2 Hour English Test How will you do

Vanessa: Hi, I’m Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

Are you ready to test your English skills?

Let’s get started.

Today, I have a new type of video for you.

Over the last three years, I’ve created a
lot of English tests on my YouTube channel.

These tests are about vocabulary, grammar,
phrasal verbs, listening, fluency, and a lot

of other topics.

Today, I’m going to compile all of these tests
together into one mega test.

I challenge you to try to do all of these
English tests one time.

I know that it’s a lot of time to dedicate,
but it’s a good way to immerse yourself in

English and to really challenge yourself to
see, can I learn these concepts?

Do I know these concepts?

I hope you learn a lot of great new things
and also you review some things that you’ve

already learnt.

Vanessa: I know it’s two and a half hours,
but it’s way more fun than taking a school

entrance exam that’s for the same amount of
time.

Let’s get started.

Today, I’m going to test your listening skills.

Do you want to understand fast native speakers
in movies and TV shows and in regular daily

conversations?

Yes.

There are countless reductions and linking
in spoken English, so the best way to study

this is to study real conversations, and that’s
what we’re going to do.

You’re going to hear five short conversations.

For each conversation, you’re going to see
three words.

What I want you to do is I want you to listen
carefully for which word is used in that conversation.

Are you ready for the first conversation?

I want you to listen carefully for the word
all right, although, or almost.

Vanessa: Which word do you hear in the conversation?

Let’s listen.

Dan: [Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: Which word did you hear?

Although, all right, almost?

I hope that you heard the word although.

Dan used the word although to contrast to
something that he previously said.

He said that, “We have our own phones.

We don’t share a phone, but in the past we
did share a phone.”

He said, “Although in the past we shared a
phone.”

He’s showing that he’s contrasting between
something that’s happening now and something

that used to happen before.

Let’s listen again to that quick conversation
and we’re going to listen to the key sentence.

I want you to listen for the word although.

Dan: I have my own phone.

We don’t share these things, although for
a time we did share a smartphone.

I have my own phone.

We don’t share these things, although for
a time we did share a smartphone.

Vanessa: Did you hear that keyword although?

I hope so.

Let’s move on to the second conversation,
and I want you to listen for three keywords,

interested, eager, or involved.

Which one do you hear?

Let’s listen.

Faith: [Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: Which word did you hear?

Interested, eager, or involved?

I hope you heard the word involved.

In this conversation, Faith said this keyword
involved pretty quickly.

She explains that when she was younger, she
was really shy, but her mom wanted to encourage

her to participate in events, or we could
say to get involved.

It means to participate in events.

I also used another word, optimum, that I
talked about in a recent vocabulary quiz here

on my YouTube channel.

You can watch it up here if you’d like to
learn more about that word.

Let’s listen to the key sentence again and
I want you to listen for the word involved.

Faith: I was just really shy and timid, and
it was hard for my mom because she wanted

to get me involved in things.

I was just really shy and timid, and it was
hard for my mom because she wanted to get

me involved in things.

Vanessa: Did you hear that word?

I hope so.

Let’s move on to conversation number three.

You’re going to be listening for one of these
three words, challenge, change, or child.

Which one is in the conversation?

Let’s listen.

Brad: [Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: Which word did you hear?

Challenge, change, or child?

I hope you heard the word change.

In this conversation, Brad said that he loves
to visit family occasionally.

Occasionally means maybe three times a year,
not every day, because he enjoys seeing how

things are different each time when he sees
his family.

Things have changed each time when he sees
his family.

Let’s listen to that clip one more time.

I want you to hear that keyword change.

We’ll listen to that sentence.

All right.

Brad: Well, I think visiting family is a wonderful
thing and part of what makes it so wonderful

is getting to see them change and grow every
time you see them.

Well, I think visiting family is a wonderful
thing and part of what makes it so wonderful

is getting to see them change and grow every
time you see them.

Vanessa: Did you hear the word change?

I hope so.

Let’s go onto the fourth conversation.

We’re going to be listening for one of these
three words, teen, two, or 10.

These are number related words, so listen
carefully.

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

Sarah: [Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: [Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

Sarah: [Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: Which word did you hear?

I hope you heard that Sarah has been a massage
therapist, someone who gives massages, for

how many years?

10 years.

I hope you heard the word 10.

Listening for numbers is essential in conversation.

If you’d like to practice pronouncing some
of the most difficult numbers, you can watch

this lesson, which is how to pronounce the
top 33 most difficult words.

All right.

Let’s listen to that key sentence again and
see if you can hear the word 10.

How did you start this?

Let’s start at the very beginning.

How did you get into massage therapy?

Sarah: Okay.

I became a massage therapist about 10 years
ago.

Vanessa: How did you start this?

Let’s start at the very beginning.

How did you get into massage therapy?

Sarah: Okay.

I became a massage therapist about 10 years
ago.

Vanessa: Did you hear the word 10?

I hope so.

Let’s move on to the fifth and final listening
quiz question, which I think is the most tricky.

Listen carefully for the word especially,
specifically or special.

Let’s listen.

Anna: [Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

[Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: Which word did you hear?

Did you hear the word especially?

This is technically the correct word, but
in this conversation, Anna uses a common spoken

reduction for the word especially.

She cuts off the E at the beginning and she
says ‘specially.

‘Specially.

This is pretty common.

It might be a little bit tricky to hear the
first time around.

We’ll listen to it again in just a moment
so that you can hear it.

Listen for especially.

In this conversation, Anna mentions that it’s
expensive to own a horse, so sometimes multiple

people will buy one horse and they’ll share
the expenses.

Let’s listen to this key sentence again and
listen for the word especially that has been

reduced to ‘specially.

Anna: My mom co-owned a horse for a little
while.

A lot of people go in on one together so that
you don’t have to pay all of the expenses,

especially with any vet calls that might happen.

My mom co-owned a horse for a little while.

A lot of people go in on one together so that
you don’t have to pay all of the expenses,

especially with any vet calls that might happen.

Vanessa: Did you hear the word especially
or ‘specially?

I hope so.

Let me know in the comments, what was your
score?

Did you get all five of these right?

Or maybe you got none of them right?

Feel free to repeat this lesson as much as
you need.

Today, I want to test you on 15 advanced English
vocabulary words that you’ll definitely hear

in daily conversation.

Not words like convivial that you’ll never
hear Americans actually say.

These are words that you’re going to hear
in conversation, in movies, in TV shows, and

you are welcome to integrate them and add
them to your own personal vocabulary.

I challenge you to test yourself.

Try to guess the correct answer to each sentence.

If you don’t get the answer correct, no worries.

Vanessa: That means that you’re ready to add
a new word to your vocabulary.

You can write it down, make your own sentence
with it, read your sentence out loud, and

enjoy yourself because adding to your vocabulary
can be fu, and also it’s super useful.

Let’s start with the first sentence.

I’m going to read you a sentence, and there
are going to be two options for you to fill

in the blank.

I’ll give you three seconds, and you can try
to guess what the correct answer is before

I explain it.

Let’s get started.

Sentence number one is, I need to practice
English because we have to _ with the American

branch next week.

Is the word collaborate or is the word decide?

We have to collaborate with the American branch.

We have to decide with the American branch.

Which word is the best fit for this sentence?

Vanessa: I’ll give you three seconds.

Three, two, one.

The correct answer is collaborate.

If you got this correct, congratulations.

If not, I want to let you know that the word
collaborate means work together.

You often use this in project situations.

I have to collaborate with my classmates.

We have to work together on a project, or
I have to collaborate with the marketing department

or the American branch.

We’re working on a project together.

We have to collaborate.

This is a beautiful advance word.

Of course, you can simply say work together.

Great.

No problem.

But this video is all about advanced English
expressions that are commonly used.

You can say, “I have to collaborate with the
American branch.”

Let’s go on to sentence number two.

The second sentence is, what do you think
is the _ time to go to bed?

Vanessa: What do you think is the original
time to go to bed?

What do you think is the optimum time to go
to bed?

I’ll give you three seconds.

What do you think is the optimum time to go
to bed?

The word optimum is just an advanced, beautiful
way to say best.

What do you think is the best time to go to
bed?

Here in this picture you can see…

This is not sponsored by this company.

I just found this picture online, but this
company has decided to use the word optimum

to describe their product.

When you take their product, you will get
the best sleep.

You will get the optimum sleep.

I hope that you can use this as an advanced
way to say best.

Let’s go to the next one.

Sentence number three.

When he told me about his experience growing
up during the war, I realized how _ kids are.

Vanessa: I realized how resistant kids are.

I realized how resilient kids are.

Both of these words sound similar, so make
sure that you choose the correct what I’ll

give you three seconds.

Three, two, one.

I realized how resilient kids are.

This is a beautiful word.

There’s a lovely Z sound in there, resilient.

Resilient.

this means that you’re able to survive even
though you have difficult circumstances.

You’re able to keep going and kids are the
perfect example of this.

Even though a lot of kids grow up in a difficult
situation, they survive.

They are resilient.

They can adapt to those situations.

All right.

Let’s go on to the next one.

Sentence number four.

It made me really annoyed when my dad _ at
my idea to interview the president.

Vanessa: It made me really annoyed when my
dad scoffed at my idea to interview the president,

or when he scammed at my idea to interview
the president.

Which one is the best word for this situation?

Three, two, one.

It made me really annoyed when my dad scoffed
at my idea to interview the president.

The word scuff is another excellent word,
and you can see by my facial expression that

the word scoff means you’re laughing, you’re
making fun of, and it’s often accompanied

by this kind of puff of air.

If you are scoffing at someone else, you’re
kind of laughing or you think their idea is

a little stupid or silly, you’re going to
make that same sound.

You think you could interview the president?

That is scoffing.

When you hear someone scoffing, now you know
they are indeed scoffing.

Vanessa: Let’s go to the next one.

The fifth sentence is, In _ I should have
bought stock in Google.

In _ I should have bought stock in Google.

Is it in retrospect, I should have bought
stock in Google, or in honesty, I should have

bought stock in Google?

Which one feels the most right to you?

I’ll give you three seconds.

Three, two, one.

In retrospect, I should have bought stock
in Google.

This word retrospect is actually a word that
we studied in The Fearless Fluency Club a

couple months ago.

The first part of this word is retro.

Retro means in the past and spect means looking.

We can imagine we’re looking in the past,
but there is a slight little nuance about

this word.

Vanessa: It means we’re thinking about the
past, but it means that we realized in the

past we made a bad decision.

But in the past I didn’t know it was a bad
decision, but now I realize in retrospect,

I should have bought stock in Google.

I would be really rich right now, but, you
know, I didn’t do it and probably you didn’t

either.

In retrospect, we can learn a lot.

Let’s go to the next one.

Number six.

I asked her to help me move next weekend,
but her answer was kind of _.

She just said, “I don’t know, maybe.

We’ll see.”

Was her answer inundated?

Was her answer ambiguous?

Which is the best word for this situation?

Three, two, one.

Her answer was ambiguous.

This means that it’s not certain.

I don’t actually know what her answer is.

It’s not clear at all.

Vanessa: You can see in this cool image here
that it is a little bit ambiguous.

Do you see a rabbit or do you see a duck?

It’s ambiguous.

It’s not certain.

It’s a beautiful word.

Let’s go to the next one.

Sentence number seven.

Speaking only one language _ me from getting
a promotion.

Speaking only one language hinders me from
getting a promotion, or speaking only one

language diverts me from getting a promotion.

What’s the best word for this situation?

Three, two, one.

Speaking only one language hinders me from
getting a promotion and that’s why I’m here

with Speak English with Vanessa to improve
my English and get a promotion.

I hope it works for you.

Here, this word hinders means stops or prevents.

Vanessa: When you speak only one language,
maybe that is preventing you from getting

a better job, or it’s preventing or hindering
you from getting a promotion.

This word hinder is a beautiful way to color
your vocabulary and sound like an advanced

English speaker.

Let’s go to the next one.

Sentence number eight.

My ancestors came to the U.S. and tried to
_ into the general American culture.

They tried to asinine into the culture.

The tried to assimilate into the culture.

Which word is the best?

Three, two, one.

My ancestors came to the U.S. and they tried
to assimilate to the general American culture.

This means they tried to fit in.

They tried to be similar to the general American
culture.

Vanessa: This is something that was quite
common, especially in the early 1900s.

People who came to the U.S. from Italy, like
my ancestors, or Poland or Ireland or from

other countries as well, they tried to fit
in or lose their native culture and tried

to assimilate into the general American culture,
which is why American culture nowadays is

quite diverse because no one can actually
perfectly assimilate.

We all keep little bits of our own culture
inside of us, but this is the best word to

describe this.

They tried to assimilate into the general
American culture.

Let’s go to the next one.

Number nine.

When the teenager hit my car in the parking
lot, I couldn’t believe how _ he was.

I couldn’t believe how nonchalant he was.

Vanessa: I couldn’t believe how immune he
was.

What is the best word for this sentence?

Three, two, one.

When the teenager hit my car, I couldn’t believe
how nonchalant he was.

This means not caring, cool.

It doesn’t bother him.

Oh, I hit your car.

It’s not a big deal.

It’s, Oh, it’s all right.

Don’t worry about it.

Nonchalant.

I was quite surprised when the teenager hit
my car and he didn’t care.

He was just nonchalant.

It’s all right.

Let’s just go hang out on the beach.

Not exactly.

That’s not exactly how you respond in that
situation.

Let’s go to the next one.

Sentence number 10.

Last week, I was really busy and didn’t get
much sleep, but last night I slept for nine

glorious hours.

This morning I feel _.

This morning I feel rejuvenated.

This morning I feel modified.

Vanessa: What’s the best word in this situation?

I feel, three, two, one, rejuvenated.

Here, we’re talking about alive, with energy.

I feel like before I was tired and now all
of a sudden I have more energy.

I feel rejuvenated.

What about for you?

What makes you feel rejuvenated?

Is it when you have a good chat with a friend,
or you go for a walk in the woods, or you

get a good night’s sleep?

What makes you feel rejuvenated?

Let’s go to the next one.

Number 11.

When he made a remark about her weight, he
was _ to the fact that she felt embarrassed.

He was obvious to the fact that she felt embarrassed,
or he was oblivious to the fact that she felt

embarrassed.

Vanessa: There is a slight difference between
these two words in their spelling, so make

sure that you choose the word correctly, especially
if you’re writing it down.

Don’t mess up.

I’ll give you three, two, one seconds.

The correct answer is, he was oblivious to
the fact that she felt embarrassed.

This means that he had no clue.

He wasn’t paying attention at all.

You can see in this fun image, this perfectly
describes oblivious.

He’s looking at his phone, he’s telling someone,
“I’ll see you later.

Take care,” and then he’s about to step in
a giant hole.

He is oblivious.

He’s not paying attention.

This is a beautiful word to talk about someone
who just has no idea.

They’re just oblivious.

They’re not knowing what’s going on.

Let’s go to the next one.

Vanessa: Number 12.

One of the worst types of bullying is to _
someone from the group.

Is to fund someone from the group.

Is to ostracize someone from the group.

Which one of these words is the best?

I’ll give you three, two, one.

The correct answer is, one of the worst types
of bullying is to ostracize someone from the

group.

This means that you push them away.

You ignore them.

You don’t let them be your friend, be part
of the group.

This is something that is really harsh, especially
for teenagers because they really want to

have friends and fit in.

This is pretty tough.

If you were ostracized as a kid or as a teenager,
I’m sorry.

It’s really a difficult situation.

Number 13.

I was going to rest inside today, but after
I saw the sunny weather, I decided to go for

a hike _ of the moment.

Vanessa: What is that word there?

Spur of the moment or top of the moment?

Which one of those words fits the best?

I’ll give you three seconds, two seconds,
one second.

The answer is, I decided to go for a hike
spur of the moment.

If you are in The Fearless Fluency Club this
month, you know that we have talked about

this word, spur of the moment.

It means spontaneously.

I didn’t plan it.

I was in fact planning to rest, but instead
I saw the weather and thought, “Hey, I’ll

just go outside and go for a hike.

I did it spur of the moment.

I did it spontaneously.”

Let’s go to the next one.

Number 15.

Looking at your phone too much can hurt your
eyes, but if you _ your body will hurt as

well.

Vanessa: If you sling, your body will hurt
as well.

If you slouch, your body will hurt as well.

Which one of these two words?

Will you choose?

Three, two, one.

The answer is, looking at your phone too much
can hurt your eyes, but if you slouch, your

body will hurt as well.

This action of not sitting up straight, but
slouching is a common vocabulary word these

days because a lot of people are starting
to feel concerned about your posture while

you’re looking at your phone.

Especially young people are looking at their
phones a lot during their body’s formative,

so slouching can cause a lot of problems later
in life.

A lot of parents say, “Don’t slouch.

Don’t slouch.

Sit up,” or a teacher say that, “Hey, don’t
slouch.

Sit up.”

Look at your posture right now.

Are you slouching or are you sitting up?

Vanessa: You can take a moment to correct
your posture and don’t slouch.

Let’s go to the next one.

Sentence number 15.

This is the last one.

You got this.

The sentence is, someone said it’s going to
snow tomorrow.

I know it’s only October, but I guess it’s
_.

But I guess it’s plausible.

But I guess it’s passable.

Which one of these two words is the best?

Three, two, one.

Well, someone said it’s going to snow tomorrow.

It’s only October, but I guess it’s plausible.

Plausible.

Don’t forget that L sound there.

Plausible.

This means that it’s possible, but not likely.

You can see here in this fun image that I
found, I was doing a search for the word plausible

because I wanted to show an image to you,
and this image is perfect for the word plausible.

They’re showing how the dinosaurs disappeared.

Vanessa: Maybe in the science world there’s
some controversy about how dinosaurs disappeared.

I don’t really know.

I haven’t really researched it that much,
but here is a plausible, it’s possible, but

not likely situation.

We have the animals on the ark.

This is kind of a Christian idea of the animals
getting saved in the flood and they are shooting

and killing the dinosaurs.

Do you think this happened?

Very unlikely, but there’s no way to prove
it, so it is plausible.

That is a fun way to use the word plausible.

If someone tells you something that’s pretty
unbelievable, but it’s maybe possible, you

could say, “Well, it’s plausible.

Okay.

It’s not likely, but it’s plausible.”

Now, I have a challenge for you.

We’ve talked about 15 excellent advanced English
vocabulary words.

Vanessa: I want you to choose one or more
if you’d like and try to make your own sentence

in the comments with this word.

I have a secret to tell you.

Before I became an English teacher, I had
never heard the expression phrasal verb.

I can bet you $50 that if you went on the
street and you asked anyone in the U.S. what’s

a phrasal verb, I bet that they wouldn’t know.

I tell you this because sometimes when you
try to focus on concepts and put them into

little categories like phrasal verbs, flap
T, past perfect, present perfect, it can feel

really stressful and make you feel a little
more stressed about English than you need

to.

Of course, it’s great to have tools in your
metaphorical toolbox to know what those concepts

are, but don’t let them stress you out.

Vanessa: When I was living in Paris, my French
teacher was the most amazing teacher that

I’ve ever had, and I always try to be like
him.

Let me give you an example about what he would
do.

Every English speaker has a fear of the subjunctive
tense in French.

For some reason, because we don’t really use
it that often in English, it is just really

stressful to learn this in French.

My teacher had a unique way to help us learn
this without stress.

I really remember at the end of that lesson
I felt like, “Oh, it’s not that bad.

Why did I think that the subjunctive tense
was that bad?”

This is what he did.

He went around the room and he asked each
student a question.

We knew that we needed to answer that question
using the subjunctive tense.

Vanessa: He didn’t give us the rule, you need
to use it for desire, will, or wanting these

types of things.

He just said, “Your answer needs to be in
the subjunctive tense.

Here’s my question.”

He asked me, “What do you need to do today?”

I said [French 00:27:39] blah, blah, blah.

This is using the subjunctive tense in French.

I didn’t know the exact rule behind this yet,
but in real life, when someone asked me, “What

do you need to do today,” I knew I need to
use the subjunctive because I already had

this real life situation where I used it in
the classroom.

I hope that today’s lesson will be similar.

I hope that you’ll be able to use these phrasal
verbs intuitively before I teach you a rule

about it.

Vanessa: What I’m going to do is I’m going
to show you nine pairs of sentences and I

want you to guess should you use the phrasal
verb or should you use the simple verb?

Let’s take a look at a quick example.

Here we have two verbs, try and try out.

Try out is the phrasal verb and try is the
simple verb.

Here are two sentences.

I need to _ the cake before I buy it.

I need to _ the program before I buy it.

The only difference here is the cake or the
program.

Which one is best with just try, the simple
verb try, and which one’s best with the phrasal

verb, try out?

Think about it for a moment.

Did you say, “I need to try the cake before
I buy it and I need to try out the program

before I buy it?”

Vanessa: … and I need to try out the program
before I buy it.

If you said this, you are correct.

Did you know that we use “try out” to test
some kind of program or experience?

Maybe you didn’t know that specific rule,
but “try out” just intuitively felt right

with the word program.

That’s what I want you to do, I want you to
look inside your heart and guess the best

answer for these next pairs of sentences.

Afterwards, I’ll tell you a quick rule about
it, but hopefully in the future you’ll be

able to use these naturally.

All right, let’s go on to our first pair of
sentences.

Vanessa: Pair number one: “brings or brings
up.”

Vanessa: “He always … his wife in conversation.”

Vanessa: “He always … some wine to my house.”

Vanessa: The main difference here is the end
of the sentence, of course, so take a look

at this and feel in your heart which one is
the most correct for each of these sentences.

Did you say, “He always brings up his wife
in conversation.

He always brings some wine to my house”?

I hope so.

That’s the correct answer.

We use the phrasal verb to “bring up” something
to talk about entering a topic into a conversation.

That means that this man often talks about
his wife in conversation, hopefully because

he loves her so much, so he brings up his
wife in conversation.

Or you could bring up politics in conversation.

You are bringing up a topic in a conversation.

And of course, we use the word “bring” to
physically give something to someone else.

“He brings a bottle of wine to my house.”

Vanessa: Pair number two: “fill or fill out.”

Vanessa: “You should … your mind with facts.”

Vanessa: “You should … the form with facts.”

Vanessa: The only difference is your mind
and the form.

Think about this for a moment.

I’ll give you three seconds.

Three, two, one.

“You should fill your mind with facts.

You should fill out the form with facts.”

Did you know that we use “fill out a form”
to talk about writing some information on

a form?

I use the simple verb “fill” in this more
metaphorical way.

Of course, you can “fill a glass of water,”
but when you “fill your mind with facts,”

your mind has a lot of factual information
in it.

It is filled with facts.

Vanessa: Pair number three: “found and found
out.”

This is the past tense of “find and find out”.

Vanessa: “I … how to avoid the traffic.”

Vanessa: “I … a better road to avoid traffic.”

Vanessa: Which one of these needs the phrasal
verb, and which one of these needs the simple

verb?

Think about it for three seconds.

Three, two, one.

Did you say, “I found out how to avoid the
traffic.”?

Did you say, “I found a better road to avoid
the traffic.”?

I hope so.

We use “find out” to talk about solving a
problem, especially when we say “find out

how” or “find out why.”

Those are your keywords, “how and why” when
we use “find out”.

For a longer video about “find out” and “figure
out,” you can check out this link up here,

which is a video that I made about two years
ago comparing these two similar and yet different

phrasal verbs.

Vanessa: Pair number four: “read and read
over.”

Now, this pair of words here looks like “read
and read over” but the present and the past

tense are spelled exactly the same, they’re
just pronounced differently.

So we need the context here.

Let’s take a look at the sentences.

Vanessa: “She … the article three times.”

Vanessa: She … the newspaper this morning."

Vanessa: Which one should have “read” and
which one should have “read over”?

Think about it for a moment.

Three, two, one.

It is best to say, “She read over the article
three times,” and “She read the newspaper

this morning.”

For this one, it’s okay to say, “She read
the article three times,” but if you want

to emphasize that she read it in detail, this
is “read over,” to look at something in detail.

Then you can use the phrasal verb, “read over.”

Vanessa: “She read over the article three
times in detail to find out everything.”

Vanessa: Pair number five: “used or used up”.

The sentences are:
Vanessa: “Dan … the cream for his coffee?”

Vanessa: “Dan … the cream for his coffee,
oh no!”

Vanessa: So the only difference here is “Oh
no!”

Which one evokes the feeling of, “Oh no.”

Think about it for a moment.

Three, two, one.

Did you say, “Dan used the cream for his coffee,”
and “Dan used up the cream for his coffee,

oh no!”?

I hope so.

If Dan uses cream for his coffee, cool.

Okay.

It doesn’t bother me.

I don’t care.

But if Dan uses up the cream for his coffee,
this is a problem because it means that I

don’t get any.

“Use up” means to finish something completely.

So in the morning when Dan makes his coffee,
if he uses up the cream, I might be a little

bit upset because then I don’t get any in
my drink, so that’s why I said, “Oh no!”

Let’s go to the next one.

Vanessa: Number six: “call, call on”.

Let’s look at the sentences.

Vanessa: “If you don’t listen, the teacher
will … your parents after class.”

Vanessa: “If you don’t listen, the teacher
will … you in class.”

Vanessa: Which one feels the most correct
for the phrasal verb?

Three, two, one.

Did you say, “If you don’t listen, the teacher
will call your parents after class.

If you don’t listen, the teacher will call
on you in class.”?

Vanessa: For me, this seems like it’s a universal
truth that if you’re not listening, if you’re

about to fall asleep, the teacher will always
call on you.

The teacher knows who sleepy, who is not paying
attention, and they’ll say, “Vanessa, what’s

number six?”

And then you feel really scared.

So when you call on someone, you ask them
to answer a question.

Have you ever experienced this in school that
when you’re not paying attention, the teacher

always calls on you.

But if you call someone, “The teacher called
my parents,” this means that she’s making

a phone call.

When someone makes a phone call to your parents,
it’s always a bad thing.

So if you’re not listening in class, the teacher
might call your parents.

She’s not calling on your parents, that feels
a little bit weird.

She’s just simply calling your parents.

Vanessa: Number seven is “got and got into.”

The verb “got” is the past tense of “get”
here.

So let’s think about which one of these fits
into these sentences.

Vanessa: “I … English last year when I found
Vanessa’s lessons.”

Vanessa: “I finally … English last year
when I found Vanessa’s lessons.”

Vanessa: The only difference here is the word
“finally.”

Think about which one of these words is correct.

Three, two, one.

“I got into English last year when I found
Vanessa’s lessons.

I finally got English last year when I found
Vanessa’s lessons.”

Why did we say, “I got into English last year.”?

That means that you started to become interested
in English when you found my lessons.

Maybe that was true for you, I hope so.

So you started to become interested in something,
but the word “get”, or in the past tense of

“got”, by itself has a lot of different meetings
in this sentence.

It means simply understood.

Maybe you’ve never understood another native
English speaker before and then you watched

my lessons and thought, “I can understand
her.

This is amazing.”

So you might say, “I finally got English.

It finally made sense to me when I found Vanessa’s
lessons.”

So you would say, “I finally got English when
I found Vanessa’s lessons.”

Vanessa: Number eight: “keep and keep on”.

Let’s look at the sentences.

Vanessa: “Make sure that you … studying
every day.”

