REAL ENGLISH CONVERSATION Learn Real English From Real English Conversations Episode 1
hey today i’m going to help you sound
more like a native english speaker in
order to do that you must have natural
english conversations so today i’m going
to show you two real english
conversations between two native english
speakers i’m going to break down the
conversations explain the words and
expressions that were used and help you
finally have a real english conversation
like a native english speaker are you
ready
well then i’m teacher tiffany let’s jump
right in all right so the first english
conversation that we’re going to look at
was actually a conversation i had with
my good friend chanel now we started off
the conversation like this
i said chanel
how is communication changing between
people
chanel responded so
first off communication is not happening
at all now let me pause really quickly
because maybe you’ve never heard this
expression
first off maybe it’s not in one of your
english books so let me explain in
english we use this a lot when we are
first starting a conversation and we
have multiple ideas or opinions so
really quickly let me show you the
meaning of this expression first off you
see this meaning is used for introducing
the first of a series of things that you
are going to say so my friend chanel
after i asked her a question she said oh
tiff
first off hey i’m about to tell you my
main point this is the first in a series
of things that i’d like to say
in english we say first off
one more time after me for pronunciation
practice
first off
excellent all right now let’s look at
this example sentence here we go
first off i want to tell you how much i
like your work
makes sense hey the first thing first
hey to start i’d like to say dot dot dot
so in english conversations we use this
very often my friend said
first off and then she continued her
statement so again we have first off in
our conversation now our conversation
continued i listening to chanel
responded right but i want to give you
this tip really quickly you see she
started off by saying first off and it
let me know that even though she had
other points this was her strongest
point or opinion
when you put emphasis
on a specific point
it lets the other person know that they
need to listen
more intently
this shows that you have thought about
your response and it reveals your
english fluency so again this is why
this expression is so important when you
let someone know hey
i have quite a few ideas in my head but
this first one
it’s important they are ready to listen
to you even more so we continued our
conversation and i said
at all
now look again at what chanel said she
said so first off
communication is not happening at all
this is her opinion and i asked her a
question i said
at all
now this is what happens when you’re
having a conversation you know sometimes
you don’t want to ask someone to repeat
themselves right you feel a little shy a
little embarrassed because you’re an
english learner but look during this
conversation i’m a native english
speaker my friend is a native english
speaker and i asked her to clarify
at all so in english when we do this
during a conversation when we repeat
what someone has just said it means that
it’s almost unbelievable for example
let’s say you and me that’s right you
and me
we are going to go out to eat right and
i say hey
what do you want to eat and you say um
teacher tiffany i really love indian
food and i say
indian food
now i asked you a question i repeated
what you said because it was almost
unbelievable why as you know indian food
is my favorite food so now i’m shocked
that you also like indian food so again
you can do the same thing during an
english conversation don’t be shy to ask
someone to repeat themselves and if they
say something that is shocking or almost
unbelievable all you have to do is
repeat what they said with a question
mark like i did here so after i said at
all chanel responded
nope in my opinion it really doesn’t
happen she doesn’t think communication
really happens well between people
nowadays
then i said wow
can you dive into that idea a little bit
more
now maybe this is an expression you
haven’t heard before
dive into i’m basically asking chanel to
give me some more details to explain her
idea or her opinion a little bit more
let me give you this tip why i asked her
right dive into your point a little bit
more
this lets chanel know that i was curious
about what she said
remember that english fluency is not
just about speaking
listening is also an important skill to
master in order to be a fluent english
speaker so
when there is something that catches
your attention
ask the person to explain it more
it’s totally okay to ask the person to
explain a little bit more you want to
understand their point all right so i
said hmm can you dive into that a little
bit more
so that’s exactly what she did she dove
into it and chanel said
you know tiff usually we don’t have time
so we just ask people to text us the
information we say email me the
information or i’ll see it online
somewhere for example oh tiffany went to
korea i found that out on facebook we
didn’t talk about you going to korea so
yes i have definitely seen the shift in
the way we communicate there’s not as
much actual back and forth face-to-face
conversation now i want to show you
something
before i explain those expressions did
you notice what happened when chanel
responded remember in our previous
lesson if you haven’t watched it watch
the previous youtube lesson i taught the
three the simple rule of threes
in chanel’s response she naturally
started to give a real life example this
is why looking at real english
conversations will help you speak
english with more fluency look at how
she responded chanel immediately said
we email information we text people and
sometimes we see things online three
examples and then she immediately went
into a situation tiffany went to korea i
saw that on facebook that was a real
example so again with english fluency
you have to add things from real life
and that’s exactly what happened in this
real english conversation now there were
