Real English Sentences You Can Use Now Episode 2 Business Meetings
hey have you been studying English for a
long time and you still have
difficulties making real English
sentences like long sentences like an
American or like a native English
speaker is it difficult do you feel
frustrated well if so today’s lesson is
for you because I’m gonna teach you real
English sentences that you can use right
now I’m teacher Tiffany let’s jump right
in
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alright so today we’re gonna look at
five real English sentences that you can
use right now and our topic is business
meetings so first we need to look at one
basic English sentence here it is I have
to attend a business meeting today now
this sentence seems very easy right
you said teacher I know this sentence
and I know you do but I’m gonna teach
you how to expand this sentence and to
give more details like a native English
speaker so let’s go back to my screen
and let’s get right to it alright so
again our sentence is I have to attend a
business meeting today but what we’re
gonna do is we’re gonna look at the five
W’s the first one is who so we can say
as an entrepreneur again remember we’re
answering the who so we’re adding more
information to the sentence to make it
or to expand the sentence and to use it
like a native English speaker okay here
we go
as an entrepreneur I have to attend more
business meetings than I can count
today now you’ll notice some bold words
in this sentence the first one is
entrepreneur now an entrepreneur is
someone who runs his or her own business
so a person who actually developed their
ideas and started a company like Mark
Zuckerberg was an entrepreneur I’m an
entrepreneur because I started in
English Academy for you so again that’s
what an entrepreneur is now for
pronunciation sake I want you to repeat
after me on
preneur you got it you got it one more
time
entreprenuer excellent job alright now
there was another pattern in the
sentence that I want to explain to you
so let me show it to you again really
quickly here we go more dot dot then I
can count so another way of explaining
that you have a lot or that there are a
lot of things or ideas you can say more
dot dot then I can count so for example
I’ll say Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates
they each have more money than they can
count that makes sense
excellent all right so now let’s move on
now we have the who answered but I want
to show you some example sentences using
the vocabulary word and also the
expression so here we go entrepreneur
here’s the sentence Mark Zuckerberg is
one of the most famous entrepreneurs of
the 21st century and that’s true even
you know who Mark Zuckerberg is because
of Facebook right okay and again don’t
worry these sentences will all be in the
PDF file okay all right let’s keep going
next more than I can count now I have
more friends on Facebook than I can
count or I have more friends than I can
count on Facebook so again we’re talking
about something that seems to be very
large in number now you may hear a
helicopter in the background we’re gonna
keep going going with class so don’t
worry all right
okay so and if you don’t hear it don’t
worry okay so again more than I can
count
having a lot of something I have a lot
of friends on Facebook I can’t even
count them more friends than I can count
so for you again always try to write a
comment in the comment section what do
you have more than you can count
of do you have more books than you can
count
do you have more shoes than you can
count think of something that you have a
lot of okay all right now moving on to
the next real sentence all right
now we’re going to jump into answering
the what again part of the five W’s
remember the five W’s who what when
where and why help you expand and make
more natural sentences okay alright so
here we go I have to attend an All Hands
meeting which is the most important
business meeting I have today so again
you notice that we expanded the sentence
by doing what
answering the what well what kind of
meeting do you have today and I answered
that and All Hands meeting now let me
show you again because you may be
curious teacher what is an All Hands
meeting the easiest way to understand an
All Hands meeting is it’s a meeting
where everyone needs to come to everyone
needs to join all of the managers all
the employees need to come together for
the meeting we call that an All Hands
meeting in English okay all right so
let’s see an example sentence using that
expression we have two here we go we
usually have an All Hands meeting on the
first Thursday of every month now this
is true I remember when I used to work
at NASA we’d have lots of meetings but
we mainly had meetings on the first
Monday of the month it was our All Hands
meeting everyone in our department would
come together and we review what we did
last month and also review the plans for
the next month and All Hands meeting you
got it okay now we have one more
examples and then so here we go I missed
the last All Hands meeting because I had
to go on a business trip so again you
can start using this expression when
you’re speaking about your work
environment because I’m sure wherever
you work you also have an All Hands
meeting a meeting where everyone has to
come together okay all right now let’s
move on to the next W here we go on our
next real English sentence is answering
when right after I knock out this email
I have to make my way to today’s
business me
knock out a little confusing right don’t
you worry I’m gonna explain all right so
knock out something now this is a super
