hello hello welcome to today's live
English lesson here on the speak English
with Vanessa YouTube channel I'm so glad
that you're here to improve your English
to practice and to participate and today
to learn a useful idiom that native
speakers use all the time my English
students often ask me how many idioms do
I need to know do I need to learn all of
them do native speakers actually use
them and my goal for you is to help you
learn the idioms that native speakers
actually use so today we're going to be
talking about an important idiom that I
used last week thankfully I'm not using
it this week but I was using it a bit
last week so I hope that at the end of
this lesson you'll feel comfortable and
confident using it yourself if you're
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Gabriela hello Navjot eileen welcome
Anna thanks so much
Anna I'm Brazil welcome thanks for
joining me from Algeria from India from
China wonderful I hope that today no
matter where you are around the world
you'll feel connected to our friends
from the other side of the world who are
also learning English you have
same passion as you I have a question
today for you to start our lesson I want
to know what is something when you have
a cold when you have a cold a cold means
maybe your nose is running your throat
hurts maybe you have a little bit of a
headache
maybe you're coughing when you have a
cold what do you usually do to help you
feel better when you have a cold right
now it's the beginning of summer kind of
the middle of spring beginning of summer
but two weeks ago it became really cold
in my city typically at this time of the
year it should be 25 degrees around 25
degrees but two weeks ago it was maybe
12 in at night maybe five degrees it got
much colder then everyone was expecting
so the weather was hot then the weather
was cold and then the weather was hot
again and almost everyone got a cold
including me so at the moment I don't
have a cold but I want to know what do
you do when you have a cold and we're
going to use this with our idiom today
Mattie on says I drink warm water uh-huh
not just as I avoid drinking cold water
interesting so the temperature of the
water is important to you well let's
combine this idea of drinking something
warm maybe like Ali says drinking warm
ginger tea well if we drink warm ginger
tea maybe you start to feel better
maybe your cold symptoms go away let's
use that with our idiom today as you
guessed a lot of you are writing in the
live chat box that our idiom is under
the weather does it mean that the
weather is above you because really the
weather is always above you the weather
is all
in the sky but in this case under the
weather simply means you're not feeling
too well you have a cold maybe your
stomach hurts a little bit maybe you
just feel bad you don't really have a
specific problem you just don't feel
well so let's say when I am under the
weather and the reason why this is an
idiom is because it's not literal like I
said we are always literally under the
weather because you're on the earth and
the weather is in the sky but here this
means that you're not feeling well it
has nothing to do with the actual words
it's just a figurative meaning when I'm
under the weather
I drink Hut ginger tea great so here we
have our idiom under the weather when
I'm under the weather I drink hot ginger
tea Andres is the same thing when I'm
under the weather I drink ginger tea
with honey and lemon great great so what
about for you what do you do when you
feel under the weather and just to let
you know we don't use under the weather
for serious problems maybe if you break
your leg or you have a disease a disease
is a sickness that lasts maybe your
whole life for some something that's
much more serious we're not going to use
this idiom for something serious this is
just temporary couple days maybe a week
I'm under the weather I have a cold I
have a stomach problem I have a headache
something temporary and it's not the end
of the world it's not so serious it's
