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let’s begin the discussion of the
personality adjectives hi everybody and
welcome back to top words my name is
Alisha and in today’s episode we’re
going to be talking about what adjective
describes your personality best so let’s
go charismatic someone who is
charismatic is perhaps a good leader
people are drawn to them people want to
follow them want to come to them
charismatic doesn’t necessarily mean
that that person is a good person or a
bad person just that they are very good
at drawing people to them people tell me
that I’m very charismatic boring boring
means something that is not interesting
so hopefully nobody calls you boring if
you’re a boring person work on that
let’s talk about cardboard boxes
reliable reliable someone who’s reliable
someone that you can trust or someone
that always does what they say they’re
going to do my best friend is very
reliable humorous humorous humorous is
just funny there’s a difference between
funny and humorous and silly in terms of
people anyway this is how I would break
it down silly is like appreciates just
very kind of childish stuff or just
enjoys laughing funny is um like a
slightly more grown-up funny
I feel like silly can be part of funny
silly can fit into funny but funny is a
little bit more grown-up maybe your make
like the actual word jokes that are you
know require a bit more knowledge or a
bit smarter and then humorous humorous
is like I feel like it’s a bit more
pretentious I hope that my friends think
that I’m a very humorous person the next
word is energetic energetic means you
have a lot of energy I personally don’t
use it if someone says what’s your best
friend like I wouldn’t immediately think
he’s energetic like I feel like that’s a
given
somehow and when I say that’s a given it
means it’s it’s an already understood
idea I would use energetic for something
you would
expect to be energetic my grandmother is
very energetic she hikes mountains even
though she’s 80 something lazy yeah you
don’t want to be called lazy generally
yeah it means that you maybe you’re not
hard-working you don’t take care of
yourself or you don’t take care of your
responsibilities generally lazy is not
seen as a good thing unless unless you
use it an expression like today as a
lazy Sunday one of my coworkers is
really lazy he never has his stuff done
on time extroverted extroverted it
begins with that prefix X X TRO like X
meaning outside so like extra more
information so an extroverted person is
a very outgoing person they like talking
they like talking to people they want to
go out and do all the things and be
social and goes yeah I like being
extroverted on this program
introverted the opposite of extroverted
is introverted introverted inside
something interior they want to not go
talk to people all the time or maybe
they just have a different way of
expressing their social skills in
reality I’m a rather introverted person
the next word is indecisive indecisive
indecisive people drive me crazy this
word means someone who is bad at making
decisions I have a friend who is very
indecisive she can’t ever make up her
mind I have to do it for easygoing
easygoing easygoing is a good thing to
be generally in my opinion easygoing
means you’re relaxed you’ll just do
whatever you’re happy to just hang out
if someone makes a suggestion you’re
cool with that alright fine that’s great
for me I’ll do whatever my best friend
is very easygoing he’s cool to do
anything the next word is naive naive so
someone that doesn’t have a lot of
experience in a topic or even life
experience could be considered naive you
don’t want to be called naive the
suggestion with naive is that it’s easy
to take advantage of you maybe you could
be easily molded or your experience can
easily
changed by someone else so generally
naive is not a good thing you don’t want
to be naive
my friend was very naive and got in
trouble with a bad business deal the
next word is artistic yeah artistic is a
good word similar to creative perhaps
artistic is someone who enjoys art or
enjoys creating things so this doesn’t
it’s not limited to you know just art
like paintings you know during doing
paintings or sculptures or something
like that any kind of creative endeavor
any kind of creative work I feel you
could use the word artistic for my aunt
is very artistic she can draw very well
enthusiastic enthusiastic this is
similar to energetic but it just means
you’re excited about things you’re
enthusiastic about something usually
sports fans are very enthusiastic about
their favorite team friendly friendly I
hope that you are a friendly person as
someone maybe that it feels easy for you
to talk to someone that’s chill someone
that’s probably outgoing maybe a bit
extroverted is a friendly person I went
to an event on Saturday and everybody
there was very friendly it was a fun
time how would I describe my personality
God it depends on the day man
the one that I use lately is
scatterbrained but that has a very
negative connotation about it
scatterbrained if you break down the
words scatter and brain scatter means
like to spread something randomly brain
meaning inside your brain I have so many
different things going on that like I’m
thinking about like this job in that job
in this project in that project and I
have to do this and oh my god my
laundry’s not done yet and what am I
gonna make for dinner tomorrow oh my god
I have to go running later tonight what
am I gonna do how many cups of coffee if
I had this is what’s going on in my head
those are 15 words that you can use to
talk about your personality or to talk
about someone else’s personality so you
can try and use one of these words to
describe your personality leave us a
comment below and you can test it out if
there’s a different word that you are
interested in using to describe your
personality or another person’s
personality let us know better thanks
very much for watching this episode of
top words and we will see you again
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English hi how’s it going
I’m Alicia nice to meet you in this
series we’re going to learn some easy
ways to ask and answer common questions
in English it’s really useful and it
only takes three minutes in this lesson
you’re going to learn new more common
ways to ask and answer the question how
are you in English you’ve probably
learned how are you and I’m fine in
textbooks before but in the United
States people will usually ask this
question and answer it in a different
way
first let’s review if someone says how
are you you can say I’m fine I’m fine
here are some other ways to answer
pretty good this means about the same
thing as I’m fine pretty good we also
have not bad you can use this if you are
feeling just okay or so-so not bad let’s
look at our question again how are you
this is the most well known way of
asking how someone is you could use it
when you want to be polite but now let’s
look at some different ways to ask how
someone is these ways are more casual
and much more common first hey how’s it
going hey how’s it going you can answer
this in many ways if you’re feeling good
you can say good good pretty good pretty
good
not bad not bad once more good pretty
good not bad here’s a tip
even though these answers mean the same
thing as I’m fine
you can’t answer how’s it going with I’m
fine it will sound a bit strange if
you’re not feeling good you can say not
so good not so good not great not great
or not so well not so well be careful if
you say one of these the other person
will usually ask why what’s wrong to be
polite then you will have to explain
another casual but very common version
of how are you is what’s up what’s up to
reply use a cheerful voice as you say
not much not much or nothing much
nothing much this means you’re free and
able to chat since what’s up is just
another way of saying hello
you can also reply with hey or hi now
it’s time for Alicia’s advice
a lot of the time when we ask questions
that mean how are you in English we’re
not actually asking about the other
person’s health we’re only asking to be
polite you should think of these
questions as another way of saying hello
a way for the conversation to get
started instead of actual literal
questions in fact when someone asks you
what’s up you don’t even have to answer
just say what’s up in reply do you know
the difference between what do you do
and what are you doing it’s a little
tricky but we’ll explain it simply in
the next English in three minutes lesson
see you next time
hi everybody my name is Alisha and today
I’m going to talk about prepositions of
time I’m going to talk about a few
prepositions we use when we’re talking
about time
time periods so let’s get started okay
so the first preposition of time I want
to talk about is on we use on for days
for example on Sunday on Monday on
Tuesday and we use on for the weekend
like on the weekend or on weekends these
are the two cases where we use on as a
preposition of time I like to something
something on Sunday I like to something
something on weekends we use on in these
two cases the second preposition of time
I want to talk about for today is at so
we use at when we want to talk about a
time and buy time I mean o clock like 7
o’clock at 9 o’clock at 10 o’clock we
can also use at with a.m. and p.m. like
at 2 a.m. at 7 p.m. we use at to talk
about a specific point in time a
specific number for example we also use
at with the expression at night at night
I like to something something at night
are usually something something at night
we always use at in this case then I
have one more here the weekend you’ll
see I used the weekend for on here but
in British English I speak American
English in British English
you might hear at the weekend instead of
on the weekend so at the weekend is
something you might hear depending on
where you are or depending on the people
with whom you study but for me I prefer
to use on the weekend ok let’s talk
about in next so we use in for a lot of
different cases as you can see we use in
four months
like in September in October in November
we use it for seasons like in summer in
spring in fall we use it for expressions
like in the morning in the evening in
the afternoon as well in the morning in
the afternoon we also use in for periods
of
so minutes hours and years for example
so in five minutes in three years in a
few seconds if you want to talk about a
period of time you can use in to explain
that so we use in for a lot of different
cases the last thing I want to talk
about though is a situation where you
don’t need to use a preposition at all
when you use this plus weekend like this
weekend or this morning or this evening
or this month this September this
October you do not need to use a
preposition in this case we’ll practice
in just a moment but this is a very
common mistake if you use this before
one of these expressions you do not need
to include a preposition so please be
careful okay so with this information I
want to try a few example sentences that
I’ve prepared here the first one is I
have to leave something something five
minutes five minutes is a period of time
so we know the correct preposition is in
I have to leave in five minutes is the
correct answer here next what are you
doing something something December
December so we know December is a month
we should use in in this case what are
you doing in December of course by the
way with this sentence we could say what
are you doing this December to be very
specific but in this case for a
preposition we should use in okay next
sentence I’ll meet you at the restaurant
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. is a time a time so
we know that we should use at at 6 p.m.