Vanessa: “Make sure that you … studying
every day.”

Vanessa: Which one of these is correct?

Think about it for a moment.

Do both of these sentences look exactly the
same to you?

This is a trick question, I’m sorry.

It’s because “keep” and “keep on” have exactly
the same meaning.

“Make sure that you keep studying every day.

Make sure that you keep on studying every
day.”

This is exactly the same meaning you could
say, “Keep on running, go, go, go,” or “Keep

running, go, go, go.”

Same meaning, no problem.

You can use “keep” or “keep on” and they’re
the same.

Let’s go to the next one and the final question.

Number nine.

Vanessa: Number nine: “show and show up”.

Vanessa: “Why does she always … us pictures
of her cats?”

Vanessa: “Why does she always … 10 minutes
late?”

Vanessa: Which one is best with the simple
verb?

Which one is best with the phrasal verb?

Think about it for just a moment.

Three, two, one.

“Why does she always show us pictures of her
cats?”

Probably because they’re really cute and she
loves them and she wants you to love them

too.

“Why does she always show up 10 minutes late?”

When someone shows up, they appear, they arrive
10 minutes late.

This is pretty rude depending on the situation,
but if it’s at work, do not show up 10 minutes

late, not a good idea if you want to keep
your job.

Vanessa: All right.

How did you do?

Did you add the phrasal verbs to the right
sentence and the simple verbs to the right

sentence?

I hope you did.

I hope you learned something new.

Let me know in the comments.

What was your score on this test?

Vanessa: Do you feel like prepositions are
tricky?

Should it be, “I’m in the store or I’m at
the store.

I talked to him or I talked with him.”

These small words “in, at, with, to” these
are called prepositions.

The reason why prepositions are so tricky
is because we can’t translate them from your

native language.

For example, in Spanish, the words “para”
and “por” both mean “for” when you translate

it into English, but those two words can be
used in a lot of different situations where

in English we would say “for, by, during,
along.”

How are Spanish speakers and you supposed
to know which is the correct English preposition?

It’s tricky.

Today, we’re not going to cover all the rules
for all prepositions, but instead we’re going

to do something, a little fun, a quiz.

Over the next 15 questions, you’re going to
review 15 different prepositions.

Of course, we can’t talk about every rule
for every preposition, but we’re going to

talk about some of the common uses.

Vanessa: Before we get started, I want you
to guess how many questions do you think you’ll

guess correctly.

Think about a number one through 15 or maybe
zero through 15, how many questions do you

think you’ll get correct?

I want you to think about this number because
I have a feeling, I guess that you probably

know more about prepositions than you think
you do.

So I hope that this lesson will help you to
realize, “I do know something about prepositions

and now I know a little bit more as well.”

All right, let’s get started with question
number one.

Vanessa: Preposition sentence number one,
“Today is beautiful, let’s go for a walk … the

park.”

Vanessa: “Let’s go for a walk in the park.”

Vanessa: “Let’s go for a walk at the park.”

Vanessa: Which one of these is the most common?

I’ll give you three seconds to guess.

Three, two, one.

The correct answer is, “It’s beautiful today,
let’s go for a walk in the park.”

You should use the word “in” because we’re
talking about being inside or surrounded by

the park.

If you say, “Let’s go for a walk at the park.”

We’re just talking about a specific point.

You might say, “Let’s meet at the entrance
to the park” but here we’re talking about

going for a walk in the park, we’re surrounded
by the park.

All right, let’s go to question number two.

Vanessa: Question number two, “Basketball
is enjoyable, but … all I like baseball.”

Vanessa: “But about all, I like baseball.”

Vanessa: “But above all, I like baseball.”

Vanessa: Which preposition is correct?

You have three seconds, two, one.

“Basketball is enjoyable, but above all, I
like baseball.”

Here we have a fixed expression.

You might call this in grammatical terms,
a collocation “above all.”

Here we can imagine physically above your
interests are more important, more interesting.

Baseball above all is the best.

So you could say, “I like learning English
all the time, but above all, Vanessa’s lessons

are my favorite.”

Vanessa: Sentence number three, “I’m teaching
my son to walk … the sidewalk.”

Vanessa: “I’m teaching my son to walk by the
sidewalk.”

Vanessa: Or “I’m teaching my son to walk on
the sidewalk.”

Vanessa: Which one is correct?

This is true, my son’s one and a half and
I’m trying to teach him to walk the sidewalk,

it’s dangerous if you walk the road.

All right, let’s think about this in three
seconds, two, one.

The answer is, “I’m teaching my son to walk
on the sidewalk.”

With the word “on” we can imagine a flat surface
on the sidewalk.

“Don’t walk on the road, walk on the sidewalk.”

Vanessa: Sentence number four, “Walk … that
tall building and you’ll find downtown.”

This is directions.

Vanessa: “Walk to that tall building and you’ll
find downtown.”

Vanessa: Or, “Walk towards that tall building
and you will find downtown.”

Vanessa: Here we can kind of imagine that
in the distance there is a tall building and

you’re trying to tell your friend how to get
to downtown.

So let’s think about which preposition is
correct.

Three, two, one.

“Walk towards that tall building and you’ll
find downtown.”

We use the preposition “towards” to talk about
moving in a direction towards something, to

something, but you’re not exactly going to
that spot.

“If you want to walk to downtown from my house,
you don’t need to get to that tall building,

you just need to move in the direction of
that tall building.”

Vanessa: Sentence number five, “I’ll see you
… the party … six o’clock.”

Vanessa: “I’ll see you by the party by six
o’clock.”

Vanessa: “I’ll see you at the party at six
o’clock.”

Vanessa: Here we’re going to use the same
preposition for both blanks.

Think about it.

Three, two, one.

“I’ll see you at the party at six o’clock.”

Here we’re talking about a specific point
in time.

Remember question number one, we talked about
meeting at the entrance to the park, that’s

the same thing here.

“We’re I’m going to meet you at the party
at six o’clock.”

A specific point.

Vanessa: Preposition sentence number six,
“I don’t understand what Vanessa is talking…”

Vanessa: “I don’t understand what Vanessa
is talking with.”

Vanessa: “I don’t understand what Vanessa’s
talking about.”

Vanessa: Which one is correct?

Three, two, one.

We have a key here to help us know what the
correct answer is.

The key word is the word “what”.

“I don’t understand what Vanessa is talking
about.”

If you know this fixed expression to talk
about something, you know that we talk about

something, we’re not talking about a person.

I’m talking about prepositions, I’m talking
about the moon, I’m talking about English.

What if we wanted to say, “I’m talking with…”?

Here, we need to use a person, but in my sentence
I’m talking about something because I used

the word what.

“I’m talking with you about prepositions.”

Do you see that difference here?

Vanessa: Sentence number seven, this one’s
a little tricky.

“We’ll try to be home … 10:00 PM, but probably
earlier.”

You can imagine telling a babysitter this,
maybe if you’re going out and the babysitter

is staying home and watching your kids, you
might say, “We’ll try to be home by 10:00

PM, but probably earlier.”

Or, “We’ll try to be home at 10:00 PM, but
probably earlier.”

Which one is correct?

Three two, one.

Well, technically both of these are correct,
but the best answer here is, “I’ll try to

be home by 10:00 PM.”

Why did I choose “by”?

The word “by” means that we’re talking about
the latest possible time, “Try to be home

by 10:00 PM…”

And our key here is that final part, “… but
probably earlier.”

I’m imagining that 10:00 PM is the latest
that I will be home, so here we need to use

the word “by”.

You might also hear in a classroom, the teacher
might say to you, “You need to have your homework

finished by the beginning of class.”

The beginning of class is the latest possible
time.

Don’t finish your homework during the class,
it needs to be finished by the beginning of

class.

Vanessa: Preposition sentence number eight,
“After watching the tidying documentary … I

went all of my things.”

Vanessa: “After watching the tidying documentary,
I went into all my things.”

Or, “I went through all my things”.

Which preposition is correct?

Three, two, one.

“After watching the tidying documentary, I
went through all of my things.”

You can imagine a tunnel, you’re going through
the tunnel, you’re surrounded by the tunnel.

I’m here in the sentence surrounded by my
things, clothes, kitchen things, office supplies.

I went through my things, it was thorough,
I went through every single thing.

It also helps if you know the fixed expression
to “go through something.”

This is one of the best ways to really memorize
prepositions is to memorize those full fixed

phrases, to “talk about” something.

To “go through” something.

Vanessa: Sentence number nine, “I was in New
York … two weeks.”

Vanessa: “I was in New York since two weeks.”

Vanessa: “I was in New York for two weeks.”

Vanessa: Which one is the most correct?

Three, two, one.

“I was in New York for two weeks.”

I know that the word “for” and “since” can
be tricky together and we use “for” when we

ask the question, what was the duration of
time?

The duration of time was two weeks, so I was
in New York for two weeks.

Vanessa: Sentence number 10, “The cat ran
… the kitchen when he heard the can open.”

This is true for my cats.

When you open a can of cat food, “They run
to the kitchen.”

Or, “They run into the kitchen.”

These are pretty similar, right?

Think about it for just a moment.

Three, two, one.

“The cat ran into the kitchen when he heard
the can open.”

We use the preposition “into” to talk about
a room or a building.

If you want to say, “The cat ran to something”,
we need to use a specific thing.

“The cat ran to the bowl.

The cat ran to me.

The cat ran into the kitchen to the bowl.”

Beautiful sentence.

Vanessa: Sentence number 11, “Oh no, that
was the last can of cat food, I need to go

… the store to get more cat food.”

Is it, “I need to go to the store to get more
cat food.”

Or.

“I need to go about the store to get more
cat food.”?

Which one’s correct?

Three, two, one.

“I need to go to the store to get more cat
food.”

Immediately, my cats are going crazy.

We use the preposition “to” for a specific
destination, “Come to my house.

I’m going to the US.

I need to go to the store.”

Vanessa: Number 12, “The museum is full … tourists
in July.”

Vanessa: “The museum is full of tourists in
July.”

Vanessa: Or, “The museum is full for tourists
in July.”

Vanessa: Which one feels the most correct
to you?

Three, two, one.

“The museum is full of tourists in July.”

It helps if you know this fixed expression
“full of something”.

“The tree is full of monkeys.

The museum is full of tourists.”

Vanessa: Number 13, “I talked … the client
about the problem.

Vanessa: “I talked with the client about the
problem.”

Vanessa: Or, “I talked to the client about
the problem.”

Vanessa: Think about this for a moment.

Three, two, one.

“I talked with the client about the problem.”

Or, “I talked to the client about the problem.”

Oh, both of these can be correct grammatically
but they have slightly different meanings

in a business situation.

If you’re talking about a friend, “I talked
with my friend, I talked to my friend.”

No problem, same meaning.

But in a business situation with a client
they have a slightly different meaning.

If you say, “I talked with the client,” it
has a more friendly, approachable, kind of

equal feeling.

Both people are speaking, “I spoke with the
client, I talked with the client.”

If you say, “I talked to the client,” in a
business situation, it kind of feels like

one person is doing more speaking.

You might say, “My boss talked to me about
being late.”

That means that I was late too much and he
was angry with me, he talked to me about being

late.

So just know that in a business situation
it’s slightly different but in a casual conversation

they’re the same.

Vanessa: Number 14, “It’s been raining … Saturday.”

Vanessa: “It’s been raining until Saturday.”

Vanessa: “It’s been raining since Saturday.”

Vanessa: Three, two, one.

When is the start date?

When did it start raining?

Saturday.

“It has been raining since Saturday.”

This is a tricky word.

We know the start date, Saturday.

“It has been raining since Saturday.

I’ve been learning English since I was eight
years old.”

Eight years old is the start time, “I’ve been
learning since I was eight years old.”

If you’d like to learn a little bit more about
the difference between “until and since” make

sure you check out this live lesson that I
did quite a while ago so that you can learn

that more deeply.

Vanessa: And our final preposition quiz sentence
is: “I fell asleep … the movie.”

Vanessa: “I fell asleep during the movie.”

Vanessa: Or, “I fell asleep from the movie.”

Vanessa: Which one of these feels the most
correct?

It’s the last question, you can do it.

Three, two, one.

“I fell asleep during the movie.”

The word “during” comes from the word “duration”,
which means in the middle of the movie I fell

asleep.

You’ve heard a lot of prepositions during
this lesson.

How did you do in this quiz?

This was just a quick overview of 15 common
prepositions, but I have a feeling that you

got more correct than you thought you would
at the beginning.

Vanessa: “Could I speak English?

Where what I speak English?

Should I speak English?”

“Could, would, should” help.

These three verbs “could, would and should”
are called modal verbs and they can be tricky

for a lot of English learners.

Are they tricky for you?

Well, I have some good news today.

I’d like to challenge you with a “could, would,
should” test.

Are you ready?

I’m going to ask you eight questions using
the different forms of “could, would and should”

and I want you to try your best, look into
your heart and choose the correct answer.

You’ll have three seconds to choose “could,
would or should” and then I’ll explain hopefully

clearly why that’s the correct answer.

Vanessa: Number one, let’s imagine that you
work for an American company and one of your

coworkers tells you that she’s having trouble
making friends in your country, so you want

to give her some polite advice.

You say, “If you want to meet local people,
you … go to a bar.”

Vanessa: “You could go to a bar.”

Vanessa: “You would go to a bar.”

Vanessa: “You should go to a bar.”

Vanessa: You have three seconds to choose
the best answer.

Three, two, one.

“If you want to make friends, you could go
to a bar.”

We use “could” to give a polite suggestion.

This isn’t commanding someone to do something,
we’ll talk about that with “should” later.

To practice this way to use “could” I want
to ask you a question, “If I visit your city,

where could I get a good view?

Sometimes it’s nice to go up high and look
down on the city.

So where could I go to get a good view?”

For example, if you came to my city, you could
go to a nearby mountain top and look down

on the city.

You could go to a nearby mountain top.

Vanessa: Number two, let’s imagine that you’re
visiting a new country and as you’re walking

down the street, someone tries to steal your
phone.

When you go back and tell the hotel receptionist
about this, she says, “Well, in the future

you … take your phone outside, it’s not
safe.”

What’s the best answer?

Vanessa: “You couldn’t take your phone outside.”

Vanessa: “You wouldn’t take your phone outside.”

Vanessa: Or, “You shouldn’t take your phone
outside.”

Vanessa: Three, two, one.

“In the future, you shouldn’t take your phone
outside.”

We use “should” to give strong advice.

I hope you got this one correct because we
just briefly mentioned it during number one.

In fact, this situation happened to my sister
when she was living in another country, I

won’t mention where, but it was her first
day in the country and she was walking down

the street and a lady, kind of crazy lady
came up and tried to grab her necklace from

around her neck.

It wasn’t something flashy, just a little
tiny chain with a little emblem on it or something.

And later when she told her friends about
that experience, her friend said, “Oh yeah,

you shouldn’t wear jewelry, especially on
that street because it’s too dangerous.”

Thankfully the lady didn’t take her necklace,
my sister screamed and the lady ran away,

but it was a little bit frightening for her.

So her friend’s advice is really strong, “You
shouldn’t wear jewelry, especially on that

street.”

I just want to let you know that the verb
“should” is so strong that we don’t often

use it for other people.

You don’t want to tell your friends unless
it’s a dangerous situation, so you don’t want

to tell them, “You should eat your vegetables.”

It’s a little bit strange, but we often use
this to talk about ourselves.

If you want to give yourself-
Vanessa: We often use this to talk about ourselves.

If you want to give yourself advice, it’s
no problem if it’s strong advice.

You might say, “I should wake up earlier.

I’m sleeping too late.

I should go to bed earlier because I’m having
trouble waking up.

I should.”

When you give yourself advice, this is perfectly
normal, and it’s not too strong for someone

else because it’s about yourself.

Vanessa: Let’s go to question number three.

“Mm you help me with my project?”

“Could you help me with my project?”

“Would you help me with my project?”

“Should you help me with my project?”

Which one feels the most correct?

Three two, one.

Actually, this is a trick question because
you have two choices.

You can say, “Could you help me with my project?”
or, “Would you help me with my project?”

Both of these are equally correct, and they
both are just a polite request.

“Would you help me?”

“Could you help me?”

The sentence structure is often “could,” “would”
plus “you,” plus a verb, plus “me.”

“Could you pass me the paper?”

“Would you email me when the report is ready?”

We use this all the time, so it’s really natural.

Vanessa: Question number four.

Let’s imagine that we’re talking about our
childhood, and we’re talking about something

that we were capable of doing as kids.

You could say, “When I was a child, I… play
outside all day.”

“I could play outside all day.”

“I would play outside all day.”

“I should play outside all day.”

Which one describes a capability?

Three, two, one.

We could say, “When I was a child, I could
play outside all day.”

Here, we’re using “can” in the past.

When we turn the verb “can” to conjugate it
in the past, it becomes “could.”

So let’s take a look at this sentence in the
present and compare it with “could.”

“I can play outside all day.”

This is describing now, the present.

But if we want to talk about the past, when
you were a child, we need to change “can”

to “could.”

“When I was a child, I could play outside
all day.”

It’s simply talking about your ability to
do something.

Vanessa: To practice this possibly new way
to use “could,” I want to ask you a question.

What’s something that you could do when you
were younger, but you can’t do now?

Do you see how we’re comparing “could do when
you were younger” and “can’t do now” with

that present?

Great.

You might answer this by saying, “Well, when
I was younger, I could stay up all night,

but now I can’t.

I get tired really early,” or, “When I was
younger, I could eat sweets and never gain

weight, but now that’s not possible.”

This is a good chance to practice “could”
to talk about your ability in the past.

Vanessa: Sentence number five, “When I lived
near the beach, I… swim in the water every

day.”

“When I lived near the beach, I could swim
in the water every day.”

“I would swim in the water every day,” or,
“I should swim in the water every day.”

Which one feels the most correct?

Three, two, one.

“When I lived near the beach, I would swim
in the water every day.”

We can use “would” to talk about “will” in
the past.

This can be a little bit tricky, so my tip
for thinking about this version of “would”

is to think about an action that happened
regularly in the past.

If I say, “When I lived at the beach, I would
swim in the water every day,” this is talking

about something that habitually happened.

Let’s take a look at another example.

“My teacher would always give us a quiz on
Friday.”

It happened regularly.

“He wouldn’t study, so he failed the class.”

“He wouldn’t regularly study,” this is something
that regularly happened, “so he failed the

class.”

Vanessa: I want to let you know that sometimes
native speakers mix verb tenses.

We might use the past simple plus a word that
means habitually.

So for example, you could say, “I swam in
the ocean every day.”

“My teacher always gave us a quiz.”

“He didn’t ever study.”

These words “every day,” “always,” “ever,”
they mean habitually.

It’s something that happened regularly.

So if you want to just use the past simple,
make sure that you add one of those words,

or you could simply say, “He wouldn’t study.”

“My teacher would give us a quiz.”

“I would swim.”

It already encapsulates that idea of something
that happened regularly in the past.

Vanessa: Question number six.

Let’s imagine that you’re leaving the office
to go to lunch with your international coworkers,

and you know that it’s raining outside.

We call that sprinkling, and you see that
one of your coworkers isn’t bringing her umbrella,

so you want to tell her something politely.

You could say, “I think it’s sprinkling outside.

You… bring your umbrella or you can share
mine.”

“You could probably bring your umbrella.”

“You would probably bring your umbrella.”

“You should probably bring your umbrella.”

Which one of these is the best?

Vanessa: Three, two, one.

“You should probably bring your umbrella.”

We already talked about how “should” is really
strong.

So when we add the word “probably,” it lessens
the intensity.

We use “should probably” to give polite advice.

You don’t want to say, “You should bring your
umbrella.”

Maybe a teacher might say that to a student
or a parent might say that to a child.

You’re giving strong advice, but for your
coworkers, you want to be a little more polite.

So native speakers will often add these words
to lessen the intensity and “probably” is

one of the most common.

You could say, “We should probably make reservations
at that restaurant because it’s really busy.”

Should probably.

Vanessa: Sentence number seven, “She didn’t
want to turn off her phone because she…

get an important phone call.”

“She could get an important phone call,” “She
would get an important phone call,” or, “She

should get an important phone call.”

Three, two, one.

“She didn’t want to turn off her phone because
she could get an important phone call.”

We use “could” to talk about possibilities
in the future.

She thinks that it’s pretty likely that she
will get a phone call, so she doesn’t want

to turn off her phone.

“It could rain on Sunday, so let’s go hiking
today.”

It’s a possibility that on Sunday, it could
rain, so let’s enjoy the outdoors today while

it’s still sunny.

I have an important note.

You can substitute the word “might” in this
sentence, and it has the exact same meaning.

Let’s take a look at those two sentences again.

“She could get an important phone call.”

“She might get an important phone call.”

“It could rain on Sunday.”

“It might rain on Sunday.”

You’ve got two choices and both of them are
correct.

Vanessa: Sentence number eight.

This is the final sentence.

“If I didn’t have air conditioning in my house,
it… be very hot.”

“It could be very hot.”

“It would be very hot.”

“It should be very hot.”

Which one feels the most correct?

Three, two, one.

“If I didn’t have air conditioning in my house,
it would be very hot.”

We often use “would” to talk about hypothetical
situations.

These are imaginary things.

It’s not real.

It’s not happening right now.

It’s hypothetical.

Sometimes these are impossible situations.

“If I were a cat, I would sleep a lot.”

It’s not possible for me to become a cat.

This is hypothetical.

It’s imaginary, so we need to use “would.”

“I would sleep a lot,” or you can use “would”
for hypothetical situations that are not impossible,

but they’re just not happening right now,
and that’s what our sample sentence at the

beginning was.

“If I didn’t have AC, it would be very hot.”

“The AC might break, and then I wouldn’t have
air conditioning, and it would be really hot.”

So here, this is hypothetical.

It’s imaginary because it’s not happening
right now, but it’s still possible.

It could happen in the future.

So we need to use “would.”

It would be very hot.

Vanessa: How did you do on this quiz?

Let me know in the comments what your score
was.

But before we go, let’s review all of these
ways to use “could,” “would,” and “should.”

Could.

A suggestion, “You could go to a bar.”

A polite request, “Could you help me?”

“Can” in the past, “When I was a child, I
could play outside all day.”

A possibility in the future, “It could rain
tomorrow.”

Would.

A polite request, “Would you help me?”

“Will” in the past, “When I lived near the
beach, I would swim every day.”

A hypothetical situation, “If I ate fast-food
every day, I would gain weight.”

Should.

Strong advice, “I should wake up earlier.”

Polite advice, “You should probably call him.”

Now, I have a challenge for you.

In the comments.

Tell me, if I visited your city, where could
I go to get a good view?

Give me a polite suggestion with “could,”
or you could use another modal verb to practice

them.

Vanessa: Today, we’re going to talk about
15 advanced vocabulary words that you’ll definitely

hear in daily conversation.

If you enjoyed my first advanced vocabulary
quiz, you can watch it up here.

If you haven’t enjoyed it yet, watch out because
you might see some of these words in this

quiz as well.

I challenge you to test yourself.

If there’s a word that you don’t know, write
it down.

Try to make your own sentence with it.

Read it out loud.

Try to repeat it so that it sticks in your
memory.

You’ll have three seconds to guess each answer
before I explain.

Let’s get started.

Vanessa: Number one, “I don’t know why it’s
taking so long to… the house across the

street.”

“I don’t know why it’s taking so long to renovate
the house across the street.”

“I don’t know why it’s taking so long to relegate
the house across the street.”

Which one is the correct answer?

You have three seconds.

Two, one.

The correct answer is, “I don’t know why it’s
taking so long to renovate the house across

the street.”

This is a true story.

The house across the street has been getting
renovated for minimum two years.

Renovate means that they’re fixing it up.

There’s already a house.

They’re not building a new house, but they’ve
repainted it.

They put a new porch on it.

They painted it again.

They fixed up some of the outside of it.

They renovated the house.

We usually use this word in association with
buildings or houses.

That’s most common way that you’ll see it.

Vanessa: Number two, “The worst bosses will…
everything that you do.”

“The worst bosses will subjugate everything
that you do,” or, “The worst bosses will scrutinize

everything that you do?”

Which one is the correct answer?

Three, two, one.

“The worst bosses will scrutinize everything
that you do.”

This beautiful word “scrutinize” means to
look carefully at something, but it’s not

just looking carefully.

It’s a good idea to look carefully at what
your employees are doing, but this often means

critically or negatively.

They’re scrutinizing.

They’re picking apart every little detail
of what you do.

If you’ve had a boss like this, you know how
annoying it is.

The worst bosses scrutinize every little thing.

They don’t trust their employees at all.

They scrutinize their employees.

Vanessa: Number three, “Have you ever had
a… friend who just won’t go home even though

you’ve already done the dishes and brushed
your teeth for bed?”

“Have you ever had a chatty friend who just
won’t go home?”

“Have you ever had a clingy friend who just
won’t go home?”

Which is the best word, chatty, or clingy?

Three, two, one.

“Have you ever had a clingy friend who just
won’t go home no matter what you do?”

Clingy is a beautiful adjective, and it means
stuck like glue, usually in a negative way.

When we’re talking about a person, it means
that you want them to go away, but they just

won’t go away.

So we could say that she is a clingy person.

She’s always with you.

“How are you doing?

What are you doing?

Can I get together?

Can I come to your house today?”

Then, she won’t leave.

She’s clingy.

We could also talk about items being clingy.

Maybe the skirt was clinging to her tights.

It was a clingy skirt.

It’s sticky, and it’s annoying when it’s a
skirt, but it’s not always a negative thing.

Maybe the cling wrap or we call this sometimes
plastic wrap is clingy.

It sticks to the bowl, and that’s exactly
what you want.

So it means sticking.

Vanessa: Number four, “When someone is driving
poorly, I wonder if honking will… the problem

or help.”

“I wonder if honking will exacerbate the problem
or help.”

“I wonder if honking will examine the problem
or help.”

I’ll give you three seconds.

Three, two, one.

We have a clue in this sentence because we
have the word “or help.”

We know that the keyword we’re looking for
is the opposite of help.

If you’re taking an English exam, this is
great to look for these keywords.

We have our word that we’re going to talk
about in just a second “or help,” so it needs

to be the opposite of help.

“Sometimes when I see poor driving, I wonder
if honking my horn will exacerbate the problem

or help.”

Can you guess what the word exacerbate means?

Vanessa: It means make it worse.

It’s not helping.

Sometimes when someone cuts in front of me
and I honk my horn, I wonder if they will

drive correctly or if it will just scare them,
and all of a sudden, they’ll drive even worse.

So sometimes I wonder this to myself.

It happened last week that someone cut in
front of me, and I honked my horn.

They got in the correct lane, and it was fine.

But sometimes I’m worried that when I honk
my horn, it will exacerbate the problem, make

it worse because that person will just be
surprised and then veer off the road.

Vanessa: Number five, “I’m usually… when
I walk alone at night.”

“I’m usually wary when I walk alone at night,”
or, “I’m usually wiry when I walk alone at

night?”

There’s only one difference between these
two words and that’s the vowel.

Which one is it?

Three, two, one.

“I’m usually wary when I walk alone at night,”
and this just means careful, cautious.

I’m usually wary.

I look around me.

