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Want to speak natural English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com. My name is Alicia welcome back to top words today we're going to talk about 10 ways to stop translating in your head let's get started to identify objects around you in English. The first way to stop translating in your head is to identify the objects around you in your target language so if you're studying English that means you look at the objects around the room look at the things in your life don't think of them in your native language first think of them in your target language first, so if I look around the room I see a computer I shouldn't think my native language word. I should think of my target language word so start with the items and the situations in your everyday life if I say computer in English maybe I should say computa in Japanese. I should say not, I don't know the water in English. I should say omizu in Japanese so start associating the words in your target language with your everyday life now so if you're studying English that means to start getting familiar with the things in your everyday life in English. Repeat phrases you hear native speakers use tip number two is to repeat the phrases that you hear native speakers use so if you're watching this channel.

 

For example or you're watching a tv show or a movie listen for the way that native speakers make those phrases if you hear a phrase you have never heard before or you hear an interesting combination of words try to repeat them yourself don't just listen try to say them yourself if you're in a public space and it's difficult for you to do that fine.practice in a place where you feel more comfortable maybe if you have some private space to practice just repeat them get your mouth used to saying the words the way that the speakers the native speakers do so if you never actually say words if you're only taking in if you're only listening and you're not actually producing the language it's, it's kind of hard to to practice and to to really hone your pronunciation to improve your pronunciation so when you listen to native speakers try to repeat after them so for example if you're studying english you can try to repeat after this video you can repeat after the things i'm saying because maybe i'm using an expression or i'm using a certain series of vocabulary words together the way a native speaker would and it's maybe a good idea to try to practice the ways that native speakers put their words together so try to repeat after native speakers especially when you're looking at media and you can do this when you're reading books too you can try to read out read out loud interesting lines of books that you find or something that maybe is difficult for you very nice practice tip make a situation where you can't escape into your native language make a situation where you can't escape into your native language essentially means immerse yourself of course going to that country or going to a place where you can speak only that language is very difficult for some of you totally understand, but if in your life you can create a situation in your library in your room.

 

In your house somewhere for just an hour or i don't know maybe a day i don't know what your schedule is like but if you can create a situation or create an environment where you have no choice but to use that language and you cannot escape meaning you cannot go back to using your native language as a crutch you can't use the native language at all. It forces you to use the language that you're studying so of course if you are lucky enough to live in the country or to live in a place where people speak the language you're studying great but you have to go out and interact with people you have to put yourself in a place where you have no choice but to speak. It's very hard and it's very scary and it's very embarrassing at first but if you take time to find places and to make environments that are comfortable for you where you feel comfortable making mistakes and asking questions it's very valuable for your learning process this is actually something that i did totally i totally did this my japanese wasn't very good for a long time but then i started making friends who could not speak english. Actually i just did this through finding hobbies there was a hobby that i had i joined a group i joined actually a school to where i could learn how to do that hobby and everything was taught only in japanese and the people in my class only spoke japanese mostly and then maybe we would go off for drinks and food. Late at night or on the weekends and everybody spoke only japanese and if i couldn't communicate even simply in Japanese i had no hope of keeping that friendship together so it forced me to study it forced me to think about the words they were using and to try to learn those words those patterns as well as how to produce them naturally myself so i was learning the vocabulary words the people around me were using and learning how to apply them on my own that was only possible because i had no escape in those situations so try to do that even if you can do it yourself in your house it's super helpful i think watch tv and movies in your target language without subtitles tip number four is to watch tv and movies in your target language without subtitles without subtitles so i think that watching uh with subtitles can be very beneficial. So if i'm watching something or if you want to watch something with subtitles on great but i sometimes find that i can in my case i i think too much about reading the subtitles and i forget to listen so maybe if you've seen a movie in your target language a few times with the subtitles on try turning the subtitles off and think about the like characters body language the words they're using um you can always look that up later look up the you know the words you don't know in a dictionary but try to do it where you're focusing completely on the way that people are using their words try not to use the subtitles so um kind of play around with it a little bit if there's a word that's difficult for you