at 6 p.m. ok next your plane leave
something something two hours so two
hours again is a period of time a period
of time
therefore we should use in your plane
leaves in two hours is the correct
sentence here okay
next they’re going to France something
something this summer he
is a big hint word this therefore no
preposition is needed in this case
they’re going to France this summer no
preposition here okay next he’s meeting
us in the station something-something
noon so new and I’ve used the word noon
here but noon is a time it means 12 p.m.
yeah
so because it’s still a time we should
use at at noon is the correct sentence
here okay next can you meet me at the
cafe something something 2 p.m. so 2
p.m. here we have another time
at 2 p.m. is the correct answer here ok
next I like going hiking
something-something weekend’s weekend so
we learned over here that we use on to
talk about weekend’s weekend’s in this
case multiple weekends so I like going
hiking on weekends is the correct answer
in this case finally it’s hard for me to
wake up something something the morning
the morning so we saw here morning is
used with in hmm so in the morning is
the correct answer for this sentence so
with a little bit of practice and as you
use these phrases not just with a single
preposition but as you use these in
longer sentences and as part of phrases
it will become easier to remember which
is which and which one you should use at
which time so I hope this was useful for
you also if you’re interested in seeing
a different explanation and some
different example sentences please check
out the livestream that we did about
this topic you can find it on our
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bye
hi everybody my name is Alisha and I am
joined again in the studio by
Michael hello and today we’re going to
be talking about English conversation
strategies so let’s get right into it
let’s start with Michael what is your
first strategy for keeping an english
conversation going this is very
important
don’t say I’m fine thank you and you you
hear this all the time from second
language English learners or non-native
speakers you learn this it’s one of the
first things you learn in an English
class it’s easy it’s good it’s a basic
it’s foundation okay that’s fine but as
soon as you can switch it up because to
me when I meet a foreigner and they come
up and if they say hey how are you say
oh I’m fine you know I’m good whatever
how about you and they say I’m fine
thank you and you and it’s just it’s
almost robotic because I’ve said it so
many times and when I hear that I think
their English isn’t that good and inside
I’m just gonna be really polite and say
hello and talk slowly and try to get out
of there as quick as I can
so really impress the foreigner in my
opinion I think the best way to do it is
say something you know you use a big
word or just like a slang word something
like that when I hear that I go wow man
I want to know what this person thinks I
want to get their point of view and I’m
really excited and then I’ve had great
conversations because of that um yeah
that’s a really really good one and
actually I think on this YouTube channel
actually from a couple years ago there’s
a video all about better answers to the
question how are you then I’m fine thank
you and you or if someone says hey how
are you I’m good you are fine you never
I’m fine thank you and you never try to
actually use you know afraid sort of
native speaker would use and then that’s
a clue to the native speaker that oh
maybe this person is ready for a
conversation beyond you know basic
English so that’s a really good point I
like that I didn’t think of things not
to do I only thought of things to do oh
okay cool um let’s see let’s go to my
first one Oh
so this strategy in general is just ask
the other person a question I think and
I’m guilty of this too when I’m learning
another language I tend to only get
input like somebody else is always
asking me the questions and then I
forget myself to ask the other person a
question so one question that I
like to ask or you know a variation any
kind of WH question is good like a food
question what where something like this
if you’ve been paying attention you can
use anyway to transition and your
conversation this was in a previous
video you can ask something like anyway
up to anything fun this weekend this is
a pretty casual conversational question
than she can ask just about anybody
whether you’ve just met them or whether
you’ve known them for a while but just
just get in the habit of asking other
people the question don’t wait for
someone else to ask you the question so
that that’s one strategy that I try to
use to keep things going yeah me too I
agree and I’m gonna say samesies because
actually two of my questions were
exactly what you said agree 100% this is
kind of cheating these should be one but
so always ask questions so you know
again you forget it’s really easy I’m
really guilty of this English non
English whatever I’m guilty of this and
the other thing is ask deep open-ended
questions so if you ask a yes-or-no
question so again like Alicia was saying
it just dead ends you can’t just say you
know do you like cheese yes or no right
so you want to say what do you think
about cheese what is your favorite kind
and kind of open it up to something else
and let it let it just kind of snowball
yeah I think I think that’s that’s
really a key like I have another
variation I wish I guess I’ll just
continue on because it kind of relates
to what you’re talking about like he’s
saying always ask questions always ask
deep open-ended questions so like you
meant you just said don’t ask a
yes-or-no question because yes or no
ends with the yes or the no so one of
the things that I’ll do is use a pattern
similar to this like hey did you see or
hey did you hear about blah blah blah so
you can use this little blah blah blah
as your you can ask about the news you
can ask about something funny you saw on
the internet you can ask about you know
some something that you heard from
another friend of yours whatever it’s
just a way to check in with the other
person and say oh did you also
experience this thing that I experienced
let’s talk about that so that might be
another question that you can use with
people I like that one I really like
that one because you got to stay within
people’s comfort zone so maybe you ask
and maybe they don’t want to right so a
good thing is did you hear about it
that’s up to them maybe they don’t want
to talk about it they can say oh yeah I
heard about that and you can kind of
feel
the the atmosphere and and realized
maybe I shouldn’t talk about this change
the subject or they get passionate and
they start talking about it and there
you go and just let it go
yeah absolutely one thing again I’m
guilty of is is you do got to keep keep
returning it right don’t let it don’t
just say oh yeah and what I think about
that
bring it back ask them what about you
that’s a common thing I forget about
yeah yeah yeah
okay um good I have one more this one um
use when you see fits don’t I guess just
okay I’ll just introduce it compliment
the other person or compliment the other
person’s this can be a nice strategy
just to show that you’re enjoying the
other person’s company it can be as
simple as oh I like your shirt today or
oh that’s a nice dress you’re wearing
today or oh did you get a new haircut
that looks good on you something like
that so this is a nice a nice way to
make the other person maybe you want to
spend more time with you I think yeah I
agree 100% two things one I think it’s a
good conversation starter sometimes if
you got to be careful with the stranger
it can be creepy it can be a little
uncomfortable what you’re complimenting
right but if it’s something like if they
have a t-shirt and it’s a band that you
both like that’s a great conversation
starter and you feel wow we’re connected
you know number two the second thing I
was thinking about is that keep it
honest I love I love a sincere
compliment it really means a lot more
and it really does butter them up kind
of get them open to having more
conversations deeper that kind of thing
but one of the things people do which
which I don’t like is let’s say they say
hey nice shirt and then the person out
of habit will say oh you too I like your
shirt too just my opinion I don’t think
this feels really natural doesn’t really
feel sincere so I would I would save it
make a mental note and go hmm I need to
return the favor I need to give them a
compliment but wait until you notice
something you really do like and say hey
actually I love blah blah blah yeah I
think that’s a great point like when you
you can sense whether someone is being
sincere or not what is your next
strategy for continuing an English
conversation well
don’t be afraid to open up I like this
one I think this is good a lot of people
will be kind of shy they won’t open up
too much again within within your
comfort zone
but I like this one because people will
return the favor because if you’re just
having small talk and you say you know
the weather’s nice today blah blah blah
you can only go so far so don’t be
afraid to say something personal again
trust your judgment don’t be a creeper
don’t go we don’t want to hear certain
things about your life don’t don’t be a
creep don’t be a creep don’t be weird
don’t be strange and like what you’re
saying about opening up open up is just
a phrase that means share something
about yourself so it can be as simple as
what you did last weekend or what you’re
going to do this weekend or a project
that you have coming up it doesn’t mean
that you have to spill all of your life
secrets to the other person but just
showing that you’re willing to share
something more personal about yourself
can help ingratiate yourself or can help
you know make the other person help the
other person understand you a little bit
better that’s a good tip I like that tip
that’s hard to do though it’s hard it’s
a little bit scary I think to share
parts of yourself but it’s been it’s
good way to meet people and make friends
all right I think that’s all is that all
that you have yeah that’s all I got okay
all right well those are some
interesting strategies to keep an
english conversation going so give them
a try if you’re ever at a loss for words
and don’t know what to say you can try
one of these strategies and hopefully it
will help you out please let us know if
you have any other strategies or
anything else that you would like to use
or you try to use when you are having
trouble keeping a conversation going
leave us a comment and let us know what
it is we will see you again next time do
you have anything else you’d like to add
that’s about it all right so thanks very
much for joining us and take it bye bye
now have you ever thought about how much
you think about thinking hi everybody my
name is Alisha welcome to know your
verbs in this episode we’re going to
talk about the verb think so let’s get
started
the basic definition of think is to have
in the mind so something you can keep in
your mind like an idea or an image some
thing you keep in your head something in
your mind something in your brain so to
keep in the mind is think to think this
is the basic definition of think so
let’s look at the conjugations of the
verb think present tense think thinks
past tense
thought past participle thought
progressive or continuous tense thinking
think thinks thought thought thinking ok
let’s look at some additional meanings
of the verb think first is to consider
or to reflect on or to ponder it means
consider something carefully or spend
time considering something so ponder
means to think for a long time or to
think hard about something so consider
carefully reflect on examples can I have