I try to stay alert because I want to stay
safe.

I’m usually wary, cautious of my surroundings
when I walk alone at night.

Make sure that you pronounce this word correctly,
“Wary.”

It sounds like “wear.”

“I’m wearing clothes.”

“Wear,” and then you just add E at the end.

“Wary.”

Vanessa: If you’re in the Fearless Fluency
Club, you already know this word because we

talked about it a couple of months ago.

If you’re not in the Fearless Fluency Club,
you can click up here to learn more with me

every month and learn great vocabulary expressions
like the ones in this lesson.

Vanessa: Number six, “I was surprised that
she was… about doing the dishes because

she seemed so put together in her life.”

“I was surprised that she was… about the
dishes.”

“I was surprised that she was testy about
doing the dishes.”

“I was surprised that she was negligent about
doing the dishes.”

In this sentence, maybe you don’t know what
put together meets.

That’s going to be a key element here, but
we can imagine in our heads something that

is put together.

When you have a puzzle and it’s put together,
it means it’s completed.

It’s finished.

It looks nice.

So we can piece together the rest of that
sentence to guess what our keyword is here.

Let me tell you in three, two, one.

“I was surprised she was negligent about doing
the dishes.”

Negligent.

What does this word sound like?

Do you know the word neglect?

This means that you’re forgetting something.

If you were neglected as a child.

This means that your parents didn’t pay attention
to you.

They forgot you.

They ignored you.

Vanessa: We can imagine that for the dishes
that she was negligent about the dishes.

The word “negligent” means that you often
forget important tasks.

In this situation, we have someone who is
put together.

They’re organized.

It seems like they always know what’s going
on.

They’re never confused, or worried, or uncertain.

They are put together, but surprisingly, she
is negligent about the dishes.

She has tons of dishes in her sink.

We can say that she often forgets important
tasks.

She is negligent.

Vanessa: Number seven, “We rented a… house
in the English countryside.”

“We rented up quaint house in the English
countryside,” or, “We rented a tactful house

in the English countryside?”

Which of these words feels the most correct?

I’ll give you three seconds.

Three, two, one.

“We rented a quaint house in the English countryside.”

The word “quaint” means cute in an old-fashioned
way, so it makes us think about simple times

a long time ago.

Maybe our grandparents or hundreds and hundreds
of years ago.

This beautiful, cute, little house.

This is something that seems typical in the
English countryside.

There are quaint houses.

This is a stereotype, but you can use that
word “quaint” to talk about somewhere that

you went on vacation.

“Oh, I love this little village.

It’s so quaint.

It’s cute.”

Vanessa: Number eight, “I often wish that
architecture in the US was more… pleasing.”

“I often wish that architecture in the US
was more discreetly pleasing,” or, “I often

wish that architecture in the US was more
aesthetically pleasing?”

Which of these two words is correct?

Three, two, one.

The answer is, “I often wish that architecture
in the US was more aesthetically pleasing.”

Aesthetically means something to do with a
beauty.

“Oh, it’s so aesthetically pleasing to see
quaint old houses,” or if you’ve ever visited

Europe and you’ve seen those beautiful buildings
that have existed for hundreds of years, it

is aesthetically pleasing.

That means it’s pleasing to your eyes.

It looks beautiful.

“All those colors together in your dress are
so aesthetically pleasing.”

Vanessa: We often use those two words together
as “aesthetically pleasing.”

But on the other hand, architecture in the
US isn’t really known for being aesthetically

pleasing.

Unless you go to some older areas of New York,
most places in the US just look like this.

Just some big box stores with big parking
lots.

Some downtown areas are cute, but in general,
architecture in the US is not so aesthetically

pleasing, and I wish it was.

Vanessa: Number nine.

I’m sure this is not you.

“Sometimes people can be rude online because
it’s easy to be…”

“Sometimes people can be rude online because
it’s easy to be anonymous,” or, “Sometimes

people can be rude online because it’s easy
to be assimilated?”

Which of these two words is correct?

Three, two, one.

Sometimes, unfortunately, people can be rude
online because it’s easy to be anonymous.

Anonymous.

This means that your identity is hidden.

Maybe you just have a screen name, nobody
knows who you are.

You can say whatever you want, so it’s easy
to be rude online.

Did you recognize this word “assimilated”
from the first vocabulary test?

I hope so.

If not, make sure you go watch it.

Vanessa: Number 10, “Do you think that social
media… content that you see?”

“Do you think that social media censors content
that you see?” or, “Do you think that social

media subtracts content that you see?”

Which one is correct?

Three, two, one.

“Do you think that social media censors content
that you see?”

The word “sensor” means hide something that’s
unacceptable.

Maybe for a music album, they might say, “Censored,”
or, “Explicit,” and this helps parents to

know, “Uh, I don’t want my five-year-old to
listen to this music because there is something

in here that needs to be blocked.

But when it comes to social media, maybe the
people who run social media are blocking certain

things so that we don’t see it.

This is a controversial opinion, and I don’t
really know what I think about it.

I don’t really think much about it often,
but I want to know for you.

Do you think that social media censors the
content that we see?

Let me know on the comments below and use
the word “sensor.”

Vanessa: Number 11, “The mother gave an…
sigh when her son got in trouble at school

again.”

“The mother gave an angelic sigh when her
son got in trouble at school again,” or, “The

mother gave an exasperated sigh when her son
got in trouble at school again?”

Is it angelic or exasperated?

Three, two, one.

“The mother gave an exasperated, ugh, sigh
when her son got in trouble at school again.”

Does this word sound familiar?

Does it sound like a word we talked about
previously?

Exacerbate.

Oh, it’s not the same word.

One word has a B, exacerbate.

This means to make something worse.

“If I honk my horn, will it exacerbate the
problem?” or in our sample sentence here,

we have a mother who’s frustrated.

That’s what the word “exasperate” with a P
means, frustrated.

“Oh, son, why are you getting in trouble at
school again?”

Exasperated.

“Ah.”

The word “exasperate” means to breathe out,
so we can imagine the mother going, “Ugh,

why are you in trouble again?

Ah.”

She’s exasperated.

She’s blowing air out.

She’s frustrated.

Vanessa: Number 12, “Even though he tries
to be… he still can’t pay his bills.”

“Even though he tries to be fair, he still
can’t pay his bills,” or, “Even though he

tries to be frugal, he still can’t pay his
bills?”

Which one of these two F words is correct?

Fair or frugal?

Three, two, one.

“Even though he tries to be frugal, he still
can’t pay his bills.”

The word “frugal” means careful with your
money.

It’s generally a positive thing.

If you want to use it in a negative way, you
can say stingy.

This means that he never gives money to other
people.

He never helps other people.

He just uses his money for himself.

Vanessa: But if you want to say it in a positive
way, he’s just careful about spending his

money.

He wants to make sure that it goes to the
correct places, to the best people.

You can say frugal.

This is a term that has often been used to
talk about me.

I’m a frugal person.

That means that I’m careful with my money.

If I give money to someone else, I just want
to make sure that it’s used in the way that

they say it will be used.

I don’t have problems donating, but I just
want to make sure that it’s in the best way,

so I’m careful with my money.

I’m frugal.

Vanessa: Number 13, “I could see the… anger
on his face by looking at his eyes.”

“I could see the subtle anger on his face
by looking at his eyes,” or, “I could see

this sappy anger on his face by looking at
his eyes?”

Is it subtle or sappy?

Three, two, one.

“I could see the subtle anger on his face
by looking at his eyes.”

The word “subtle” means not obvious.

Maybe it’s a little bit hidden.

You have to look carefully at his eyes to
see his anger.

It’s subtle.

Do you notice something strange about the
pronunciation of this word?

There is a B, but it sounds like a D, “subtle,
subtle.”

If you want some more information about how
to pronounce the word “subtle,” I made a video

about some of the most difficult words to
pronounce up here, and one of those words

is the word “subtle.”

So click on that video so that you can get
some more details about its pronunciation.

Vanessa: Number 14, “My baby is the cutest
baby in the whole world, but of course, I’m…”

“But of course I’m biased?”

“But of course, I’m biased?”

Which of these B words is the correct word?

Well, we could say in three, two, one, “My
baby is the cutest baby in the whole world,

but I guess I’m biased.”

Biased.

The word “bias” has a specific meaning, and
in fact, we use this word a lot in daily conversation.

It means that you have a previous notion that
affects how you feel about other things.

My baby is my child, so I’m going to have
a different opinion than someone who doesn’t

know my child.

Of course, all of my feelings about my child
are going to be biased.

They’re going to be affected by some previous
idea.

Vanessa: I want to take a look at a quick
cartoon so that you can get another example

for the word “bias.”

Here we see a courtroom, and there is a lady
who’s being accused of being a witch.

She says, “It makes no difference, what I
say.

You’ve already decided that I’m guilty.”

This man had a previous notion that she is
a witch.

She’s guilty.

It doesn’t matter what she says.

He’s going to continue to think that she’s
guilty, and the man here, he says something

that reaffirms his belief.

“Ugh, gasp.

Witches can read minds.

She is a witch.”

He’s just reaffirming what he already thinks,
which also affirms what she thinks.

Here, this man is biased.

He has a previous notion that’s affecting
how he’s currently behaving.

Vanessa: Number 15, our final question.

This is a question that I often get a lot
actually.

“How did you learn how to teach?”

I might say, “It’s just…

I guess.”

“It’s just intuitive, I guess,” or, “It’s
just oblivious, I guess?”

Which one of these two words is correct, intuitive
or oblivious?

Three, two, one.

“How did you learn how to teach, Vanessa?”

“Well, it’s just intuitive, I guess.”

Intuitive means that it came naturally for
me.

It’s something that was already within me
and it came out.

This is just partially true because I also
did try to channel some good teachers that

I’ve had and tried to emulate them, but we
can say here it’s intuitive.

It came from within me.

Well, what about that other word, oblivious?

Do you recognize this word from the first
vocabulary test?

I hope so.

If not, make sure you check out that video.

Oblivious and intuitive or not the same thing.

We could say that.

“Well, I guess my teaching was just intuitive.

I just knew it within my mind without having
to study.”

Vanessa: How did you do on this test?

Let me know in the comments.

What was your final score?

Also, I have a challenge for you.

Try to make a sentence with one of these new
vocabulary words.

Use it in a sentence correctly and read it
out loud so that you can test your speaking

muscles, and also, try to ingrain it in your
memory as easily as…

Vanessa: Your speaking muscles and also try
to ingrain it in your memory as easily as

possible.

Vanessa: Today, I have a fun grammar test
for you.

Fun?

Grammar?

Test?

Is it possible?

Yes, it’s definitely possible.

Just watch it and see.

Vanessa: In this lesson, you’ll learn seven
common English grammar mistakes and how to

fix them, but the trick is you have to guess
what the mistake is.

Fun.

I’m going to show you seven sentences and
you need to find one change in each sentence.

Maybe that’s taking something out, maybe that’s
adding something, maybe it’s exchanging something.

Let’s take a look at a quick example.

This sentence, I love dog.

There’s one mistake here, can you guess what
it is?

What do we need to change to make this beautifully
correct?

Well, we need to say I love dogs.

You need to add an S at the end.

This is a pretty simple example, so are you
ready for some more advanced grammar sentences?

Let’s do it.

Vanessa: Let’s imagine that we’re in a coffee
shop together, drinking some coffee.

Well, maybe that’s not such a good idea because
if I had a cup of coffee, I would be running

around the coffee shop nonstop.

So how about this?

I’m drinking some tea, you’re drinking some
coffee and we’re having a lovely conversation

together and you say to me, “So, how’s it
been going lately?”

And I say, sentence number one, “I bought
the new Ferrari yesterday.”

Oh, what’s one thing that you can change in
this sentence to make it correct?

This sentence is not correct.

There’s something that’s wrong with this sentence.

Can you guess?

I’ll give you three seconds.

Three, two, one.

Vanessa: I bought a new Ferrari yesterday.

You have this image in your head of us sitting
in the coffee shop.

Do you think that we’re looking at the car
right now?

No, we’re just kind of imagining this car.

It’s not something specific, it’s something
unknown.

So we need to use A. Maybe after we have our
drinks, we go out to the parking lot and I

say, “This is the new Ferrari that I bought.”

This is the new Ferrari.

We’re looking at it, we know which one it
is, it’s right there, so we need to use the

to talk about something known and A for something
that’s less known.

Vanessa: Test sentence number two.

I wanted a Ferrari because it’s too fast.

I wanted a Ferrari because it’s too fast.

What’s wrong in this sentence?

Three, two, one.

I wanted a Ferrari because it’s really fast.

We only use too in negative situations.

The coffee is too hot, I can’t drink it.

I’m too tired, I can’t study.

Maybe I could have said, “My old car was too
slow.”

You can see here that in all of these situations,
there’s something negative.

The coffee’s too hot.

I’m too tired.

The car is too slow.

There’s a problem in all of these sentences,
so I probably want to fix it.

And in this sentence with the Ferrari, I think
that the Ferrari is really fast, so that’s

why I want it.

If you’re curious about some differences between
too and so, I made a live lesson about this

a long time ago, about two years ago, and
you can watch that video up here.

Vanessa: All right, sentence number three.

When I bought the car, it costs $300,000.

When I bought the car, it costs $300,000.

It’s a lot of money.

All right.

What is one thing that you can do to change
in this sentence to make it correct?

Three two, one.

When I bought the car, notice this is the
past tense, bought the car, it costs?

This is the present tense, we need to say
it cost $300,000.

The word cost is an irregular verb and often,
these irregular verbs trip up or trick English

learners, so we need to make sure that we
use the proper past tense.

It cost $300,000.

Vanessa: Sentence number four, maybe after
I told you how much the car cost, you say,

“Huh, Vanessa, that’s so much money.

Why would you do something like that?”

And I say, “Well, I think I’m going eating
rice and beans for a whole year.”

I think I’m going eating rice and beans for
a whole year.

This means, nothing fancy, nothing special,
only rice and beans because I spent all my

money on the car.

What’s the problem with this sentence?

Three, two, one.

I think I’m going to eat rice and beans for
a whole year.

Often, English learners have problems with
ING and to.

It depends on a lot of different factors,
but specifically, for the verb going, when

we’re talking about this in the future.

I’m going to eat rice and beans.

I’m going to study with Vanessa.

I’m going to sleep soon.

Well, we need to use to plus an unconjugated
verb.

I’m going to study.

I’m going to eat.

I’m going to sleep.

Great.

All right, let’s go to the next one.

Vanessa: Number five.

For my whole life, I always dreamed of owning
a Ferrari.

For my whole life, I always dreamed of owning
a Ferrari.

What’s the problem in this sentence?

Can you guess?

Do we need to add something?

Take something away?

Switch something?

I’ll give you three seconds.

Three, two, one.

For my whole life, I had always dreamed of
owning a Ferrari.

Why did we add had here?

This is the past perfect tense and I know
it can be tricky for a lot of English learners.

We use the past perfect tense to talk about
something that was continuing for a long time

in the past and now, it has stopped.

Do you know why my dream has stopped?

Oh, because it came true.

I own a Ferrari.

Of course, this is a fake situation, just
imaginary.

Vanessa: But because this dream came true,
well, we can say that it has stopped.

So we need to make the sentence, for my whole
life, I had always dreamed of owning a Ferrari,

and now, I do.

Now that dream has come true.

If you’d like to learn more about how to use
the past perfect tense or the future perfect

tense, you can click on this live lesson that
I made up here a long time ago.

There’s one full lesson about the past perfect
tense and one full lesson about the present

perfect tense.

These can be tricky, so please take your time,
be patient with yourself and study them and

take some notes.

All right, let’s go to the next sentence.

Vanessa: Sentence number six.

Not only is my Ferrari beautiful, but it is
fun to drive.

Not only is my Ferrari beautiful, but it is
fun to drive.

How can we make this sentence better?Huh?

Three two, one.

Not only is my Ferrari beautiful, but it’s
also fun to drive.

We need to add the word also, and our key
here is the first part of that sentence uses

not only, and then the second part needs but
also.

This is an advanced phrase, not only, but
also that’s going to make your sentences more

complex.

Instead of just saying simple sentences, my
Ferrari’s beautiful.

It’s fun to drive.

We can combine those with a beautiful advanced
expression like this, not only is my Ferrari

beautiful, but it is also fun to drive.

We use not only, but also to give some more
information about something, but it’s really

to take it to a higher level, to kind of escalate
something.

Vanessa: So here, my Ferrari’s beautiful.

Okay.

But the next level is, oh, it’s also fun to
drive.

On top of that, it is also fun to drive.

So you might say, not only is this lesson
useful, but it is also fun.

I hope that this lesson is useful to you,
but I hope it’s not boring.

I hope it’s also fun.

We’re taking it to the next level.

All right, let’s go to the next one.

Vanessa: Sentence number seven.

If I crashed the car, I will cry.

If I crashed the car, I will cry.

Hmm.

Can you imagine this situation?

Spending so much money on a car and then crashing
it?

And that’s it.

That would be terrible.

All right.

Let’s think about what is the best way to
fix this sentence.

Three, two, one.

This is a hypothetical, imaginary situation.

If you are listening to my quick little explanation,
you might’ve guessed the correct answer.

If I crashed the car, I would cry.

We use if plus would to talk about these imaginary,
hypothetical situations.

It’s not happening right now, so we need to
use would.

If you’d like to learn how to use would in
other situations or some more in depth examples

about it, make sure you check out another
test I made, should, would and could, and

how do you use them correctly.

How did you do on this test about my Ferrari?

I hope you enjoyed it.

Now it’s time to do a little review.

Vanessa: Let’s go back and read all of those
sentences using the correct words that you

can visually see it and also hear it one more
time.

I bought a new Ferrari yesterday.

I wanted a Ferrari because it’s really fast.

When I bought the car, it cost $300,000.

I think I’m going to eat only rice and beans
for one year.

For my whole life, I had always dreamed of
owning a Ferrari.

Not only is my Ferrari beautiful, but it’s
also fun to drive.

If I crashed the car, I think I would cry.

How did you do on this test?

Let me know in the comments what your score
was.

Vanessa: Do you want to understand movies
and TV shows and fast English speakers?

Yes, of course you do, but there are countless
reductions and linking in English that make

it difficult, so the best way to understand
fast English conversations is to study fast

English conversations, and that’s what we’re
going to do today.

We’re going to be listening to five quick
English conversations and I’m going to give

you three sentences for each conversation.

I want you to guess which sentence you hear
in each conversation.

If this exercise is too easy for you, then
this is my challenge.

I challenge you to not look at the screen,
but to try to write every single word that

you hear from that conversation.

This way, instead of listening for specific
words that you already know will happen in

that conversation that I give to you, you’re
going to be trying to write just from your

listening skills every word that you hear.

Vanessa: These conversations that you’re about
to hear are all part of the 30-day listening

challenge pack four, which is open now until
December 31st.

If you’d like to join hundreds of other English
learners who are deciding to start the new

year 2020 by improving your listening skills,
great.

You can click on the link up here or in the
description to find out more about the listening

challenge.

Vanessa: Are you ready to listen to the first
conversation?

I’m going to give you three sentences that
I want you to listen for.

I want you to choose which one is going to
be in the conversation.

Let’s take a look at those sentences.

You didn’t take it seriously.

You didn’t take in seriously.

You didn’t take on seriously.

Let’s listen to the conversation clip and
I want you to choose, did you hear number

one, two or three?

All right, let’s listen a couple of times
to the clip.

Dan: I had probably kind of poor work ethic.

Vanessa: Oh yeah?

[Listen carefully!]

Dan: But I didn’t have to try very hard in
high school.

Vanessa: As in you could do okay in high school?

Dan: I didn’t have to study that much to get
by in my high school because my high school

didn’t have very high standards.

Vanessa: Oh, I see.

Dan: I had probably kind of poor work ethic.

Vanessa: Oh yeah?

[Listen carefully!]

Dan: But I didn’t have to try very hard in
high school.

Vanessa: As in you could do okay and high
school?

Dan: I didn’t have to study that much to get
by in my high school because my high school

didn’t have very high standards.

Vanessa: Oh, I see.

Vanessa: Which sentence did you hear?

Did you hear number one, you didn’t take it
seriously?

I hope so.

In this conversation, Dan said that he didn’t
work really hard in high school and I kind

of clarified his statement by saying, “You
didn’t take it seriously.”

What is it in this sentence?

It’s school, you didn’t take school seriously.

This is a wonderful expression to take something
seriously.

Let’s listen to that clip again and now that
you know which sentence you’re listening for

and you kind of know the general idea of the
clip, hopefully, you’ll be able to hear it

clear.

Dan: I had probably kind of poor work ethic.

Vanessa: Oh yeah?

You didn’t take it seriously?

Dan: But I didn’t have to try very hard in
high school.

I had probably kind of poor work ethic.

Vanessa: Oh yeah?

You didn’t take it seriously?

Dan: But I didn’t have to try very hard in
high school.

Vanessa: Did you hear you didn’t take it seriously?

I hope so.

Let’s go on to quiz question number two.

While you listen to this clip, I want you
to guess which one of these sentences you’re

actually hearing.

Is it number one, you have be like five or
six years old.

Number two, you have to be like five or six
years old.

Or number three, you have to been like five
or six old.

Let’s listen to the clip and choose which
one you’re hearing.

Vanessa: So they have it for all ages?

James: Yes.

Well, I think you have to be a certain age.

[Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: Oh, got you.

So at least at that studio, are there quite
a few adults who are a part of the program?

James: Yes, there are definitely more people
there.

I’m typically the oldest one in the place
for the most part.

I’m 45.

Vanessa: So they have it for all ages?

James: Yes.

Well, I think you have to be a certain age.

[Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: Oh, got you.

So at least at that studio, are there quite
a few adults who are a part of the program?

James: Yes, there are definitely more people
there.

I’m typically the oldest one in the place
for the most part.

I’m 45.

Vanessa: Which sentence did you hear?

Did you hear, number two, you have to be like
five or six years old?

Here in this clip, James is talking about
the minimum age to participate in the martial

arts club that he’s a part of.

It’s five or six years old.

Did you also hear how old he is?

Hmm.

Did you catch that number?

He said 45.

All right, we’re going to listen to that key
sentence a couple times so that you can hear

you have to be like five or six years old.

Let’s listen.

Vanessa: So they have it for all ages?

James: Yes.

Well, I think you have to be a certain age.

You have to be like five or six years old.

Vanessa: So they have it for all ages?

James: Yes.

Well, I think you have to be a certain age.

You have to be like five or six years old.

Vanessa: Did you hear you have to be like
five or six years old?

I hope so.

Let’s go on to quiz question number three.

I want you to listen for which one of these
three sentences you here.

Number one, she spent up living with me for
seven months.

Number two, she went up living with me for
seven months.

Number three, she ended up living with me
for seven months.

Let’s listen to the clip and I want you to
choose which sentence you hear.

David: Actually, when I was there, I met a
girl from Montreal.

Chantelle, her name was.

I saw her on the beach and I said, “Oh, she’s
beautiful.

I must meet her.”

She spoke no English.

I spoke no French.

Vanessa: Oh, that didn’t matter.

David: She had a friend that was with her.

They had come down from Montreal for a vacation
a couple of weeks and

[Listen carefully!]

David: Actually, when I was there, I met a
girl from Montreal.

Chantelle, her name was.

I saw her on the beach and I said, “Oh, she’s
beautiful.

I must meet her.”

She spoke no English.

I spoke no French.

Vanessa: Oh, that didn’t matter.

David: She had a friend that was with her.

They had come down from Montreal for a vacation
a couple of weeks and

[Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: Which sentence did you hear?

Did you hear number three?

She ended up living with me for seven months?

I hope so.

In this quick conversation, David’s talking
about a special girl who he met and they didn’t

speak the same language, but it didn’t matter.

They lived together for seven months.

He uses a great phrasal verb to end up.

She ended up living with me for seven months.

We use this phrasal verb to end up to talk
about a conclusion, but it’s usually a surprising

conclusion.

For example, I checked in to my flight to
go to New York City and I ended up getting

moved to first class.

Whoa, this is a surprising conclusion because
I didn’t pay for first class, I didn’t expect

to be in first class.

Maybe they had some extra seats or they needed
to put someone else in the back of the plane,

so we could say, “I ended up getting moved
to first class.”

Great.

All right.

Let’s listen to that original clip again so
that you can hear a little bit more accurately

everything that we say.

David: She had a friend that was with her.

They had come down from Montreal for a vacation
a couple of weeks and she ended up living

with me for seven months.

David: She had a friend that was with her.

They had come down from Montreal for a vacation
a couple of weeks and she ended up living

with me for seven months.

Vanessa: Did you hear ended up?

I hope so.

Let’s go on to quiz question number four.

I want you to listen for which one of these
three sentences you’re about to hear.

Number one, I just kind of self got myself
the rest.

Number two, I just kind of self taught myself
the rest.

Number three, I just kind of self bought myself
the rest.

Let’s listen.

Jesse: It actually started with a friend of
mine that was not Cherokee at all.

Even though she had no native American heritage,
she was still interested in it.

She taught me and I make the rooms with different
types of sticks, all different types.

Vanessa: Yeah, it looks definitely natural.

Jesse: All different types.

Vanessa: She got into making dream catchers.

Jesse: Mm-hmm (affirmative).

And she showed me and then [Listen carefully!]

Jesse: It actually started with a friend of
mine that was not Cherokee at all.

Even though she had no native American heritage,
she was still interested in it.

She taught me and I make the rooms with different
types of sticks, all different types.

Vanessa: It looks definitely natural.

Jesse: All different types.

Vanessa: She got into making dream catchers.

Jesse: Mm-hmm (affirmative).

And she showed me and then [Listen carefully!]

Vanessa: Which sentence did you hear?

Did you hear number two?

I just kind of self taught myself the rest?

I hope so.

In this quick conversation clip, Jesse is
talking about learning a native American craft

called dream catchers.

She explains that her friend who has no native
American heritage taught her some basics about

how to make them, but Jessie self-taught.

She taught herself the rest.

What is this expression, the rest, mean?

This means that she learned the remaining
part by herself.

For example, I cleaned most of my house in
the morning and then I cleaned the rest in

the afternoon.

I cleaned the remaining part of my house in
the afternoon.

All right.

Let’s listen to that original clip again so
that you can hear and hopefully catch those

expressions.

Let’s listen.

Vanessa: She got into making dream catchers.

Jesse: Mm-hmm (affirmative).

And she showed me and then I just kind of
self taught myself the rest.

Vanessa: She got into making dream catchers.

Jesse: Mm-hmm (affirmative).

And she showed me and then I just kind of
self taught myself the rest.

Vanessa: Did you hear I just kind of self
taught myself the rest?

I hope so.

Let’s move on to the final quiz question number
five.

This one’s a little bit tricky because we
speak at the same time as each other, but

you’ve got it.

Listen carefully.

Which one of these three sentences are you
going to hear?

Number one, they’re coming to the restaurant
to avoid that.

Number two, they come in to the restaurant
to avoid that.

Number three, they’re come to the restaurant
to avoid that.

Let’s listen.

Kevin: I’d never got an autograph except one
time in all these years and it was from David

Bowie, because my chef was in love with David
Bowie and it was just a big deal.