to hear you can actually turn on the subtitles in like the in the native uh language of the movie as well that's something that i've done like if uh like if i wanted to study japanese it's very useful when the actual words spoken in japanese appear on the screen sometimes it's easier for me to catch a word if i see it visually and i hear it at the same time so another way to kind of explore how you can use tv and movies is to actually turn on the closed captions like the the um the words on the screen. in the native language of the movie so uh so this is sort of two points in one so one watch movies without subtitles meaning subtitles in your native language and hint two is to watch movies um with closed captioning on but the closed captioning is in your target language not in your native language so you can try those two things with TV and with movies don't bring a dictionary to your lesson tip number five is don't bring a dictionary to your lesson okay so give me a second here, so I understand the dictionaries especially electronic dictionaries we have them on our phones now are very very convenient of course it's important to use them and it's a they're a great resource to have however one thing that really bothers me and that i think is detrimental it's not helpful for students is when uh students are in a lesson and they're practicing conversation and they reach a point in the conversation where they don't know the word they want to use they know it in their native language and they don't know how to say it in their target language they pull out their dictionary they say to this the person listening to them their practice partner in their lesson where they have a limited period of time just a moment and then they look it up on their phone it takes a few seconds the flow of the conversation stops and then they say a word and it's like whoa no that's not you don't have that ability you don't have the ability to do that in a conversation with a native speaker most people like if you go to a bank and try to open a bank account are you really going to pull out your dictionary and sit there and try to communicate you know just a moment just a moment as you look up each word you don't know no or if you do that's not a real conversation so instead try using a different strategy by that i mean if you find a word you don't know in conversation explain the word to your conversation partner maybe they know the word if you're speaking with a native speaker this is a chance for them to teach you a word i find that when people take the time to teach me a word i remember the word much better than just looking it up on my dictionary so try to resist maybe you can bring a dictionary to your lesson but don't use it or try not to use it in your conversation practice.

 

it's just it destroys the flow of a conversation so instead practice the skill of describing the vocabulary word you want to use and learn how to ask the meaning of a word or learn how to ask for a vocabulary word from your partner so you can use an expression like ah what's the word that means blah blah blah or um you know it's this thing that does this and this and this so this is an opportunity for you to describe characteristics of something or find a different way you can use your body language you can use whatever you have a lot of tools but try not to use a dictionary in a conversation because it's not realistic train responses to common questions number six is a quick one i think number six hint number six i have is just to train responses to common questions ain responses to common questions so for example a very common question in english is hey how are you you should know how to answer this question just have a default response hey how are you i'm good if it takes you a long time to answer the question hey how are you you need to practice i think that's a pretty good uh a pretty good indicator so for example sometimes i ask students a question like that they they haven't quite gotten the idea of how to respond just yet they they're not so quick at responding i say hey how are you and they say yes and then they think and they go I'm i'm good that's a very common question so think about just a default response that you can spit out that you can quickly say if it's how was your weekend or hey what's up or what do you want to do for dinner tonight think about like just a handful meaning just a few responses to those questions and train them quickly just how are you i'm good how are you i'm okay how are you not bad there's three so it's just training responses to those questions there's no reason to be surprised by a question like how are you like that's a very common question so for those common questions train responses to that we've got a bunch of videos especially beginner level videos for some example responses you can do so don't get stuck with these little questions just train a few responses practice a few responses till they feel natural to you it'll save you time and

it'll help the person asking the question too to move forward in the conversation yay study with materials that don't provide a translation the next tip is to study with materials that don't provide a translation so by this i mean if you're using worksheets and or some kind of textbook or whatever and it has your target language the language you're studying and it has your native language next to it while this can be useful i feel that if you can studying your materials only in your target language and then simplified explanations for more detailed points also in your target language can be a little bit better so i don't want to say like you should only study things in your target language and nothing from your native language because of course like it can be helpful sometimes to look up a word or to understand a grammar point in your native language but where possible if you can find something that provides simplified explanations in your target language it can be really really helpful because again you're thinking you're learning to think on like a simpler on a more basic level about the language you're studying in the language that you're studying.