a day to think about this he’s thinking
about what to do next
so in these examples sentences can I
have a day to think about this taking
one day to reflect on something like
before you make a decision is a pretty
common thing to do before like a big
decision so can I have a day to think
about this means can I have a day to
consider this carefully or can I have a
day to ponder this in a second example
sentence he’s thinking about what to do
next
means he’s considering carefully his
next step he’s considering carefully
what he should do next
so thinking is used in the progressive
tense here to show that he is currently
at this time considering something
carefully but to consider carefully we
can make shorter and use the verb
thinking he’s thinking about what to do
next ok next is to create something by
thinking or to create something by
considering we usually use this with the
word up
after the verb think we thought up so
many crazy party ideas in college she
thought up a plan for product promotion
so both of these example sentences mean
to create something by considering it in
your mind so in the first example
sentence we thought up crazy ideas for
parties in college means we design
something using our brains we considered
something and created an idea we created
something by thinking so to think up bla
bla bla so we thought up crazy party
ideas so we designed crazy party ideas
by thinking about them by considering
things in our minds in the second
example sentence we see the same meaning
but for a business situation she thought
up a plan for product promotion so in
this case past tense she thought up she
designed a plan for product promotion
but when we say designed it sounds maybe
like she planned something on a computer
perhaps when we use she thought up it
means she used her mind she considered
the ideas she had and created a plan in
her mind for promotion of the product so
thought up uses the mind to create
something next is to have as an
expectation to have as an expectation to
expect something I didn’t think you’d
arrive so quickly we thought it would
take a lot longer to finish dinner so in
the first example sentence we didn’t
think you’d arrive so quickly it means
the speaker expects that the listener
would take longer to arrive for the
listener was going to arrive later than
they actually did so the speaker the
speaker in this case had the expectation
that the listener was going to arrive
later so they used the negative we
didn’t think you’d arrive so quickly so
we didn’t think we didn’t expect you’d
arrive so quickly we can replace the
verb think with expect here and it
creates the same meaning the same nuance
really but think sounds a little bit
less formal than expect so we didn’t
think you’d arrive so quickly
the second example sentence is we
thought I would take a lot longer to
finish dinner again we expected we had
the expectation it would take a lot
longer to finish dinner we can replace
the verb thought past tense with the
past tense expected we expected it would
take a lot longer to finish dinner so in
this way think we’re in past tense
thought is used in exactly the same way
as expected here the next meaning is to
consider suitability to consider
suitability let’s look at some examples
I’ve never thought of him like a manager
we’re thinking of her for a higher
position so in the first sentence I’ve
never thought of him like a manager in
this way thought means I’ve never
understood him to be suitable for the
position of manager that’s a very long
way of explaining this sentence but to
condense everything we use the word
thought I’ve never thought of him as a
manager means I’ve never considered him
to potentially be suitable as a manager
in the second example sentence we’re
thinking of her for a higher position
it means we’re considering whether or
not she is suitable for a higher
position at her job or a higher position
at her company so in this way thinking
in the progressive tense means we are
considering her suitability for a
position a higher-level position so
you’ll notice that the two example
sentences included here are related to
work you’ll see though that this this
meaning tends to be used a lot with jobs
and mu political positions so kind of
something maybe promotion related so
promotion related or kind of hierarchy
related you’ll often hear this in work
situations employment situations
let’s look at some variations some other
words we can attach to think to create
different meanings first is think better
of think better of think better of means
to reconsider and make a better decision
or make an improved decision it means to
consider something again and change your
decision hopefully to make a an improved
decision examples I wanted to say
something but I thought better of it and
kept my mouth shut will think better of
you if you tell the truth so in both of
these sentences there’s a
reconsideration someone is considering
something again and making an improved
decision because of that reconsideration
so in the first example sentence I
wanted to say something we see in past
tense I wanted to say something but I
thought better of it so it in this case
is the thing I wanted to say in the
first part of the sentence I thought
better of it means I reconsidered it and
decided against my first inclination I
decided not to do the first thing I was
thinking about and I kept my mouth shut
so in this case my mouth remained closed
in other words I reconsidered my initial
action that action I initially wanted to
do in the second sentence will think
better of you if you tell the truth we
see it’s it’s used for future we will
think better of you if you tell the
truth meaning if you tell the truth our
opinion of you will improve we will
think better of you
so tell the truth and will consider you
again essentially and our opinion of you
will improve if you do this the next
variation is think much of think much of
this means to have a positive view of or
to approve of examples he doesn’t think
much of his professor we didn’t think
much of last night’s dinner we see in
the first example sentence he didn’t
think much of his professor means he
didn’t really approve of his professor
or he didn’t have a very positive view
of his professor so a shorter way to
explain that feeling is he didn’t think
much of his professor in the second
example sentence we didn’t think much of
last night’s dinner this means again we
didn’t really approve of last night’s
dinner or we don’t have a very positive
view or a very positive opinion of last
night’s dinner these are rather long so
we can condense it to we didn’t think
much of last night’s dinner so I hope
that this video helped you level up your
knowledge of how to use the verb think
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that your thought about my thought is
the thinking thought what I’m thinking
about summer ah all right hi everybody
welcome back to top words my name is
Alisha and today we’re going to be
talking about 10 words for connecting
thoughts these are going to be 10 words
that you can use to transition between
ideas very useful in both speech and in
writing
let’s move also also also is a word that
you can use to add information I went to
the store this morning also I went and
got coffee that’s true however however
however is used to contrast or to
contrast depending on your pronunciation
to differentiate to show a difference
between two pieces of information a good
pattern would be a however B so for
example I love to uncle Saddam in
however it is very high in calories so I
don’t eat it often also true on the
other hand on the other hand on the
other hand is I feel used more commonly
speech than it is in writing again it’s
used to present like two sides to a
story or two sides to some information
so for example I’m thinking about
visiting Taiwan sometime this year but
on the other hand I’m also thinking
about visiting Thailand still so it
might be common to use still with the
word like butt or word like even though
so you’re saying even though there’s
some other factor like like I’m really
really tired this week or even though I
have a lot of homework to do I still
want to go out with my friends or I
still want to see a movie this weekend
so there’s this other there’s this thing
that’s maybe makes this other action
difficult to do or tough to do or
whatever but even though there’s this
you still have this over here so maybe
the tube are kind of used as a pair I
still want to go out later even though
I’m tired
then then yes a very useful word we use
then when telling stories a lot so for
example if I could tell a story about my
morning today when I got up I brush my
teeth and then I cooked breakfast then I
did a little bit of work then I took a
shower then I did some cooking blah blah
blah you’ll often hear and then as well
and then I and then we and then you and
so on so then it is really really useful
for sequencing so a useful word I think
besides besides so it’s commonly used in
a pattern like besides that meaning
other than something else I went out
with my friends this weekend but besides
that I didn’t really do much so another
way to say that sentence is I went out
with my friends this weekend but other
than that other than that activity I
didn’t do very much okay meanwhile
meanwhile or you might hear the similar
expression in the meantime it means
while you’re doing action a at the same
times maybe somewhere else action B is
happening this is used while telling
store
a lot so for example I was working at my
office all week last week meanwhile my
co-workers across town were having a
party without me so these two things are
happening at the same time but maybe
separate from one another
meanwhile likewise okay
likewise I don’t really use this word
personally myself at all it’s often used
after an introduction similar to the
pleasure is all mine in a formal
situation so maybe somebody says you
know hey it was really great to see you
last weekend thanks very much for coming
to my barbecue you can say yeah likewise
it was really good to see you in your
family so likewise means I have the same
feeling or I have the same idea it’s
kind of a friendly phrase but personally
I don’t really use that to transition
between thoughts um I would just use and
I suppose but that’s how I would use it
instead instead so so instead it’s used
like instead of I want to a instead of
be can be used to express your plans or
what you want to do I want to have
Chinese food instead of Italian food
tonight
so you’re presenting two alternatives
essentially so instead of means in place
of or as a substitute for so I should
have drank a lot of water this morning
but instead I drank a lot of coffee
that’s true I wanted to have dinner with
my friends this weekend instead I had
dinner at home
in addition in addition this is a really
good word for more formal situations I
like to use in addition in writing I
don’t really use in addition in speaking
unless I’m trying to be very formal for
some reason similar to additionally as
well so you make point a and point B and
then when you want to make one more
point that’s related to point A and
point B you can say in addition point C
so you’re like building an argument and
in addition can be used to kind of
finish that argument off a little bit
our new marketing plan worked really
well last month we noticed increased
sales in product a in addition we’ve
gained a lot of new customers something
like that so just your your quickly
presenting a series of ideas that are
related to one another
you can use in addition to finish it off
all right so that’s the end of ten words
for connecting thoughts I hope you get
to use a lot of these try to mix it up
it’s good to use a variety of different
words thanks very much for watching this