a few things that chanel said at the end
that i want to explain to you you see at
the end she said shift and back and
forth so let me explain to you what
these two expressions actually mean we
already had first off i explained that
one to you let’s look at shift now shift
after me pronunciation
shift
excellent last time shift
very good now this just means referring
to an idea an opinion or things of that
nature it means to change
there was a shift
in the opinion there was a shift in
something so we say a change but she
used the word shift now i want to show
you an example sentence using this word
here we go
society’s attitudes toward women
have shifted
enormously over the last century i’m
going to say it one more time
society’s attitudes toward women have
shifted enormously over the last century
i could change the word shifted and put
the word change
women have changed enormously over the
last century so you see
similar meaning to the word change but
it’s another very useful word to use in
a real english conversation now another
thing that she said that was also very
useful she said back and forth back and
forth now remember
i’ve taught you i taught you in a
previous lesson about the conversation
english conversations are kind of like a
tennis match i hit the ball to you you
receive it you send it back we go back
and forth back and forth that represents
two fluent english speakers so back and
forth is actually an argument or
discussion in which two or more people
alternate in sharing their perspectives
i said chanel what do you think she gave
me her opinion i said wow can you dive
into that a little bit deeper we went
back and forth this is back and forth
and it happens all the time in english
conversations now let me show you an
example sentence that you can use this
expression in
they’re having a real back and forth up
there can you hear them yelling
once again they’re having a real back
and forth up there can you hear them
yelling
again i’m just saying hey they’re
upstairs having a heated discussion or
an argument they’re going back and forth
kind of makes sense right again think
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you can master it and speak english like
a native english speaker now let’s go to
the next conversation again this
conversation same topic my friend chanel
and i we’re talking about communication
and i’m breaking it down so that you can
see
just how native english speakers have
real conversations so our dialogue
continued conversation
number two
now this time
i also started the conversation and i
asked her i said chanel what are your
thoughts on talking to strangers now
just very quickly to make sure you know
what a stranger is a stranger is someone
you don’t know someone on the street
someone you’ve never met before we say
stranger in english so i asked her what
are your thoughts on talking to
strangers
chanel responded so
i don’t really think it’s good to talk
to strangers that’s her opinion
now i know some of the older people like
those in their late 60s or early 70s
they will talk to any and everybody
she’s giving an example it doesn’t
matter what you’re doing you could be
smoking on the side of the street
they’ll stop you and talk to you
what just happened
remember i taught you last week
in a natural english conversation when
you’re giving a fluent english response
you must either give details reasons or
examples and chanel
naturally went right into an example she
said yeah
i don’t think it’s okay to talk to
strangers however
people in their 60s or 70s
they’ll talk to anybody she talked about
hey if you’re smoking on the street
they’ll stop you and talk to you think
you can visualize what she’s saying
again supporting her opinion right so
again how did i respond to her idea now
you notice though really quickly she
said any and everybody i want to explain
that to you because
this is something you won’t see in an
english book any and everybody but it’s
something that native english speakers
use when we’re having natural and real
english conversations so any and
everybody here we go
this is kind of a slang term or informal
expression and it emphasizes that all
types of people are included not
excluding anyone hey any and everybody
can come here for example any and
everybody can study using my english
lessons i hope you guys love them right
any and everybody and stay till the end
for story time
because i’m going to tell you about one
of my friends and how any and everybody
connects to my friends so stay tuned all
right so let me show you an example
sentence here we go
my friend talks to any and everybody
this is a true statement i have a friend
that will talk to any and everybody
means she will talk to anyone all right
so in english after me we say
any and everybody
excellent last time any and everybody
good job good job all right so let’s
keep going with the conversation again
chanel told me that hey you know older
people will talk to any and everybody so
how did i respond i said
well before excuse me let me give you
this english tip real quick
notice how chanel immediately went into
a real example i mentioned that this is
something again that happens in natural
english conversations you make your
point and then immediately support it
with either an example reason or detail
i just wanted to emphasize that point
one more time all right here we go guys
come on all right so we have this one
right here how did i respond wow that is
so true
they talk to you and you know that you
have no other choice but to answer out
of respect
what happened this back
and forth
back and forth back and forth what
chanel said i understood it i agreed
with it ah that’s so true and i
responded my response was related to
what she said so how did chanel respond
after i said that then chanel said yep
and that’s why they do it but to go back
to your question as for me and my house
or for me and my family we do not talk
to strangers because there are some
crazy people in this world
how about you
you see now she sent the ball the tennis
ball back to my court she gave her
opinion
then she summarized you noticed how at
the end she said her opinion once again