not going to change your life but you
still want
to do something to help yourself cartas
is when I feel under the weather I just
want to have a good night's sleep
I agree when I was thinking about this
idiom I was thinking what really helps
me and yes drinking hot drinks like
ginger tea and other warm things it
feels good but I think what really makes
me get better is sleep sleep is so
essential so that is what helped me last
week I had a cold last week I felt so
I'm going to use the past tense here so
let's write that down really quick we
could say I felt under the weather last
week I felt under the weather last week
and do you know what I'm gonna blame my
husband because he felt under the
weather first and then a couple days
later guess what I felt under the
weather too
and I think someone at his job was
feeling under the weather maybe they had
a cold and he caught it and then I
caught it but now I feel better it's not
a big deal because I was just feeling
under the weather I had a sore throat I
tried to drink some hot tea have some
hot oatmeal and in the end after two or
three days I feel better I felt this is
feel feel in the past tense in the past
tense I have a question for you can you
feel on the weather is there an opposite
version of this idiom where you feel
great you feel happy
you feel healthy under the weather means
you feel sick
so can you feel on the weather or above
the weather huh have you ever heard
native speakers say this before I feel
on the weather
I feel above the weather well I have
some bad news we don't say that we only
use this in a negative way I feel under
the weather
you don't feel on the weather or above
the weather only under the weather isn't
that interesting that there's not an
opposite version of this idiom only the
negative version so make sure that when
you're sick you use under the weather
and when you're healthy you don't use on
the weather on top of the weather if you
have other healthy expressions that
you'd like to share feel free to write
them in the comments but we don't use
the specific on the weather or above the
weather on top of the weather oh not so
much for healthiness we have a lot of
expressions for being happy but not
really for being just healthy generally
healthy so thank you for all of you who
have written great things great
recommendations for what to do when you
feel under the weather I hope you don't
feel under the weather right now for me
I feel pretty good I've got some
actually it's almost finished this is
some water with a strawberry and a piece
of lemon in here and it feels really
good it's nice and energizing and it
helps me to feel healthy it helps me to
not feel under the weather so thank you
everyone for learning this idiom with me
before we go we're going to have a final
sentence that we use all together are
you ready to say an important sentence
using this idiom repeating it out loud
we're going to say it all together if
you're in Indonesia if you're in Brazil
if you're in Germany or China anywhere
around the world we're gonna say this
all together and you can imagine our
friends in their house maybe you're on
the bus maybe you're at work I won't
tell your boss and we're gonna say this
all together
are you ready we're gonna use this idiom
let's say when I feel under the weather
I learn English and I feel better when I
feel under the weather I learn English
and I feel better is that true for you
maybe when you feel under the weather
your brain isn't working so well and
it's hard to learn new things but we can
just say the sentence together anyway
it's ok if it's not completely true for
you my challenge for you is to write
this sentence in the chat box write it
and then we're gonna say it out loud
when I feel under the weather I learn
English and then I feel better so if
you're feeling under the weather right
now I hope that this lesson is helping
you to feel better feel healthy and
happy when I feel under the weather I
learn English and I feel better hmm
let's say this slowly imitate my