episode and we will see you again next
time for more fun stuff bye mmm whenever
I’m ready
how are your English listening skills
first you’ll see an image and here a
question next comes a short dialogue
listen carefully and see if you can
answer correctly we’ll show you the
answer at the end
a woman is talking to her hairstylist
how would she like to change her hair hi
may I help you hi I’ve got a three
o’clock reservation for Richie ah yes
welcome miss Richie please come this way
what can I do for you today I’d like to
change my hairstyle a little bit okay
what length would you like about
shoulder length all right and what about
your bangs keep the bangs straight down
or parted on the side to the side a bit
which side maybe a little left from the
middle got it we’ll start with the
shampoo so please come this way
how would she like to change her hair
a woman is talking to her hairstylist
how would she like to change her hair hi
may I help you
hi I’ve got a three o’clock reservation
for Richie ah yes
welcome miss Richie please come this way
what can I do for you today I’d like to
change my hairstyle a little bit okay
what length would you like about
shoulder length all right and what about
your bangs keep the bangs straight down
or parted on the side to the side a bit
which side may be a little left from the
middle got it we’ll start with the
shampoo so please come this way
a man is making a reservation at a hotel
which room is he going to stay in
[Music]
Seaside Hotel how may I help you
hi I like to stay for one night on
September 22nd certainly one night from
September 22nd how many people - would
you like a smoking or a non-smoking room
sir
non-smoking the only non-smoking room
available on that day is a mountain view
room is that ok well I was hoping for an
ocean view room I’m sorry but the only
ocean view room available on that day is
a smoking room I see is there a
non-smoking ocean view room available on
September 23rd yes there is okay we’ll
stay on September 23rd
which room is he going to stay in
a man is making a reservation at a hotel
which room is he going to stay in
Seaside Hotel how may I help you hi I
like to stay for one night on September
22nd certainly one night from September
22nd how many people - would you like a
smoking or a non-smoking room sir
non-smoking the only non-smoking room
available on that day is a mountain view
room is that ok well I was hoping for an
ocean view room I’m sorry but the only
ocean view room available on that day is
a smoking room I see is there a
non-smoking ocean view room available on
September 23rd yes there is okay we’ll
stay on September 23rd did you get it
right
I hope you learned something from this
quiz let us know if you have any
questions see you next time hi everybody
and welcome back to top words my name is
Alisha and today we’re gonna be talking
about 10 compliments that you always
want to hear let’s go I love your
cooking this is my personal favorite
compliment oh my god I love cooking like
I’m always posting like pictures of
things that I cooked on Twitter I’m just
like crazy about food so this would be a
compliment that I would love to get like
the ultimate compliment for me that
would be will you make my birthday cake
that would be such a compliment like
it’s a question but it’s it there’s so
much behind that will you make my
birthday cake
you would give that to me so maybe after
you can use this after a meal for
example I love your cooking and the
other person will be like
next is great job great job this is a
compliment that you can use anytime you
can use it to your with your friend with
your not with your boss your boss might
use it with you an employee a co-worker
or colleague pet even whatever it’s it’s
just a very small scale very easy to use
compliment that means you think whatever
has just happened is good I use great
job all the time I use great job and I
use good job sometimes when I make a
mistake or something funny happens and
I’m alone at my house and I want to make
fun of myself I’ll be like yeah great
job Alicia but if I’m if I’m trying to
be positive about a failure or laugh at
myself a bit but in general it’s just a
good easy compliment to give someone
great job you have a way with words you
have a way with words this can be
speaking this can be writing it means
you think that the other person is a
good communicator or maybe even more so
than just a good communicator you think
that the way they speak or the way that
they write is particularly good so that
could mean funny it could mean romantic
it could mean dramatic something about
the way they speak or the way that they
write you really enjoy that you can say
you have a way with words it’s quite a
nice compliment I think it’s kind of a
good you know it’s smart it’s a bit of a
smart thing you have a way with words or
you can say you’re good with words
you’re really good with words
yeah alright next one you look gorgeous
you look gorgeous very nice compliment
to give just be very careful with the
way that you say this for an everyday
compliment I tend not to say you look
nice or you look gorgeous today or
something like that because the
underlying comment there is on the other
days that person doesn’t look nice like
so if I want to compliment someone’s
appearance I try to pick a specific
thing I’m like oh I’ve never seen you
wear that sweater before it looks nice
on you something like that like
yesterday my friend had a new dress on
and like is that a new dress and because
I thought she looked nice but I didn’t I
didn’t want to make it sound like I
think she looks nice everyday so I said
is that a new dress and she goes yeah
and I said I think that color is really
really nice on you it looks really good
and she was so happy about that so yes
there there are these compliments like
you look nice you look great you look
gorgeous and so on but I personally kind
of prefer to level them up a little bit
and just say pick a specific thing like
did you get a new haircut did you dye
your hair or you did you get something
did something happen like what whatever
it is try to pick up on a specific thing
because then that shows you’re paying
attention to the other person and you
think that whatever they have chosen to
do whatever like clothing or whatever
haircut whatever it is you think that
they have good sense there too or good
style so it’s kind of like a double
that’s a very subtle double compliment
yeah the next word is you have good
tastes you have good taste this can be
for food fashion style for decorating
sense music in movies whatever if you
think that that person’s artistic
selection is in whatever capacity if you
think that that person makes good
choices with their their appearance or
their hobbies or whatever you can say
you have good taste this is a fairly
sophisticated compliment I think we use
you have good taste for something like
it’s it sounds a bit more sophisticated
maybe if you both choose the same bottle
of wine perhaps like it has kind of a
more formal adult dish sophisticated
feeling about it this compliment so yeah
maybe maybe wine is a good example of
that yeah oh nice bottle choice like I
really like that you have a good taste
you can follow this by the way you have
good taste in blah blah blah you have
good taste in movies you have good taste
in music if you want to be specific
about something that you think that
person is really good at choosing you
have good taste in now okay okay um next
one is you have a great sense of humor
you have a great sense of humor this is
the this is the underlying compliment in
the phrase you are so funny this is the
underlying compliment you have a great
sense of humor means the other person
thinks you are funny that you are
good at telling jokes or you make them
laugh this is actually one of my
favorite compliments to get you have a
great sense of humor yeah because I
think that like you know people like to
laugh so it’s an it’s an if someone
makes you laugh you can say this you
have a great sense of humor or you’re
very funny yeah it’s a good one it’s a
really good one
so you could say after a joke for
example or after maybe you’ve you’re you
finished laughing it’s something the
other person has said you can say ah you
have a great sense of humor good next
one is your resume is impressive this is
a weird compliment to say to your
friends unless you’re like reviewing
your friends or resume it’s a bit weird
this is something that perhaps someone
interviewing another person for a job
would say the candidate comes in for the
interview the interviewer says wow your
resume is very impressive I’d like to
ask you a few questions about it so this
is good to hear in a work situation yeah
you really probably won’t need to use
this with your friends if you do it’s
kind of weird
oh wow this next one is quite a
compliment
nobody’s ever says this yeah to be fair
if somebody said this next one to me I
would feel a little bit of like pressure
the compliment here is you make me want
to be a better person this is something
that I think you see in movies from time
to time person yeah I’ve had I had one
person say like like oh that something
you did inspired me and that was like
really like wow that was really exciting
like somebody was inspired by something
like wow that’s great I want to be like
you that’s a really cool compliment but
if someone says you want to make me be a
better person it’s like oh wow like that
means I’m really important to that
person which is really flattering but at
the same time if someone said that I
would also be like if it’s like my
friend I would be like but I want you to
be you like I think you’re a cool person
already yeah it’s like oh you make me
want to be a better person like in that
person the viewpoint you’re like somehow
above them and that’s uncomfortable yeah
just I would rather say
you inspire me I think that that or like
this thing that you did really inspired
me like if somebody said like I saw that
picture that she posted on Twitter of
that pizza today Alisha and it really
inspired me and I made my own pizza
I’d be like yay Oh next one is nice
actually I say this to my friends quite
a bit you are an awesome friend this is
really really good to use after your
friend has helped you with something
maybe you’re moving to a new apartment
or new house or maybe you’ve had some
trouble and your friend gave you some
good advice or your friend just listened
to you when you really needed to talk to
someone after that experience you could
say thanks so much you were an awesome
friend or maybe your friend did
something really really cool and you
just want to like tell them like I think
you’re really awesome just say you are
an awesome friend they’ll be happy to
hear that or just you can abbreviate it
to you are awesome not just you’re an
awesome friend just you are awesome
you’re a cool person you are awesome
you’re fantastic you are an awesome ring
you’re an awesome friend compliments
that I want to hear quite honestly I
feel that the any physical appearance
compliment is sort of boring to me
honestly when people yeah really I’m
just like okay great that I didn’t do
anything to be have this body or my face
or whatever it’s just it’s like okay
that doesn’t mean anything like what are
we gonna do with that it’s like if
you’re one if you want to compliment
somebody I feel like you should
compliment them on their skills
something that they have done or
something that they have created or
something about their personality that
is valuable to you I think that that’s a
much better compliment so for me I like
this is delicious because I love cooking
so when somebody tells me this is so
good like when they say it in just that
right way and you can tell that it’s
real you can tell that it’s true I’m
just like yes when people go oh my god