Vanessa: Yeah, you can’t be the paparazzi
when [Listen carefully!]

Kevin: Right.

Vanessa: … [Listen carefully!]

Kevin: I mean, tourists find out where they
are.

Kevin: I’d never got an autograph except one
time in all these years and it was from David

Bowie, because my chef was in love with David
Bowie and it was just a big deal.

Vanessa: Yeah, you can’t be the paparazzi
when [Listen carefully!]

Kevin: Right.

Vanessa: . [Listen carefully!]

Kevin: I mean, tourists find out where they
are.

Vanessa: Which sentence did you hear?

Did you hear sentence number one?

They’re coming to the restaurant to avoid
that?

I hope so.

In this conversation clip, Kevin is talking
about his experience as a server in one of

the most popular restaurants in Hollywood
where celebrities like to go to avoid tourists,

to avoid paparazzi.

It’s kind of a hidden spot where they can
feel safe.

The second sentence that you were listening
for, they come in to the restaurant to avoid

that, it’s grammatically correct, but it’s
not what I said.

So make sure you’re listening for exactly
what I said.

They’re coming to the restaurant to avoid
that.

All right, let’s listen to that quick clip
again so that you can pick up on this expression.

Vanessa: Yeah, you can’t be the paparazzi
when they’re coming to the restaurant-

Kevin: Right.

Vanessa: … to avoid that.

Kevin: I mean, tourists find out where they
are.

Vanessa: Yeah, you can’t be the paparazzi
when they’re coming to the restaurant-

Kevin: Right.

Vanessa: … to avoid that.

Kevin: I mean, tourists find out where they
are.

Vanessa: How did you do?

Did you hear they’re coming to the restaurant
to avoid that?

I hope so.

How did you do on this quiz?

Let me know in the comments what was your
score.

Did you get all of them correct, or maybe
none?

I hope that you can do this quiz again and
again so that you can test your listening

skills.

If the quiz was easy, like I mentioned at
the beginning, go back, don’t look at those

sample sentences, but just listen to the audio
and try to write exactly what you hear.

See if you can pick up on every single word
without any hints from me.

Vanessa: So your goal is to be a fluent English
speaker, but what does that mean?

Today, I want to give you a little fluency
test.

This isn’t going to be like tests that you
had in high school with grammar and vocabulary.

I know people who have a great degree in English
or they get the highest scores on English

exams, but they’re still not fluent English
speakers, so this is a real test to tell if

you’re really fluent.

Vanessa: I’m here in my sunny backyard to
share 10 fluency statements with you.

If you can say yes to each of these statements,
then congratulations, you’re a fluent English

speaker.

But if there are any statements that you can’t
say yes to, this is what I want you to do.

I want you to write down that statement, either
on paper or mentally, and I want you to create

some specific actions that you can take to
increase that statement so that you can say

yes to that statement.

Throughout today’s lesson, I’m going to be
giving you some actionable tips so that you

can follow through and really increase your
overall English fluency.

Vanessa: Are you ready to get started with
fluency statement number one?

Test yourself.

I can smoothly have a conversation about almost
any topic in English.

This is essential.

In your native language, you can probably
talk about your vacation and then instantly

jump to talking about how public transportation
is always late.

You can easily jump from topic to topic without
much hesitation.

So this is what you need to do in English
as well to be fluent.

Of course, there will be topics that you won’t
be able to talk about smoothly in English,

but those should also be topics that you can’t
talk about smoothly in your native language.

Vanessa: For example, last week, I was talking
with my friend about a Star Wars movie.

I don’t know much about Star Wars movies,
but I was trying to have a conversation with

her about it and I was trying to explain,
“You know that guy who wears the white suit,

he’s kind of like a soldier?”

I couldn’t remember the word Stormtrooper.

And so she said, “Oh, do you mean Stormtrooper?”

Great.

We continued our conversation even though
I didn’t know exactly what that word is.

So if you don’t know a word in your native
language or you feel uncomfortable talking

about a topic in your native language, it’s
okay if it’s the same in English, but those

two should be a balance.

Vanessa: Fluency statement number two, I can
think in English and not translate in my head.

I like to think of it like a light switch.

You can turn it on for English or off for
English.

When someone says a word in my second language,
in French, when someone says Paris with a

French accent, my brain immediately switches
to French because it was kind of triggered

by that French sounding word.

But if you said Paris with an English accent,
well, it doesn’t make my brain start to think

in French.

So this is kind of like the light switch idea.

It is on or off, and you need to be able to
keep English on so that you’re not translating

in your head.

So when you’re speaking in English but you
can’t remember a word, let’s say that you’re

telling me about a car accident that you had
yesterday.

You might say, “I was driving and then a bird
flew at my car and I drove into a,” and you

can’t remember the word, so you explain it
in English.

Vanessa: “You know that dip or that hole on
the side of the road, usually for water or

rain?”

And then your friend says, “A ditch?”

And you say, “Yes, I drove into a ditch.”

You explained the word ditch in English instead
of immediately saying it in your native language

because the light switch was turned on to
English.

You probably couldn’t even remember that word
in your native language because you weren’t

thinking in your native language, you weren’t
translating in your native language.

Instead, your brain was all in English, and
you just didn’t know that word ditch.

So instead, you’re trying to explain it in
English.

Vanessa: If you’ve ever had this happen to
you, it’s the strangest sensation.

I remember one time, I ripped my shirt and
I was trying to ask my French friend if she

had a thread to sew it, but I couldn’t remember
the word thread, [foreign language 01:55:31].

So I just tried to explain it, but do you
know what?

I couldn’t remember the English word for it
either.

It’s as if English was completely turned off
and instead, my brain was turned on to the

other language.

So if you have experienced this, congratulations,
you’re fluent.

Vanessa: The third fluency statement is I
can use English all day and not feel tired.

Of course, if you have a busy, busy, busy
day in your native language, you’re going

to feel tired.

But when you use English normally throughout
a normal day, you shouldn’t feel tired at

the end of the day.

This means…

Vanessa: … Day, you shouldn’t feel tired
at the end of the day.

This means that you listened to English radio
on the way to work.

You spoke with your coworkers in English.

You used an English recipe to cook for dinner
and in these situations you’re not mentally

exhausted because it’s tough to think in English.

Instead, if you feel comfortable and not tired,
congratulations, you’re fluent.

Vanessa: The fourth fluency statement is,
“I can speak and other people don’t slow down

their speaking for me.”

This is a great way to test your English fluency.

When you have a conversation with someone
else, if you can tell that they’re using different

language for you compared with other people
in your conversation, it means that they don’t

see you as a fluent English speaker.

But, when someone can speak with you without
slowing down because they realize, “Oh, you

can understand.

It’s going to be fine.

We’re going to be able to have a normal conversation.”

Great.

You’re fluent.

Vanessa: This is especially true when you’re
speaking with someone who isn’t an English

teacher.

English teachers tend to slow down when they’re
speaking with an English learner because it’s

part of our job.

But when you’re talking with someone who’s
not an English teacher…

Maybe you’re talking to customer service on
the phone about a problem that you had with

a product, or maybe you’re talking with a
cashier at the grocery store.

If they speak with you at a normal speed,
the same speed that they’re talking with everyone

else at, great.

Congratulations, you’re fluent.

Vanessa: Our fifth fluency statement is, “I
can say something but I can’t explain the

grammar because it just feels right.”

If you’re speaking but you have no idea why
you correctly used, “I have eaten,” instead

of, “I ate,” well, great.

That means that you’ve internalized the grammar.

Maybe you can’t explain why this was correct
and why that one’s not correct.

You’ve just internalized it.

Great.

You’re fluent.

Vanessa: A good way to test this is by writing
the same way that you speak.

You could just ask yourself the question,
“What did you do this weekend?”

And as you’re writing your answer, try to
write exactly in the same way that you would

speak.

“Well, this weekend, I went to a friend’s
house and then I decided to leave early because

I was feeling a little bit under the weather.”

And as you’re writing this, are you thinking
about the specific grammar verb tenses, about

the sentence structure, or are you just writing
naturally and correctly?

And this is the same way that you’re speaking.

If you have internalized English grammar and
you can use it correctly without thinking

about the rules, congratulations.

You’re fluent.

Vanessa: The sixth fluency statement is, “I
can be myself.”

I hear a lot of my English students say that
they want to accurately express themselves

in English.

And when I hear them say this, what it makes
me think is, “I want to be myself in English.”

You want to show your same personality in
English as you have in your native language.

So, if you’re clever and humorous in your
native language, you want to also be clever

and humorous in English.

If you’re kind and thoughtful in your native
language, well, you want to also show those

character traits in English as you speak.

When you feel like your true self is showing
in English, congratulations.

You’re fluent.

Vanessa: A good way to practice this is by
following the steps that I mention in this

video up here about how to start speaking
English without fear.

Make sure you check out that lesson.

Vanessa: Fluency statement number seven.

“I can watch English TV shows and movies without
subtitles, just like a native English speaker.”

In my opinion, I feel like TV shows and movies
are a little bit more difficult to understand

than just daily conversation because it’s
scripted.

They use sometimes words and humor that’s
extra clever or extra advanced, but if this

is something that you want to do and you can
actually watch movies and TV shows without

subtitles, congratulations.

You’re fluent.

Vanessa: If you’d like to take it to the next
level and be able to understand movies and

TV shows, but also be able to talk about them,
make sure you check out this lesson I made

here about how to talk about movies and TV
shows in English.

You’ll learn a lot of great phrases and expressions
so that you can enjoy those activities and

then talk about them in English with other
people.

Vanessa: Fluency statement number eight.

“I can understand different accents in English,
native and non-native.”

A lot of you need to use English for your
jobs and that’s great.

That’s a great way to be able to use English
on a daily basis.

Some of you work with Americans, British people,
Australians.

But a lot of you work with non-native English
speakers.

People from Germany, Indonesia, Brazil, all
places around the world.

When you can understand all English accents,
congratulations.

You’re fluent.

Vanessa: I remember the first time that I
heard someone speaking French from Canada

and I realized, “Oh, the way that they speak
is different than the way I hear people speaking

in France.”

When I could hear that they had a different
accent, I felt so proud of myself because

I realized, “I can understand them and I can
understand that they have a different accent

than what I’m used to hearing in France.”

Vanessa: This can be a tough skill to master,
but with YouTube, there’s a great way to do

this.

If you have some coworkers who are from Germany
and you often speak with them in English,

you can try to watch videos of Germans speaking
English on YouTube.

That way you can feel comfortable with the
way they speak, the language choice, the accent,

the intonation.

You can just test yourself with YouTube and
kind of train so that when you speak with

your German coworker in English, great.

You’re already prepared.

Vanessa: Fluency statement number nine.

“I can understand humor and jokes.”

Of course, the humor and jokes may not be
funny to you, but at least you understand

why they’re supposed to be funny.

There’s nothing worse than sitting at a dining
room table with a lot of English speakers

and they’re all laughing and having a good
time, laughing at jokes, and then you’re just

sitting there thinking, “I have no idea what’s
funny.

Why are they laughing?”

You feel really left out and lonely, but on
the other hand, there’s nothing better than

understanding the humor and laughing with
them.

It’s a great way to bond, to form relationships.

When you can understand humor and jokes in
English, congratulations.

You’re fluent.

Vanessa: Fluency statement number 10.

“I can read an article, listen to a podcast,
watch a movie in English, and forget what

language it was in.”

This is such a strange sensation when this
happens.

I remember one time I was listening to a French
podcast while I was cooking dinner, and then

during dinner I was asking Dan, my husband,
some questions about the podcast.

He doesn’t speak French.

And he looked at me like, “What are you talking
about?”

And then I realized, “Oh yeah, I forgot.

That podcast was in French, so you couldn’t
understand it.”

So when you can seamlessly jump from one language
to the other, congratulations.

You’re fluent.

Vanessa: There’s one movie called Paris, Je
T’aime, and it’s a movie about different

areas in the city of Paris.

And in this movie, a lot of the characters
speak in English and then jump immediately

to French.

And I remember watching that movie and listening
to all the different languages that they were

speaking and realizing, “I can understand
this.

I’m so happy.

I don’t have to use subtitles for part of
it, or feel uncomfortable when they switched

to French.”

Because I could easily understand both languages,
I felt so happy and so proud of myself.

And I want you to have that as well.

So, if you can understand a podcast, a movie,
a TV show, read an article, and then forget,

“Oh yeah, it was an English,” congratulations.

You’re fluent.

Vanessa: So now I have a question for you.

In the comments, let me know what is your
fluency score according to this test?

Can you relatively use grammatical structures
without thinking, but it’s difficult for you

to understand all accents in English?

I want you to take actionable steps so that
you can say, “Yes,” to each one of these 10

fluency statements.

Vanessa: Do you have good pronunciation?

How do you know?

The best way to test your pronunciation is
to speak with someone else and see if they

can understand you, because understanding
is the purpose of pronunciation and of speaking.

But unfortunately, here on YouTube, I can’t
listen to you.

Maybe YouTube will create that technology
someday in the future.

So for now, I’d like to give you a different
type of pronunciation test.

Vanessa: The next best way to test your pronunciation
is to shadow or imitate exactly after a native

speaker, so that you can see if your pronunciation
is similar to mine.

Is it different?

What are the specific areas that are difficult
for you?

I’m going to be testing your pronunciation
on 16 challenging words.

But the best way to test your pronunciation
is not with individual words, but with a whole

sentence.

So this is what we’re going to do.

I’m going to show you a challenge sentence
that uses four difficult words, and this is

what I want you to do.

I want you to say that sentence out loud before
I talk about anything.

Vanessa: This is your original pronunciation.

I want you to hear your original pronunciation,
and then I’m going to read that sentence,

but I’m going to mispronounce one word.

I want you to guess which word is mispronounced.

There are sometimes multiple ways to pronounce
each word.

But I want you to be listening for what is
the most natural way to pronounce each word

in fast English.

Vanessa: And finally, I’m going to be saying
the sentence correctly, and I want you to

be able to say it with me.

So I want you to repeat the correct sentence
with me.

Are you ready to get started with sentence
number one?

Let’s do it.

Vanessa: This is sentence number one.

I want you to say this sentence all by yourself.

Test your original pronunciation.

Go ahead.

Say it out loud.

Vanessa: Okay.

Now, I’m going to say the sentence and I’m
going to mispronounce one word.

Can you guess which word I mispronounce?

I buy cloth-es through the internet.

I buy cloth-es through the internet.

Which word did I say incorrectly?

Did you hear clothes or cloth-es?

You heard the second one, but really that’s
not correct.

Instead, when we speak in fast English, we
often pronounce, “clothes” a lot like, “Close

the door.”

I buy clothes through the internet.

Vanessa: All right, let’s go through each
of these challenging words, and I want to

help you say them correctly.

That first word, buy, buy.

It sounds exactly like, “Bye, see you later.”

Buy.

And then we have clothes, which I just mentioned
sounds a lot like, “Close the door.”

Close the door.

When native speakers are speaking a little
bit slower, they might add a th sound clothes,

clothes.

You see how my tongue comes out a little bit
for that T-H?

Clothes, but really when we’re speaking quickly,
it just sounds like close.

Close.

Vanessa: And then we have the word through.

Oh, this word is lovely.

We have a T-H followed by an R. Let’s practice
it slowly.

Your tongue is coming out between your teeth
and there’s some air.

That’s a wonderful T-H sound.

Through.

It sounds like, “I threw the ball.”

This is the past tense of throw.

I threw the ball.

So, let’s try to say this.

Through, through.

Vanessa: And then we have our final word,
internet.

What’s happening to that middle T?

Internet?

You can say internet with a clear T if you’re
speaking a little bit slower, but when native

speakers are speaking quickly, we’re going
to cut out that T completely, and just say

in inner-net, inner-net.

Vanessa: Let’s go back and try to say this
full sentence clearly and naturally together.

Are you ready?

I buy clothes through the internet.

I buy clothes through the internet.

Were you repeating with me?

I hope so because we’ve got three more challenge
sentences, and I want you to test your pronunciation.

Vanessa: Let’s go to number two.

Here’s sentence number two.

I’m going to pause and I want you to try to
say this sentence all by yourself.

Test your original pronunciation.

Go ahead.

Vanessa: Okay.

Now I’m going to say it, but I’m going to
mispronounce one word.

Can you guess which word is incorrect?

A little girl took the recept to the bus.

The little girl took the recept to the bus.

Which word is wrong?

Did you hear receipt or recept?

You heard number two, but that’s not correct.

Instead, the P is silent, so you’re going
to say receipt, receipt.

Just completely forget about that P in there.

Vanessa: All right, let’s go through each
of these challenging words because I want

to make sure that you can pronounce them correctly.

The first one is little, little.

You see there’s two T’s in the middle of this
word, but really in American English, those

Ts are going to become D sounds.

So it’s going to sound like lid-le.

Little, like a lid that you put on a container,
little.

Vanessa: And then we have girl.

A lot of these words, girl, world, early.

Those words can be a little bit tricky.

So, let’s break this one down.

Grr-l, grr-l.

When you want to talk about the sound that
an angry dog makes, you could say grr, grr,

and then we’re going to add le the end.

Girl.

Girl, girl.

Notice that my mouth isn’t really moving here.

It’s all inside my mouth and in my throat.

Girl, girl.

And with the L, my tongue is coming beside
my teeth.

Girl.

It’s right there girl.

Girl.

Vanessa: All right, and the next word is receipt,
receipt.

Re-seat receipt.

This is the piece of paper you get after you
make a purchase.

The cashier will give you a receipt.

Vanessa: And then our final word is bus.

Sometimes this short u sound can be a little
bit tricky, so I want to make sure you’re

not saying boose, boos, boss.

Make sure you say, uh, bus.

Bus.

Bus.

Vanessa: All right, let’s go back and say
this full sentence together.

The little girl took the receipt to the bus.

The little girl took the receipt to the bus.

Did you say that with me?

Let’s say it one more time.

The little girl took the receipt to the bus.

Great work.

Let’s go onto the next challenge sentence.

Vanessa: All right, here’s sentence number
three.

I want you to say it all by yourself.

Are you ready?

Test your original pronunciation.

Go ahead.

Vanessa: Okay, now it’s my turn.

I’m going to mispronounce one word.

Listen carefully.

In the early winter, I didn’t miss the warum
weather.

In the early winner, I didn’t miss the warum
weather.

In the early winter, I didn’t miss the warum
weather.

Which one of these challenge words did I mispronounce?

Did you hear warm or warum?

You heard that second one, but that’s not
correct.

Instead, the word warm has just one syllable,
not warum.

Instead warm, warm.

Notice how my lips are in an oh shape.

Warm, warm with a clear R. Warm.

Vanessa: All right, let’s go through each
of these challenge words so that you can say

them correctly.

The first one is early.

This is similar to what we talked about with
girl.

Er-lee.

Let’s break it into two sections.

Er, and then lee, lee.

Early.

Make sure that when you say the L, your tongue
is touching the back of your teeth, lee, early,

early.

Don’t add another sound in there.

I often hear English learners say earaly,
er-a-lee, but that a in the middle isn’t natural,

so let’s make sure you say er-lee and put
it together, early.

Vanessa: Next, we say winter.

What is happening to the T in the middle of
this word?

You might hear native speakers say winter
with a clear T if they’re enunciating clearly,

and maybe speaking a little slowly.

It’s fine to do that, but when native speakers
speak fast, you’re going to hear winner.

Winner.

When’s the Winter Olympics?

Winner.

This is the same as a winner and a loser.

It’s the same pronunciation, so make sure
that the context helps you to know which word

it is.

Does this sound familiar?

Internet winner.

Yeah.

We’re cutting out that T especially when there’s
an N-T in the middle of a word internet, internet.

Winter, winner.

You’re going to hear that a lot in fast English.

Vanessa: Next we have the word didn’t.

Didn’t.

But this is the clear pronunciation.

When native speakers are speaking quickly,
we do not say didn’t with each sound pronounced.

Instead you’re going to hear did-n.

Did-n.

There’s a lot going on here in your throat.

D-n.

So that final D is cut short and the final
T as well is cut, so it’s really going to

be just your throat.

Can you say that with me?

D-n didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t.

Vanessa: If you have trouble pronouncing or
hearing or understanding contractions, it’s

probably because we cut off a lot of those
sounds.

We reduce them.

That’s something that’s natural in English.

I made a video about how to pronounce 81 different
contractions.

You can check it out up here because this
happens to a lot of different contractions

and I want to make sure you can pronounce
them, but also you can understand them.

The difference between a positive word, did,
and didn’t is very important when you’re having

a conversation.

Vanessa: All right, let’s go to the last word.

Warm, warm, warm.

Make sure that this is one syllable.

Warm.

Warm.

Do you think you could put all of these words
together?

You got it.

Let’s say it together.

Vanessa: In the early winter, I didn’t miss
the warm weather.

In the early winter, I didn’t miss the warm
weather.

In the early winter, I didn’t miss the warm
weather.

In the early winter, I didn’t miss the warm
weather.

Great work.

All right, let’s go to the final challenge
sentence.

Vanessa: Here’s our final challenge sentence.

Can you say this all by yourself?

Go ahead.

Vanessa: Now it’s my turn.

I’m going to mispronounce one word.

I want you to guess which one it is.

I definitely sought the water at the beach
was salty.

I definitely sought the water at the beach
was salty.

Which word is incorrect?

Did you hear thought or sought?

You heard the second one, sought, but does
this word start with an S?

Nope.

Instead it starts with a T-H.

So you need to make sure that your tongue
is between your teeth and there’s that stream

of air coming through.

Through.

We already talked about that word.

Thought.

Thought.

Vanessa: All right, let’s go through each
of these challenge words so that you can pronounce

them correctly.

What’s happening with this word, definitely?

Definitely.

I feel like words like definitely, certainly,
probably, those words can be a little bit

tricky.

I talked about some of those in this pronunciation
lesson up here, but the word definitely, we

use a lot and you probably would like to use
a lot, but you need to pronounce it correctly,

so let’s break it down.

Def-in-it-lee.

Def-in-it-lee.

Definitely, definitely, definitely, definitely,
definitely.

It’s definitely a beautiful day.

This is definitely a helpful lesson.

I hope so.

Vanessa: The next word is that lovely word
we just talked about thought.

Thought.

Make sure that your tongue is between your
teeth.

I often hear English learners switching an
S and a T-H sound.

Sought instead of thought.

And in some situations, this could be a little
bit difficult for other English speakers to

understand you, so make sure that you say
this correctly.

Thought, thought.

Vanessa: And then we have the word water.

Water.

What’s the sound that you hear in the middle
of this word?

Wad-er, wad-er?

Well, it’s not a T sound, water.

Instead it’s a D. Here we have, again, the
T is changing to a D.

This is typical in American English.

Wad-er.

Wad-er I want you to say that with me.

Water, water.

Vanessa: And finally we have the word beach.

Beach.

A lot of you are concerned that you might
say a rude word instead.

So let’s practice that vowel sound.

It needs to be a long E. Bee-ch.

Bee-ch, beach.

And really the context here is going to help
you a lot.

So when we’re talking about, “The water at
the beach is salty,” you’re most likely talking

about the ocean, the sea.

You’re not talking about a rude word.

So I think the context is going to help you
a lot, but make sure that when you pronounce

it you say E. Beach.

Vanessa: All right, let’s go back and say
that full sentence.

I definitely thought the water the beach was
salty.

I definitely thought the water at the beach
was salty.

I definitely thought the water at the beach
with salty.

Great work.

I hope that you had a chance to say that sentence
out loud with me and test your pronunciation.

Vanessa: Are you ready for a final challenge?

We’re going to go back and say all four of
those sentences and I want you to say them

out loud with me.

I’m going to say them two times so that you
can listen and then you can also repeat.

Are you ready?

Let’s say them together.

Vanessa: I buy clothes through the internet.

I buy clothes through the internet.

The little girl took the receipt to the bus.

The little girl took the receipt to the bus.

In the early winter, I didn’t miss the warm
weather.

In the early winter, I didn’t miss the warm
weather.

I definitely thought the water at the beach
was salty.

I definitely thought the water at the beach
was salty.

Vanessa: Great work testing your pronunciation
muscles, and now I have a question for you.

Let me know in the comments which one of these
words is the most difficult for you to pronounce.

Let me know.

I’m sure that there will be people around
the world who have the same feelings as you.

It’s always good to feel like you’re in this
together.

Vanessa: Wow, you made it.

Congratulations.

Now I have a question for you.

Which English test was the most challenging
for you?

Let me know in the comments.

I look forward to hearing your replies and
thanks so much for learning English with me.

I’ll see you again next Friday for a new lesson
here on my YouTube channel.

Bye.

Vanessa: The next step is to download my free
ebook, Five Steps to Becoming a Confident

English Speaker.

You’ll learn what you need to do to speak
confidently and fluently.

Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel
for more free lessons.

Thanks so much.

Bye.