at the beginning she said i don’t think
it’s good to talk to strangers even
though all people do it
my household we won’t do it so it’s
always good when you’re giving an answer
to sandwich it your opinion support and
then your opinion again this is
something that happened naturally in
this conversation
then she said tiff
how about you so how did i respond after
she put the ball in my court
i said okay
i see exactly where you are coming from
hold on teacher
what does that mean i see exactly where
you are coming from
let me explain don’t worry it’s not as
hard as it seems let me explain so see
where you’re coming from to see where
someone is coming from it just means
that you understand
why that person has a particular opinion
often although you do not have that
opinion for example
i am a vegetarian i love food but i
don’t eat meat and i also am basically a
vegan i don’t eat cheese now i have
friends who love meat and that’s okay so
they’ll tell me tiffany
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girl this steak is amazing
and they’ll tell me all the seasonings
that were put in the steak and all the
flavors i don’t eat meat but i can say
hey hey i see where you’re coming from i
know it’s probably delicious it’s not
for me but i can see where you’re coming
from
i see
that you have that particular opinion
and i understand it may not be my
opinion but i see where you’re coming
from kind of makes sense right all right
so let me show you an example sentence
here we go here’s an example sentence
i would have taken the dog to the vet
but i could see where they were coming
from so maybe somebody told this
individual don’t take the dog to the vet
it’s not that serious all you have to do
is give your dog this medicine and he’ll
be fine so i would have taken the dog
but
i could see where they were coming from
i didn’t agree totally but i could see i
could understand
this is a very
very commonly used
english expression even in natural
english conversations so not just in
writing in natural english conversations
so once again let’s look and see what
chanel said excuse me what i said
because i used it one more time here we
go so again i said
okay i see exactly where you are coming
from so my opinion is a bit split it
means has two sides on one hand i am
aware of the fact that talking to
strangers can be dangerous because of
the world that we live in
but on the other hand people are losing
communication skills due to improving
technology now wait a minute
i said something on one hand
why did i say on one hand whoa
stay with me
how many hands do you have you have two
hands right you have a left and a right
hand you may be watching it and it’s
flipped for you but my left and my right
hand
two different hands right so i can say
on one hand
one opinion dot dot but on the other
hand second opinion
visuals kind of help you understand but
let me show you exactly how to
understand this expression on one hand
it’s used to introduce a statement that
is followed by another
contrasting or opposite statement which
is typically introduced with on the
other hand so on one hand dot dot
but on the other hand dot dot dot make
sense all right let me show you an
example sentence really quickly here’s
the example sentence right here
on one hand
i really ought to support my team
on the other hand i don’t have the time
to attend all the games two opposing
opinions i should support them i can’t
support them because i don’t have time
so in english we say on one hand makes
sense right again
natural english expression that comes
out in real english conversation so
let’s go again back to the conversation
right we have back to the conversation i
wanted to show you that one again here
we go
so again continuing
in the past you could
sit down next to a stranger and have a
full-on conversation about the weather
that doesn’t happen as often now because
it’s hard to gauge if someone is a good
person
or a bad person now i want to pause
really quickly because i’m giving my
opinion but i use another expression and
another word we used to have full-on
conversations but now we can’t gauge if
someone is good or bad again i’m giving
supports for my answer for my opinion
but what does full-on actually mean here
we go full-on means it’s used to
describe things or activities that have
all the characteristics of their type or
are done in the strongest or most
extreme way possible so
i said a full-on conversation that means
we’re going deep we’re talking for a
long time it’s a really good back and
forth we’re going back and forth in this
conversation that’s a full-on
conversation and that’s what i was
saying in the past man we used to have
really full on conversations now let me
show you another example sentence using
this expression
he wanted to do a full-on documentary
but he wanted it to span over a long
time so he wanted to do
everything he wanted to include
everything that’s normally in a full
documentary what happened in the
beginning in the middle and the end of a
person’s life or whatever he was
actually following for the documentary
we say full on so for pronunciation
after me
full on
excellent all right so we have full on
and i said a full-on conversation
but i said nowadays
it’s hard to gauge if a person is good
or bad what does the word gauge mean it
means to
estimate or determine
the magnitude amount or volume of
something it means to make a judgment
about something usually people’s
feelings
watch
can you gauge if i’m upset or happy
you can say ah it’s a little hard to
gauge what teacher tiffany is feeling
but i think she’s not happy right now
now i was just acting you know that i’m
happy all the time all right so we say
gauge in english let me give you an
example sentence here we go here’s the
example
it’s hard to gauge what he is really
thinking it’s hard to determine what he
is really thinking makes sense right all
right good so let’s go back to my
opinion again i said
that doesn’t happen as often now these
conversations because it’s hard to gauge
if someone is a good person or a bad
person
people are becoming much more isolated
or to themselves
so for that reason alone i think it’s