this is so good like I’ve cooked
something really really well they say oh
my god amazing or I want to eat your
food that sort of thing when people say
that I’m just like yes like that makes
me so so happy because it’s something
like that’s one of my favorite things to
do it’s a skill and it’s something like
I’ve worked hard to try to do well
when someone compliments me on that I
get really excited alright so um those
are compliments you always want to hear
what compliments do you want to hear I
don’t know we’ve talked about we’ve
talked about personality complements and
we’ve talked about skill compliments but
if there if you have a favorite
compliment leave it in the comment box
we can start a compliment
mayhem among the commenters anyway
positive feelings after this video
everybody’s cheery I think thanks very
much for watching this episode of Talk
words and we will see you again soon bye
I’m going to use the Force to make you
watch this whole video hi everybody
welcome back to ask Alicia the weekly
series where you ask me questions and I
answer them maybe you can send your
questions to me at English class 101.com
slash ask - Alicia first question from
Harley passes hard Harley pusle Hustle
pasta very sorry Harley asks what is the
use of get + adverb or preposition for
example I get down this is a question
about phrasal verbs with yet we can use
a lot of different things after the word
get in your example to get down we use
it when dancing for example like I want
to get down this weekend it’s sort of an
old-fashioned expression though to get
down we can use a lot of different words
after the verb get though for example
get into to get into something means to
become interested in something you might
hear to get at like get at me or get at
your professor to get at means to reach
out to or to communicate with but it’s a
very casual expression you can say get
after like I need to get after my
homework for example it means to like
chase after or try to do something also
to get in like to get into a club to get
into a restaurant to get into a party
the nuance is that something is
challenging but you can gain access to
that thing like I got into the party
last night but I wasn’t on the list
there are a lot of different uses of the
word yet I can’t talk about all of them
in this video because there are so many
so if you’re curious about the various
phrasal verbs that we can use with the
word yet check
a dictionary that’s a really good place
to start next question next question
comes from long and long and asks what
is the difference between simple past
tense and past continuous tense or past
progressive tense simple past tense we
use for actions that started and ended
in the past so the beginning of the
action and the end of the action
happened in the past so for example the
sentence I ate breakfast is a simple
past tense statement I ate breakfast ate
is a simple past tense the past
continuous tense however or the past
progressive tense is something we used
to talk about an action that was
continuing at a specific point in time
in the past if I want to use the past
progressive tense I can say I was eating
breakfast using that continuous tense
using that progressive tense implies I
want to explain something else that
happened at that time or maybe I want to
add some more information so for example
I was eating breakfast at 8 o’clock this
morning or I was eating breakfast when
the phone rang or I was eating breakfast
and watching TV at the same time I was
eating breakfast while studying today by
using the past progressive I am
explaining that an action was continuing
at a specific point in time as in the
example I was eating breakfast at 8
o’clock or I can use past progressive to
show one action was happening at the
same time as another action in the past
if I use just the simple past tense I’m
just saying a simple fact in other words
this action happened I ate breakfast at
8 o’clock if I want to emphasize the
continuous nature of the action for some
reason like I was eating breakfast at 8
o’clock I can use the past progressive
tense in that case it might be in
response to a question like what were
you doing at 8 o’clock this morning so
if someone wants to ask maybe what you
were doing at a specific point in time
like someone is suspicious if you like
what were you doing last night you can
say like oh I was having dinner with my
friends last night but past tense simple
past tense is something we use for
actions which start and finish in the
past but progressive the progressive
tense in past can be used to and
sighs the continuing nature of that
situation or that action next West John
next question comes from yes in yeah yes
II yes and I’m very sorry what’s the
difference between on time and in time
is it you arrived just on time or you
arrived just in time we use on time to
refer to doing something at the correct
time doing something at a scheduled time
so for example I need to get to work on
time meaning at the correct time or did
you make it to your appointment on time
in time however is used when we want to
kind of give a nuance of rushing or
hurrying for something I need to leave
my house now to get to the airport in
time for my flight I need to study for
my test now if I want to be in time for
the party later you should probably
leave now if you want to be in time for
the movie in time for something else so
I want to do action a to make my
schedule meet this other condition this
other thing I would like to do with this
other thing I need to do in time for has
the nuance of a deadline we can use this
expression in like a panic like oh my
gosh I’m not going to make it in time
like to submit a paper I’m not going to
make it in time in time means like
before the deadline whereas on time has
the meaning of completing an action or
completing something at a scheduled time
next question the next question comes
from gearson Silva hi what is the
difference between shade and shadow oh
great this is a great question both of
these words can be used to refer to a
place that is darker than its
surroundings because there’s an object
that is blocking the light we can say
there’s shade over there or there’s a
shadow over there in that sentence they
are used the same however shadow refers
to the dark shape only so a person can
cast a shadow we use cast the verb cast
with a shadow
I cast a shadow when I stand in the Sun
for example shade however as a noun
refers to or has the nuance of a kind of
shelter so shelter provided by some
other object shelter
from the light shelter from the Sun so
we would say stand in the shade because
shade has the nuance of shelter we would
not say stand in the shadow shadow does
not carry the nuance of shelter in the
way that shade does interestingly enough
though shade and shadow are both used as
verbs as well to shadow of something
needs to follow something closely to
shadow someone at work means to follow
someone at work and try to understand
their job for example shade is used as a
verb to mean to create shelter from
light for example the canopy shaded us
from the Sun Shade also has some
interesting uses you might hear the
slang phrase to throw shade throwing
shade is a really interesting slang
expression that we use which means to
communicate disrespect or to communicate
like contempt bad feelings for something
when you’re speaking generally in most
cases when you want to talk about a dark
cool area we should say shade stand in
the shade when you want to talk only
about the dark area that dark object use
shadow next question actually two
questions from Danny hi Danny Danny’s
first question is you talked about lit
as slang yes I talked about lit in
episode 2 so 1 episode 2 I’ve asked
Alisha can you please talk about the
verb light and using it an active and
passive shirt light means to start a
fire so to light a fire to light a
candle some examples of active and
passive voice with this verb then why
don’t we light some candles for dinner
tonight all the candles in the
restaurant were live on our camping trip
my neighbors lit a fire and we brought
hamburgers to me a fire was lit in the
campsite while we were gone I was going
to light a fire but I fell asleep so to
light means to start a fire you lit the
house on fire we can say to light love
blah blah on fire so there are a few
different examples of using the verb
light in active and in passive past
tense
future tense as well so I hope that
that’s helpful Danny’s second question
can you talk about ride and its uses
like take someone for a ride can I take
a ride Ryan is another verb that has a
lot of different uses you use the
example to take someone for a ride
to drive together with someone to go for
a ride has the nuance of doing something
just for fun it’s just for fun I want to
take a ride to a location I want to take
a ride to the mountains this weekend or
take a ride to the beach but to take
someone for a ride means to invite
someone to drive somewhere with you in a
car that’s one way to use ride you can
also say give me a ride can you give me
a ride so this is a request expression I
don’t have a car my friend has a car I
want my friend to take me in their car
to a location I can say can you give me
a ride to the movie theater can you give
me a ride to the lake give me a ride is
a request so give me a ride in your car
so there are a lot of uses of ride if
you want to see all of them or if you
want to see more of them I recommend
checking a dictionary there are quite a
few and I can’t talk about them all in
this video so please check a dictionary
next question okay next question is from
femme femme the femme what does your too
good to be true mean is it good or not
maybe you’ve heard this in a famous song
you’re too good to be true can’t take my
eyes off of you in that case it’s a good
meaning a different way to say this
expression is you are so good you are so
amazing that I can’t believe you’re real
so in other words something must be
wrong there must be some problem with
you it’s not possible for you to be real
because you are so good you are so great
so you’re too good to be true it’s like
wow I’m amazed by you so it’s a good
expression if however maybe in a more
uncommon situation someone said like
this guy is too good to be true like
maybe reviewing a job application for
example this girl she’s too good to be
true like if it’s said in that way maybe
there’s something suspicious about that
person this doesn’t seem right there’s
just too much good information here
there must be some problem with this
person depending on the intonation it
can portray either a very positive
meaning or a very suspicious meaning in
most cases however it’s a positive
meaning
so if you heard this in a song for
example it’s probably a very positive
kind of row
nuanced phrase thanks very much for that
question femme next one next question
Rabia Arshad rate Rabia Arshad Rabia or
ferrous iron what’s the difference
between Ken and May I saw this on the
dining like a champ cheat sheet and
noticed these words were used for
requests what’s the difference can and
may for requests in modern English in
modern American English are used the
same if I use them in a statement can
refers to ability may refers to
permission please just be careful can
and may are only used in the same way to
make requests in modern American English
next question is from Taylor oh hi again
Taylor are where are you from and where
were you born
the same oh great question where are you
from where were you born
no not necessarily not necessarily where
where you born is only the place where
you were physically brought into the
world maybe your hometown the place you
identify as your hometown is different
from the place where you were born maybe
you were born in Spain but you grew up
in the USA your family moved after that
