Please DONT say IM BUSY Better Phrases English Lesson

Hey guys! I wanted to make you a video today but I’m just too busy. I’m absolutely swamped.

I’m overwhelmed. I’m up to my ears in errands, and kids.

Up to my ears. What? Exactly.

I’m just very busy today running errands. Isn’t that funny? We use the verb ‘running’ for errands but

we’re almost never actually running. We’re usually either driving or walking. Driving as I am today.

But I’m so busy that I don’t really have time to sit at my desk today to make a video.

So instead, we’re gonna make the video while we’re driving, and this video is on being busy.

Fifteen ways to say you’re busy.

There are a lot of fun idioms that we’ll learn here and it’s just nice to know more than one phrase to use for

a given situation. First, a quick note on the word ‘busy’. It’s spelled with the U but that’s actually the IH

as in sit vowel in the stressed syllable. Some of my students make that tighter, they make it more of a EE.

Busy– bee– bee– but it’s bih– busy. A little bit more relaxed. Busy.

Another way to say ‘I’m busy’ is to say: I’m buried.

No, I don’t actually mean I’m dead buried covered with Earth, but I mean, I’m covered with things to do.

I’m absolutely buried. I can’t do anything else. Now, depending on where you are in the US,

this word will be pronounced differently. The most common pronunciation is the EH as in bed vowel

like in the word ‘bear’, or in the word ‘air’. Bear. Buried. I’m absolutely buried.

We’ve got a very tight fit here, folks. Going to have to put a pause on the video while I focus on it,

just exactly how wide is the car that I’m driving.

Because I’m going to be honest with you, I am NOT a confident driver, and here’s a guy with his door out

ahead of me so I’m just gonna have to give my horn a little honk so he’ll pull it in.

And he did, thank you. This is not my best work.

Okay I was partially on the curb there, I am no longer on the curb, that is a bonus.

That guy really helped me out.

I think it just blew out a tire.

Let’s see.

You can also say I’m swamped or I’m slammed. Oh, I’m exhausted. I was so slammed at work today.

Or: I’m just so swamped at work right now. I’m working late every night.

This is actually an interesting time to think about ED ending words. Now with swamped,

the ED ending is a T sound because the sound before was unvoiced. That is the P sound. Ptt– Swamped.

But with slammed, the ED ending is a D sound because the sound before was voiced, the M sound, slammed.

So I have a video on how to pronounce ED endings, those rules,

you can check it out by the link in the video description below.

You could also say: I have a lot on my plate. Now, this phrase has a literal meaning.

I’ve got a lot on my plate.

I literally shot that clip three years ago, and i’ve just been waiting for the chance to use it.

I actually use this phrase quite a bit. I used it last week in an email, just to say that I’m very busy in my life

with a lot of different things. I’ve got a lot on my plate right now.

You could also use this as an excuse not to do something.

You could say: I have too much on my plate right now.

Hey guys! I’m working on editing this video right now, and actually, one thing that I thought about was

I’ve been using the phrase, related to the phrase, ‘a lot on my plate’, quite a bit lately.

Here’s the deal, a lot of you guys know Tom, he’s been on this YouTube channel before,

he’s a great teacher in Rachel’s English Academy. Well, he recently started working full time for Rachel’s English.

And one thing I’ve been saying about that as I talk about that, is I’ll say:

He’s taking some things off my plate.

Now, if you didn’t know this idiom, you might think: Why is this man stealing Rachel’s food?

But of course, that’s not what it means. It means he’s taking on some tasks that I used to do,

and that’s wonderful. So you may find yourself thinking: Hmm… I’m really busy.

I wish I could hire an assistant to take some things off my plate.

You could also say: I’ve got a lot going on. Or: I’ve got too much going on.

I’m so stressed. I’ve got too much going on.

You can also say: I’m juggling a lot right now. What does it mean? Again, it’s just another way to say: I’m busy.

I’m juggling a lot right now, between work and the kids, and we have guests in town.

At the beginning of the video, I said: I’m up to my ears. Now this is a phrase that we usually use with ‘in’.

I’m up to my ears in dirty diapers. Now, that feels very true because I have a nine month old baby.

So I am very busy caring for my baby.

Yes, that was a blacksmith. We also have another idiom for being busy that comes from blacksmiths.

And that is ‘to have a lot of irons in the fire’. I’m so sorry I can’t pick up another consulting job

I have a lot of irons in the fire right now.

Now, we have two that begin with ‘over’. We have overwhelmed and overloaded.