pronunciation this is just quick
imitation practice shadowing practice
so follow my my mouth follow my tongue
make sure that you're using this in the
same way are you ready when I feel under
the weather I learn English and I feel
better can we say that fast when I feel
under the weather I learn English and I
feel better when I feel under the
weather I learn English and I feel
better thank you for saying this with me
all around the world no matter where you
are I hope it's true for you that
English helps you to feel better and if
it doesn't go drink some hot ginger tea
or sleep take it easy
thanks so much for wanting
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when you need to speak even if you're
feeling under the weather you'll feel
confident so I will put a link to my
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continue to learn English with me and
really immerse yourself in English
create an English world even if you're
living in an S country that doesn't
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you as much English information as
possible so thanks so much for learning
with me I hope you're not feeling under
the weather and I'll see you again the
next time bye everyone see you later
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你好你好欢迎来到今天的现场
英语课程，在
YouTube 频道与 Vanessa 说英语我很
高兴你来这里是为了提高你的英语水平
来练习和参与，今天是
为了学习一个以母语为母语的
人一直在使用的有用习语 我的英语
学生经常问我，我需要知道多少习语，
我需要学习
所有习语吗？母语人士是否真的使用
它们？我的目标是帮助你
学习母语人士
实际使用的习语 将
谈论我上周使用的一个重要习语，
幸好我
这周没有使用它，但我上周使用了它，
所以我希望在本课结束时
你会感到舒适和
自信地使用它 如果你是
新来的
欢迎你自己 大学教师' 不要错过它们，
这样您就不会忘记它们，因为
参与现场直播很有趣和有用
您所要做的就是订阅点击
订阅按钮，如果您点击
小铃铛，在订阅按钮旁边会有一个小
铃铛，您会收到
通知 说 vanessa 有一个
现场课程现在开始，你会
想加入，因为你可以认识其他
也在这里直播的成员，就像我们现在在这里直播的
朋友一样你好
Gabriela 你好 Navjot eileen 欢迎
Anna 非常感谢
Anna 我是巴西 欢迎感谢您
加入我来自阿尔及利亚来自印度来自
中国太好了我希望今天
无论你在世界的哪个地方
你都会感受到与我们
来自世界另一端的朋友的联系，他们
也在学习英语你
和你一样热情 今天我有一个问题
要你开始我们的课程 我
想知道当你感冒时是什么东西
当你感冒时 感冒意味着
你的鼻子可能在流 你的喉咙
很痛 可能你有一点口臭 头疼
感冒时可能会咳嗽
你通常会做什么来帮助你
感觉好点 感冒时现在
是初夏 初夏 初夏
但两周前
我的城市通常在一年中的这个时候变得非常冷，
它应该是 25 度左右，大约 25
度，但两周前它可能
是晚上 12 度，也许是 5 度，它变得
比每个人都预期的要冷得多，
所以天气很热，然后
天气很冷，然后天气又热
了，几乎每个人都感冒了，
包括我，所以现在我
没有感冒，但我想知道你感冒了
怎么办，我们
要用 这与我们今天的成语
Mattie on 说我喝温水 嗯，
不仅仅是因为我避免喝冷水
有趣所以水的温度
对你很重要 让我们
结合这个喝温暖的东西的想法，
也许就像 Ali 说的喝温
姜 茶井 如果我们喝温热的姜茶，
也许你会开始感觉好些，
也许你的感冒症状会消失，让
我们今天用我们的成语使用它，因为
你猜很多人在
实时聊天框中写下我们的成语
在天气下是不是意味着
天气在你头上，因为真的
天气总是在你头上 天气
都
在天上，但在这种情况下，
天气下只是意味着你感觉
不太好 你感冒了 也许你的
胃有点疼 也许你
只是 感觉很糟糕，你并没有什么
具体的问题，你只是感觉不舒服，
所以假设我在天气不好的
时候，这是一个成语的原因
是因为它不像我说的那样
字面意思，我们总是在
天气不好的时候 因为你在地上
，天气在天上，但这
意味着你感觉不舒服
，这与实际用词无关，
它只是一个比喻，当我心情不好时
，
我喝小屋姜 茶很棒，所以我们在这里
天气不好的时候有我们的成语
我喝热姜茶 天气不好的时候
安德烈斯是一样的
我喝
蜂蜜柠檬姜茶 很棒 所以
你呢 您
感到不适，只是为了让
您知道我们不会在
天气严重的问题上使用它也许如果您摔断
腿或患有疾病
疾病是一种可能会持续
一生
的疾病 严肃的，我们不会把
这个成语用在严肃的事情上，这
只是暂时的几天，也许一周
世界没那么严重，它
不会改变你的生活，但你
仍然
想做一些事情来
帮助自己 想什么 真的对
我有帮助，是的，喝热饮，比如
姜茶和其他温暖的东西，
感觉很好，但我认为真正让
我好转的是睡眠睡眠是如此
重要，所以
上周这对我有帮助，上周我感冒了，我感觉很好
我将在这里使用过去时，所以
让我们很快把它写下来，我们
可以说
我上周感觉不舒服 我上周感觉不舒服，
你知道我会责怪我
丈夫什么，因为他感觉不舒服
先是天气，然后几天
后猜猜我在天气下的感觉
，我认为他的工作人员
感觉在天气下，也许
他们感冒了，他感冒了，然后我
感冒了，但现在我感觉好多了，不是
很重要，因为我只是感觉不
舒服 我喉咙痛 我
试着喝点热茶 吃点
热燕麦片 最后
两三天后我感觉好多了 我觉得这
是过去式的感觉 过去
式我有一个问题要问你 你能
感觉到天气
吗？ 这个成语有相反的版本
吗？
这在我感觉
天气好之前 我感觉天气好我有
一些坏消息我们没有说我们只
以负面的方式使用它
under the weather 没
那么有趣，
这个成语没有相反的版本，只有
否定的版本，所以请确保当
你生病时使用 under the weather
，当你健康时不要使用 on
the weather on top of the weather 如果你
有其他健康的表达
你想分享，请随时
在评论中写出来，但我们不会
使用具体的 on the weather 或 above the
weather on the top of the weather 哦，
不太适合 健康我们有很多
前任 压力是为了快乐，但
不是真的为了健康，总体上是
健康的，所以感谢你们所有人
写了很棒的东西
我感觉很好 我有一些
实际上已经快吃完了 这是
一些水，里面有草莓和
一块柠檬，感觉非常
好，很好，充满活力，
它帮助我感觉健康，帮助
我感觉不到 天气不好，所以谢谢
大家在我们走之前和我一起学习这个成语，
我们将有一个
我们一起使用的最后一句话
你准备好用这个成语说一个重要的句子
大声重复它
我们要 如果
你在印度尼西亚，如果你在巴西，
如果你在德国或中国
，在世界任何地方，我们
都会一起说，你可以想象我们的
朋友在他们家里，也许你在
公共汽车也许 你在工作 我不会
告诉你的老板 我们会一起说
这些 你准备好了吗 我们要用这个成语
比如说当我感觉不舒服的时候
我学习英语 当我感觉不舒服的时候感觉好多了
天气我学英语
，我感觉更好，这对
你来说是真的 对
你来说完全正确 我对你的挑战是
在聊天框中写下这句话 写下来
，然后
当我感觉不舒服时，
我们会大声说出来 现在的天气
我希望这节课能帮助
你
在天气不好的时候感觉更健康和快乐
我的嘴 让我的舌头
确保你以
同样的方式使用它 当我感觉不舒服时你准备好了吗
我觉得
天气不好，我学英语，我感觉
好多了，谢谢你在世界各地跟我说这句话，
无论你
在哪里，我希望对你来说
英语能帮助你感觉更好，
如果不去喝一些 热姜茶
或睡觉放轻松，
非常感谢
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