useful expression okay
so knock out something it’s kind of
slang but it’s okay to use in an
environment where you’re doing business
like with your coworkers it’s okay all
right so knock out just means to
complete or finish something so let’s
say for example um I am trying to write
in my notebook and I have to write who I
have to write a lot in my notebook and I
want to complete my writing I want to
complete my journal entry I need to
knock out my journal entry before I go
to meet my friends I need to finish or
complete it makes it alright now
the other one was make my way to let me
show it to you again really quickly here
we go make my way to now this just means
to start to go somewhere I need to leave
to go to a certain place start moving in
a certain direction so let’s say for
example I’m gonna meet my friends at the
restaurant down the street from my house
right now
again I’m writing in my journal ah I
need to knock this out so that I can go
meet my friends so I need to hurry up so
that I can make my way to the restaurant
does that make sense
and you’re smart okay good job now we’re
gonna look at some examples and it says
so here we go alright so back to my
screen now let’s see in examples and
it’s using knock something out alright I
need to knock out this project before I
go on vacation next week alright so
again I need to finish I need to
complete this project
alright and next again we have make
one’s way too so she made her way to the
front of the class after the teacher
called her name again going in a certain
direction so she went towards the front
of the class make sense all right again
very useful expressions
very useful words that you’re learning
today all right okay now moving on to
the next one here we go now we’re gonna
answer the where okay so I have to
attend a business meeting today in the
room adjacent to the break room now this
word right here can be a little bit
tricky when it comes to pronunciation so
let me show it to you one more time
adjacent here we go
adjacent now some people say adjacent
both are okay all right we’re gonna
learn adjacent okay so adjacent just
means next to or connected to all right
the room next to or the room adjacent to
this room connected or right next to
alright and the other one is break room
now I think I’ll show it to you real
quick break room I think you kind of
understand what break room means but it
literally is the area in an office
building in an office building where
people go to relax they have snacks
there they can make coffee or tea or
they put their lunches inside of the
refrigerator it’s the place where you go
to actually not work when you need a
break from work okay we say break room
so again the sentence this one answers
the where I have to attend a business
meeting today in the break room adjacent
to the break room excuse me in the room
adjacent to the break room I think I
added a word there but it’s all good
alright so let’s see some examples here
we go
adjacent they took a boat trip and
toured the southern coastline and
adjacent islands so they went along the
coastline and they also went to the
islands that were adjacent or next to or
connected to the place where they were
visiting that make sense alright now the
next one is using break room here we go
we usually eat lunch together in the
break room whenever we have a long
meeting makes sense right again these
are all words and expressions that you
can start using today and you can have
these new sentences and the structures
you can use them
starting today alright so now let’s go
on to the next one now we want to answer
the why ok so again the original
sentence was I have to attend a business
meeting today well why do you have to
attend a business meeting today I’m glad
you asked let me answer that alright so
here we go here we go
I have to attend a business meeting
today because my boss blew a fuse after
he heard that our project flopped
now blew a fuse so this is an expression
kind of an idiom that we use to explain
someone who is extremely upset they get
angry we say they blew a fuse so again
right now I’m very calm even smiling
talking to you but let’s say I suddenly
get angry I told you not to do that and
then suddenly my blood starts to rise
and I scream loudly don’t worry I’m not
gonna scream at you but I suddenly get
angry I’m blowing a fuse to get angry
all of a sudden okay so this person’s
boss blew a fuse okay now the next one
is at the bottom flopped what does that
mean flopped just means failed didn’t
work didn’t turn out the way that they
thought it would so we say flopped in
English so you know what for
pronunciation sake after me flopped very
good front teeth bottom lip flopped
excellent job okay so let’s see some
examples and it says here we go alright
first blow a fuse when he learned that
his only daughter had eloped he blew a
fuse Oh
eloped just means to get married usually
at the courthouse not letting anyone
know you just elope without an actual
wedding you just go to the courthouse
and get a paper sign saying that you’re
married we say that’s eloping in English
okay alright and last flopped here’s the
sentence that drama flopped after the
main actor decided to cancel his
contract earlier this year so
before that actor quit man that drama
was doing really good but then suddenly
he decided to leave and the drama just
failed it didn’t do well so we say the
drama flopped okay make sense all right
now hopefully you understood those
expressions now we learned five new real
English sentences and again remember you
can look at the PDF that has all of
these sentences so you can actually