so you could say I was born in Spain but
I grew up in New York City if someone
asks you where are you from it might be
a good idea to say I was born in blah
blah blah but I was raised in blah blah
blah in a different place if the two
places are different next question next
question is from Hassan Hassan says how
do we use Dada in the negative form so
we did a live stream about half two and
got to and need to on the YouTube
channel and on Facebook a while ago Dada
is a contraction a very casual
contraction of got and - it’s not a real
word gada is just the sound that we make
when we say got to very quickly like I
gotta go to school today or I gotta
finish my homework or I gotta get to
sleep I’m so tired
in American English we do not use gotta
in the negative instead we use have to
or need to
I don’t have to go to work tomorrow I
don’t need to go to work tomorrow and I
don’t need to go to sleep right now but
American English does not use
gotta in the negative form next question
next question is from sadaham I need to
improve my spoken English and my
vocabulary how do I do that I think
there’s a tool on the website where you
can record your voice speaking English
and compare it to a native speaker
saying the same thing so I think that’s
a that’s a feature on the website so
check that out if you haven’t been it’s
in English class 101.com
there should be a recording function
there where you can record your voice
and compare it to a native speaker and
keep practicing that until your voice
and your pronunciation matches the
native speakers pronunciation so you’ll
see like little waveforms there even on
the recording page so you can try to
match your voice to a native speaker so
of course practicing with native
speakers where possible repeating so
creating your own speech is important to
practicing with like recording tools
voice recording to look when you record
yourself you suddenly hear so many
problems in your speech so recording
yourself can be another good tool but in
terms of building your vocabulary first
I need to define a goal what do I want
to talk about if I want to talk about
food I should look for materials in my
target language talking about food and I
should study those so think about what
it is that you want to do and try to be
specific try to narrow your goal down to
you know what are the words that I need
to do and try focusing there and then
maybe you can widen the focus to other
interests here and there too but start
maybe with the things that are going to
help you communicate the things that you
really want to say so always think about
your goals what do I want to learn how
to say next question from Ricardo Villa
roll oh hey Ricardo welcome back is it
correct to learn several languages at
the same time ooh
is it correct I can’t answer that
whether it’s correct or not so I’ve
heard that if you want to try for
whatever your reason is if you want to
try to study more than one language at
the same time it’s better to try to
choose languages that are quite
different so that there’s less chance of
you making mistakes or getting confused
in your studies the other thing that I
think I would say is if you’re studying
more than one language at the same time
your progress might be a
slower than if you studied just one
language yeah is it correct
I don’t know I can’t answer that that’s
up to you to decide so those are all the
questions that I want to talk about this
week thank you so much for submitting so
many interesting questions I really
appreciate it if you haven’t submitted a
question yet you can check it out the
submission page is at English class
101.com slash ask - Alicia so check that
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too and check us out at English class
101.com for some other stuff we talked
about a few things today that you can
find on the website so definitely check
that out so thanks very much for
watching this episode of ask Alicia I
will see you again next Saturday bye bye
bonus vocabulary word for today spoiler
spoiler a spoiler is secret information
key information about your media your
book your movie your TV show if you see
the phrase spoiler alert somewhere it
means the next piece of text the next
information the next thing in the video
is going to be secret information about
the story so if you have not seen the
movie if you have not seen the TV show
or you have not seen the book you might
find information you don’t want to read
yet so spoiler means something that will
spoil or something that will ruin the
story for you so no spoilers about Star
Wars until we’ve seen it yes
use the Force to study English hi
everybody welcome back my name is Alisha
and today we’re going to be talking
about some English tongue twisters I’m
joined again by Michael hey everybody so
today we’re gonna be talking about some
things in English that are difficult to
say that might be difficult for you and
they’re probably gonna be difficult for
us to explain so let’s get right into it
Michael what is your first tongue
twister
my first tongue twister is how much wood
would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck
could chuck wood one more time a little
bit faster how much wood would a
woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could
chuck wood excellent and there is a
traditional response to this one you’re
familiar with the response so once you
tell me it’s a question write this this
is it ends in a question there’s a
question mark on your car and the
traditional response is it wood chuck
all the wood that a wood chuck could if
a wood chuck could chuck wood yeah I
have it on one of my cards actually I
think - this was totally unplanned I
would like to point out yeah here it is
it wood chuck all the wood that a wood
chuck could if a wood chuck could chuck
wood so you can you can use this with
your friends if you want all right let’s
do it real quick ready okay how much
wood would a woodchuck chuck if a
woodchuck could chuck wood it would
chuck all the wood that a woodchuck
could if a woodchuck could chuck wood
hey all right there’s one down okay uh
let’s see we’ve talked about that one
already so I guess I’ll go with another
classic one that I’ve known since I was
little this one uses the P sound a lot
Peter pie
were picked a pack of pickled peppers
lots of P sounds in this one can you
speed it up for us well I don’t know if
I can say in the first place Peter Piper
picked up [ __ ] Jimin and Emma do you
mean even even in Menomonee have you not
heard this one before I have it okay
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled
peppers hold on one more time Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
for me it helps if you snap okay Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Peter Piper picked a peck oh my god I
can’t do it maybe it’s better if you
don’t read it
those are Peter no no I can’t do it
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers that wasn’t very good I wasn’t
one more time one more time Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers
what one more time Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper
picked
did I I can’t do it Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled peppers there we go
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers Peter Piper picked a peck of
pink
man that’s tough the peas man I can’t do
the piece oh wow peas can do you either
okay go to your next one what’s your
next good uh no um my brain is frazzled
now okay uh oh I just like this one I’ve
actually never heard this before but I
like it because there’s a lot of th’s in
it and a lot of foreign people who are
learning English let me say that a lot
of non-native English speakers have
trouble with th that’s been true for a
lot of my students regardless of where
they’re from with their native languages
so the 33 thieves thought that they
thrilled the throne throughout Thursday
well I’ve never seen this one yeah I’m
either but I just thought it was good
because they remember th so the 33
thieves thought that they thrilled the
throne throughout Thursday better want
to give it a try yeah I’m gonna try the
33 thieves thought that they thrilled
the throne throughout Thursday hmm
that’s a good one that’s a really good
one for th sounds I think it’s not it’s
I think the consonant sounds like the
hard consonant sounds like the P sound
or the well maybe even the W sound a
little bit like it’s easy to say that
quickly but this one’s really tough to
say quickly I think and clearly but 33
thought they throw this out as smoothly
maybe spitting a lot maybe okay I guess
I’ll go to my next one I really have no
faith and I’m gonna be able to say this
at all this is
like the hardest thing that I think I
was able to find I’m gonna have to read
it slowly the sixth sick sheiks sixth
sheeps sick yeah why okay yeah
the sixth sick sheiks six sheeps sick
yeah the sixth 600 like the second word
you can’t even say it it’s really hard
one more time right this the sixth sick
sheiks sixth sheep six six oh that was
good that’s good yeah we’ll just even on
that one that did it was the sixth six
sheiks six sheeps sick that’s really
hard it’s really I don’t think I could
say it any faster than that the sixth
sick sheiks sixth oh okay I’m the loss
of words
okay one more time
okay the sixth sick sheiks sixth sheeps
sick the sixth sick what it once is okay
what’s your next one my next one is the
soldiers shoulder surely hurts another
one I’ve actually never heard but I
liked it because everyone knows Sally
sells seashells down by the seashore the
s and the SH is confusing and many times
in English like surely there’s no Sh but
it makes that that SH sound so it’s a
fun one
the soldiers shoulder surely hurts the
soldiers shoulder surely hurts wanna
give it a try
the soldiers shoulder surely hurts this
is the tough part here for me anyway is
this the soldiers shoulder making that
sound really clearly a step the soldier
shoulder surely hurts yeah you make it
sound so easy
well professional not really ok on to
the last one this one is really short
actually it’s only two words but it’s
tricky it’s really tricky I can’t say
this fast Irish wristwatch okay Irish by
itself is fine wristwatch is fine but
together they’re really hard to say
Irish rich I can’t say it
Irish wristwatch really hard Irish
wristwatch yeah they’re slow ok Irish
Wow it’s really hard doesn’t it seems
easier than it is yeah okay I risked
watch Irish with Irish wristwatch Irish
wristwatch Irish wristwatch nice there
we go
Irish Irish
I can try it this one’s hard this was
really hard for me but yeah only two
words it’s just it’s just that
combination of the SH in the rough it’s
just I can’t I got nothing on that one
all right do you have any more no I
think that’s it oh wow that was a good
one no it’s really tough it’s really
tough okay we’ll give them a try please
give them a try and if you have any
tongue twisters preferably in English
please share them with us in the
comments there are great ways to
practice your pronunciation and you can
impress your friends if you can do them
quickly thank you again for joining us
and we’ll see you again soon bye
[Music]
hi everyone I’m Alisha Thanksgiving is
one of the most celebrated holidays in
the United States it also marks the
beginning of the holiday season the
weeks leading up to Christmas Hanukkah
Kwanzaa
and the winter solstice which are all
widely celebrated holidays in the US for
retailers Thanksgiving begins their
busiest season Thanksgiving is
celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
November Thanksgiving was founded as a
national holiday by one of the most
famous presidents of the United States
do you know who it might have been we’ll
show you the answer at the end of this
video
Thanksgiving to a large extent is about
