Speak English FAST Episode 1 About People
Hey I have a secret I used to have a big
crush on one of my students when I
worked in South Korea I’ll tell you that
story at the end I’m teacher Tiffany
let’s jump right in alright today we are
gonna look at this equation R + D + Oh
now we’re gonna use this equation to
speak English fast about people using
this equation you can speak about any
person like a native English speaker so
let’s say for example you are gonna be
speaking about various people let’s say
you’re gonna speak about random people
maybe someone in the news or a
politician or what about your boss or
coworkers or your family or even your
friends or best friends or let’s say
even yourself giving a self-introduction
yep you can use this simple formula to
talk about anyone so let’s see how it
works okay the first part of the
equation is the letter R here we go now
the letter R stands for relation
basically you’re gonna give more
information explaining your relation to
the person or people so let’s get
started now I have four random people I
selected an actor now I’m gonna be
speaking about the actor Taye Diggs so
let’s see how I explained our
relationship or how I’m related to him
here we go
this is what I said Taye Diggs has been
one of my favorite actors since I was in
high school I saw him in a really
popular movie with Angela Bassett and I
thought he was an attractive guy since
then I have continued to follow his
career all right so you see what
happened I explained how I first found
out about him when I first started
liking him and that’s how I showed my
relation to Tate IG’s but what about our
boss or coworkers how can we use this
equation first we can do this some
people just go to work stay up there
and then go home but in my case I
actually spent quite a lot of time with
my coworkers we would talk before work
in the teachers lounge and even go out
to lunch together on a regular basis so
I gave you immediate information
regarding my relation to my co-workers
you know that we spent a lot of time
together in the teachers lounge and also
that we would go out to lunch on a
regular basis now very quickly the
expression regular basis is used very
often in English we say regular basis
monthly basis weekly basis daily basis
basically we use this expression to show
how often something is done okay all
right but what about your family
how can we use the are the first part of
the equation to explain our relation to
our families here we go my family is
very important to me each member of my
family plays a key role in my life
they are my foundation and I rely on
them a lot we talk multiple times a day
even though we live in the same state so
again I just gave you more information
regarding my relation or my relationship
to my family or with my family
why I wanted you to understand these
individuals that I’m about to talk about
I wanted you to understand how I am
connected to them this is why this
equation is so useful whenever you’re
speaking about people you can start
speaking English fast if you follow the
equation so let’s say you’re talking
about your friends or your best friends
here’s how it would sound I met my best
friend when we are in elementary school
when we were in elementary school we
immediately hit it off because we love
sports and we also loved having fun
really quickly hit it off again hit it
off this expression just means that we
got along immediately we had a lot of
things in common so we enjoyed being
around each other so when you meet
someone for the first time and you
realize hey I kind of like
this person we click something about
this female or this male really makes me
want to talk to them even more we say
hit it off in English okay alright final
sentence here we go
fast-forward several decades and we
still enjoy each other’s company so I
told you my relation to my best friend
now self-introduction I want you to pay
attention because you can use this
simple formula when you are giving your
self-introduction okay here we go
my name is Tiffany and I am an English
teacher from America as a teacher I
value the relationships I have with my
students and I look forward to the time
I can spend with them so I explained Who
I am and also my relationship with my
students because you guys are so
important to me as a teacher I love you
guys and want to help you guys okay now
that leads us right into the next part
of our formula okay so let’s move on to
the next step we have the letter D give
three specific details about the person
or people so again here we go there are
three things that really intrigued me
about him or amazed me first he is
determined to always do his best in an
interview he told a reporter that the
reason he moved away from movies and
into television was because he wasn’t
getting good material in film now really
quickly I want to pause you see that my
response the second part of the formula
is quite long do you know why it’s
because each of the details also has a
supporting point example or reason
that’s what you can do when you give
your three details always support them
with some more information okay all
right now moving on to the second part
second he was not always the handsome
and confident person that he is today an
article about him stated that when he
was younger people used to make fun of
him because of his complexion moving on
to the third one third he truly loves
his mother and what interview
he said that he is well-mannered because
that’s the way he was raised all right
now what about our boss or coworkers
here we go if you were to take a look at
my coworkers you would have seen people
from all different backgrounds but there
were three qualities that each of them
had in common now again as we’re leading
into these three qualities I want you to
remember that you can download the PDF
that has all of this information so
don’t worry at the bottom in the
description you can click the link and
download the free PDF that has all of
these examples so as you’re following
along just listen and try to understand
what’s going on and then you can
download the PDF later and follow along
too and practice okay alright so here we
go starting with the first quality first
they each had a love for life it was
easy to see that they enjoyed new
experiences second they each enjoyed
deep conversations the conversations we
had would always leave us wanting more
and third each of them had a
determination to become a better
individual they were constantly reading
or gaining knowledge in some other way
once again you saw that I gave the three
qualities or three details and then
supported each of them with either an
example or more information you can do
the same now what about when we’re
talking about our families so here we go
my family there are three principles
that form the foundation of my family
the first principle is love we make it a
point to show our love for each other
each and every day the second principle
is loyalty my parents always taught my
sister and I that family will always be
there for you and finally the third
principle is sacrifice growing up I
watched my parents make countless
sacrifices just so that my sister and I
could have what we needed
now the word countless just means a
large amount unable or it’s hard to
count because there were so many times
that they sacrificed for my sister
and I okay so again here I gave three
principles and again I supported each
principle okay remember we’re on the
second part of our formula the letter D
details so what about our friends or our
best friends this is how we could say
our response there are many things that
I admire about my best friend but I will
just mention three first I admire her
dependability if she says she will do
something she always comes through
second I admire her ability to remain