 

so this can be really really good so finding some materials to use where there's no translation maybe you can practice of course with with books and with written materials but also with like video materials as well so there are a variety of different ways that you can um find materials in your target language um like in video and tv so some things to think about there are the level of vocabulary words people are using in the media content you're watching who the media content is intended for children young adults adults the speed at which the speaker is talking so like i have the ability to change the level of difficulty of videos based on the rate of speech the vocabulary words that i use and how many like idioms and things i use so i could make a video very difficult we could make a very like a very difficult video series by leveling up our vocabulary use or by speaking very quickly or as you might see in like our english and three minutes series we can also use very simple vocabulary and speak at a low rate of speech so maybe right now this is a very intermediate level video so please think about that so not just for written materials but also for your audio and visual materials think about who your audience is the level of the material and so on it can be really fun and it can be helpful to think about your your target language in your target language all right we're almost done study phrases in addition to single vocabulary the next tip is study phrases in addition to single vocabulary words so yes of course vocabulary is important but i find it personally very very useful to look at how a vocabulary word is used in a phrase because sometimes using it in a phrase helps you understand the nuance of that vocabulary word really really well so if i like a word like crazy for example in english depending on the situation where the word crazy is used it could mean something different it could mean like a person who is mentally confused or mixed up it could also mean something really good it could mean something really bad so if we look only at the word crazy it's quite difficult to understand really the meaning of the word but if you look at the way the word is used in a phrase you can get a lot more information so take a look at the way people use words in phrases not just as single vocabulary words you can learn a lot more that way i think do your daily activities in english where possible the next tip is to do your daily activities in your target language so if you're studying english that means try to do some daily activities in english if possible so this can be very very boring stuff but just think about it when you're doing the activity so like right now i'm filming a video for englishclass101.com or i'm going to work i'm cooking breakfast i'm doing the laundry what do i have to do tomorrow so try thinking about your everyday life in english if you're studying english try thinking about your everyday activities the people that you meet what are you doing so this is a way to help you practice your verbs so if you don't know if you're i don't know you're doing something at work and you're like oh my gosh how do i explain the what's the verb for you know a picture like i want to blah blah a picture what's the word you can check a dictionary at that point and go ah it's draw i i need to use the verb draw for draw a picture so you can find these little gaps in your everyday life these little gaps in your knowledge if you think about your everyday activities in your target language if you don't think about it in your target language you might not realize you have vocabulary gaps or phrase gaps here and there so this is a really good and kind of funny actually way to study use a learner's dictionary for new words the last tip is to use a learner's dictionary for new words so in english there are learners dictionaries available in english so my favorite my personal favorite is merriam-webster merriam-webster is a fantastic dictionary resource they're so interesting and they have tons of like historical information i really do just sit and like read things on the dictionary page lately it's true but um of course there's a definition there's a meaning for words there are example sentences for words but merriam-webster also has what's called a learner's dictionary if you find a word that you don't recognize you can check it in a dictionary in a learner's dictionary and it gives you a simplified a simple explanation in simple english of that word so instead of checking it in your native language you can check it in your target language so again this helps you to understand the word um that you are that you're focused on but you understand it from the language you're studying not from your native language so using a learner's dictionary can be really really useful as well all right so those are 10 tips those are 10 tips to help you stop translating in your head i know it's very difficult but it's it takes time and it takes practice and i hope that these are a few strategies that can help you as you study any language of course this is an english language channel an english language learning channel but i think these tips are pretty good for learning just about any language really so i hope those are useful for you if you have tried these strategies or if you have any other comments or other tips please let us know in the comment section below this video if you liked this video please make sure to hit the thumbs up share this video and subscribe to our channel too check us out at englishclass101.com for more good stuff as well thanks very much for watching this episode of top words and i will see you again soon bye hi everyone i'm bridget and welcome to today's lesson today's topic is 10 ways to say hello in english good morning good morning is the first thing you say to someone when you see them in the morning good morning sir would you like a cup of coffee good morning could i please get some orange juice good morning i'm still tired from the night before hello hello is the most common greeting you'll hear that and hi hello is a polite nice way to greet someone when you see them hello everyone says it you cannot go wrong saying hello hello can be used at any time of the day no matter whether it's morning or at night or at 4am when you see someone you can say hello and it will still be appropriate long time no c long time no c it's not necessarily grammatically correct but it's a saying that we have hey long time no c what it means is that you haven't seen that person in a long time so it literally means