imagine that someone has developed
something and they’ve designed something
maybe a graphic designer and she’s
showing it to a group and they realized
that ooh what she’s showing them ooh
it’s amazing it’s making them feel good
it’s pleasing to the eye makes sense
excellent job okay now let’s go back to
my screen so here we go so we’ve looked
at the expression and the vocabulary
word and now we’re moving on to part two
of our formula letter P for personal now
we’re going to give more details about
our personal skill or ability remember
the first part we did was deep describe
the basic ability right now we’re gonna
talk about our personal ability related
to singing okay so let’s see this is
what I did here we go I have always
enjoyed singing because it makes me feel
happy
many people have also told me that I
sing quite well usually I sing Alto or
tenor when I am in a choir but it all
depends on which song we are singing at
the time all right so what did I do
I told you a little bit more information
about my personal ability my personal
ability to sing I gave you information
about why I liked it I told you where I
do it and then I also gave you details
about how I do it again this is part two
of the equation giving personal
abilities or giving a description of
your personal ability but I also have
some words and expressions that I want
to go over you see I set out to or tenor
and I said depends on well let me
explain this really quickly so Alto or
tenor these are musical terms referring
to the voice tone when someone is
singing with someone is singing so Alto
represents a higher tone than tenor now
let me see if I can show you this really
quickly so let’s say for example
Aalto so let’s say the song is sign me
up for the Christian Jubilee
alright so Alto but then tenor sign me
up for the Christian Jubilee so I
dropped my voice down a little bit lower
okay now it’s early in the morning so my
voice is actually a little bit lower
than usual but again Alto was a little
bit higher and tenor is a little bit
lower okay alright so let’s see some
example sentences using these two words
here we go do you sing the alto or the
tenor part next I heard that she sings
soprano and Alto and finally she’s
started by singing Alto and then changed
to tenor so again you see how we use
this or these two words in sentences
alright so let’s move on to the next
expression we have this is a pattern
depends on now this means to be
determined or decided by something now
in an earlier example I mentioned that
the weather was great yesterday but
today it’s a different story why because
it’s rainy and overcast so using this
expression this pattern depends on I can
say I would like to go swimming but it
depends on the weather
so I’m saying well if the weather is
good I can go but if the weather is not
good I won’t be able to go again the
weather today is not good so I can’t go
swimming okay all right now let’s see
some examples and this is here we go it
depends on the weather exactly what I
said then it all depends on what my mom
says tomorrow and finally it depends on
what her father says about the party
again she may or may not be able to go
it all depends on what her father says
if he’s in a good mood then he’ll say
yes but if he’s in a bad mood he’s not
going to say yes okay all right so let’s
move on now to the final part of our
formula the last letter P for process
explained the process you went through
to develop your skill
or ability so again we started off by
first describing the ability then we
described our personal ability and now
we’re going to describe the process we
went through to develop our ability okay
so again speaking about singing this is
what I said
growing up I sing a lot in the choir at
my church we practiced on a regular
basis which helped me to learn how to
harmonize with others I also enjoyed
listening to music at home so after
choir practice I would go home and sing
my favorite songs at the top of my lungs
so again I literally stepped you through
how my singing ability was developed so
again I said when I was growing up I
sang in the choir now choirs are very
popular in America
so little children will sing in choirs
at their church and they really enjoy so
I say in the choir we practiced a lot
and then I mentioned how we try to
figure out how to harmonize with each
other right and again I’m gonna explain
this word then I mentioned that I
enjoyed singing at home many people sing
in the shower they sing in their room so
I also enjoyed singing at home and
finally I said that I would go home and
not just sing but sing at the top of my
lungs so let me explain exactly what
these words and expressions mean so here
we have harmonized now this is used to
express the action of adding notes to a
melody to produce harmony or to produce
a pleasing sound by the combination of
voices so when multiple peoples sing
together they change their tones to
match the other individuals but someone
may go hi another person may go low and
they match their voices to produce a
beautiful sound okay we say that’s
harmonizing okay now let’s see some
examples and it says here we go the
three sisters harmonize well next a
group of singers were harmonizing on the
street corner and finally our choir
teacher told us to
harmonize with each other okay now the
next expression was at the top of my
lungs and this literally means as loud
as possible
so I want you to think of a classroom
situation right but a classroom
situation that includes little people
so my niece is very young and she goes
to school she’s in pre-k or
pre-kindergarten so she’s about 3 or 4
years old and so there are a lot of
little people in our class that are
about 3/4 and some of them are 5 years
old so when little kids get together
they don’t necessarily know how to speak
quietly usually they speak as loud as
they possibly can we say there’s talking
or screaming at the top of their lungs
all right so let’s see some examples and
it says here we go first we have I want
to scream I love you at the top of my
lungs next she was yelling at the top of
her lungs and finally you don’t have to
sing at the top of your lungs now this
is the formula we looked at today D plus
P plus P describe personal and process
now remember using this formula you’ll
be able to speak like a native English
speaker about the topics of skills and
abilities so I really hope you enjoyed
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all right it’s story time
okay so this is a picture I showed you
at the very beginning of the video it’s
currently my favorite thing to eat what
you’re seeing in this image is my
current favorite and I literally eat it
once a week if not more and it comes
from a restaurant called meze now I
believe that this represents American
culture or a very important aspect of
American culture you see in America we
believe in the power of choice getting
things the way you want them and also in
the amount that you want them so this
restaurant presents that same principle
you see when you go to the restaurant
you’re presented with multiple options
different choices of things to add on or
to add in your bowl so I like this
restaurant because as a vegetarian they
have so many options for me now let me
show you some of the options so when you
first walk in you are able to tell them
what you want you can either have a bowl
or you can also get a wrap or you can
even get they have a few other things
but I normally stick with the bowl okay
so you first choose your base the
foundation so you can have rice or you
can also choose lettuce or you can
choose both and I normally get both and
it also comes with pita bread when I say
this food is delicious wait so then
after that you can add your protein and
again I’m vegetarian so I normally
choose falafel and falafel for those
that are in my community the students
watching this video some of you actually
made love falafel too if you do put it
in the comment section so falafels are
just round patties they’re fried and
they’re made from chickpeas chickpeas
and different kinds of beans okay after
that you add toppings they have hummus
they have three different types of
hummus then they have Turkish salad they
have couscous they have two boule or
tabbouleh for those that are Lebanese
you can tell me if that pronunciation
was proper or correct or not
they have different kinds of vegetables
different kinds of beans they have corn
and beets and cabbage and all of these
things that you put on top of the bowl
and you can mix it together then after
that they have different sauces and I
normally choose spicy mango and also
tahini so again by the end as you can
see my bowl is pretty huge and I usually
eat it for two meals so I love to eat
the food there because it’s fresh it’s
well seasoned and it is so delicious so
when you come to America you’re gonna
see that a part of our culture is the
power of choice and you can choose many
different types of foods so not just
Mediterranean you can have Chinese you
can have Spanish you’re gonna have all
of these different types of foods in one
area so I hope you enjoyed this story
hopefully when you come to America you
can also try messae and I will talk to
you in the next video have a good one