calm in almost every situation and this
is really true my best friend is super
calm she’s always very level-headed oh
this is a good word for you know
level-headed just means remaining calm
no matter how bad a situation gets okay
all right let’s keep going I can
honestly only think of one time where
she lost her cool we got another great
expression lose your cool now lose your
cool just means to get upset and express
your anger okay whether you start
yelling or doing something we say you’re
losing your cool not remaining calm okay
alright let’s continue finally I admire
her ability to make everyone feel
comfortable around her now the
supporting sentence I can truly say that
I have yet to meet a person that doesn’t
like her
alright now what about our self
introduction here we go if I were to
describe myself using three words I
would say that I am determined organized
and happy now again another thing you’re
noticing is that before I say the three
details I always give a sentence before
letting the person who is listening to
me know what I’m about to do I’m going
to tell you three things about me I’m
going to talk about three principles
that my family is my family uphold
sorry principles okay so let’s see how I
did the introduction the self introduc
here we go first I am determined to make
a difference in the lives of those I
come in contact with this is something
that is extremely important to me second
I am very organized in every aspect of
my life this has given me the ability to
accomplish more in my life over a short
period of time finally I am happy my
students in Korea used to call me the
smiling teacher because I was always
smiling that’s actually true I was
called a smiling teacher I was called
the smiling teacher and the singing
teacher so those are my nicknames all
right now we’re gonna move on to the
third part of our equation okay so here
we go the third part is letter O opinion
now you’re going to give your general
opinion of the person or people so let’s
say again we’re talking about random
people or the actor I can say in my
opinion Taye Diggs is a really good
actor and I think his career has
flourished because of the lessons he
learned from his mother now this word
flourished just means to prosper or to
do well and to continue to grow in
English we say flourished one more time
for pronunciation flourished great job
all right now let’s move on to boss or
coworkers this is how we could give the
opinion I think that I was truly blessed
to have coworkers who became friends my
life has been better as a result of the
time we spent together now moving on to
family I can say in all honesty I
believe that the family relationship has
the ability to make or break a person
now I want to pause because there are
two expressions that you’ve got to learn
they’re so useful first in all honesty
now we use this expression when we are
about to say something that we truly
believe okay hey in all honesty
dot-dot-dot and I want you to believe me
and understand that I’m speaking from my
heart okay in
honesty and the other one is make or
break someone make or break someone just
means that either if this thing is here
this person will do amazing amazing
things but everything if this thing is
not here they’ll fail so make or break
you okay all right let’s go on to the
next sentence this is another reason why
I value or appreciate my family so much
all right moving on to friends our best
friend I think she is an amazing person
and I know that she has blessed the
lives of many people
very simple and finally self
introduction I think that my
determination organization skills and
happy disposition have helped me to
enjoy a great life so far so again even
when you’re giving yourself introduction
you can apply the last part of the
formula your opinion what do you think
about yourself how would you judge who
you are and the qualities that make you
who you are okay all right so again we
have this equation R + D + Oh
relation detail and opinion I really
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you still there okay it’s story time
all right so I told you that I used to
have a crush on one of my students so
this is what happened I had been in
Korea for about maybe a year or a year
and a half and man I was loving teaching
I really enjoyed it and I had an evening
class and the class had about maybe 20
students
No about 18 students at the time so my
classroom was packed it was full so I
was teaching my class and you know it’s
laughing with the students and we were
just talking about life at that point in
time and the door suddenly opened now I
was facing this way and the door was
behind me and the door opened so it kind
of caught me off guard or surprised me
because all of my students were already
in class so when I turned around I was
speechless there was this tall guy his
build we say his body or the build of
his body was it was perfect so again you
guys know that I love sports and I was
very athletic so his body shape was the
shape of an athlete and his hair was cut
perfectly he had a nice suit on I like
when a man wears a suit it looks great
so he had a suit on and he looked at me
and his voice was deep and the thing is
I had 18 students watching me so I had
never met a student up until that time
that was my type so my ideal type and he
was my ideal type so I have 18 students
looking at me as I’m looking at this
student who’s looking at me and speaking
to me and looks very handsome and I have
to control my facial expressions so I
said now no one ever knew they didn’t
catch on that I actually thought this
guy was attractive so anyways he became
my student and the other teachers the
funny thing is myself and other teachers
had the same reaction when he came to
our classes because he came to my class
but he was in another teacher’s class
the
years term of the previous semester so
we would always talk about him because
he was so handsome and he was really a
nice guy now one time I was giving him a
test so I had to give a conversation
test to my students once every two weeks
and he was sitting down and he was very
close and he said teacher Tiffany how
can I help you he said you know I’m I
broke up with my girlfriend recently it
got really awkward for a second because
my class was full of students and this
guy who I think is very attractive but
I’m trying not to show that I think he’s
attractive because I’m the teacher and I
have to remain composed and he’s telling
me that he just broke up with his
girlfriend and we’re literally we’re
maybe about six inches from each other
because when they’re taking their
conversation tests I have to have him
close so I can hear because the class
was kind of loud I said oh really he
said yes and um you know I I’m really
looking for you know someone else I can
start a relationship with now if you
guys could have been inside of my head
at that moment I said lord I need your
help because I can’t let the student
know that I think he’s attractive and
he’s talking to me about dating and so
anyway so he kept talking he said well
you know I just want you to pray for me
that I find someone and I said okay for
you now at that time there was a rule at
our school where we couldn’t date
students so again that’s another reason
why I didn’t even entertain the idea of
possibly dating this guy or letting him
know that I thought he was handsome so
nothing happened but that was a very
very difficult term for me because he
was in my class every evening in the
front row and he was always looking
directly into my eyes so anyways we had
a great time the class was fun he got
along with the other students and no one
ever knew but just a little secret that
now you know that I used to have a big
crush on one of my students all right I
will talk to you in next week’s lesson
have a great week