long time no see long time no see is something you say to someone when you haven't seen them in a while hey john long time no see how are the wife and kids how have you been hey how have you been i haven't seen you in a long time how have you been is asking someone how they're doing and how they've been for the past however long if you haven't seen them in a while you might say hey long time no see how have you been how have you been that's past tense it implies that you haven't seen them in a while and you want to hear about how they are and how they've been for all of that time that you haven't seen them hey long time no see how have you been how are you how are you means how are you doing how are you feeling how is everything it's a standard thing that you might say to anyone even if you've seen them the day before you might see them today and say hey how are you how's it going hey how's it going how is it going is a more informal way to say how are you so how are you and how's it going they mean the same thing it's asking how you are doing how you are feeling is everything okay with you what's up what's up is another way of saying hey how's it going but this one is even more informal so you might say this to friends hey what's up and they'll say nothing just living my life you know day in and day out hey what's up hey what's up good afternoon good afternoon how are you would you like some lunch good afternoon is a polite way to greet someone in the afternoon so if you run into your boss you might say good afternoon it's very nice it's polite not a lot of people say it to their friends but it's it's a polite way to greet someone good evening good evening is a nice way to greet someone in the evening time you can only use this phrase in the evening because it's wishing someone a good evening it's saying hello at a certain time of day good evening would you like some dinner good evening have you eaten yet all of my examples involve food it seems it's nice to meet you it's nice to meet you this is something that's very common to say the first time that you meet someone you might shake their hand and say hi it's nice to meet you my name is bridget my name is it's telling that person that you are happy to be meeting them it's a pleasure

to meet them hi it's nice to meet you that brings us to the end of this lesson 10 ways to say hello if you guys like the video please don't forget to give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel if you have any questions or comments leave them below and don't forget to go to englishclass101.com for more english okay everybody shift information has been posted for the month it looks like we'll visit 25 cities in 30 days do we normally visit 25 different cities in one month yes sometimes we visit even more where's our first stop charlotte hey i have friends in charlotte it would be nice to see them good evening in room dining this is alex how may i be of service hello i would like to order some food of course ma'am just to confirm this is mrs rossen in room 417 yes it is excellent may i take your order yes i would like a turkey sandwich on a parmesan bagel and what to drink a diet coke will there be anything else yes i would also like a wake-up call for seven my major is education how about you i'm an english major cool i like english oh and what's oksana's major she's also an english major that's nice you can help each other study yep in fact i need to meet her now so we can study together okay it was nice talking with you you too see you later see ya good evening ma'am may i have your first and last names melissa west thank you ma'am i have found your reservation here's the registration information does everything look correct to you yes it seems to be correct excellent now i will just need a photo id for legal purposes will my passport do that would be just fine ma'am checkout is between noon and two o'clock you may request an extension of up to five hours free of charge what if i need more time then a late charge of five percent will be added to your bill hey vicky did you forget our study date at 10 this morning i'm sorry naomi at 10 i was talking with my professor and couldn't get away i'm sorry i should have called that's okay so how did the meeting go with the professor it went fine he gave me an extension on my paper and i can still take the midterm how was your study group yesterday well we were studying together during lunch when i noticed an old friend of mine from high school in the same cafe my concentration quickly switched from class to catching up with my friend so i didn't get much done you've taken that class before right yeah last semester i was always asking questions in that class because it was so difficult well i was hoping that you could lend me a hand with my paper i can't think of anything else to write sure no problem that is if you can help me study for our history test sounds like a deal want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com hi everyone i'm christine from englishclass101.com in this video we'll be talking about how to curse like an english native speaker piss a slang term for urine for example don't piss your pants you can say this when you're really scared or anxious for example if you're about to go on stage to make a speech or perform someone can say don't piss your pants you can do it pissed off to be really angry when i'm angry i can say hey i'm really pissed off at you right now why did you do that for loser used to describe an uncool person in high school my friends and i would use this a lot and we would say hey loser how's it going idiot used to insult people by saying they're not intelligent of all the mean things that you can say this is on the lighter side but people still use it shoot this is used to show disappointment or frustration without using a stronger curse word shoot i spilled my coffee shut up you can use this when you want them to be quiet or there's something surprising that you just heard you can say shut up no way ticked off to be really angry you can say this with pissed off so this is actually an older term not many people use this as much anymore because most people actually just use pissed off fool this is similar to saying someone is like a clown you can say you're acting like a fool right now jerk this is a light insult used to describe someone who is mean for example if there's someone bullying another person that person is being a jerk wimp this means someone who isn't strong there is a movie out right now called diary of a wimpy kid have you seen it have you not i