practice now if you really want to take
your English to the next level you want
to go on to part two where I give you an
action plan for using these words and
expressions and in real life now the
action plan and that part two well part
two of the lesson is all in the Academy
so if you’re an academy student don’t
worry click the link right in the
description that says part two and you
can watch it right now if you’re not in
the academy don’t worry you can join
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Academy and you can watch part two and
start improving your English well I
really hope you enjoy today’s lesson I
enjoy preparing it for you and I also
enjoyed teaching it to you I’ll see you
next week but as always remember to
speak English you ready it’s story time
okay you know I think that you guys look
forward to story town now more than the
English lesson but it’s okay I look
forward to it too all right for today
I’m gonna tell you a story about an
experience I had when I was living in
South Korea so when I was in South Korea
again as an English teacher as a
missionary I really enjoyed my time
there and I had this habit of trying to
help people whenever I saw someone in
need now I think you guys can kind of
tell that about me I love helping people
but one of the things I really like to
do is help is to help homeless people
homeless people are those who
unfortunately live on the streets or
they don’t have a home to go to so we
say they’re homeless and one day I was
walking as at a train station slash mall
for those that are Korean Yongsan
station Yongsan y’all and I was walking
around and a homeless lady was I could
see her out the corner of my eye and I
could tell that she was hungry I could
tell that she hadn’t had a shower in
many days and you know again there are
homeless people in every country
including America so it wasn’t something
shocking to me but I felt the need to
help her so I said you know what I’m
gonna give us lady some money now she
asked me for me I’m sorry she asked me
for money and I said you know what I’m
gonna buy her some food because I didn’t
know she’s gonna buy alcohol or not and
I wanted to feed her but I didn’t want
her to use the money in the wrong way so
anyways actually she approached me I’ve
met a lot of homeless people and this
lady actually approached me and said
could I give her some money and I said
you know what I I won’t give you money
but I can definitely buy you whatever
you want to eat and I had no problem
spending money on her and again this
conversation was happening in Korean and
she looked at me and she said something
that shocked me you know I felt like hey
I can help this lady I felt good out you
know I wanted to help her have a good
day and she said thank you but do you
mind eating with me it caught me off
guard now again I want you to think
about this this lady again I could tell
she hadn’t taken a shower in days she
didn’t smell the best she didn’t look
the best yeah I could just you can tell
she was homeless and she said would you
mind eating with me and again I paused
for a few seconds and I thought to
myself it’s really easy to buy something
for someone it’s really easy to give
them money it’s not that easy to sit
down with them and talk to them and you
know people are gonna look at me and I
said you know what yes I can so for the
next 35 to 40 minutes this lady and I
sat down together at a restaurant and
again I’m sure people were looking at us
because again you could tell she was
homeless and we sat in the restaurant
and I was very curious I said you know
what we’re sitting here eating let’s
have a conversation so I asked I said
can I ask you a question she said sure
what happened like how did you get into
the situation like how can I help
she proceeded to tell me she’s you know
what people look at me and and they kind
of looked down on me sometimes because
they think that I’m lazy they think that
oh why doesn’t she have a job she should
have a job she told me that she had an
amazing job just two years before she
was making amazing money she had a great
apartment good family and just like that
it was taken away she lost her job so
she couldn’t keep her apartment her
family life just messed up completely
didn’t have her family anymore husband
kids nobody and that’s why she was in
the situation that she was in and as we
were talking I realized there are so
many people just like her on the streets
right now in America in Korea and Japan
whatever country that you’re currently
living in there are so many people just
like her who were quote-unquote normal
they had a job and everything and lived
in a nice place but something happened
and their situation changed and they’re
longing to have a connection with
someone so I really enjoyed our
conversation um you know we separated I
think I gave her a little bit of extra
money to help her but even though I went
to help her she actually helped me that
day she helped me to realize that people
that are homeless they were just like
you and I one time they had a job they
had a family they were doing okay and
sometimes life’s difficulties can take
you to places you never thought you
would be in so today’s message is let’s
care about people that we see when you
see a homeless person let’s not think
that oh maybe they’re lazy instead let’s
see how we can help them and do
something to make their day better and
maybe even sit and have a meal with them
because you never know what the
conversation will be well I hope you
enjoyed today’s storytime I will talk to
you next week but as always remember to
speak English I’ll see you later