Vanessa：嗨，我是来自 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 的 Vanessa。

你准备好测试你的英语技能了吗？

让我们开始吧。

今天，我有一个新类型的视频给你。

在过去的三年里，我
在我的 YouTube 频道上创建了很多英语测试。

这些测试是关于词汇、语法、
短语动词、听力、流利度和

许多其他主题的。

今天，我将把所有这些测试一起编译
成一个大型测试。

我挑战你尝试一次完成所有这些
英语测试。

我知道投入的时间很多，
但这是让自己沉浸在

英语中并真正挑战自己的好方法，
看看，我可以学习这些概念吗？

我知道这些概念吗？

我希望你能学到很多很棒的新
东西，也希望你复习一些你

已经学过的东西。

Vanessa：我知道这是两个半小时，
但这比参加相同时间的入学考试要有趣得多

。

让我们开始吧。

今天，我要测试你的听力技巧。

您想
在电影和电视节目以及日常

对话中了解快速的母语人士吗？

是的。 英语口语

有无数的简化和
链接，所以学习这个的最好方法

是学习真实的对话，这
就是我们要做的。

你将听到五段简短的对话。

对于每个对话，您将看到
三个单词。

我希望你做的是，我希望你
仔细听那次谈话中使用了哪个词。

你准备好第一次对话了吗？

我希望你仔细听“
好吧”这个词，尽管，或者几乎。

瓦内萨：你在谈话中听到了哪个词？

让我们听听。

Dan：[仔细

听！] [仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

Vanessa：你听到了哪个词？

虽然，好吧，差不多？

我希望你听到这个词。

丹用这个词虽然与
他之前所说的形成对比。

他说，“我们有自己的手机。

我们不共用手机，但过去我们
确实共用手机。”

他说：“虽然过去我们共用一部
手机。”

他表明他正在将
现在发生的事情

与过去发生的事情进行对比。

让我们再听一遍那段简短的对话
，我们要听关键句。

我希望你听听这个词。

丹：我有自己的电话。

我们不分享这些东西，尽管有
一段时间我们确实分享了一部智能手机。

我有自己的电话。

我们不分享这些东西，尽管有
一段时间我们确实分享了一部智能手机。

瓦内萨：你听到那个关键词了吗？

但愿如此。

让我们继续进行第二次对话
，我希望你听听三个关键词，

感兴趣的、渴望的或参与的。

你听到的是哪一个？

让我们听听。

Faith：[仔细

听！] [仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

Vanessa：你听到了哪个词？

感兴趣、渴望或参与？

我希望你听到这个词。

在这次谈话中，Faith 说这个关键词
很快就涉及到了。

她解释说，她年轻的
时候很害羞，但她妈妈想鼓励

她参加活动，或者我们可以
说参与。

是参加活动的意思。

我还使用了另一个词，最佳，这是我
最近

在我的 YouTube 频道上的词汇测验中谈到的。

如果您想
了解有关该词的更多信息，可以在此处观看。

让我们再听一遍关键句，
我想让你听一下所涉及的词。

Faith：我真的很害羞和胆怯，
这对我妈妈来说很难，因为她

想让我参与一些事情。

我真的很害羞和胆怯，这
对我妈妈来说很难，因为她想让

我参与其中。

瓦内萨：你听到那个词了吗？

但愿如此。

让我们继续第三次谈话。

你会听到这
三个词之一，挑战、改变或孩子。

哪一个在谈话中？

让我们听听。

布拉德：[仔细

听！] [仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

Vanessa：你听到了哪个词？

挑战、改变还是孩子？

我希望你听到改变这个词。

在这次谈话中，布拉德说他喜欢
偶尔探望家人。

偶尔意味着一年可能三次，
而不是每天，因为他喜欢看到

每次见到家人时情况都不同
。

每次见到家人，情况都会发生变化
。

让我们再听一遍那个剪辑。

我想让你听到那个关键字的变化。

我们会听那句话。

好的。

布拉德：嗯，我认为探望家人是一件美妙
的事情，它之所以如此美妙的部分原因

是每次看到他们时都能看到他们的变化和成长
。

好吧，我认为探亲是一件美妙的
事情，而让这一切变得如此美妙的部分原因

是每次看到他们时都能看到他们的变化和成长
。

瓦内萨：你听到改变这个词了吗？

但愿如此。

让我们继续第四次谈话。

我们将听这
三个词之一，青少年、二或十。

这些是与数字相关的词，所以
仔细听。

[认真听！]

[认真听！]

[认真听！]

莎拉：[认真听！]

[认真听！]

瓦妮莎：[认真

听！] [认真听！]

[认真听！]

莎拉：[认真听！ ]

[仔细听！]

Vanessa：你听到了哪个词？

我希望你听说莎拉一直是按摩
治疗师，提供按摩的人，已有

多少年了？

10年。

我希望你听到了 10 这个词。

在谈话中听数字是必不可少的。

如果你想练习发音
一些最难的数字，你可以看

这节课，它是如何发音
前 33 个最难的单词。

好的。

让我们再听一遍那个关键句，
看看你能不能听到 10 这个词。

你是怎么开始的？

让我们从头开始。

你是怎么接触到按摩疗法的？

莎拉：好的。

大约 10 年前，我成为一名按摩治疗师
。

瓦内萨：你是怎么开始的？

让我们从头开始。

你是怎么接触到按摩疗法的？

莎拉：好的。

大约 10 年前，我成为一名按摩治疗师
。

瓦内萨：你听到 10 这个词了吗？

但愿如此。

让我们继续第五个也是最后一个听力
测验问题，我认为这是最棘手的。

仔细听单词特别，
特别或特别。

让我们听听。

Anna：[仔细

听！] [仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

[仔细听！]

Vanessa：你听到了哪个词？

你特别听到这个词吗？

这在技术上是正确的词，但
在这次对话中，安娜特别使用了一个常见的口语

简化词。

她在开头切断了 E 并
说“特别”。

‘特别。

这很常见。

第一次听到可能有点棘手
。

我们稍后会再听一遍，
以便您能听到。

特别听。

在这次谈话中，安娜
提到拥有一匹马很贵，所以有时

多人会买一匹马，他们会
分摊费用。

让我们再听一遍这个关键句，
听一下“特别”这个词，这个词已经被

简化为“特别”。

安娜：我妈妈有一段时间共同拥有一匹马
。

很多人一起参加，这样
您就不必支付所有费用，

尤其是在可能发生的任何兽医电话中。

我妈妈有一段时间共同拥有一匹马。

很多人一起参加，这样
您就不必支付所有费用，

尤其是在可能发生的任何兽医电话中。

瓦内萨：你有没有听到特别
或“特别”这个词？

但愿如此。

在评论中告诉我，你的
分数是多少？

这五个你都做对了吗？

或者，也许你没有一个是对的？

随意重复这一课，只要
你需要。

今天，我想测试你在日常对话中
肯定会听到的 15 个高级英语词汇

。

不是你永远不会
听到美国人真正说的欢乐之类的话。

这些是您将
在对话、电影、电视节目中

听到的词，欢迎您整合它们并将
它们添加到您自己的个人词汇表中。

我挑战你测试自己。

尝试猜测每个句子的正确答案。

如果你没有得到正确的答案，不用担心。

Vanessa：这意味着你已经准备
好在你的词汇表中添加一个新词了。

你可以把它写下来，用它写你自己的
句子，大声朗读你的句子，

尽情享受，因为增加你的词汇量
会很有趣，而且它非常有用。

让我们从第一句话开始。

我给你念一个句子，
你有两个选择来

填空。

我给你三秒钟，在我解释之前，你可以
试着猜出正确答案是

什么。

让我们开始吧。

第一句话是，我需要练习
英语，因为我们下周要和美国

分公司_。

是合作这个词还是决定这个词？

我们必须与美国分公司合作。

我们必须与美国分公司决定。

哪个词最适合这个句子？

瓦内萨：我给你三秒钟。

三二一。

正确答案是合作。

如果你答对了，恭喜你。

如果没有，我想让你知道，合作这个词
意味着一起工作。

您经常在项目情况下使用它。

我必须和我的同学合作。

我们必须在一个项目
上合作，或者我必须与营销部门

或美国分公司合作。

我们正在一起做一个项目。

我们必须合作。

这是一个美丽的提前词。

当然，你可以简单的说一起工作。

伟大的。

没问题。

但是这个视频都是关于
常用的高级英语表达。

你可以说，“我必须与
美国分公司合作。”

让我们继续第二句。

第二句话是，你
觉得_睡觉时间是什么时候？

瓦内萨：你认为最初
的睡觉时间是什么时候？

你认为睡觉的最佳时间是什么时候
？

我给你三秒钟。

你认为睡觉的最佳时间是什么时候
？

最佳一词只是一种高级的、优美
的说法。

你觉得什么时候睡觉最好
？

在这张照片中，您可以看到…

这不是由这家公司赞助的。

我刚刚在网上找到了这张图片，但是这
家公司决定用最优化这个词

来描述他们的产品。

当您服用他们的产品时，您将
获得最佳睡眠。

您将获得最佳睡眠。

我希望你能把它作为一种高级的
方式来表达最好的。

让我们进入下一个。

第三句。

当他告诉我他
在战争中长大的经历时，我意识到孩子们是怎样的。

瓦内萨：我意识到孩子们有多么顽固。

我意识到孩子们的韧性。

这两个词听起来很相似，所以请
确保您选择正确的我

会给您三秒钟的时间。

三二一。

我意识到孩子们的韧性。

这是一个美丽的词。

里面有一个可爱的Z音，有弹性。

有弹性的。

这意味着即使您遇到困难，您也可以生存
。

你可以继续前进，孩子就是最好的
例子。

即使很多孩子在困难的
情况下长大，他们也能幸存下来。

他们是有弹性的。

他们可以适应这些情况。

好的。

让我们继续下一个。

第四句。

当我父亲对我采访总统的想法提出异议时，我真的很生气
。

瓦内萨：当我
父亲嘲笑我采访总统的想法，

或者当他欺骗我
采访总统的想法时，我真的很生气。

哪个词最适合这种情况？

三二一。

当我父亲嘲笑我采访总统的想法时，我真的很生气
。

scuff这个词是另一个很好的词
，从我的表情你可以看出

scoff这个词意味着你在笑，你
在取笑，而且经常伴随

着这种气。

如果你在嘲笑别人，你
有点笑，或者你认为他们的想法

有点愚蠢或愚蠢，你会
发出同样的声音。

你认为你可以采访总统？

那是嘲讽。

当您听到有人嘲笑时，现在您知道
他们确实在嘲笑。

瓦内萨：我们去下一个。

第五句是，在_我应该
买谷歌股票。

在_中，我应该购买谷歌的股票。

回想起来，我应该买
谷歌的股票，还是老实说，我应该

买谷歌的股票？

哪一个最适合你？

我给你三秒钟。

三二一。

回想起来，我应该买
谷歌的股票。

回顾这个词实际上是
我们几个月前在无畏流畅俱乐部学习的一个词

。

这个词的第一部分是复古的。

Retro 意味着过去，spect 意味着寻找。

我们可以想象我们正在回顾过去，
但这个词有一点细微差别

。

Vanessa：这意味着我们在思考
过去，但这意味着我们意识到

过去我们做了一个错误的决定。

但过去我不知道这是一个错误的
决定，但现在回想起来，

我应该买谷歌的股票。

我现在会很富有，但是，你
知道，我没有这样做，可能你也

没有。

回想起来，我们可以学到很多东西。

让我们进入下一个。

第六号。

我让她下周末帮我搬家，
但她的回答有点_。

她只是说：“我不知道，也许吧。

我们拭目以待。”

她的回答被淹没了吗？

她的回答模棱两可吗？

哪个词最适合这种情况？

三二一。

她的回答模棱两可。

这意味着它不确定。

我真的不知道她的答案是什么。

根本不清楚。

Vanessa：你可以在这张很酷的图片中
看到它有点模棱两可。

你看到兔子还是鸭子？

这是模棱两可的。

这不确定。

这是一个美丽的词。

让我们进入下一个。

第七句。

只会说一种语言 _ 我无法
升职。

只会说一种语言会妨碍我
升职，或者只会说

一种语言会分散我升职的注意力。

这种情况最好的词是什么？

三二一。

只会说一种语言会阻碍我
升职，这就是为什么我要

和 Vanessa 一起说英语来提高
我的英语水平并获得升职。

我希望这个对你有用。

在这里，这个词阻碍意味着停止或阻止。

Vanessa：当你只会说一种语言时，
可能会妨碍你找到

更好的工作，或者会妨碍或阻碍
你升职。

这个词阻碍是一个美丽的方式来着色
你的词汇和听起来像一个高级

英语演讲者。

让我们进入下一个。

第八句。

我的祖先来到美国并试图
融入一般的美国文化。

他们试图融入文化。

他们试图融入文化。

哪个词最好？

三二一。

我的祖先来到美国，他们
试图同化一般的美国文化。

这意味着他们试图融入。

他们试图与一般的美国
文化相似。

Vanessa：这很
常见，尤其是在 1900 年代初期。

从意大利来到美国的人，比如
我的祖先，或者波兰、爱尔兰或

其他国家，他们试图
融入或失去自己的本土文化，

试图融入美国文化，
这就是为什么现在的美国文化 是

非常多样化的，因为没有人可以真正
完全同化。

我们都在我们心中保留了自己文化的一点点
，但这是描述这一点的最佳词

。

他们试图融入一般的
美国文化。

让我们进入下一个。

第九号。

当那个少年在停车场撞到我的车时
，我简直不敢相信他的样子。

我无法相信他是多么的冷漠。

瓦内萨：我简直不敢相信他有多么免疫
。

这句话的最佳词是什么？

三二一。

当那个少年撞到我的车时，我简直不敢相信
他是多么的冷漠。

这意味着不在乎，很酷。

这不打扰他。

哦，我撞到你的车了。

没什么大不了的。

这是，哦，没关系。

别担心。

冷漠。

当那个少年撞到
我的车并且他不在乎时，我感到非常惊讶。

他只是漠不关心。

没关系。

让我们去沙滩上闲逛吧。

不完全是。

这并不是你在那种
情况下的反应方式。

让我们进入下一个。

第10句。

上周，我真的很忙，
睡得很少，但昨晚我睡了

九个小时。

今天早上我感觉_。

今天早上我感觉精神焕发了。

今天早上我感觉自己变了。

Vanessa：在这种情况下，最好的词是什么？

我觉得，三，二，一，恢复活力。

在这里，我们谈论的是活着，充满活力。

我觉得以前很累，现在
突然之间我有了更多的精力。

我感觉焕然一新。

你呢？

是什么让你感觉焕然一新？

是和朋友好好聊聊天，
还是去树林里散步，

还是睡个好觉？

是什么让你感觉焕然一新？

让我们进入下一个。

11号。

当他对她的体重发表评论时，
他_是因为她感到尴尬。

他很清楚她感到尴尬的事实，
或者他忘记了她感到尴尬的事实

。

Vanessa：
这两个词的拼写略有不同，所以请

确保您正确选择了这个词，尤其是
在您将其写下来的时候。

不要搞砸了。

我给你三、二、一秒。

正确的答案是，他没有
注意到她感到尴尬的事实。

这意味着他毫无头绪。

他根本没注意。

你可以在这张有趣的图片中看到，这完美地
描述了不经意。

他看着他的手机，他在告诉某人，
“我一会儿见。

保重，”然后他正要踏入
一个巨大的洞。

他是健忘的。

他不注意。

这是一个美丽的词来谈论一个
不知道的人。

他们只是健忘。

他们不知道发生了什么。

让我们进入下一个。

Vanessa：第 12 号。

最糟糕的欺凌类型之一是 _
团体中的某个人。

是从集团中资助某人。

是排斥群体中的某个人。

这些词哪一个是最好的？

我给你三，二，一。

正确的答案是，最糟糕
的欺凌类型之一是排斥

群体中的某个人。

这意味着您将它们推开。

你忽略他们。

你不要让他们成为你的朋友，成为
团队的一部分。

这真的很苛刻，尤其是
对青少年来说，因为他们真的

很想交朋友并融入其中。

这非常艰难。

如果您小时候或十几岁时被排斥，
我很抱歉。

这真是一个困难的局面。

13号。

我今天本来打算在里面休息，但是
看到晴朗的天气后，我决定

去远足_。

瓦内萨：那是什么词？

一时冲动还是一时兴起？

这些词中哪一个最适合？

我给你三秒钟，两秒钟，
一秒钟。

答案是，我决定
一时兴起去远足。

如果你这个月在 The Fearless Fluency Club
，你就会知道我们已经谈论过

这个词，一时兴起。

是自发的意思。

我没有计划。

其实我本来是打算休息的，但是
看到天气，我就想，“嘿，我

就出去远足吧。

我是一时兴起的。

我是自发的。”

让我们进入下一个。

看手机太多会伤害你的
眼睛，但如果你_你的身体也会

受伤。

凡妮莎：如果你吊着，你的身体也会
受伤。

如果你无精打采，你的身体也会受伤。

这两个词是哪一个？

你会选择吗？

三二一。

答案是，看手机太多
会伤害你的眼睛，但如果你没精打采，你的

身体也会受伤。

这种不坐直，而是
无精打采的动作现在是一个常见的词汇，

因为很多
人开始担心

你在看手机时的姿势。

尤其是年轻人，
他们在身体形成过程中经常看手机，

所以无精打采会在以后
的生活中造成很多问题。

很多家长说，“不要懒散。

不要懒散。

坐起来，”或者老师说，“嘿，不要
懒散。

坐起来。”

看看你现在的姿势。

你是懒散的还是坐着的？

Vanessa：你可以花点时间纠正
一下姿势，不要懒散。

让我们进入下一个。

第15句。

这是最后一句。

你得到了这个。

那句话是，有人说明天会
下雪。

我知道这只是十月，但我猜它是
_。

但我想这是有道理的。

不过我觉得还可以。

这两个词哪一个是最好的？

三二一。

嗯，有人说明天会下雪。

现在才十月份，但我想这是合理的。

似是而非。

不要忘记那里的L音。

似是而非。

这意味着有可能，但不太可能。

你可以在我找到的这张有趣的图片中看到
，我正在搜索 plausible 这个词，

因为我想向你展示一张图片，
而这张图片非常适合 plausible 这个词。

他们正在展示恐龙是如何消失的。

Vanessa：也许在科学界，
关于恐龙是如何消失的存在一些争议。

我真的不知道。

我没有真正研究过它，
但这是一个合理的，可能的，但

不太可能的情况。

我们有方舟上的动物。

这是一种基督教的想法，动物
在洪水中得救，他们正在射击

和杀死恐龙。

你认为这件事发生了吗？

非常不可能，但没有办法
证明，所以它是合理的。

这是使用“似是而非”这个词的一种有趣方式。

如果有人告诉你一些
令人难以置信的事情，但它可能是可能的，你

可以说，“嗯，这很可能。

好吧

。不太可能，但很可能。”

现在，我有一个挑战给你。

我们已经讨论了 15 个优秀的高级英语
词汇。

Vanessa：如果您愿意，我希望您选择一个或多个
，并尝试

在评论中用这个词造句。

我有个秘密要告诉你。

在我成为一名英语老师之前，我
从未听说过短语动词这个表达方式。

我可以打赌 50 美元，如果你在
街上问任何美国人什么

是短语动词，我敢打赌他们不会知道。

我告诉你这是因为有时当你
试图把注意力集中在概念上并将它们分成

小类别，如短语动词、Flap
T、过去完成时、现在完成时，你会

感到非常有压力，让你
对英语的压力比你需要的要大

到。

当然，在你的
隐喻工具箱里有工具来了解这些概念

是很好的，但不要让它们给你压力。

Vanessa：当我住在巴黎的时候，我的法语
老师是我遇到过的最了不起的老师

，我总是努力变得像
他一样。

让我举个例子说明他会
做什么。

每个说英语的人都害怕法语的虚拟
时态。

出于某种原因，因为我们
在英语中并不经常使用它，所以

用法语学习它真的很有压力。

我的老师有一种独特的方法来帮助我们
在没有压力的情况下学习这一点。

我真的记得在那节课结束时，
我感觉，“哦，没那么糟糕。

为什么我认为虚拟时
态那么糟糕？”

这就是他所做的。

他在房间里走来走去，问每个
学生一个问题。

我们知道我们需要
使用虚拟时态来回答这个问题。

Vanessa：他没有给我们规则，你
需要将它用于欲望、意志或想要这些

类型的东西。

他只是说，“你的回答必须
是虚拟时态。

这是我的问题。”

他问我：“你今天需要做什么？”

我说 [法语 00:27:39] 等等，等等，等等。

这是在法语中使用虚拟时态。

我还不知道这背后的确切规则，
但在现实生活中，当有人问我

，“你今天需要做什么”时，我知道我需要
使用虚拟语气，因为我已经有了

这个现实生活中我
在课堂上使用它。

我希望今天的课程也是类似的。 在我教你一个规则之前

，我希望你能够直观地使用这些短语
动词

。

Vanessa：我要做的是
给你看九对句子，我

想让你猜猜你应该使用短语
动词还是应该使用简单动词？

让我们看一个简单的例子。

这里我们有两个动词，try and try out。

Try out 是短语动词，try 是
简单动词。

这里有两句话。

在我买蛋糕之前，我需要_蛋糕。

我需要在购买之前_该程序。

这里唯一的区别是蛋糕或
程序。

哪个最适合just try，简单
动词try，哪个最适合短语

动词，try out？

想一想。

你有没有说过，“我需要在购买之前先试用蛋糕，然后在
购买之前先试用该程序

？”

Vanessa: …而且我需要在购买之前试用该程序
。

如果你这么说，你是对的。

您知道我们使用“试用”来测试
某种程序或体验吗？

也许你不知道那个具体的规则，
但是“试用”这个词直觉上感觉很

合适。

这就是我想让你做的，我想让你
看看你的内心，

为接下来的几对句子猜出最佳答案。

之后，我会告诉你一个关于它的快速规则
，但希望将来你

能够自然地使用这些。

好吧，让我们继续我们的第一对
句子。

Vanessa：第一对：“带来或
带来”。

瓦内萨：“他总是……他的妻子在谈话。”

瓦内萨：“他总是……给我家喝点酒。”

Vanessa：当然，这里的主要区别
是句子的结尾，所以

看看这个，并在你的心里感受哪
一个最适合这些句子。

你有没有说过，“他总是
在谈话中提到他的妻子。

他总是给我家带来一些酒”？

但愿如此。

这才是正确答案。

我们使用短语动词来“提出”一些
关于将话题输入对话的内容。

这意味着这个男人经常
在谈话中谈论他的妻子，希望是因为

他非常爱她，所以他
在谈话中提到了他的妻子。

或者你可以在谈话中提到政治。

你在谈话中提出了一个话题。

当然，我们使用“带来”这个词来
实际地给别人一些东西。

“他带了一瓶酒来我家。”

Vanessa：第二对：“填写或填写。”

瓦内萨：“你应该……用事实说话。”

Vanessa：“你应该……有事实的表格。”

Vanessa：唯一的区别是你的思想
和形式。

对此稍加思考。

我给你三秒钟。

三二一。

“你应该用事实填满你的头脑。

你应该用事实填写表格。”

你知道我们用“填写表格”
来谈论在表格上写一些信息

吗？

我以这种更隐喻的方式使用简单的动词“填充”
。

当然，你可以“装满一杯水”，
但是当你“用事实填满你的头脑”时，

你的头脑里就有很多事实
信息。

它充满了事实。

Vanessa：第三对：“发现并
发现。”

这是“find and find out”的过去式。

瓦妮莎：“我……如何避开交通。”

瓦内萨：“我……一条更好的道路来避开交通。”

Vanessa：哪一个需要短语
动词，哪一个需要简单

动词？

思考三秒钟。

三二一。

你有没有说，“我发现了如何避开
交通。”？

你有没有说“我找到了一条更好的路来
避开交通。”？

但愿如此。

我们用“找出”来谈论解决
问题，尤其是当我们说“找出

方法”或“找出原因”时。

当我们使用“找出”时，这些是您的关键字，“如何以及为什么
”。

有关“找出”和“弄清楚”的更长视频
，您可以在此处查看此链接，

这是我大约两年前制作的视频，
比较了这两个相似但不同的

短语动词。

瓦内萨：第四对：“阅读和
阅读。”

现在，这里的这对词看起来像“read
and read over”，但现在和过去

时的拼写完全相同，
只是发音不同。

所以我们需要这里的上下文。

让我们看一下句子。

瓦妮莎：“她……文章三遍。”

瓦内萨：她……今天早上的报纸。”

瓦内萨：哪个应该“阅读”，
哪个应该“阅读”？

想一想。

三，二，一。

最好说， “她把文章读了
三遍”和“她今天早上读了报纸

。”

对于这个，可以说“她
把文章读了三遍”，但如果你

想强调她读得很详细 ，这
是“阅读一遍”，详细地看一些东西。

然后你可以使用短语动词，“阅读一遍。”

Vanessa：“她把文章详细阅读了
三遍，找出一切。”

Vanessa：对数 五：“用完或用完”

。句子是：
Vanessa：“Dan …他的咖啡用的奶油？”

Vanessa：“Dan …他的咖啡用的奶油，
哦不！”

Vanessa：所以唯一的区别 这里是“哦，
不！”

哪一个会唤起“哦，不”的感觉。

想一想。

三，二，一。

你说“丹用奶油做咖啡”
和“丹用 为他的咖啡加奶油，

哦，不！”？

我希望如此。

如果丹 用奶油做他的咖啡，很酷。

好的。

它不打扰我。

我不在乎。

但如果丹用完他的咖啡的奶油，
这是个问题，因为这意味着我

没有得到任何东西。

“用尽”的意思是把某事彻底完成。

所以早上丹煮咖啡的时候，
如果他用完了奶油，我可能会

有点不高兴，因为
我的饮料里没有，所以我说，“哦，不！”

让我们进入下一个。

Vanessa：第六条：“呼叫，呼叫”。

我们来看看句子。

凡妮莎：“如果你不听，老师
会……下课后你的父母。”

瓦妮莎：“如果你不听，老师
会……你上课。”

Vanessa：对于短语动词，哪一个感觉最正确
？

三二一。

你有没有说“你不听，
下课老师就给你爸妈打电话，

你不听，
下课老师就叫你”？

Vanessa：对我来说，这似乎是一个普遍的
真理，如果你不听，如果你

快要睡着了，老师总是会
叫你。

老师知道谁昏昏欲睡，谁不
专心，他们会说，“Vanessa，

六号是什么？”

然后你会感到非常害怕。

所以当你打电话给某人时，你要求
他们回答一个问题。

你有没有在学校遇到过这样的情况，
当你不注意的时候，老师

总是叫你。

但是如果你打电话给某人，“老师给
我父母打电话”，这意味着她

正在打电话。

当有人给你父母打电话时，
这总是一件坏事。

因此，如果您在课堂上不听，老师
可能会打电话给您的父母。

她没有打电话给你的父母，这
感觉有点奇怪。

她只是简单地给你父母打电话。

Vanessa：第七名是“得到并进入”。

动词“got”在这里是“get”的过去式
。

因此，让我们考虑一下其中哪一个
适合这些句子。

Vanessa：“我……去年我发现
Vanessa 的课时是英语。”

Vanessa：“我终于……
去年我找到了 Vanessa 的课程。”

Vanessa：这里唯一的区别是
“finally”这个词。

想想这些词中哪一个是正确的。

三二一。

“去年我找到 Vanessa 的课程时，我开始学习英语。去年，当我找到
Vanessa 的课程时，

我终于学会了英语
。”

为什么我们说，“我去年进入了英语。”？

这意味着
当您找到我的课程时，您开始对英语产生兴趣。

也许这对你来说是真的，我希望如此。

所以你开始对某事产生兴趣，
但是“get”这个词，或者

“got”的过去式，在这句话中本身就有很多不同的会面
。

简单理解的意思。

也许你以前从来没有听懂过另一个以
英语为母语的人，然后你看了

我的课然后想，“我能听懂
她。

这太棒了。”

所以你可能会说，“我终于学会了英语。

当我找到 Vanessa 的课程时，我终于明白了
。”

所以你会说，“当我找到 Vanessa 的课时，我终于学会了英语
。”

瓦内萨：第八名：“坚持下去”。

我们来看看句子。

瓦妮莎：“确保你……
每天都在学习。”

瓦妮莎：“确保你……
每天都在学习。”

Vanessa：以下哪一项是正确的？

想一想。

这两个句子
对你来说看起来完全一样吗？

这是一个棘手的问题，我很抱歉。

这是因为“继续”和“继续”具有
完全相同的含义。

“确保你每天都继续学习

。确保你每天都继续学习
。”

这与您可以
说“继续跑，走，走，走”或“继续

跑，走，走，走”的意思完全相同。

意思一样，没问题。

您可以使用“继续”或“继续”，它们
是相同的。

让我们进入下一个问题和最后一个问题。

第九号。

瓦内萨：第九名：“现身现身”。

凡妮莎：“为什么她总是……我们给
她拍她猫的照片？”

Vanessa：“为什么她总是……迟到10分钟
？”

Vanessa：哪个最适合简单
动词？

哪个最适合短语动词？

想一想。

三二一。

“为什么她总是给我们看她的
猫的照片？”

可能是因为他们真的很可爱，她
爱他们，她希望你也爱

他们。

“她为什么总是迟到10分钟？”