haven't yet so how was it if you have any more questions please leave a comment below see you next time hey everyone i'm paris from englishclass101.com in this video we're talking about how to ask and give directions let's start to the left to the left the first phrase is where is the where is the for example you can ask where is the bank this can be used to ask for a general location or detailed directions don't be surprised if you only receive basic information for example next to the grocery store the next phrase is i need to go to the i need to go to the for example you can say i need to go to the police station the word need is used but this is used for non-emergencies as well how do i get to the how do i get to the for example you can say how do i get to the museum this question can be used to ask for step-by-step directions instead of a general location is the near here is the near here for example you can say is the library near here if you're unfamiliar with an area you can ask to get this information about a specific place where you want to go is the bathroom near here excuse me do you know where the is excuse me do you know where the is for example you can say excuse me do you know where the park is only youth excuse me when you're starting a conversation with a stranger another common phrase is is the far from here is the far from here for example you can say is the post office fraud from here this is an indirect way to ask for directions people will tell you how far the place is and probably tell you the best way to get there walking taking a bus driving uber now let's take a look at expressions to give directions turn left turn left for example you can say turn left after two blocks this gives you information about how far you should go before you make any changes in this case you should go left to the left to the left turn right turn right for example you can say turn right at the third traffic light this also gives you information about how far you should go before taking another action in this case you should go right go straight go straight this simply tells you to go in one direction it also implies that if you keep going straight that you will eventually find what you're looking for go past go past for example you can say go past the church a landmark is just an easily noticeable place for example a movie theater restaurant at the corner of at the corner of for example you can say it's at the corner of this means that a place is located at the corner where two streets meet in front of in front of for example you can say the bus station is in front of the supermarket we use front to refer to the main entrance of a building it can also mean visible from the front and doesn't necessarily mean it's directly in front of something behind behind for example you can say the parking lot is behind the movie theater we use behind to say that something is at the rear of a building the front of a building is its main entrance so which side it's facing the street is really not important next two next two for example you can say the restaurant is next to the park this is an example of using a non-specific location to give general directions next two can be anywhere beside in front of or around a place mcdonald's is next to my house between between for example you can say the store is between the coffee shop and the pet store between is used with two other places when using between the main place will always be in the middle of the two other places okay that's all for this lesson which phrase do you like the most leave us a comment and let us know and i'll see you next time guys bye hey guys i'm paris from englishclass101.com in this video we'll be talking about making complaints in english so let's get started the first complaint is i'm starving i'm starving this is an exaggeration you can use when you're hungry i am always starving even right now the next complaint is it's noisy it's noisy this kind of complaint is one that you would make to a friend telling the staff of a restaurant won't help since they can't tell people to be quiet i hate when it's noisy in restaurants save that for another time then we have it's hot it's hot this can be used to talk about the weather or the temperature of a room you can add a request like can you turn on the air conditioner i am never hot so i like that the next complaint is it's cold it's cold this can be used to talk about the weather or the temperature of a room you can add a request like can you turn on the heater i always make this request because it's always too cold everywhere everywhere it's too expensive it's too expensive even if you have enough money to buy something it may be more money than you want to spend it would probably be considered rude to say this to someone who works at a store but i always think okay i'm in gucci it's way too expensive another common complaint is i'm tired i'm tired use this complaint to imply that you want to sit down relax go home take a break when i babysit my five-year-old cousin i leave thinking i'm tired the next complaint is i gained weight i gained weight this is a self-criticism that implies that you want to lose weight many people say i got so fat i'm always broke i'm always broke use this to complain about never having enough money i am always broke because i always want more money the next complaint is my job is boring my job is boring this is a really common complaint used by people who don't think their jobs are very exciting usually it means that you want to find a different more fun job it's all right teachers your job isn't boring that person stinks that person stinks you can use stings to talk about a literal physical smell or a general insult meaning that you don't like how someone smells i hate when people smell on the bus not good not okay the next complaint is there's too much traffic there's too much traffic this is a common complaint among people who commute to work by car certain roads are especially bad during rush hour which is the time in the morning or night most people are going home or to work if i left at it was 7 pm i would be here in 10 minutes but because it's daytime in la it took me 30 minutes to get here and i drive really really fast and it still took me 30 minutes the next complaint is the wi-fi here is too slow the wi-fi here is too slow this is just a general complaint you may have about the internet speed if you're at a cafe or somewhere with wi-fi you can request that they reset their wi-fi to improve the speed if you're having a party and you're having friends over and your