having a feast with friends and family
turkey is the traditional main course
with yams squash pumpkin pie cranberries
and other rich and filling foods
rounding out the meal some families
spend weeks preparing for their
Thanksgiving feast and to stuff oneself
is most certainly encouraged the
Thanksgiving meal of today is rooted in
the meal that the pilgrims from Europe
shared with the Native Americans on the
first Thanksgiving
this was quite a feast turkey duck goose
squash corn and a plethora of other
foods were shared between the Europeans
and the Native Americans
this original fate was said to go on for
three full days football is another
tradition during Thanksgiving
celebrations in the United States
watching the football game while
preparing the Thanksgiving meal is an
important part of the celebration for
many families families that aren’t
sports fans however may opt to spend the
time outside enjoying the crisp autumn
air or may find other diversions to
enjoy while the turkey cooks
Thanksgiving is not a uniquely American
holiday
there are similar celebrations in Canada
for instance the concept behind the
holiday showing thankfulness by having a
feast spans many cultures and now here’s
the answer to the quiz do you know who
founded Thanksgiving is a national
holiday Abraham Lincoln established
Thanksgiving during the dark days of the
American Civil War even though the
holiday was officially born during this
conflict it’s more associated with the
initially good relations between the
first European immigrants and the Native
Americans how is this lesson did you
learn something interesting is there a
day in your country where you give
thanks please leave a comment at English
class 101.com until next time okay
welcome back to weekly words weekly
words
I’m Alicia and today we’re going to talk
about words that make you sound smart oh
I’m all over this one first word is
esoteric when something is esoteric it’s
alright so the word esoteric refers to
something that requires specialized
knowledge so in a conversation somebody
might use this word to say sorry to be
esoteric and then they’ll continue
talking about some subject or some
concept that requires a certain level of
knowledge in the given field next word
superfluous superfluous just means extra
really is what can a person be
superfluous so superfluous yeah just
just refers to stuff that’s maybe not
necessary or the X the extra just stuff
or extra extra things in a given context
so maybe you know oh I have so much
superfluous stuff in my kitchen of
course using superfluous in such a
casual way like that is very unnatural
but you could do it if you really wanted
to sound smart aqueous aqueous means to
like you might have like Kent sailing
Pirates of the Caribbean something like
he will not acquiesce to your request or
she will not acquiesce to your request
it just means she won’t obey or listen
or do as told
but that’s it’s the same exact meaning
to acquiesce to accept something yet to
go along with
angst angst refers to just kind of this
like that that unhappy feeling this sort
of angry or maybe melancholy are just
feeling like you know you’re
misunderstood so a teenager or I suppose
a teenager themselves might not use this
word but the parents of the teenager
might say oh my teenager is so filled
with angst hitch hitch Kitsch refers to
in my mind anyway just junk
honestly it’s the little things that you
know might crowd your house like a snow
globe or special little ornaments or
just you know decorative knickknacks you
might say oh my aunts apartment is
really kitschy it means she has maybe
like a lot of knickknacks or the style
is just kind of alright that is the end
so those were a few words to make you
sound smart I hope that you learned
something I certainly did and I’ll see
you again next time thank you bye
how are your English listening skills
first you’ll see an image and here a
question next comes a short dialogue
listen carefully and see if you can
answer correctly we’ll show you the
answer at the end
a male and female student are looking at
job advertisements which job is the
female student going to apply for Hey
what do you think about this job the
hourly pay is pretty high sure the pay
looks great but could you really do a
newspaper delivery route of course I’m
good at riding bikes but I’m worried
about waking up early what about this
one the pay isn’t as high but you can
work two or three days a week and start
working from the evening oh this one a
supermarket cashier huh well it would be
good to work after school this one for a
coffee shop might be good too
oh yeah I love that place and it’s on my
way to school not bad huh hmm which one
should I apply to which two is it
between the coffee shop and the
newspaper delivery route
yeah the pay for the newspaper route is
really nice okay my mind’s made up I
guess I’ll just have to get up early
which job is the female student going to
apply for
a male and female student are looking at
job advertisements which job is the
female student going to apply for hey
what do you think about this job the
hourly pay is pretty high sure the pay
looks great but could you really do a
newspaper delivery route of course I’m
good at riding bikes but I’m worried
about waking up early what about this
one the pay isn’t as high but you can
work two or three days a week and start
working from the evening oh this one a
supermarket cashier huh well it would be
good to work after school this one for a
coffee shop might be good too
oh yeah I love that place and it’s on my
way to school not bad huh hmm which one
should I apply to which two is it
between the coffee shop and the
newspaper delivery route
yeah the pay for the newspaper route is
really nice okay my mind’s made up I
guess I’ll just have to get up early hi
everybody and welcome back to english
class 101 comms youtube channel my name
is Alisha and today I’m going to give a
short explanation of the difference
between look watch and see so let’s get
started okay the first verb that I want
to talk about is look we use look when
we simply want to explain that we are
moving our eyes to something just moving
the eyes is to look at something there’s
no expectation that the item or the
object we are looking at is going to
change there’s no expectation that some
change is going to happen we’re simply
moving our eyes to something finally
when you use look and an object follows
the verb you need to follow look with at
so for example look at that look at me
look at that look at her look at him all
of these use at because an object
follows the verb look so look at that
thing when you use an expression like
look over there there’s no object there
so only when there’s an object after
word look you need to use at to connect
the two okay so remember look is used
when you’re simply moving your eyes to
something okay
let’s talk then about the verb watch so
we use watch when we want to focus our
attention on something so focusing your
attention can be on something happening
in front of you like a performance it
can be movie TV but the nuance with
watch is you are watching something that
is changing or moving something is going
to happen there’s an expectation of
change or movement evolution in some way
we use watch in those cases focused
attention on something that is changing
or something that is moving is when we
use watch then finally see the verb see
is used when we just notice something we
happen to notice something maybe a
person has come into the room and we see
that person we notice something but
we’re not necessarily focusing so maybe
we see it our eyes catch it but we don’t
focus on that thing that is when we use
see so to recap we use look just to move
our eyes to something we use watch for
focused attention on something that is
moving or something that is changing and
we use see when we just notice something
but we don’t necessarily focus on it
okay so this is the basic use of these
three verbs but there are a couple of
exceptions so here I have special cases
especially for performances so for
example movies TV shows concerts
sporting events and so on
these have slightly different rules we
will only use watch or see for these
cases please do not use look in these
cases please use watch or see if you’re
having trouble deciding when to use
watch or see a good rule or a good
guideline is if it’s something outside
the house something outside your home
your apartment use the verb see if
you’re at home doing something at home
like watching a movie
for example use the verb watch so for
example over here you would see a movie
in a movie theater see a baseball game
watch a DVD at home or watch the awards
show at home so these are at home
actions and these are outside the home
action so we use C and watch in these
cases okay but let’s try to choose the
correct verb in these example sentences
that I’ve prepared so first one tonight
I’m going to something-something game of
Thrones Game of Thrones is a popular TV
show so we should use watch because we
learned that watch is used for things
outside or I’m sorry because we learned
that watch is used for actions at home
things we do at home it’s more natural
to use watch I’m going to watch Game of
Thrones ok the next sentence I want to
something something that new movie new
movie probably means going to a movie
theater so we should use the verb see I
want to see that new movie is the
correct verb here something something up
ahead traffic is terrible so up ahead
means in front of you in front of the
car in this case it’s car it’s traffic
related so up ahead
in this case the speaker is asking the
listener to move his or her eyes in
front of them to to go up ahead with
their eyes so you can use the verb look
look up ahead traffic is terrible so
move your eyes up ahead is the command
okay next one last night I stayed in and
something something a football game so
stayed in means stayed home I stayed at
home we use the expression stayed in so
I stayed in and watch this is an at home
action past tense I watched a football
game last night ok next one I can’t wait
to something something my favorite band
next week so again this is a performance
outside the house my favorite band so
we’ll use see I can’t wait to see my
favorite band
a week okay next sentence when I
something something into the forest I
something something a deer okay there
are two verbs in this sentence we’re
going to use looked so when I moved my
eyes into the forest
I moved my direction my my my eyes moved
in the direction of the forest and I
something something a deer so we noticed
something I saw a deer I saw a deer a
deer entered my eyes is a weird way to
say it but that’s the nuance here I
happened to notice I wasn’t focusing but
I saw this in my eye I saw a deer okay
let’s look at a really difficult one I
something something up from my book and
something something you you were
something something a video on your
phone okay so similar here I something
something up I looked up I moved my eyes
up from my book so I was reading I moved
my eyes up from my book and something
something you so here I noticed I saw
past tense I saw you then here you were
something something a video on your
phone a video on your phone so maybe we
need to use the verb watch because the
person has focused their attention on
their phone on the video you were
watching past progressive tense you were
watching a video on your phone so here
in this situation we have all three
verbs finally let’s use it in a question
when did you last something something
your roommate so when did you last
notice your roommate we would use the
verb see when did you last see your
roommate when was the last time you saw
your roommate you noticed your roommate
so these are some great examples of
sentences where it might be difficult to