当有人出现时，他们出现了，他们
迟到了 10 分钟。

视情况而定，这很粗鲁，
但如果是在工作，不要迟到 10 分钟

，如果你想保住工作，这不是一个好主意
。

瓦内萨：好的。

你是怎么做的？

您是否将短语动词添加到正确的
句子中并将简单动词添加到正确的

句子中？

我希望你做到了。

我希望你学到了一些新东西。

在评论中告诉我。

你这次考试得了几分？

Vanessa：你觉得介词很
棘手吗？

应该是“我在店里还是我
在店里。

我和他谈过，或者我和他谈过”。

“in, at, with, to”这些小词
被称为介词。

介词之所以如此棘手，
是因为我们无法从您的

母语中翻译它们。

例如，在西班牙语中，“para”
和“por”这两个词在翻译成英语时都表示“for”

，但这两个词
可以在很多不同的情况下使用，

在英语中我们会说“for, by ，期间，
沿着。”

说西班牙语的人怎么样，你
应该知道哪个是正确的英语介词？

这很棘手。

今天，我们不会涵盖
所有介词的所有规则，而是

要做一些事情，有点乐趣，一个测验。

在接下来的 15 个问题中，你将
复习 15 个不同的介词。

当然，我们不能讨论
每个介词的所有规则，但我们会

讨论一些常见的用法。

Vanessa：在我们开始之前，我想让
你猜猜你认为你会猜对多少个问题

。

想想从 1 到 15 或者从
0 到 15 的数字，你

认为你会答对多少题？

我想让你想想这个数字，因为
我有一种感觉，我猜你可能

比你想象的更了解介词
。

所以我希望这节课能帮助你
认识到，“我确实知道一些介词

，现在我也知道了一点。”

好吧，让我们从
第一个问题开始。

Vanessa：第一句介词，
“今天很美，我们去散步……

公园。”

瓦妮莎：“我们去公园散步吧。”

瓦妮莎：“我们去公园散步吧。”

Vanessa：哪一个是最常见的？

我给你三秒钟的时间猜。

三二一。

正确答案是，“今天很美，
我们去公园散步吧。”

你应该使用“in”这个词，因为我们
说的是在

公园里面或被公园包围。

如果你说，“我们去公园散步吧。”

我们只是在谈论一个特定的点。

你可能会说，“让我们在公园门口见面吧
”，但这里我们谈论的是

去公园散步，我们
被公园包围了。

好吧，让我们来回答第二个问题。

Vanessa：第二个问题，“篮球
很有趣，但是……我只喜欢棒球。”

凡妮莎：“但总的来说，我喜欢棒球。”

Vanessa：“但最重要的是，我喜欢棒球。”

瓦内萨：哪个介词是正确的？

你有三秒，二，一。

“篮球很有趣，但最重要的是，我
喜欢棒球。”

这里我们有一个固定的表达式。

你可以用语法术语称之为
“最重要”的搭配。

在这里我们可以想象身体上面你的
兴趣更重要，更有趣。

棒球首先是最好的。

所以你可以说，“我一直喜欢学习
英语，但最重要的

是，我最喜欢 Vanessa 的课程。”

Vanessa：第三句话，“我在教
我儿子走路……人行道。”

凡妮莎：“我正在教我儿子在
人行道上行走。”

Vanessa：或者“我正在教我儿子
在人行道上行走。”

瓦内萨：哪一个是正确的？

这是真的，我儿子一岁半，
我正在教他走人行道，

如果你走在路上很危险。

好吧，让我们在三
秒钟内考虑一下，二，一。

答案是，“我正在教我儿子
在人行道上行走。”

有了“开”这个词，我们可以想象人行道上有一个平坦的表面
。

“不要走在路上，走在人行道上。”

Vanessa：第四句，“走……
那座高楼，你会发现市中心。”

这是方向。

瓦内萨：“走到那栋高楼，你会
发现市中心。”

瓦内萨：或者，“朝那座高楼走
，你会发现市中心。”

Vanessa：在这里，我们
可以想象远处有一栋高楼，

你正试图告诉你的朋友如何
去市中心。

所以让我们考虑一下哪个介词是
正确的。

三二一。

“向那座高楼走去，你会
发现市中心。”

我们使用介词“朝向”来谈论
朝着某物、某物的方向移动

，但你并不完全是去
那个地方。

“如果你想从我家步行到市中心，
你不需要到那栋高楼，

你只需要朝着那栋高楼的方向移动即可
。”

Vanessa：第五句，“我会见你
……聚会……六点钟。”

瓦内萨：“六点前派对见
。”

瓦妮莎：“六点聚会上见
。”

Vanessa：在这里，我们将对两个空格使用相同的
介词。

想想看。

三二一。

“六点聚会上见。”

在这里，我们谈论的是一个特定
的时间点。

记住第一个问题，我们谈到
在公园入口处见面

，这里也是一样。

“我们六点在聚会
上见。”

一个具体的点。

Vanessa：第六句介词，
“我不明白 Vanessa 在说什么……”

Vanessa：“我不明白 Vanessa
在说什么。”

瓦内萨：“我不明白瓦内萨在
说什么。”

瓦内萨：哪一个是正确的？

三二一。

我们这里有一把钥匙可以帮助我们知道
正确的答案是什么。

关键词是“什么”这个词。

“我不明白瓦妮莎在说
什么。”

如果你知道这个固定的表达方式来
谈论某事，你就知道我们在谈论

某事，我们不是在谈论一个人。

我说的是介词，我说
的是月亮，我说的是英语。

如果我们想说“我正在和……说话”怎么办？

在这里，我们需要使用一个人，但在我的句子中，
我在谈论某事，因为我使用

了这个词。

“我正在和你谈论介词。”

你看到这里的区别了吗？

Vanessa：第七句话，这个
有点棘手。

“我们会尽量回家……晚上 10:00，但可能
更早。”

你可以想象告诉保姆这件事，
也许如果你要出去，

保姆呆在家里看孩子，你
可能会说，“我们会尽量在晚上 10:00 之前回家

，但可能更早。”

或者，“我们会尽量在晚上 10:00 到家，但
可能会更早。”

哪一个是正确的？

三二一。

好吧，从技术上讲，这两个都是正确的，
但这里最好的答案是，“我会尽量在

晚上 10:00 之前回家。”

为什么我选择“by”？

“by”这个词的意思是我们谈论
的可能是最晚的时间，“尽量在

晚上 10:00 之前回家……”

这里的关键是最后一部分，“……但
可能更早”。

我想象晚上 10:00
是我最晚回家的时间，所以在这里我们需要使用

“by”这个词。

你也可能在课堂上听到，老师
可能会对你说，“你需要在

上课前完成你的作业。”

上课的开始时间是最晚的
时间。

不要在课堂上完成你的作业，
它需要在上课开始前完成

。

Vanessa：第 8 句介词，
“看完整理的纪录片……我把

所有的东西都整理好了。”

瓦妮莎：“看完整理纪录片后，
我把我所有的东西都放进去了。”

或者，“我经历了我所有的事情”。

哪个介词是正确的？

三二一。

“看完整理的纪录片，我把
所有的东西都看完了。”

你可以想象一个隧道，你正在
穿过隧道，你被隧道包围。

我在这里的句子被我的东西包围着
，衣服，厨房用品，办公用品。

我经历了我的事情，很彻底，
我经历了每一件事。

如果您知道
“经历某事”的固定表达方式，这也会有所帮助。

这是真正记住介词的最好方法之一，
就是记住那些完整的固定

短语，“谈论”某事。

“通过”某事。

瓦内萨：第九句，“我在
纽约……两个星期。”

瓦内萨：“两周后我就在纽约了。”

凡妮莎：“我在纽约待了两个星期。”

瓦内萨：哪一个是最正确的？

三二一。

“我在纽约待了两个星期。”

我知道“for”和“since”这个词
放在一起可能很棘手，当我们问这个问题时，我们使用“for”

，持续
时间是多少？

时间是两个星期，所以我
在纽约呆了两个星期。

Vanessa：第 10 句，“猫
听到罐子打开的声音就跑了……厨房。”

这对我的猫来说是正确的。

当你打开一罐猫粮时，“它们
跑到厨房去了。”

或者，“他们跑进厨房。”

这些很相似，对吧？

想一想。

三二一。

“猫听到罐子打开的声音就跑进了厨房
。”

我们使用介词“into”来
谈论房间或建筑物。

如果你想说“猫跑到某处”，
我们需要使用一个特定的东西。

“猫跑到碗边

。猫跑到我身边

。猫跑进厨房跑到碗里。”

美丽的句子。

Vanessa：第 11 句，“哦，不，那
是最后一罐猫粮，我得去

……去商店买更多的猫粮。”

是不是“我需要去商店买更多的
猫粮”。

或者。

“我需要去商店买更多的
猫粮。”？

哪个是正确的？

三二一。

“我需要去商店买更多的
猫粮。”

马上，我的猫都快疯了。

我们将介词“to”用于特定
目的地，“到我家来。

我要去美国。

我需要去商店。”

瓦内萨：第 12 号，“博物馆人满为患……
七月的游客。”

瓦妮莎：“博物馆在七月到处都是游客
。”

瓦内萨：或者，“博物馆在七月对游客客满
。”

瓦内萨：哪一个
对你来说最正确？

三二一。

“博物馆在七月到处都是游客。”

如果您知道“充满某物”这个固定表达方式，将会
有所帮助。

“树上满是猴子

。博物馆里挤满了游客。”

Vanessa：第 13 号，“我和客户
讨论了这个问题

。Vanessa：“我和客户讨论了这个
问题。”

Vanessa：或者，“我和客户讨论
了这个问题。”

Vanessa：想想这个 一会儿。

三，二，一。

“我和客户谈过这个问题。”

或者，“我和客户谈过这个问题。”

哦，这两个在语法上都可以正确，
但它们在含义上略有不同

业务情况。

如果您在谈论朋友，“我
和我的朋友谈过，我和我的朋友谈过。”

没问题，相同的意思。

但在与客户的业务情况下，
它们的含义略有不同。

如果你 说，“我和客户谈过”，它
有一种更友好，平易近人，一种

平等的感觉。

两个人都在说，“我和
客户谈过，我和客户谈过。”

如果你说，“我和客户谈过” 客户”，在
业务情况下，感觉就像

一个人在说话。

你可能会说，“我的老板跟我
说迟到了。”

这意味着 说我迟到了太多，他
生我的气，他跟我说

迟到了。

所以只要知道在商业情况下
它略有不同，但在随意的谈话中

它们是相同的。

Vanessa：第 14 号，“一直在下雨……星期六。”

瓦内萨：“一直下到星期六。”

瓦内萨：“从星期六开始就一直在下雨。”

瓦内萨：三，二，一。

开始日期是什么时候？

什么时候开始下雨？

周六。

“从星期六开始就一直在下雨。”

这是一个棘手的词。

我们知道开始日期，星期六。

“从星期六开始就一直在下雨。

我从八岁就开始学习英语了
。”

八岁是开始时间，“
我从八岁开始学习。”

如果您想更多地了解
“直到和之后”之间的区别，请

务必查看
我很久以前做的这个现场课程，以便您可以

更深入地了解这一点。

Vanessa：我们最后的介词测验句子
是：“我睡着了……电影。”

Vanessa：“我在看电影的时候睡着了。”

瓦内萨：或者，“我从电影里睡着了。”

Vanessa：哪一个感觉最
正确？

这是最后一个问题，你可以做到。

三二一。

“看电影的时候睡着了。”

“during”这个词来自“duration”这个词
，意思是在电影中间我

睡着了。

在本课中，您已经听过很多介词
。

你在这次测验中表现如何？

这只是对 15 个常见介词的快速概述
，但我感觉

你比开始时想象的要正确
。

瓦内萨：“我能说英语吗？

我在哪里说英语？

我应该说英语吗？”

“可以，会，应该”有帮助。

这三个动词“could, would and should”
被称为情态动词，

对于很多英语学习者来说它们可能会很棘手。

他们对你来说很棘手吗？

好吧，我今天有一些好消息。

我想用一个“可以、会、
应该”的测试来挑战你。

你准备好了吗？

我将
使用不同形式的“可以”、“会”和“应该”来问你八个问题

，我希望你尽力而为，审视
你的内心并选择正确的答案。

您将有三秒钟的时间来选择“可以、
愿意或应该”，然后我会希望

清楚地解释为什么这是正确的答案。

瓦内萨：第一，假设你
在一家美国公司工作，你的一位

同事告诉你，她
在你的国家交朋友有困难，所以你想

给她一些礼貌的建议。

你说，“如果你想认识当地人，
你……去酒吧。”

瓦内萨：“你可以去酒吧。”

瓦内萨：“你会去酒吧。”

瓦内萨：“你应该去酒吧。”

Vanessa：你有三秒钟的时间来
选择最佳答案。

三二一。

“如果你想交朋友，你可以
去酒吧。”

我们用“could”表示礼貌的建议。

这不是命令某人做某事，
我们稍后会用“应该”来讨论。

练习这样用could，我
想问你一个问题，“如果我去你的城市，

我在哪里可以看到好风景？

有时候高处
俯瞰城市很好。

那么我在哪里可以看到？ 去看看好风景？”

例如，如果你来到我的城市，你
可以到附近的山顶

俯瞰这座城市。

你可以去附近的山顶。

Vanessa：第二，假设你正在
访问一个新的国家，当你走

在街上时，有人试图偷你的
手机。

当你回去告诉酒店
接待员这件事时，她说，“好吧，以后

你……把你的手机带到外面，这
不安全。”

最好的答案是什么？

Vanessa：“你不能把手机带到外面。”

瓦内萨：“你不会把手机带到外面的。”

Vanessa：或者，“你不应该把手机带到
外面。”

瓦内萨：三，二，一。

“以后，你不应该把手机带到
外面。”

我们用“应该”来给出强有力的建议。

我希望你能正确理解这一点，因为我们
在第一节中只是简单地提到了它。

其实这种情况我姐
在国外的时候也遇到过，具体在

哪里我就不说了，反正她是第一
天来国内的，走

在街上，来了一位女士，有点疯狂的女士
并试图从她脖子上抓住她的项链

。

这不是什么华而不实的东西，只是一条
小小的链子，上面有一个小徽章什么的。

后来当她把那次经历告诉她的朋友时
，她的朋友说，“哦，是的，

你不应该戴珠宝，尤其是在
那条街上，因为它太危险了。”

幸好那位女士没有拿走她的项链，
我姐姐尖叫着，那位女士跑了，

但对她来说有点害怕。

所以她朋友的建议非常强烈，“你
不应该戴首饰，尤其是在那条

街上。”

我只是想让你知道，动词
“应该”是如此强大，以至于我们不经常

将它用于其他人。

你不想告诉你的朋友，除非
这是一个危险的情况，所以你

不想告诉他们，“你应该吃你的蔬菜。”

这有点奇怪，但我们经常用
它来谈论自己。

如果你想给自己-
Vanessa：我们经常用这个来谈论自己。

如果你想给自己一些建议，
如果它是强有力的建议是没有问题的。

你可能会说：“我应该早点起床。

我睡得太晚了。

我应该早点睡觉，因为我
起不来。

我应该。”

当你给自己建议时，这是完全
正常的，对别人来说并不太强烈，

因为它是关于你自己的。

Vanessa：让我们来回答第三个问题。

“嗯，你帮我做项目？”

“你能帮我完成我的项目吗？”

“你能帮我完成我的项目吗？”

“你应该帮我完成我的项目吗？”

哪一个感觉最正确？

三二一。

实际上，这是一个棘手的问题，因为
您有两个选择。

你可以说，“你能帮我完成我的项目吗？”
或者，“你能帮我完成我的项目吗？”

这两个都同样正确，
都只是客气的请求。

“你能帮我吗？”

“你可以帮帮我吗？”

句子结构通常是“could”、“would”
加“you”加动词加“me”。

“你能把纸递给我吗？”

“报告准备好后，你会给我发电子邮件吗？”

我们一直使用它，所以它真的很自然。

瓦内萨：第四个问题。

让我们想象一下，我们正在谈论我们的
童年，我们正在谈论我们小时候

能够做的事情。

你可以说，“当我还是个孩子的时候，我……
整天在外面玩。”

“我可以整天在外面玩。”

“我会整天在外面玩。”

“我应该整天在外面玩。”

哪一个描述了一种能力？

三二一。

我们可以说，“当我还是个孩子的时候，我可以
整天在外面玩。”

在这里，我们过去使用“can”。

当我们把动词“can”转
成过去时，它变成了“could”。

那么让我们看一下现在的这句话
，并与“可以”进行比较。

“我可以整天在外面玩。”

这是描述现在，现在。

但是如果我们要说过去，当
你还是个孩子的时候，我们需要把“can”

改成“could”。

“当我还是个孩子的时候，我可以整天在外面玩
。”

它只是在谈论你做某事的能力
。

Vanessa：为了练习这种
使用“could”的新方式，我想问你一个问题。

有什么
小时候可以做，现在不能做的事？

您看到我们如何将“年轻时可以做
”和“现在做不到”与

那个礼物进行比较吗？

伟大的。

你可以这样回答：“好吧
，我年轻的时候可以熬夜，

但现在不行了。

我很早就累了，”或者，“
我年轻的时候可以吃甜食，但从来没有

体重增加，但现在这是不可能的。”

这是一个练习“可以
”谈论你过去能力的好机会。

Vanessa：第五句话，“当我住
在海滩附近时，我……每天都在水里游泳

。”

“当我住在海滩附近时，我
每天都可以在水里游泳。”

“我每天都会在水里游泳”，或者，
“我应该每天都在水里游泳”。

哪一个感觉最正确？

三二一。

“当我住在海滩附近时，我
每天都会在水里游泳。” 过去

我们可以用“would”来谈论“will
”。

这可能有点棘手，所以我
思考这个版本的“会”的技巧

是想想
过去经常发生的一个动作。

如果我说，“当我住在海边的时候，我
每天都会在水里游泳”，这是在

谈论习惯性发生的事情。

让我们看另一个例子。

“我的老师总是会在星期五给我们一个测验
。”

它经常发生。

“他不学习，所以他的课不及格。”

“他不会经常学习，”这是
经常发生的事情，“所以他没能

上课。”

Vanessa：我想让你知道，有时以
母语为母语的人会混合动词时态。

我们可能会使用过去的简单加上一个
表示习惯性的词。

例如，你可以说，“我
每天都在海里游泳。”

“我的老师总是给我们一个测验。”

“他从来没有学习过。”

“每天”、“总是”、“永远”
这些词是习惯性的意思。

这是经常发生的事情。

因此，如果您只想使用过去式，请
确保添加其中一个词，

或者您可以简单地说“他不会学习”。

“我的老师会给我们一个测验。”

“我会游泳。”

它已经概括
了过去经常发生的事情的想法。

瓦内萨：第六个问题。

假设您要离开办公室
与您的国际同事共进午餐，

并且您知道外面正在下雨。

我们称之为洒水，你看到你的
一位同事没有给她带伞，

所以你想礼貌地告诉她一些事情。

你可以说，“我觉得外面洒了。

你……带上你的雨伞，或者你可以分享
我的。”

“你可能会带上你的雨伞。”

“你可能会带上你的雨伞。”

“你应该带上你的雨伞。”

其中哪一个是最好的？

瓦内萨：三，二，一。

“你应该带上你的雨伞。”

我们已经讲过“应该”有多
强。

因此，当我们添加“可能”这个词时，它会
降低强度。

我们用“应该可能”来给出礼貌的建议。

你不想说，“你应该带上你的
雨伞。”

也许老师可能会对学生这么说，
或者父母可能会对孩子这么说。

你给出了强有力的建议，但对你的
同事来说，你想更有礼貌一点。

因此，母语人士经常会添加这些词
以减轻强度，而“可能”是

最常见的词之一。

你可以说，“我们可能应该
在那家餐厅预订，因为它真的很忙。”

应该是吧。

Vanessa：第七句话，“
她不想关掉手机，因为她……

接到一个重要的电话。”

“她可以接到一个重要的电话”，“她
会接到一个重要的电话”，或者，“她

应该接到一个重要的电话”。

三二一。

“她不想关掉手机，因为
她可以接到一个重要的电话。”

我们用“could”来谈论
未来的可能性。

她觉得自己很有可能
会接到电话，所以

她不想关掉手机。

“星期天可能会下雨，所以我们今天去远足
吧。”

星期天有可能会
下雨，所以今天趁着阳光明媚的时候，尽情享受户外

吧。

我有一个重要的说明。

您可以在这句话中替换“可能”一词
，它具有完全相同的含义。

我们再来看看这两句话。

“她可以接到一个重要的电话。”

“她可能会接到一个重要的电话。”

“星期天可能会下雨。”

“星期天可能会下雨。”

你有两个选择，而且都是
正确的。

瓦内萨：第八句。

这是最后一句话。

“如果我家里没有空调，
那……会很热。”

“可能会很热。”

“会很热。”

“应该很热吧。”

哪一个感觉最正确？

三二一。

“如果我家里没有空调
，会很热。”

我们经常用“would”来谈论假设的
情况。

这些都是想象的东西。

这不是真的。

现在没有发生。

这是假设的。

有时这些是不可能的情况。

“如果我是一只猫，我会睡很多觉。”

我不可能变成一只猫。

这是假设的。

它是虚构的，所以我们需要使用“would”。

“我会睡很多觉”，或者您可以将“会”
用于并非不可能的假设情况，

但它们现在还没有发生
，这就是我们一

开始的示例句子。

“如果我没有空调，那会很热。”

“空调可能坏了，然后我就没有
空调了，而且真的很热。”

所以在这里，这是假设的。

这是想象的，因为它
现在还没有发生，但它仍然是可能的。

它可能发生在未来。

所以我们需要使用“would”。

会很热。

瓦内萨：你在这个测验中表现如何？

在评论中告诉我你的分数
是多少。

但在我们开始之前，让我们回顾
一下使用“could”、“would”和“should”的所有这些方式。

可以。

一个建议，“你可以去酒吧。”

礼貌的请求，“你能帮帮我吗？”

“能”过去，“小时候
可以整天在外面玩。”

未来的一种可能，“明天可能会下雨
”。

将。

礼貌的请求，“你能帮帮我吗？”

“威尔”过去，“当我住在海滩附近时
，我每天都会游泳。”

假设情况，“如果我每天都吃快餐
，我会发胖。”

应该。

强烈的建议，“我应该早点醒来。”

礼貌的建议，“你应该打电话给他。”

现在，我有一个挑战给你。

在评论中。

告诉我，如果我参观了你的城市，
我可以去哪里看风景？

用“could”给我一个礼貌的建议，
或者你可以使用另一个情态动词来练习

它们。

Vanessa：今天，我们将讨论
15 个您

在日常对话中肯定会听到的高级词汇。

如果你喜欢我的第一个高级词汇
测验，你可以在这里观看。

如果您还不喜欢它，请小心，因为
您可能会在此测验中看到其中的一些单词

。

我挑战你测试自己。

如果有一个单词你不知道，
就把它写下来。

试着用它来造句。

大声读出来。

试着重复它，让它留在你的
记忆中。 在我解释之前，

您将有三秒钟的时间来猜测每个答案
。

让我们开始吧。

瓦内萨：第一，“我不知道为什么
要花这么长时间……街对面的房子

。”

“我不知道为什么装修
街对面的房子要花这么长时间。”

“我不知道为什么要花这么长时间才能
将街对面的房子降级。”

哪一个是正确答案？

你有三秒钟的时间。

二，一。

正确答案是，“我不知道为什么
要花这么长时间来装修街对面的房子

。”

这是一个真实的故事。

街对面的房子已经
装修了至少两年。

翻新意味着他们正在修复它。

已经有房子了。

他们不是在盖新房子，而是
重新粉刷了它。

他们在上面盖了一个新门廊。

他们又画了一遍。

他们修复了它的一些外部。

他们装修了房子。

我们通常将这个词与
建筑物或房屋联系起来。

这是您看到它的最常见方式。

Vanessa：第二，“最糟糕的老板会……
你所做的一切。”

“最糟糕的老板会压制
你所做的一切，”或者，“最糟糕的老板会仔细

检查你所做的一切？”

哪一个是正确答案？

三二一。

“最糟糕的老板会仔细
检查你所做的一切。”

“scrutinize”这个美丽的词的意思是
仔细观察某事，但

不仅仅是仔细观察。

仔细查看您的员工在做什么是个好主意
，但这通常意味着

批评或消极。

他们正在审查。

他们正在挑选
你所做的每一个小细节。

如果你有过这样的老板，你就知道有多
烦人了。

最糟糕的老板会仔细检查每一件小事。

他们根本不信任他们的员工。

他们审查他们的员工。

Vanessa：第三，“你有
没有……朋友，即使

你已经洗完碗
刷牙睡觉也不回家？”

“你有过一个
不回家的健谈朋友吗？”

“你有过一个不回家的粘人朋友
吗？”

哪个是最好的词，健谈还是粘人？

三二一。

“你有没有一个粘人的朋友，
不管你做什么都不回家？”

Clingy 是一个美丽的形容词，它的意思是
像胶水一样粘在一起，通常是负面的。

当我们谈论一个人时，这
意味着你希望他们离开，但他们就是

不会离开。

所以我们可以说她是一个粘人的人。

她总是和你在一起。

“你好吗？

你在做什么？

我可以聚在一起吗

？我今天可以去你家吗？”

然后，她不会离开。

她很粘人。

我们也可以谈论粘人的物品。

也许裙子粘在她的紧身衣上。

那是一条贴身的裙子。

很粘，做裙子的时候很烦人
，但也不一定都是负面的东西。

也许保鲜膜或者我们有时称之为
保鲜膜很粘。

它粘在碗上，这
正是你想要的。

所以它的意思是坚持。

瓦内萨：第四，“当有人驾驶
不好时，我想知道按喇叭是否会……问题

或帮助。”

“我想知道按喇叭是否会加剧问题
或有帮助。”

“我想知道按喇叭是否会检查问题
或帮助。”

我给你三秒钟。

三二一。

我们在这句话中有一个线索，因为我们
有“或帮助”这个词。

我们知道我们正在寻找的关键字
与帮助相反。

如果您正在参加英语考试，那么
寻找这些关键字非常有用。

我们有我们的承诺，我们将
在一秒钟内谈论“或帮助”，所以它需要

与帮助相反。

“有时当我看到驾驶状况不佳时，我想
知道按喇叭是否会加剧问题

或有帮助。”

你能猜出恶化这个词是什么意思吗？

Vanessa：意思是让事情变得更糟。

这没有帮助。

有时，当有人在我面前
停车，我按喇叭时，我想知道他们

是否会正确驾驶，还是只会吓到他们
，突然之间，他们会驾驶得更糟。

所以有时我自己想知道这一点。

上周发生的事情有人在
我面前插话，我按了喇叭。

他们进入了正确的车道，这很好。

但有时我担心当我按喇叭时
，它会加剧问题，使

情况变得更糟，因为那个人只会
感到惊讶，然后转向道路。

瓦内萨：第五，“我通常……当
我晚上一个人走路的时候。”

“我晚上一个人走路时通常很谨慎”，
或者，“我晚上一个人走路时通常很瘦

？”

这两个词之间只有一个区别
，那就是元音。

哪一个？

三二一。

“我晚上一个人走路时通常很小心，
”这只是意味着小心，谨慎。

我通常很警惕。

我环顾四周。

我尽量保持警惕，因为我想保持
安全。 当

我晚上独自行走时，我通常很谨慎，对周围的环境保持警惕
。

确保你正确地发音这个词，
“小心”。

听起来像“穿”。

“我在穿衣服。”