okay to talk to strangers in
certain situations
so again
we had this great back and forth she
gave her opinion then she asked me hey
tiff how about you
i gave my opinion and i supported it
right and then at the very end i
restated my opinion so there are so many
things in this lesson that i want you to
practice and to review remember we
learned lots of words and book and
expressions but i want you to remember
always support your answers always go
back and forth and when you start with
your opinion give supports and then end
with your opinion once again i really
hope you enjoyed this episode of real
english conversations i hope it helps
you master english conversations and
finally start sounding like a native
english speaker and speaking english
fluently once again i want to thank
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hope you all have a wonderful day a
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you still there ha ha
you know what time it is it’s story time
hey i said it’s story time
all right so remember during the lesson
i taught you all the expression
any and everybody and i promised you
that during story time
i would tell you about one of my friends
and how any and everybody relates to her
so when i was in south korea this was
during my
last two years in south korea maybe last
two or three years in south korea one of
my closest friends from college she also
came to korea and she was an english
teacher a missionary english teacher so
my friend myself and three actually
three other friends and then one of
their boyfriends so they were there were
two couples and then my best friend and
i so we all decided to go on a vacation
together on vacation together
we wanted to excuse me
i’ll get some water we wanted to rent an
rv an rv
so an rv is kind of like a mobile home
uh like a home on wheels it’s a vehicle
that has a bathroom a shower a kitchen
everything inside bedrooms and
everything
so we all decided to go to
the beach and the beach actually had
mobile homes right at the beach so we
were so excited right
we’ve all been working hard and we were
ready to go on this trip so we all
traveled the three hours by train to get
to the beach we got there we were
planning to be there for about four days
three nights and four days
so we got to the mobile home now you
have six adults right in this small area
we were all very close so we weren’t
worried about having any you know
arguments or anything we were all very
close so and my best friend and i have
been friends since college so no one was
worried
so my one of the couples they actually
were married so we said hey you guys can
have a large room you guys are married
the other couple they were just dating
so they bunked in the same room with
myself and my best friend with me my
best friend
so everything was going well we were
having a good time the food was good my
best friend likes to cook i like to cook
my other friend likes to cook so it was
great we watched movies together and it
was really a time for us all to bond we
had a wonderful time one night
late at night we decided to go out on
the beach and we had fireworks i mean it
was great even now thinking about i’m
realizing how much fun we had so on the
day
i think the day before we left we had to
leave the next morning
we decided hey let’s just chill on the
beach this afternoon for like two or
three hours just chill relax talk have
some snacks
all of us said
okay that’s cool
but my best friend from college she is a
very outgoing person she’s a very she’s
the epitome
of an extrovert if you look in the
dictionary you’ll see her picture she’s
really an extrovert she loves people
like you all would love her
so we get to the beach you know just
about maybe about a two minute walk from
our mobile home and we’re setting out
our blankets and everything and my uh
best friend then she
she then
asked one our other friend’s boyfriend
she said don’t you want to go do
something and he was like what do you
mean and she asked us guys don’t you
want to do something and we said well we
are doing something we’re going to sit
on the beach and just talk and bond and
have a good time
she said no but i don’t want to just sit
on the beach like we’re on vacation i
want to do something so we said hey
we just want to sit on the beach now i
know her very well and i knew what she
was asking she did not just want to sit
on the beach because she was going to be
bored
so she said i’m gone and i said okay and
my other friends looked at me they said
tiff i said she’s fine she’s fine she
just wants to go explore
so we sat on the beach for like two or
three hours and she was gone for that
entire time
so right when we’re about to go back to
the mobile home we see her walking
toward us and she has this big smile on
her face
and she said
oh my goodness guys i went over there i
went around the beach and down there and
there were so many people and i was just
hanging out with them and we were
talking laughing and joking and
apparently they were having some party
outside just a beach party and i could
tell by the look on her face that she
had the best time of her life so my
other friend looked at me and said tiff
she really had the best time of her life
i said listen she can talk to any and
everybody so i know that she was not shy
and that she had an awesome time she
said well you’re right tiff she had
never my friend had never seen my other
friend in that situation where she just
wanted to go and be around people so we
had a great time it was interesting when
she left us when we were all bonding but
i said listen this is the beauty of
different personalities some people just
like to stay with the group and some
people like to be within any and
everybody so
maybe that’s what you are like maybe
that’s your personality you just want to
explore and meet new people that’s cool
or maybe you’re like us you just want to
relax spend time with your close friends
both are a-okay all right guys i hope
you enjoyed this story thank you again
for watching this lesson remember to
practice remember you can speak english
and i am your teacher to help you along
the way i’ll see you next time