guess should I use look should I use see
should I use watch but keep these rules
in mind so remember when you move your
eyes to something use look
don’t forget to use at when an object
follows the verb to when you want to
focus your attention or talk about
something that’s changing and moving use
watch like movies and TV shows when you
want to just talk about noticing
something but not focusing your
attention
use see so this is a basic introduction
to the differences between look see and
watch I hope it was useful for you if
you like you can try to leave a comment
with one of these verbs in your sentence
or if you have any questions please let
us know as well thanks very much for
watching this video if you liked this
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for more at English class 101.com thanks
very much for watching and I’ll see you
again soon Mike
[Music]
hey everyone I’m Alicia Halloween is a
time for celebration in the USA it’s
become the second most popular holiday
in the nation over the years
Halloween is known for its oftentimes
scary costumes elaborate parties and
events horror film festivals and its
many gothic trappings this holiday was a
late comer to the u.s. not really
becoming popular until the early 20th
century
today it’s one of the most anticipated
holidays in the USA
Halloween is very much associated with
scary costumes and things that are
wonderfully creepy do you know what
holiday dressing up in scary costumes
was likely borrowed from will show you
the answer at the end of this video
people in the USA
typically carve pumpkins into scary
jack-o'-lanterns decorate their houses
to look as creepy as possible
and wear elaborate costumes to celebrate
this holiday these aspects of Halloween
according to some have their roots in
various Celtic and European myths
legends and cultural traditions today
popular horror films have also
influenced the cultural traditions that
surround Halloween the monster movies of
the early 20th century are significant
contributors to the look and feel of
modern Halloween celebrations in the USA
trick-or-treating started at the
beginning of the 20th century to curb
the vandalism and destruction that once
characterized this holiday in the USA
today Halloween is a night when the
streets are full of families getting
treats from their neighbors and
vandalism and other problems are rare
some families and social groups set up
elaborate haunted houses and invite
people to go through for free or for a
donation hay rides and other nighttime
events are also very popular in rural
areas check the local theaters and TV
stations around Halloween and you’ll
find plenty of scary stuff to watch too
over the years Halloween costumes in the
USA have become more varied some people
particularly younger participants forgo
the dark gothic theme of the holiday and
dress up as characters from adventure
movies literary figures or even
historical figures and now here’s the
answer to the quiz do you know what
holiday dressing up in scary costumes
was likely borrowed from Samhain is
considered to be a significant influence
on Halloween celebrations though this is
disputed by some scholars Samhain was
and still is to some extent celebrated
in Scotland and Ireland it’s associated
with the final harvest of the year more
than it is with scary ghouls and goblins
those spirits do play a part the
dressing up was originally done to scare
malicious spirits away or to trick them
into thinking that you were one of them
to avoid harm how was this lesson did
you learn something interesting is
Halloween celebrated in your country if
so how please leave a comment in English
class 101.com until next time hi
everybody my name is Alisha and today
we’re gonna be talking about the top 25
English phrases so let’s get started the
first phrase is hello hello of course is
used as a greeting you can greet your
friends you can greet your co-workers
your family with this phrase just by
saying hello hey hi what’s up hello sup
yo pretty much any time of day you can
use hello hello the next phrase is good
morning good morning is used as a
greeting in the morning you can kind of
feel when morning ends for you good
morning is nice and polite or even just
morning with your close friends or close
co-workers the next phrase is good night
good night is fine we don’t use this to
greet other people we use it when we’re
saying goodbye to other people at night
family members particularly mothers and
fathers to say good night to their
children before they put them to bed you
can say it to your friend and a text
message or in an email if you’ve been
talking for a while good night
so the next word to talk about is
goodbye use it when you say goodbye to
your friends when you leave your friends
goodbye bye of course take care have a
nice day
peace out that’s another way to say
goodbye ok the next phrase is I’m plus
your name of course this is a way to
introduce yourself you can use I’m in my
case Alicia I’m Alicia - introduce
yourself in any situation new friend I’m
Elesha okay the next phrase is what’s
your name what’s your name is used to
ask someone else what their name is so
what is your name sounds a bit try to
use what’s your name
if you forget someone’s name you can say
sorry what’s your name or sorry what’s
your name again next phrase is nice to
meet you nice to meet you anytime you
meet someone new
nice to meet you is fine good to meet
you is a little more casual great to
meet you sounds very excited pleasure to
meet you sounds like maybe a formal
situation or a business context okay the
next phrase is how are you how are you
is an it’s just a friendly way to check
in with the other person you can use it
with friends your family your co-workers
maybe even your boss to a certain degree
how are you
how you doing the next phrase is I’m
fine thanks and you if you saw English
in three minutes we talked a lot about
this phrase instead of I’m fine thank
you and you say I’m good thanks how are
you just shorten it make it a little bit
more natural how are you good how are
you great how are you not so good how
are you okay and so on so when someone
says how are you offer I usually say I’m
good this week I pop a blog give some
information about what you’ve been up to
maybe a hobby something that you did
recently an event something interesting
you saw whatever people want to make
that connection with you and it’s a good
chance for you to continue speaking the
next word is please please as a polite
phrase used when you want something from
someone else you can use this as a
response when someone offers you
something like in a restaurant for
example would you like more water would
you like something to drink
oh please the next phrase is thank you
thank you is used to express your
appreciation you can use thank you with
everybody the next phrase is you’re
welcome you’re welcome when someone says
thank you you can say you’re welcome no
biggie
I use no biggie as in no biggie is short
for no big problem an X where it is yes
yes of course yes means is any positive
expression someone asks you a question
and the answer is a positive answer you
say yes yep uh-huh yeah we know next I’m
guessing I knew it yep the next word is
no no is a negative response to
something when you
have to give a negative answer so as you
can probably guess the long form of no
is negative I like to use nope it’s very
very casual not gonna happen my parents
would use that with me to soften that a
little bit if you want to show a
negative response to something like
let’s go for dinner tonight what do you
want to do like do you want to go out
not really
hmm no I don’t think so hmm to soften it
the next word is okay okay this word
comes from copyeditors okay when they
had to check a manuscript they had to
label the manuscript all clear AC but
because they were copy editors and they
have a very very sick sense of humor
they thought they would mark it okay for
all clear to make a joke because o and K
do not start all and clear but it caught
on among everybody in the world anyway
okay is used to agree with somebody else
well it can be used actually to express
a positive or kind of a slight negative
I feel transitioning in your
conversation you can say okay now we’re
going to talk about blah blah blah okay
the next phrase is excuse me excuse me
it’s used to get someone’s attention in
English when you don’t know the other
person for example in a store a
supermarket maybe a stranger on the
street you need to ask directions you
can use excuse me you can use excuse me
in the supermarket excuse me can you
tell me where the hot sauce is if you’ve
done something rude in public you can
use excuse me I personally do not do
rude things in public ever I’m sorry is
the next word we’re gonna talk about I’m
sorry is used to apologize when you have
made a mistake or someone you know it’s
made a mistake and you’re connected to
it or you just feel bad you can use I’m
sorry you made a mistake at work I’m
sorry you forgot to feed your cat I’m
sorry sorry about that you bump someone
next to you oh sorry what time is it is
the next phrase when you need to check
what time it is what time is it when you
ask someone else what time it is maybe
you say this to yourself to check your
watch check your phone check a clock
pretty straightforward phrase there
aren’t really any short version so
that’s an easy one hey where is that
plus a location so you can use this for
a building or a store we don’t we’re not
going to use this where is the
for a place a city name or a state name
or a country name to do that you would
need to remove the but where is the bank
where is the post office you can use
this to ask directions to ask for help
in your house or at work where is the
copy machine where is the file
I need where is the bla bla bla where is
the bathroom is perhaps a very important
question to know the next one is may I
use the restroom may I use the restroom
is a polite and soft expression that you
can use if you need to use the toilet
you need to use the washroom and when
you’re at someone’s house for the very
first time when you’re in a place that
you’re that is new to you you can ask
may I use the restroom more casually can
I go to the bathroom to be very polite
you could say may I go to the bathroom
the next phrase is I would like to order
something you can use this at a
restaurant probably or in any situation
where you need to place an order I’d
like a pizza I like beer can I get the
check please this will be used at a
restaurant when you’ve finished your
meal and it’s time to go can I get the
check please in a very very casual
situation you can just say check please
that’s fine the next phrase is see you
soon see you soon is used with friends
and family members perhaps when you
expect to see them again soon after
saying goodbye to them this is used at
the end of the conversation you’re going
separate directions you can see you soon
seeya is also good or just see you to
make it a little more formal you can say
I’ll see you again soon make a full
sentence out of it that way
the next phrases see you later see you
later is very similar to see you soon
but the point is would see you later is
that you’re probably going to meet that
person again later on in the same day
the last phrase is really really is a
very useful word because you can use it
to show you were interested in a
conversation with upward intonation
really really tell me more or to show
that you’re not so interested in the
conversation with downward intonation
really so there are many other words
that you can use similar to really in
this way like seriously or oh oh and so
on so it’s a really good practice for
your intonation so those are 25 very
common words and phrases in English if
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