“穿”，然后您只需在末尾添加 E。

“小心。”

Vanessa：如果你在 Fearless Fluency
俱乐部，你已经知道这个词了，因为我们

几个月前就讨论过这个词了。

如果您不在 Fearless Fluency Club 中，
您可以单击此处每月与我一起了解更多信息，

并学习
本课中的精彩词汇表达。

瓦内萨：第六，“我很惊讶
她会……洗碗，因为

她的生活看起来如此融洽。”

“我很惊讶她……关于
盘子。”

“我很惊讶她对洗碗很暴躁
。”

“我很惊讶她
对洗碗的疏忽。”

在这句话中，也许你不知道
放在一起遇到了什么。

这将是这里的一个关键元素，但
我们可以在脑海中想象

一些放在一起的东西。

当你有一个拼图并将它放在一起时，
这意味着它已经完成了。

都结束了。

看起来很好。

所以我们可以拼凑该句子的其余部分
来猜测我们的关键字在这里。

让我分三、二、一告诉你。

“我很惊讶她对洗碗的疏忽
。”

疏忽。

这个词听起来像什么？

你知道忽视这个词吗？

这意味着你忘记了一些东西。

如果你小时候被忽视。

这说明你的父母没有
注意你。

他们忘记了你。

他们忽略了你。

凡妮莎：我们可以想象，对于菜肴
，她对菜肴的疏忽。

“疏忽”一词意味着您经常
忘记重要的任务。

在这种情况下，我们有一个人被
放在一起。

他们是有组织的。

似乎他们总是知道发生了
什么。

他们从不困惑、担心或不确定。

它们放在一起，但令人惊讶的是，
她对菜肴疏忽了。

她的水槽里有很多盘子。

可以说，她经常忘记重要的
任务。

她疏忽大意。

瓦内萨：第七，“我们在英国乡村租了一栋……房子
。”

“我们在英国乡村租了一间古色古香的房子
”，或者，“我们在英国乡村租了一间委婉的房子

？”

这些词中哪个感觉最正确？

我给你三秒钟。

三二一。

“我们在英国乡村租了一座古色古香的房子。”

“古色古香”这个词在古板中的意思是可爱
，所以它让我们想起

了很久以前的简单时代。

也许我们的祖父母或
数百年前。

这座漂亮、可爱的小房子。

这在英国乡村似乎很典型
。

有古朴的房子。

这是一种刻板印象，但你可以用
“古雅”这个词来谈论

你去度假的地方。

“哦，我喜欢这个小村庄

。它很古朴

，很可爱。”

Vanessa：第八，“我经常希望
美国的建筑更……令人愉悦。”

“我经常希望美国的建筑
更谨慎地令人愉悦，”或者，“我经常

希望美国的建筑在
美学上更令人愉悦？”

这两个词哪个是正确的？

三二一。

答案是，“我经常希望
美国的建筑更美观。”

审美上意味着与
美丽有关。

“哦，看
古色古香的老房子真是赏心悦目”，或者如果你去过

欧洲，看过
那些已经存在了数百年的美丽建筑，那

也是赏心悦目的。

这意味着它令人赏心悦目。

它看起来很漂亮。

“你裙子上的所有这些颜色都
非常美观。”

Vanessa：我们经常将这两个词一起
用作“美观”。

但另一方面，
美国的建筑并不以美观而著称

。

除非你去纽约的一些老区，否则
美国的大部分地方都是这样的。

只是一些有大停车场的大卖场
。

一些市区很可爱，但总的来说，
美国的建筑在美学上并不那么

令人愉悦，我希望如此。

瓦内萨：九号。

我确定这不是你。

“有时人们在网上可能很粗鲁，因为
它很容易……”

“有时人们在网上可能很粗鲁，因为
它很容易匿名”，或者，“有时

人们在网上可能很粗鲁，因为它很
容易被同化？”

这两个词哪个是正确的？

三二一。

不幸的是，有时人们在网上可能会很粗鲁，
因为匿名很容易。

匿名的。

这意味着您的身份是隐藏的。

也许你只有一个网名，没人
知道你是谁。

你可以说任何你想说的，所以很容易
在网上变得粗鲁。

你在第一次词汇测试中认出了“同化”这个词
吗？

但愿如此。

如果没有，请确保您去看它。

Vanessa：第 10 位，“你认为社交
媒体……你看到的内容吗？”

“你认为社交媒体会审查
你看到的内容吗？” 或者，“你认为社交

媒体会减少你看到的内容吗？”

哪一个是正确的？

三二一。

“你认为社交媒体会审查
你看到的内容吗？”

“传感器”一词的意思是隐藏
不可接受的东西。

也许对于一张音乐专辑，他们可能会说，“审查”
或“明确”，这有助于父母

知道，“呃，我不希望我五岁的孩子
听这些音乐，因为有些东西

在这里需要屏蔽。

但是说到社交媒体，也许
运营社交媒体的人会屏蔽某些

东西，以便我们看不到它。

这是一个有争议的观点，我真的不
知道是什么 我考虑了一下。

我并没有经常考虑太多，
但是我想为您了解一下。

您认为社交媒体会审查
我们看到的内容吗？

请在下面的评论中告诉我并
使用“传感器”一词 .”

Vanessa：第 11 号，“
当她的儿子在学校又遇到麻烦时

，母亲叹了口气。” “当她的儿子再次在学校遇到麻烦时，母亲发出了天使般的叹息
，”

儿子
在学校又惹麻烦了，气得叹气？”

是天使还是气？

三，二，一。

又到学校了。”

这个词是不是很耳熟？

这听起来像我们之前谈到的一个词
吗？

加剧。

哦，这不是同一个词。

一个词有一个B，加剧。

这意味着使事情变得更糟。

“如果我按喇叭，会加剧
问题吗？” 或者在我们这里的例句中，

我们有一个沮丧的母亲。

这就是带有 P 的“激怒”这个词的
意思，沮丧。

“哦，儿子，你怎么
又在学校惹麻烦了？”

激怒了。

“啊。”

“exasperate”这个词的意思是呼气，
所以我们可以想象妈妈会说，“呃，

你怎么又惹麻烦了？

啊。”

她很生气。

她正在吹气。

她很沮丧。

瓦内萨：第 12 号，“即使他
试图成为……他仍然无法支付账单。”

“即使他努力做到公平，他仍然
无法支付他的账单，”或者，“即使他

努力节俭，他仍然无法支付他的
账单？”

这两个 F 词哪一个是正确的？

公平还是节俭？

三二一。

“即使他努力节俭，他仍然
无法支付账单。”

“节俭”这个词意味着小心你的
钱。

这通常是一件积极的事情。

如果你想以消极的方式使用它，你
可以说吝啬。

这意味着他从不给别人钱
。

他从不帮助别人。

他只是为自己使用他的钱。

瓦内萨：但如果你想以积极的方式说出来
，他只是小心

花钱。

他想确保它送到
正确的地方，送到最好的人手中。

可以说节俭。

这是一个经常用来
谈论我的词。

我是一个节俭的人。

这意味着我很小心我的钱。

如果我给别人钱，我只是
想确保以

他们所说的方式使用它。

我捐款没有问题，但我只是
想确保它是最好的方式，

所以我很小心我的钱。

我很节俭。

凡妮莎：第 13 号，“我可以
通过看他的眼睛看到他脸上的……愤怒。”

“我可以通过看他的眼睛看到他脸上微妙的愤怒
，”或者，“我可以

通过看他的眼睛看到他脸上的这种强烈的愤怒
？”

它是微妙的还是活泼的？

三二一。

“看着他的眼睛，我可以看出他脸上微妙的愤怒
。”

“微妙”一词意味着不明显。

也许它有点隐藏。

你必须仔细看他的眼睛才能
看到他的愤怒。

这是微妙的。

你注意到
这个词的发音有些奇怪吗？

有一个B，但听起来像一个D，“微妙的，
微妙的”。

如果您想了解有关
如何发音“微妙”一词的更多信息，我制作了一个视频，

介绍了一些最难
发音的单词，其中一个

词是“微妙”一词。

因此，请单击该视频，以便获得
有关其发音的更多详细信息。

Vanessa：第 14 条，“我的宝宝是全世界最可爱的
宝宝，但当然，我是……”

“但我当然有偏见？”

“当然，我有偏见？”

这 B 个单词中哪个是正确的单词？

好吧，我们可以说三二一，“我的
宝宝是全世界最可爱的宝宝，

但我想我有偏见。”

有偏见。

“偏见”这个词有一个特定的含义
，事实上，我们在日常对话中经常使用这个词。

这意味着你以前的观念
会影响你对其他事物的感觉。

我的孩子是我的孩子，所以我会和
不认识我孩子的人有不同的看法

。

当然，我对孩子的所有感受
都会有偏见。

他们会受到一些先前
想法的影响。

Vanessa：我想看一个简单的
卡通片，这样你就可以得到另一个

“偏见”这个词的例子。

在这里，我们看到一个法庭，有
一位女士被指控为女巫。

她说：“我说什么都没关系
。

你已经决定我有罪了。”

这个男人之前有一个概念，她
是女巫。

她有罪。

她说什么并不重要。

他会继续认为她
有罪，而这里的男人，他说了一些

重申他的信念的话。

“呃，喘气。

女巫可以读心术。

她是个女巫。”

他只是在重申自己的想法，
这也肯定了她的想法。

在这里，这个人是有偏见的。

他有一个先前的想法会
影响他目前的行为方式。

Vanessa：第 15 号，我们的最后一个问题。

这是一个我经常被问到的问题
。

“你是怎么学会教书的？”

我可能会说，“这只是……

我猜。”

“我猜这只是直觉，”或者，“
我猜这只是忘记了？”

这两个词中哪一个是正确的、直观的
或遗忘的？

三二一。

“你是怎么学会教书的，瓦内萨？”

“嗯，我猜这很直观。”

直觉意味着它对我来说是自然而然的
。

这是我内心已经存在的东西
，它出来了。

这只是部分正确，因为我也
确实尝试过引导一些

我曾经拥有的好老师并尝试效仿他们，但我们
可以在这里说这是直观的。

它来自我的内心。

那么，另一个词呢，健忘？

你能从第一次词汇测试中认出这个词
吗？

但愿如此。

如果没有，请务必查看该视频。

不经意和直觉或不一样的东西。

我们可以这么说。

“嗯，我想我的教学只是直觉。

我只是在脑海中知道它，而
无需学习。”

瓦内萨：你在这次测试中表现如何？

在评论中告诉我。

你的最终成绩是多少？

另外，我对你有一个挑战。

尝试用这些新
词汇之一造句。

在句子中正确使用它并
大声朗读，这样您就可以测试您的口语

肌肉，并且尝试
像…一样轻松地

将其根植在您的记忆中。 尽可能容易

。

瓦内萨：今天，我有一个有趣的语法测试
给你。

乐趣？

语法？

测试？

是否可以？

是的，这绝对是可能的。

只是看着它，看看。

Vanessa：在本课中，您将学习七个
常见的英语语法错误以及如何

解决它们，但诀窍是您必须猜测
错误是什么。

乐趣。

我要给你看七个句子，
你需要在每个句子中找到一个变化。

也许那是拿出一些东西，也许那是
增加一些东西，也许是交换一些东西。

让我们看一个简单的例子。

这句话，我爱狗。

这里有一个错误，你能猜到
是什么吗？

我们需要改变什么才能使它完美地
正确？

好吧，我们需要说我爱狗。

您需要在末尾添加一个 S。

这是一个非常简单的例子，那么你
准备好学习一些更高级的语法句子了吗？

我们开始做吧。

Vanessa：让我们想象一下，我们一起在一家
咖啡店，喝着咖啡。

好吧，也许这不是一个好主意，因为
如果我喝杯咖啡，我会

不停地在咖啡店里跑来跑去。

那么这个怎么样？

我在喝茶，你在喝
咖啡，我们一起愉快地交谈

，你对我说，“那么，
最近怎么样？”

我说，第一句话，“我
昨天买了新的法拉利。”

哦，您可以在
这句话中更改哪一件事以使其正确？

这句话是不正确的。

这句话有问题。

猜一下？

我给你三秒钟。

三二一。

瓦内萨：我昨天买了一辆新的法拉利。

你在我们坐在咖啡店的脑海里有这个形象
。

你认为我们现在正在看车
吗？

不，我们只是在想象这辆车。

这不是特定的东西，它是未知的东西
。

所以我们需要使用A。也许我们
喝完酒后，我们去停车场，我

说，“这是我买的新法拉利。”

这是新的法拉利。

我们正在查看它，我们知道它是哪一个
，它就在那儿，所以我们需要用

来谈论已知的事物，而用 A 来谈论鲜为人知的事物
。

Vanessa：测试第二句。

我想要一辆法拉利，因为它太快了。

我想要一辆法拉利，因为它太快了。

这句话有什么问题？

三二一。

我想要一辆法拉利，因为它真的很快。

我们也只在消极的情况下使用。

咖啡太热了，我不能喝。

我太累了，我学不下去了。

也许我可以说，“我的旧车
太慢了。”

你可以在这里看到，在所有这些情况下，
都有一些负面的东西。

咖啡太热了。

我太累了。

车子太慢了。

所有这些句子都有问题，
所以我可能想修复它。

而在法拉利这句话中，我
认为法拉利真的很快，所以这

就是我想要它的原因。

如果你对 too 和 so 之间的一些区别感到好奇
，我在很久以前，大约两年前就这个问题做了一个现场课程

，
你可以在这里观看那个视频。

Vanessa：好的，第三句。

当我买这辆车时，它花了 300,000 美元。

当我买这辆车时，它花了 300,000 美元。

这是很多钱。

好的。

您可以做些什么来
更改这句话以使其正确？

三二一。

买车的时候，注意这是
过去式，买车，要花多少钱？

这是现在时态，我们需要
说它花费了 300,000 美元。

cost这个词是一个不规则动词，
这些不规则动词经常绊倒或欺骗英语

学习者，所以我们需要确保我们
使用正确的过去时。

它花费了 300,000 美元。

Vanessa：第四句话，也许在
我告诉你这辆车要多少钱之后，你会说，

“嗯，Vanessa，这么多钱。

你为什么要那样做？”

我说，“好吧，我想我要吃
一整年的米饭和豆子了。”

我想我要吃
一整年的米饭和豆子。

这意味着，没有什么花哨的，没有什么特别的，
只有米饭和豆子，因为我把所有的

钱都花在了车上。

这句话有什么问题？

三二一。

我想我要吃
一整年的米饭和豆子。

通常，英语学习者在
ING 和 to 方面存在问题。

这取决于很多不同的因素
，特别是对于动词 going，当

我们将来谈论这个时。

我要吃米饭和豆子。

我要和瓦内萨一起学习。

我很快就要睡觉了。

好吧，我们需要使用 to 加上一个非共轭
动词。

我要学习了。

我要吃了。

我要睡觉了。

伟大的。

好吧，我们进入下一个。

瓦内萨：第五。

在我的一生中，我一直梦想拥有
一辆法拉利。

在我的一生中，我一直梦想拥有
一辆法拉利。

这句话有什么问题？

猜一下？

我们需要添加一些东西吗？

拿走东西？

换东西？

我给你三秒钟。

三二一。

在我的一生中，我一直梦想
拥有一辆法拉利。

为什么我们在这里添加 had？

这是过去完成时，我知道
这对很多英语学习者来说可能很棘手。

我们用过去完成时来谈论过去
持续很长时间的事情

，现在它已经停止了。

你知道为什么我的梦想停止了吗？

哦，因为它成真了。

我拥有一辆法拉利。

当然，这是假的情况，只是
虚构的。

Vanessa：但是因为这个梦想成真了，
好吧，我们可以说它已经停止了。

所以我们需要说一句，在我的
一生中，我一直梦想拥有一辆法拉利

，现在，我做到了。

现在这个梦想已经实现了。

如果您想了解更多关于如何
使用过去完成时或将来完成

时的信息，您可以点击
我很久以前在这里制作的直播课程。

关于过去完成
时的完整课程和关于现在

完成时的完整课程。

这些可能很棘手，所以请慢慢来，
对自己有耐心，研究它们并

做一些笔记。

好吧，让我们进入下一句。

瓦内萨：第六句。

我的法拉利不仅漂亮，而且驾驶起来也
很有趣。

我的法拉利不仅漂亮，而且驾驶起来也
很有趣。

我们怎样才能使这句话更好？嗯？

三二一。

我的法拉利不仅漂亮，而且
驾驶起来也很有趣。

我们还需要添加单词，这里的关键
是该句子的第一部分

不仅使用，第二部分还需要
。

这是一个高级短语，不仅如此，
它还会使你的句子更加

复杂。

与其说简单的句子，我的
法拉利很漂亮。

开车很有趣。

我们可以像这样将它们与漂亮的高级表达结合起来
，我的法拉利不仅

漂亮，而且驾驶起来也很有趣。

我们不仅使用，而且还提供
有关某事的更多信息，但实际上

是将其提升到更高的水平，以升级
某事。

瓦内萨：所以在这里，我的法拉利很漂亮。

好的。

但是下一个层次是，哦，开车也很有趣
。

最重要的是，开车也很有趣。

所以你可能会说，这节课不仅
有用，而且很有趣。

我希望这节课对你有用，
但我希望它不会无聊。

我希望它也很有趣。

我们正在将其提升到一个新的水平。

好吧，我们进入下一个。

瓦内萨：第七句。

如果我把车撞了，我会哭的。

如果我把车撞了，我会哭的。

唔。

你能想象这种情况吗？

花这么多钱买车然后
撞车？

就是这样。

那将是可怕的。

好的。

让我们想想修正这句话的最佳方法是什么
。

三二一。

这是一个假设的、想象的情况。

如果你正在听我简短的解释，
你可能已经猜到了正确的答案。

如果我把车撞了，我会哭的。

我们使用 if plus would 来谈论这些虚构的、
假设的情况。

它现在没有发生，所以我们需要
使用 will。

如果您想了解如何在
其他情况下使用 will 或更深入的

示例，请确保查看
我进行的另一个测试，应该，将和可能，以及

如何正确使用它们。

你在这次关于我的法拉利的测试中表现如何？

我希望你喜欢它。

现在是时候做一点回顾了。

Vanessa：让我们回过头
来用正确的单词阅读所有这些句子，你

可以在视觉上看到它并再次听到
它。

我昨天买了一辆新的法拉利。

我想要一辆法拉利，因为它真的很快。

当我买这辆车时，它花了 300,000 美元。

我想我一年只吃米饭和
豆子。

在我的一生中，我一直梦想
拥有一辆法拉利。

我的法拉利不仅漂亮，而且
驾驶起来也很有趣。

如果我把车撞了，我想我会哭。

你在这个测试中表现如何？

在评论中告诉我你的分数
是多少。

Vanessa：你想了解电影
和电视节目以及说英语的人吗？

是的，你当然知道，但是英语中有无数的
简化和链接使它

变得困难，所以理解
快速英语对话的最好方法是学习快速

英语对话，这就是我们
今天要做的。

我们将听五个简短的
英语对话，

每个对话我会给你三个句子。

我想让你猜猜你
在每次对话中听到的句子。

如果这个练习对你来说太容易了，那么
这就是我的挑战。

我挑战你不要看屏幕，
而是试着写下

你从对话中听到的每一个字。

这样一来，
你就不会去听那些你已经知道会在

我给你的对话中发生的特定单词，而是
试着用你的

听力技巧来写下你听到的每一个单词。

Vanessa：您将
要听到的这些对话都是为期 30 天的听力

挑战包 4 的一部分，该挑战包现在开放至
12 月 31 日。

如果您想加入数百名其他英语
学习者的行列，他们决定

通过提高听力技能来开始 2020 年新的一年，那就
太好了。

您可以单击此处或描述中的链接
以了解有关听力

挑战的更多信息。

瓦内萨：你准备好听第一次
谈话了吗？

我要给你三个
我希望你听的句子。

我希望您选择
要参加对话的人。

让我们来看看那些句子。

你没有认真对待。

你没有认真对待。

你没有认真对待。

让我们听听对话片段，
我想让你选择，你听到

第一，第二还是第三？

好的，让我们听
几次剪辑。

丹：我的职业道德可能有点差。

瓦内萨：哦，是吗？

[仔细听！]

丹：但我在高中时不必很努力
。

瓦内萨：就像你在高中时能过得好吗？

丹：我在高中时不需要学习那么多，
因为我的高中

没有很高的标准。

瓦内萨：哦，我明白了。

丹：我的职业道德可能有点差。

瓦内萨：哦，是吗？

[仔细听！]

丹：但我在高中时不必很努力
。

瓦内萨：就像你在高中时可以做得很好
吗？

丹：我在高中时不需要学习那么多，
因为我的高中

没有很高的标准。

瓦内萨：哦，我明白了。

瓦内萨：你听到了哪句话？

你听到第一个，你没有
认真对待它吗？

但愿如此。

在这次谈话中，丹说他
在高中并没有真正努力，

我通过说“你没有认真对待它”来澄清他的说法
。

这句话里有什么？

这是学校，你没有认真对待学校。

这是认真对待某事的绝妙表达
。

让我们再听一遍那个剪辑，现在
你知道你在听哪个句子，

并且你有点知道剪辑的大致概念
，希望你能听

清楚。

丹：我的职业道德可能有点差。

瓦内萨：哦，是吗？

你没有认真对待吗？

丹：但我在高中时不必非常努力
。

我的职业道德可能有点差。

瓦内萨：哦，是吗？

你没有认真对待吗？

丹：但我在高中时不必非常努力
。

瓦内萨：你听说你没有认真对待它吗？

但愿如此。

让我们继续测验第二个问题。

当您收听此剪辑时，我想让
您猜一下您实际听到的是哪一个句子

。

是不是第一，你已经五
六岁了。

第二，你必须像五
六岁。

或者第三，你必须像
五六岁一样大。

让我们收听剪辑并
选择您正在收听的剪辑。

瓦内萨：所以他们有适合所有年龄段的人？

詹姆斯：是的。

嗯，我认为你必须达到一定的年龄。

[仔细听！]

Vanessa：哦，明白了。

所以至少在那个工作室，
有不少成年人参与了这个项目吗？

詹姆斯：是的，那里肯定有更多的
人。 在大多数情况下，

我通常是这个地方最年长的人
。

我 45 岁。

Vanessa：所以他们有适合所有年龄段的人？

詹姆斯：是的。

嗯，我认为你必须达到一定的年龄。

[仔细听！]

Vanessa：哦，明白了。

所以至少在那个工作室，
有不少成年人参与了这个项目吗？

詹姆斯：是的，那里肯定有更多的
人。 在大多数情况下，

我通常是这个地方最年长的人
。

我 45 岁。

Vanessa：你听到了哪句话？

你听到了吗，第二，你必须像
五六岁？

在这个剪辑中，詹姆斯正在谈论
参加他所在的武术俱乐部的最低年龄

。

它已经五六岁了。

你也听说他几岁了吗？

唔。

你抓到那个号码了吗？

他说 45。

好吧，我们将把那个关键
句子听几次，这样你就可以听到

你必须像五六岁一样。

让我们听听。

瓦内萨：所以他们有适合所有年龄段的人？

詹姆斯：是的。

嗯，我认为你必须达到一定的年龄。

你必须像五六岁。

瓦内萨：所以他们有适合所有年龄段的人？

詹姆斯：是的。

嗯，我认为你必须达到一定的年龄。

你必须像五六岁。

瓦内萨：你听说你必须像
五六岁吗？

但愿如此。

让我们继续测验第三题。

我想让你听听这
三个句子中的哪一个。

第一，她和我一起住了
七个月。

第二，她和我一起住了
七个月。

第三，她最终和我住
了七个月。

让我们听一下剪辑，我想让你
选择你听到的句子。

大卫：事实上，当我在那里的时候，我遇到了一个
来自蒙特利尔的女孩。

Chantelle，她的名字是。

我在海滩上看到她，我说，“哦，她很
漂亮。

我必须见到她。”

她不会说英语。

我不会说法语。

瓦内萨：哦，那没关系。

大卫：她有一个朋友和她在一起。

他们已经从蒙特利尔来度假
了几个星期，

[仔细听！]

大卫：实际上，当我在那里的时候，我遇到了一个
来自蒙特利尔的女孩。

Chantelle，她的名字是。

我在海滩上看到她，我说，“哦，她很
漂亮。

我必须见到她。”

她不会说英语。

我不会说法语。

瓦内萨：哦，那没关系。

大卫：她有一个朋友和她在一起。

他们已经从蒙特利尔来度假
了几个星期，

[仔细听！]

Vanessa：你听到了哪句话？

你听到三号了吗？

她最终和我住了七个月？

但愿如此。

在这次简短的对话中，大卫
谈到了他遇到的一个特别的女孩，他们

说的语言不同，但这没关系。

他们一起生活了七个月。

他使用了一个很棒的短语动词来结束。

她最终和我住了七个月。

我们使用这个短语动词来结束
谈论一个结论，但它通常是一个令人惊讶的

结论。

例如，我办理
了飞往纽约市的航班登机手续，结果却被

转移到头等舱。

哇，这是一个令人惊讶的结论，因为
我没有支付头等舱的费用，我没

想到会上头等舱。

也许他们有一些额外的座位，或者他们
需要让其他人坐在飞机的后座，

所以我们可以说，“我最终被转移
到头等舱。”

伟大的。

好的。

让我们再听一次原始剪辑，
这样您就可以更准确地

听到我们所说的一切。

大卫：她有一个朋友和她在一起。

他们从蒙特利尔来度假
了几个星期，最后她

和我一起住了七个月。

大卫：她有一个朋友和她在一起。

他们从蒙特利尔来度假
了几个星期，最后她

和我一起住了七个月。

瓦内萨：你听说结束了吗？

但愿如此。

让我们继续测验第四题。

我想让你听听
你将要听到这三个句子中的哪一个。

第一，我只是让自己得到
了剩下的。

第二，我只是自学
了其余的东西。

第三，我只是自己买
了剩下的。

让我们听听。

杰西：它实际上是从
我一个根本不是切诺基的朋友开始的。

尽管她没有美国本土血统，
但她仍然对此感兴趣。

她教我，我用不同
类型的棍子制作房间，所有不同的类型。

Vanessa：是的，它看起来很自然。

杰西：所有不同的类型。

凡妮莎：她开始制作捕梦网。

杰西：嗯-嗯（肯定）。

她给我看了，然后[仔细听！]

Jesse：实际上是从我的一个朋友开始的
，他根本不是切诺基人。

尽管她没有美国本土血统，
但她仍然对此感兴趣。

她教我，我用不同
类型的棍子制作房间，所有不同的类型。

瓦内萨：看起来很自然。

杰西：所有不同的类型。

凡妮莎：她开始制作捕梦网。

杰西：嗯-嗯（肯定）。

她给我看了，然后[仔细听！]