Again, they both just mean ‘too busy’. Let’s use a sentence.

The employees are overloaded, I think we need to hire more staff. I’m overwhelmed by my workload.

I’m overwhelmed by having two kids. Now, overwhelmed means not just really busy, but it’s too much,

it’s stressing you out, it’s taking an emotional toll.

What about when you’re busy, and you don’t just mean in general, but you mean at a specific time.

For example, Rachel do you want to go get a drink tonight? I can’t, I’m busy.

You could also say: Sorry, I’m unavailable. Hey, do you want to go out to dinner tonight?

Sorry, my schedule’s full. Or: I can’t, I already have plans.

You could also say: I’m tied up with other things. Tied up.

You could also simply say:

I just don’t have the time.

Hey, Rachel can you work on this project with me?

Sorry I don’t have the bandwidth.

Bandwidth. Now this is a word that we sometimes use with electronics, but we can also use it for ourselves,

to mean we don’t have the energy, we don’t have the mental capacity to take on more tasks

because we’ve already got so much going on, we’re already overloaded, we do not have the bandwidth.

You know, as I think about it, all of these phrases can be related to saying ‘no’.

Often when we say ‘no’ to something, we also want to say that we’re busy, we want to say why we’re saying ‘no’.

And there are a lot of ways to say ‘no’ and I’m thinking this would make a really interesting video.

As you know, I’m very busy, too busy to make a regular video for you today, but you know what?

I think that video is important enough that I’m going to clear my schedule. I’m gonna prioritize it.

I’m gonna make time to make that video. Okay, now we’re getting into phrases that we use

when we are busy, but we’re gonna make ourselves not busy. I’m gonna prioritize that.

I’m going to clear my schedule. I’m going to make room in my schedule for that.

So please join me here next week, let’s make time, let’s clear our schedules, and do this together.

We’ll watch the video on how to say ‘no’. The next video I think you might want to watch is this video,

it’s a phrase video that I made in my kitchen where I go over lots of ways to describe where something is.

Now, I know that you’re busy and that you’ve prioritized watching this video, thank you for that.

Thank you for your time. Thank you for studying with me.

That’s it guys and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

大家好！ 我今天想给你做一个视频，但我太忙了。 我完全被淹没了。

我不知所措。 我在跑腿和孩子们的耳朵。

到我的耳朵。 什么？ 确切地。

我今天只是很忙跑腿。 这不是很好笑吗？ 我们使用动词“跑步”来表示差事，但

我们几乎从未真正跑步。 我们通常是开车或步行。 像今天这样开车。

但是我太忙了，以至于我今天真的没有时间坐在办公桌前拍视频。

因此，我们将在开车时制作视频，而该视频正在忙碌。

十五种方式来表示你很忙。

我们将在这里学习很多有趣的习语，在特定情况下知道不止一个短语真是太好了

。 首先，简要介绍一下“忙碌”这个词。 它与 U 拼写，但实际上

是重读音节中的坐元音中的 IH。 我的一些学生把它弄得更紧了，他们让它更像是一个EE。

忙——蜜蜂——蜜蜂——但它很忙——忙。 稍微轻松了一些。 忙。

说“我很忙”的另一种方式是说：我被埋葬了。

不，我并不是说我已经被地球埋葬了，而是我的意思是，我有很多事情要做。

我完全被埋没了。 我不能做任何其他事情。 现在，根据您在美国的哪个位置，

这个词的发音会有所不同。 最常见的发音是床元音中的 EH，

如单词“bear”或单词“air”。 熊。 埋葬。 我完全被埋没了。

伙计们，我们在这里非常合身。 当我专注于它时，我不得不暂停视频

，我正在驾驶的汽车到底有多宽。

因为我要对你说实话，我不是一个自信的司机，而且有一个人的门

在我前面，所以我只需要按一下喇叭，他就会把它拉进来

.他做到了，谢谢。 这不是我最好的作品。

好的，我部分地在路边，我不再在路边，这是一个奖励。

那个人真的帮了我大忙。

我想它只是爆了一个轮胎。

让我们来看看。

你也可以说我被淹没或我被猛烈抨击。 哦，我已经筋疲力尽了。 我今天在工作中被猛烈抨击。

或者：我现在正忙于工作。 我每天晚上都加班到很晚。

这实际上是一个考虑 ED 结尾词的有趣时间。 现在使用 swamped

，ED 结尾是 T 音，因为之前的声音是清音的。 那是P音。 Ptt——被淹没了。

但是用 slammed，ED 结尾是 D 音，因为之前的声音是浊音，M 音，slammed。

所以我有一个关于如何发音 ED 结尾的视频，这些规则，

你可以通过下面视频描述中的链接查看。

你也可以说：我的盘子里有很多。 现在，这句话具有字面意义。

我的盘子里有很多东西。

我真的在三年前拍摄了那个剪辑，我一直在等待使用它的机会。

我实际上使用了这个短语。 我上周在一封电子邮件中使用了它，只是为了说我的生活很忙

，有很多不同的事情。 我现在有很多事情要做。

你也可以以此为借口不做某事。

你可以说：我现在的盘子太多了。

大家好！ 我现在正在编辑这个视频，实际上，我想到的一件事是

我最近一直在使用这个短语，与短语“我的盘子里有很多”有关。

事情是这样的，你们很多人都认识汤姆，他以前上过这个 YouTube 频道，

他是雷切尔英语学院的一位好老师。 好吧，他最近开始全职为瑞秋的英语工作。

当我谈到这件事时，我一直在说的一件事是，我会说：

他正在从我的盘子里拿走一些东西。

现在，如果你不知道这个成语，你可能会想：这个人为什么要偷瑞秋的食物？

但当然，这不是它的意思。 这意味着他正在承担我曾经做过的一些任务

，这很棒。 所以你可能会发现自己在想：嗯……我真的很忙。

我希望我能雇一个助手来帮我处理一些事情。

你也可以说：我有很多事情要做。 或者：我有太多事情要做。

我压力很大。 我有太多事情要做。

你也可以说：我现在很杂耍。 这是什么意思？ 同样，这只是另一种说法：我很忙。

我现在忙于工作和孩子之间，我们在城里有客人。

在视频的开头，我说：我听我的。 现在，这是我们通常与“in”一起使用的短语。

我穿着脏尿布到耳朵里。 现在，这感觉很真实，因为我有一个九个月大的婴儿。

所以我非常忙于照顾我的宝宝。

是的，那是一个铁匠。 我们还有另一个来自铁匠的忙碌成语。

那就是“在火里有很多铁杆”。 很抱歉，我不能再找一份咨询工作了，

我现在有很多问题。

现在，我们有两个以“over”开头的。 我们已经不堪重负。

同样，它们都只是表示“太忙”。 让我们用一个句子。

员工超负荷，我认为我们需要雇用更多的员工。 我被我的工作量压得喘不过气来。

有两个孩子让我不知所措。 现在，不知所措意味着不仅真的很忙，而且太多了，

让你压力山大，在情感上造成损失。

当你很忙的时候呢，你的意思不仅仅是一般的，而是在特定的时间。

例如，瑞秋你今晚想去喝一杯吗？ 我不能，我很忙。

你也可以说：对不起，我没空。 嘿，今晚要出去吃饭吗？

对不起，我的日程排满了。 或者：我不能，我已经有计划了。

你也可以说：我忙于其他事情。 绑起来。

你也可以简单地说：

我只是没有时间。

嘿，瑞秋，你能和我一起做这个项目吗？

对不起，我没有带宽。

带宽。 现在这是我们有时在电子产品中使用的一个词，但我们也可以为自己使用它

，这意味着我们没有精力，我们没有承担更多任务的心理能力，

因为我们已经有了 发生了这么多，我们已经超载了，我们没有带宽。

你知道，在我看来，所有这些短语都可能与说“不”有关。

通常当我们对某事说“不”时，我们也想说我们很忙，我们想说为什么我们说“不”。

有很多方法可以说“不”，我认为这会是一个非常有趣的视频。

如您所知，我今天很忙，忙得无法为您制作常规视频，但是您知道吗？

我认为那个视频很重要，我要清理我的日程安排。 我会优先处理。

我会抽出时间制作那个视频。 好的，现在我们开始学习忙碌时使用的短语

，但我们会让自己不忙。 我会优先考虑的。

我要清理我的日程安排。 我会在我的日程安排中为此腾出空间。

所以请下周和我一起，让我们腾出时间，让我们理清日程，一起做这件事。

我们将观看有关如何说“不”的视频。 我想你可能想看的下一个视频是这个视频，

这是我在厨房里制作的一个短语视频，我用很多方法来描述某物在哪里。

现在，我知道您很忙，并且您已优先观看此视频，谢谢。

感谢您的时间。 谢谢你和我一起学习。

就是这样，非常感谢您使用 Rachel 的英语。