Vanessa：你听到了哪句话？

你听过二号吗？

我只是自学了其余的东西？

但愿如此。

在这个简短的对话片段中，杰西正在
谈论学习一种

叫做捕梦网的美国本土工艺。

她解释说，她没有
美国本土血统的朋友教了她一些

制作它们的基本知识，但杰西是自学的。

其余的都是她自学的。

这个表达是什么意思，其余的，是什么意思？

这意味着她自己学会了剩下的
部分。

例如，我早上打扫了大部分
房子，然后在下午打扫了其余部分

。 下午

我打扫了我家剩下的部分
。

好的。

让我们再听一遍那个原始剪辑，
这样你就可以听到并希望能抓住这些

表情。

让我们听听。

凡妮莎：她开始制作捕梦网。

杰西：嗯-嗯（肯定）。

她给我看了，然后我就
自学了剩下的。

凡妮莎：她开始制作捕梦网。

杰西：嗯-嗯（肯定）。

她给我看了，然后我就
自学了剩下的。

瓦内萨：你听说我只是
自学了其余的东西吗？

但愿如此。

让我们继续进行最后的测验问题
5。

这有点棘手，因为我们
彼此同时说话，但

你明白了。

仔细听。

你会听到这三个句子中的哪一个
？

第一，他们来餐厅是
为了避免这种情况。

第二，他们进入餐厅是
为了避免这种情况。

第三，他们来餐厅是
为了避免这种情况。

让我们听听。

凯文：
这些年来，除了一次，我从来没有得到过大卫

鲍伊的亲笔签名，因为我的厨师爱上了大卫
鲍伊，这是一件大事。

瓦内萨：是的，
当[仔细听！]

凯文：是的，你不能成为狗仔队。

Vanessa: … [仔细听！]

Kevin: 我的意思是，游客会发现他们在
哪里。

凯文：
这些年来，除了一次，我从来没有得到过大卫

鲍伊的亲笔签名，因为我的厨师爱上了大卫
鲍伊，这是一件大事。

瓦内萨：是的，
当[仔细听！]

凯文：是的，你不能成为狗仔队。

瓦内萨：。 [仔细听！]

凯文：我的意思是，游客会发现他们在
哪里。

瓦内萨：你听到了哪句话？

你听到第一句话了吗？

他们来餐厅是为了避免
这种情况？

但愿如此。

在这段对话片段中，凯文正在
谈论他

在好莱坞最受欢迎的餐厅之一担任服务员的经历
，名人喜欢去那里避开游客

，避开狗仔队。

这是一个隐蔽的地方，他们可以在那里
感到安全。

你在听的第二句话
，他们进餐厅是为了避免

这种情况，语法上是正确的，但
不是我说的。

因此，请确保您正在听
我说的话。

他们来餐厅是为了避免
这种情况。

好吧，让我们再听一遍那个快速剪辑
，这样你就可以理解这个表情了。

Vanessa：是的，当狗仔队来餐厅时，你不能当狗仔队——

Kevin：对。

Vanessa：……为了避免这种情况。

凯文：我的意思是，游客会发现他们在
哪里。

Vanessa：是的，当狗仔队来餐厅时，你不能当狗仔队——

Kevin：对。

Vanessa：……为了避免这种情况。

凯文：我的意思是，游客会发现他们在
哪里。

瓦内萨：你是怎么做的？

你听说他们来餐厅是
为了避免这种情况吗？

但愿如此。

你在这个测验中表现如何？

在评论中让我知道你的分数是多少
。

您是否全部正确，或者可能
没有？

我希望你可以一次又一次地做这个测验，
这样你就可以测试你的听力

技巧了。

如果测验很简单，就像我
在开头提到的那样，请返回，不要看那些

例句，而只是听音频
并尝试准确地写出你听到的内容。

看看你是否能在
没有我提示的情况下理解每一个单词。

Vanessa：所以你的目标是成为一个流利的英语
演讲者，但这意味着什么？

今天，我想给你一个流利度
测试。

这不会像
你在高中的语法和词汇测试那样。

我知道有些人拥有很高的英语学位，
或者他们在英语考试中获得了最高分

，但他们仍然不能说流利的
英语，所以这是一个真正的测试来判断

你是否真的流利。

Vanessa：我在我阳光明媚的后院
与你分享 10 句流利的语句。

如果你能对这些陈述中的每一个说“是”，
那么恭喜你，你是一个流利的英语

演讲者。

但是，如果有任何陈述你不能
答应，这就是我希望你做的。

我希望你在纸上或精神上写下该声明
，并且我希望你创建

一些可以采取的具体行动来
增加该声明，以便您可以

对该声明说“是”。

在今天的课程中，我
将为您提供一些可操作的提示，以便您

能够坚持并真正提高您的
整体英语流利程度。

瓦内萨：你准备好开始第一
流利陈述了吗？

测试自己。

我可以流畅地用英语就几乎
任何话题进行对话。

这是必不可少的。

用你的母语，你可能会
谈论你的假期，然后立即

跳到谈论公共交通
总是迟到。

您可以毫不犹豫地轻松从一个主题跳到另一个主题
。

所以这也是你需要用英语做的事情
才能流利。

当然，会有一些你
用英语

说不出来的话题，但也应该
是你用母语说不出来的话题。

Vanessa：例如，上周，我和
朋友谈论了一部星球大战电影。

我对《星球大战》电影了解不多，
但我试图和

她谈谈，我试图解释，
“你知道那个穿白色西装的人，

他有点像士兵吗？”

我不记得冲锋队这个词了。

于是她说，“哦，你是说冲锋队吗？”

伟大的。

尽管
我不知道那个词到底是什么，我们还是继续我们的谈话。

因此，如果您不知道母语中的一个单词，
或者您

在用母语谈论某个话题时感到不
舒服，那么英语中的相同

也可以，但这两者应该是平衡的。

Vanessa：流利的陈述第二，我可以
用英语思考，而不是在我的脑海中翻译。

我喜欢把它想象成一个电灯开关。

您可以为英语打开它或为英语关闭它
。

当有人用我的第二语言法语说一个词
时，当有人用法国口音说巴黎时

，我的大脑立即切换
到法语，因为它是

由那个法语发音的词触发的。

但是，如果你说带有英国口音的巴黎
，那我的大脑不会开始

用法语思考。

所以这有点像电灯开关的想法。

它是打开或关闭的，您需要能够
保持英语打开，这样您就不会

在脑海中进行翻译。

所以当你说英语但
你不记得一个词时，

假设你在告诉我你昨天发生的车祸
。

你可能会说，“我在开车，然后一只
鸟飞到我的车上，我开了一个”，

你不记得这个词，所以你
用英语解释。

瓦内萨：“你知道路边的那个坑或那个
洞，通常是用来浇水或

下雨的吗？”

然后你的朋友说，“一条沟？”

你说，“是的，我开车进了沟里。”

你用英语解释了ditch这个词，而
不是立即用你的母语说出来，

因为电灯开关打开了
英语。

你可能甚至不记得
你的母语中的那个词，因为你没有

用你的母语思考，你没有
用你的母语翻译。

相反，你的大脑全是英语，
你只是不知道这个词沟。

因此，您尝试用英语解释它
。

Vanessa：如果你曾经遇到过这种情况
，那是最奇怪的感觉。

我记得有一次，我撕破了我的衬衫，
我想问我的法国朋友

是否有线可以缝制，但我不记得
线这个词，[外语 01:55:31]。

所以我只是试图解释它，但你
知道吗？

我也记不起它的英文单词
了。

就好像英语完全关闭了
，相反，我的大脑被打开到了

另一种语言。

所以如果你经历过这个，恭喜
你，你已经流利了。

Vanessa：第三个流利的说法是我
可以整天使用英语并且不会感到疲倦。

当然，如果你用你的母语度过了忙碌、忙碌、忙碌的
一天，你

会感到疲倦。

但是，当您
在正常的一天中正常使用英语时，您不应该

在一天结束时感到疲倦。

这意味着……

Vanessa：……一天，你不应该
在一天结束时感到疲倦。

这意味着您
在上班的路上收听了英语广播。

你用英语和你的同事交谈。

你用英语食谱做晚餐
，在这种情况下你不会精神

疲惫，因为用英语很难思考。

相反，如果你感觉舒服并且不累，那么
恭喜你，你已经流利了。

Vanessa：第四个流畅的陈述是，
“我会说话，其他人不会放慢

他们为我说话的速度。”

这是测试您的英语流利程度的好方法。

当你与其他人交谈时
，如果你能看出他们

在你的谈话中与其他人使用不同的语言，这意味着他们不

认为你是一个流利的英语演讲者。

但是，当有人可以在不
放慢速度的情况下与您交谈时，因为他们意识到，“哦，您

可以理解

。一切都会好起来的。

我们将能够进行正常的对话。”

伟大的。

你很流利。

Vanessa：当你
和不是英语老师的人交谈时尤其如此

。

英语教师在与英语学习者交谈时往往会放慢速度，
因为这

是我们工作的一部分。

但是，当您与
不是英语老师的人交谈时……

也许您正在与客户服务人员通过
电话谈论您遇到

的产品问题，或者您正在与
杂货店的收银员交谈 .

如果他们以正常速度与
您交谈，与他们与其他人交谈的速度相同，那就

太好了。

恭喜你，流利了。

Vanessa：我们的第五个流畅声明是，“我
可以说一些东西，但我无法解释

语法，因为它感觉很对。”

如果您正在讲话，但您不知道
为什么正确使用“我吃过”而

不是“我吃过”，那太好了。

这意味着你已经内化了语法。

也许您无法解释为什么这是正确的
以及为什么不正确。

你刚刚内化了它。

伟大的。

你很流利。

Vanessa：测试这一点的一个好方法是用
你说话的方式写作。

你可以问自己这个问题，
“你这个周末做了什么？”

当你在写答案时，试着
用你说话的方式来写

。

“嗯，这个周末，我去了一个朋友
家，然后我决定早点离开，因为

我感觉有点不舒服。”

当你写这篇文章时，你是在
考虑特定的语法动词时态，

关于句子结构，还是只是
自然而正确地写作？

这和你说话的方式一样。

如果你已经内化了英语语法并且
你可以正确地使用它而无需

考虑规则，那么恭喜你。

你很流利。

Vanessa：第六个流畅的陈述是，“我
可以做我自己。”

我听到很多我的英语学生说
他们想用英语准确地表达自己

。

当我听到他们这么说的时候，让
我想到的是，“我想用英语做我自己。”

您想在英语中展示您与母语相同的个性
。

所以，如果你的母语聪明幽默
，那么你也希望

英语聪明幽默。

如果你的母语善良且体贴
，那么，你也想

在说话时用英语表现出这些性格特征。

当你觉得你的真实自我正在
用英语展示时，恭喜你。

你很流利。

Vanessa：练习这个的一个好方法是
按照我在上面的

视频中提到的关于如何开始
无所畏惧地说英语的步骤。

确保您查看了该课程。

瓦内萨：流利的陈述第七。

“我可以不带字幕地观看英语电视节目和电影
，就像母语为英语的人一样。”

在我看来，我觉得电视节目和
电影比日常对话更难理解，

因为它是有
剧本的。

他们有时会使用
更聪明或更高级的词语和幽默，但如果这

是你想做的事情，你
实际上可以观看没有字幕的电影和电视节目

，恭喜。

你很流利。

Vanessa：如果你想
更上一层楼，能够理解电影和

电视节目，而且能够谈论它们，请
务必查看我在这里制作的

关于如何谈论电影和
英语电视节目。

你会学到很多很棒的短语和表达方式，
这样你就可以享受这些活动，

然后用英语与其他人谈论它们
。

Vanessa：流利的陈述第八。

“我能听懂英语、
母语和非母语的不同口音。”

你们中的很多人需要在工作中使用英语
，这很好。

这是能够每天使用英语的好方法
。

你们中的一些人与美国人、英国人、
澳大利亚人一起工作。

但是你们中的很多人都与非英语
母语人士一起工作。

来自德国、印度尼西亚、巴西、
世界各地的人们。

当你能听懂所有英语口音时，
恭喜你。

你很流利。

Vanessa：我记得我第一次
听到有人从加拿大说法语时

，我意识到，“哦，他们说话
的方式与我在法国听到人们说话的方式不同

。”

当我听到他们有不同的
口音时，我为自己感到非常自豪，因为

我意识到，“我能理解他们，而且我能
理解他们的口音

与我在法国听到的不同。”

Vanessa：这可能是一项很难掌握的技能，
但有了 YouTube，有一个很好的方法可以做到

这一点。

如果您有一些来自德国的同事，
并且您经常与他们说英语，

您可以尝试在 YouTube 上观看德国人说
英语的视频。

这样你就可以对
他们说话的方式、语言选择、口音

和语调感到舒服。

您可以使用 YouTube 和某种培训来测试自己，
这样当您用英语与

您的德国同事交谈时，非常棒。

你已经准备好了。

Vanessa：流利的陈述第 9 条。

“我能理解幽默和笑话。”

当然，幽默和笑话
对你来说可能并不好笑，但至少你明白

为什么它们应该是好笑的。

没有什么比
和很多说英语的人坐在餐桌旁更糟糕的了

，他们都在
笑，玩得很开心，开着玩笑，然后你就

坐在那里想，“我不知道有什么
好笑的。

他们为什么笑？”

你真的感到被遗忘和孤独，但
另一方面，没有什么比

理解幽默并与
他们一起大笑更好的了。

这是建立联系，建立关系的好方法。

当你能听懂英语幽默和笑话时
，恭喜你。

你很流利。

Vanessa：流利声明第 10 号。

“我可以阅读一篇文章，听一个播客，
看一部英语电影，然后忘记

它是什么语言。”

当这种情况发生时，这是一种奇怪的感觉
。

我记得有一次我在做饭的时候正在听一个法语
播客，然后

在晚餐时我问我丈夫丹，
一些关于播客的问题。

他不会说法语。

他看着我，“你在说
什么？”

然后我意识到，“哦，是的，我忘了。

那个播客是法语的，所以你听
不懂。”

因此，当您可以无缝地从一种语言跳转到另一种语言时
，恭喜您。

你很流利。

Vanessa：有一部电影叫巴黎，Je
T’aime，这是一部

关于巴黎市不同地区的电影。

在这部电影中，很多角色
都说英语，然后立即

跳到法语。

我记得看过那部电影，听过
他们说的所有不同语言

并意识到，“我能理解
这一点。

我很高兴。

我不必为其中的一部分使用字幕
，或者当他们听到时感到不舒服

改成法语了。”

因为我可以很容易地理解两种语言，
所以我感到非常高兴和为自己感到骄傲。

我希望你也拥有它。

所以，如果你能听懂播客、电影
、电视节目、阅读文章，然后忘记

“哦，是的，那是英语”，那么恭喜你。

你很流利。

瓦内萨：所以现在我有一个问题要问你。

在评论中，让我知道
根据这个测试你的流利度分数是多少？

你可以不假思索地相对使用语法结构
，但是你

很难理解所有的英语口音吗？

我希望您采取可操作的步骤，以便
您可以对这 10 条流利陈述中的每一条说“是”

。

瓦内萨：你的发音好吗？

你怎么知道？

测试你发音的最好方法
是和别人说话，看看他们是否

能听懂你，因为理解
是发音和说话的目的。

但不幸的是，在 YouTube 上，我不能
听你的。

也许 YouTube 会
在未来的某一天创造出这种技术。

所以现在，我想给你一个不同
类型的发音测试。

Vanessa：测试你发音的下一个最好的方法
是模仿或模仿母语

者，这样你就可以看到你的发音
是否和我的相似。

有什么不同吗？ 对

您来说困难的具体领域是
什么？

我将
用 16 个具有挑战性的单词来测试你的发音。

但是测试你发音的最好方法
不是用单个单词，而是用一个完整的

句子。

所以这就是我们要做的。

我将向你展示一个
使用四个难词的挑战句，这

就是我希望你做的。

在我谈论任何事情之前，我希望你大声说出这句话
。

Vanessa：这是你原来的发音。

我想让你听到你原来的发音，
然后我会读那句话，

但我会误读一个单词。

我想让你猜猜哪个词发音错误。

有时每个单词有多种发音方式
。

但我希望你能听到用快速英语
发音每个单词的最自然方式

。

Vanessa：最后，我要正确地说出
这句话，我希望你能和我

一起说。

所以我希望你和我一起重复正确的句子
。

你准备好开始第
一句了吗？

我们开始做吧。

Vanessa：这是第一句话。

我要你自己说这句话。

测试你的原始发音。

前进。

大声地说。

瓦内萨：好的。

现在，我要说这句话，我
要误读一个词。

你能猜出我读错了哪个词吗？

我通过互联网购买衣服。

我通过互联网购买衣服。

我说错了哪个词？

你听到衣服或衣服了吗？

你听说过第二个，但实际上那是
不正确的。

相反，当我们说快速英语时，我们
经常将“clothes”发音为“Close

the door”。

我通过互联网买衣服。

Vanessa：好的，让我们逐一
介绍这些具有挑战性的单词，我想

帮助你正确地说出它们。

第一个字，买，买。

这听起来就像，“再见，再见。”

买。

然后我们有衣服，我刚才提到的
听起来很像“关上门”。

关门。

当母语人士说得
慢一点时，他们可能会添加一个声音衣服，

衣服。

你看到我的舌头是如何
为那个 T-H 伸出来的吗？

衣服，但实际上当我们快速说话时，
听起来很接近。

关闭。

Vanessa：然后我们就知道了。

哦，这个词很可爱。

我们有一个 T-H，然后是一个 R。让
我们慢慢练习。

你的舌头从牙齿之间伸出来
，里面有一些空气。

这是一个美妙的 T-H 声音。

通过。

听起来像，“我把球扔了。”

这是 throw 的过去式。

我把球扔了。

所以，让我们试着这样说。

通过，通过。

Vanessa：然后我们有最后的决定，
互联网。

中间那个T是怎么回事？

互联网？

如果你说得慢一点，你可以用清晰的 T 说 internet
，但是当

母语人士说得很快时，我们会
完全去掉那个 T，只

说 inner-net，inner-net。

Vanessa：让我们一起回过头来，试着把这句
完整的句子清晰自然地说出来。

你准备好了吗？

我通过互联网买衣服。

我通过互联网买衣服。

你是在跟我重复吗？

我希望如此，因为我们还有三个具有挑战性的
句子，我希望你测试一下你的发音。

瓦内萨：让我们去第二个。

这是第二句。

我要暂停一下，我想让你试着
自己说这句话。

测试你的原始发音。

前进。

瓦内萨：好的。

现在我要说出来，但我会
误读一个词。

你能猜出哪个词不正确吗？

一个小女孩把收据带到公共汽车上。

小女孩拿着收据上了公共汽车。

哪个词错了？

你听到收据或收据了吗？

你听说过第二个，但那是不正确的。

相反，P 是静音的，所以你
会说收据，收据。

完全忘记那里的那个P。

Vanessa：好的，让我们逐一
介绍这些具有挑战性的单词，因为我

想确保你能正确发音。

第一个很小，很小。

你看这个词的中间有两个 T
，但实际上在美式英语中，那些

T 会变成 D 音。

所以它会听起来像lid-le。

一点点，就像你放在容器上的盖子一样，一
点点。

瓦内萨：然后我们有了女孩。

很多这样的话，女孩，世界，早。

这些话可能有点棘手。

所以，让我们分解这个。

Grr-l，grr-l。

当你想谈论
一只愤怒的狗发出的声音时，你可以说 grr，grr，

然后我们将在结尾添加 le。

女孩。

女孩，女孩。

请注意，我的嘴实际上并没有在这里移动。

这一切都在我的嘴里和喉咙里。

女孩，女孩。

有了L，我的舌头就在
我的牙齿旁边。

女孩。

就在那里，女孩。

女孩。

Vanessa：好的，下一个词是收据，
收据。

重新就座收据。

这是您购买后得到的一张纸
。

收银员会给你一张收据。

Vanessa：然后我们的最后一句话是公共汽车。

有时这个短的 u 音可能
有点棘手，所以我想确保你

不是在说 boose、boos、boss。

确保你说，呃，公共汽车。

公共汽车。

公共汽车。

Vanessa：好吧，我们回去一起说
这整句话。

小女孩拿着收据上了公交车。

小女孩拿着收据上了公交车。

你跟我说过吗？

再说一次吧。

小女孩拿着收据上了公交车。

做得好。

让我们继续下一个挑战句。

Vanessa：好的，这是
第三句。

我要你自己说。

你准备好了吗？

测试你的原始发音。

前进。

瓦内萨：好的，现在轮到我了。

我会误读一个词。

仔细听。

在初冬，我没有错过温暖的
天气。

在早期的胜利者中，我没有错过温暖的
天气。

在初冬，我没有错过温暖的
天气。

我读错了这些挑战词中的哪一个？

你听到温暖还是温暖？

你听说过第二个，但那是不
正确的。

相反，warm这个词只有一个音节，
而不是warum。

反而温暖，温暖。

注意我的嘴唇是如何形成哦形状的。

温暖，温暖，带有清晰的 R。温暖。

Vanessa：好的，让我们逐一检查
这些挑战词，以便你能

正确地说出它们。

第一个很早。

这和我们和女孩谈的很相似
。

二李。

让我们把它分成两个部分。

呃，然后是李，李。

早期的。

确保当你说 L 时，你的
舌头接触到你的牙齿后部，李，早，

早。

不要在那里添加其他声音。

我经常听到英语学习者说earaly,
er-a-lee，但是中间的a 不自然，

所以让我们确保你说er-lee 并
尽早把它放在一起。

瓦内萨：接下来，我们说冬天。 这个词

中间的 T 发生了什么
？

你可能会听到母语人士
用清晰的 T 说冬天，如果他们发音清晰，

而且说话速度可能有点慢。

这样做很好，但是当母语人士
说得很快时，你会听到胜利者的声音。

优胜者。

冬奥会什么时候举行？

优胜者。

这与赢家和输家是一样的。

这是相同的发音，因此请
确保上下文可以帮助您了解

它是哪个单词。

这听起来很熟悉吗？

互联网赢家。

是的。

我们正在删除那个 T，尤其是当
Internet、internet 这个词中间有一个 N-T 时。

冬天，赢家。

你会在快速英语中听到很多。

瓦内萨：接下来我们说没有。

没有。

但这是清晰的发音。

当母语人士说得很快时，
我们不会在每个发音时都说没有。

相反，您会听到 did-n。

没有。

你的喉咙里发生了很多事情。

D-n。

所以最后的 D 被剪短了，最后的
T 也被剪掉了，所以它真的

只是你的喉咙。

你能跟我说吗？

D-n 没有，没有，没有，没有。

Vanessa：如果你在发音、
听到或理解宫缩方面有困难，

可能是因为我们切断了很多这些
声音。

我们减少它们。

这在英语中很自然。

我制作了一个关于如何发音 81 种不同收缩的视频
。

你可以在这里查看，因为这
发生在很多不同的收缩上

，我想确保你能发音
它们，但你也能理解它们。 当您进行对话时

，积极的词，做
和没有之间的区别非常重要

。

瓦内萨：好吧，让我们说最后一句话。

暖暖的，暖暖的，暖暖的。

确保这是一个音节。

温暖的。

温暖的。

你认为你可以把所有这些词
放在一起吗？

你说对了。

一起来说说吧。

Vanessa：初冬，我没有
错过温暖的天气。

初冬，我没有错过温暖的
天气。

初冬，我没有错过温暖的
天气。

初冬，我没有错过温暖的
天气。

做得好。

好吧，让我们进入最后的挑战
句。

Vanessa：这是我们最后的挑战句。

你能自己说这一切吗？

前进。

瓦内萨：现在轮到我了。

我会误读一个词。

我想让你猜猜是哪一个。

我肯定在海滩上寻找水
是咸的。

我肯定在海滩上寻找水
是咸的。

哪个词不正确？

你有没有听到想法或寻求？

你听到了第二个，寻找，但是
这个词是以 S 开头的吗？

不。

相反，它以 T-H 开头。

所以你需要确保你的
舌头在你的牙齿之间并且有

气流通过。

通过。

我们已经讨论过这个词。

想法。

想法。

Vanessa：好的，让我们逐一检查
这些挑战词，以便您可以

正确发音。

这个词到底是怎么回事？

确实。

我觉得肯定、肯定、
可能这些词可能有点

棘手。

我在上面的这个发音课中谈到了其中的一些
，但是这个词肯定，我们

用了很多，你可能想
用很多，但是你需要正确地发音，

所以让我们分解一下。

Def-in-it-lee。

Def-in-it-lee。

一定，一定，一定，一定，
一定。

这绝对是美好的一天。

这绝对是一个有用的教训。

但愿如此。

Vanessa：下一个词是
我们刚才谈到的那个可爱的词思想。

想法。

确保你的舌头在
牙齿之间。

我经常听到英语学习者切换
S 和 T-H 的声音。

寻求而不是思考。

在某些情况下，
其他说英语的人可能有点

难以理解你，所以请确保你说
的正确。

想，想。

Vanessa：然后我们有了水这个词。

水。

你在这个词的中间听到什么声音
？

涉水，涉水？

嗯，这不是T音，水。

相反，它是一个 D。在这里，
T 再次变为 D。

这在美式英语中很典型。

涉水。

瓦德，我想让你跟我一起说。

水，水。

瓦内萨：最后我们有了海滩这个词。

海滩。

很多人担心你可能
会说一句粗鲁的话。

所以让我们练习一下那个元音。

它必须是一个长的 E. Bee-ch。

比奇，海滩。

真的，这里的背景会对
你有很大帮助。

所以当我们谈论“
海滩上的水是咸的”时，你很可能在

谈论海洋，大海。

你说的不是粗鲁的话。

所以我认为上下文会对你
有很大帮助，但要确保当你发音

时你说 E. Beach。

Vanessa：好吧，让我们回过头
来说那句完整的话。

我绝对认为海滩的水是
咸的。

我绝对认为海滩上的水
是咸的。

我绝对认为海滩上的水是
咸的。

做得好。

我希望你有机会
和我一起大声说出这句话并测试你的发音。

Vanessa：你准备好迎接最后的挑战了吗？

我们要回去说所有这
四个句子，我希望你和我一起

大声说出来。

我要说两遍，这样你
就可以听，然后你也可以重复。

你准备好了吗？

让我们一起说。

Vanessa：我在网上买衣服。

我通过互联网买衣服。

小女孩拿着收据上了公交车。

小女孩拿着收据上了公交车。

初冬，我没有错过温暖的
天气。

初冬，我没有错过温暖的
天气。

我绝对认为海滩上的水
是咸的。

我绝对认为海滩上的水
是咸的。

Vanessa：测试你的发音肌肉做得很好
，现在我有一个问题要问你。

在评论中让我知道其中一个
词对你来说最难发音。

让我知道。

我敢肯定，世界上会有
人和你有同样感受的人。

感觉你们在一起总是很好
。

瓦内萨：哇，你成功了。

恭喜。

现在我有一个问题要问你。

哪项英语考试对您来说最具挑战性
？

在评论中告诉我。

我期待听到您的回复，
非常感谢您和我一起学习英语。

下周五我会在我的 YouTube 频道上再次见到你，上一堂
新课。

再见。

Vanessa：下一步是下载我的免费
电子书，成为自信的

英语演讲者的五个步骤。

您将了解如何
自信而流利地说话。

不要忘记订阅我的 YouTube 频道
以获得更多免费课程。

非常感谢。

再见。