wi-fi is too slow you might as well end that party now no wi-fi no party my boss is annoying my boss is annoying annoying can be used to mean that someone does things that you don't like or they ask you to do things that you don't like either way an annoying boss is a bad experience i am very familiar with this hey paris grab me coffee hey paris check my emails my boss is annoying but don't  tell him i said that the pay is too low the pay is too low you can use this to complain about how much you make or to reject a job offer because it doesn't pay enough i'm a surgeon the pay is too low i don't like it i don't like it this is a very general complaint that can be used for almost anything what do i like [Laughter] posting a thousand selfies on instagram i don't like it um okay that's it for this lesson which complaint do you like more leave us a comment and let me know and we'll see you next time bye you just got a text message from your hotel's pickup service what does the first number refer to um,... what does the first number refer to the number in the text message refers to the customer code you are at a train station where you've just bought an express ticket which train car row and seat number are you in so which train car row and seat number are you in the ticket says that you're in train car number one in the eighth row in seat c you are at a train station where you're attempting to buy an express ticket from a ticket machine which option should you choose to buy an express ticket which option should you choose to buy an express ticket the option on the bottom left is for an express ticket you are on a platform at a train station where you're waiting for your train suddenly a message appears on the display what does the message on the display mean what does the message on the display mean the display reads the next train will not stop you are at a train station where you're reading the train schedule for an express ticket that you've just bought on which days are there no express trains running on which days are there no express trains running there are no express trains running on public holidays and the third sunday of every month want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com you are on a platform at a train station where you're waiting for your train suddenly a message appears on the display what does the message on the display mean what does the message on the display mean the display reads the next train will not stop you are at a train station where you're looking for the best exit to catch a taxi which exit should you take to get to the taxi stop which exit should you take to get to the taxi stop you should take the east exit in order to get to the taxi stop hi everybody my name is alicia and today i am joined again in the studio by michael hello and today we're going to be talking about things that were cool in the 90s so things that were interesting or things that maybe we were interested in in the 90s i'm guessing that we're going to have some very different opinions based on our experiences of the 90s so let's get right into it michael your first item please um okay boy bands so i remember boy bands were very very popular when i was a kid in the 90s i had three older brothers who would punch me and tell me boy bands are for girls don't like boy bands so that was my experience with them and they became kind of uncool i feel like after the 90s and then they never were uncool in like korea and like a lot of asian countries they still had like a strong boy band kind of uh scene or whatever bands now is that really what they're called no i don't know i just mean i think i feel like boy there are boy bands that are now becoming boys to men maybe this so i mean now they it came now it came back like what is the what's the british one now it's kind of cool again oh one direction one direction yeah so i think it's come back it's full circle didn't they just break up i'm gonna go with something that i loved in the 90s this is probably way too specific uh probably but it's this show called doug that was on nickelodeon and there weren't a whole lot of episodes of doug it was i don't know like 20 or 30 i feel like not even that many did you ever see this show yeah that's very nostalgic for me i don't 20 30 episodes i feel i feel like i had i'd seen them all so i i i know that i saw them all because it would come back it would come on one day after school and i'd be like i've seen this episode but the whole the whole idea with doug is doug was like this just this plain kid and he had an older sister he went to school he had a dog get a best friend and he would just encounter these everyday life scenarios that would be kind of troubling or he wouldn't know how to deal with them but like he was kind of a role model i feel like he was kind of being like a good kid um or sometimes he would get into trouble but then you know eventually he would solve the problem or he'd find a way out of it so but i really loved that show i really loved nickelodeon in general um during the 90s and yeah did you watch that channel yeah of course i loved nickelodeon um i think it was more like fox stuff like that but i guess i'll segue into another one of mine you're talking about wholesome so something that's my childhood i was raised on tv was sitcoms yeah so i think this has kind of died down again like the boy bands where it people think it's cheesy now it's all reality tv shows that kind of stuff but that's that is my childhood right there is you know full house and these kinds of shows step by step where there's a moral at the end of the story and so everyone there's always kind of like the the protagonist is always like maybe he's unsure but by the end they know the right thing to do and they play like the violin kind of sad not quite sad but like heartwarming music and then they're like well and then they give a speech and as a kid you know you don't really like think about it but that gets into your like man deep because of full house if you lie i've learned this it's deep in my subconscious if you lie and then you keep lying it snowballs and it gets worse and worse and worse so it's best to just right away tell the truth that was a really common theme in most sitcoms i think that like they're just trying to teach kids don't lie it's bad you're right you're right sitcoms are huge and by the way sitcoms um is um..... is a portmanteau portmanteau meaning two words put together of situation and comedy so situation and comedy equals sitcom in this case okay nice nice um i'm gonna go to my next one um let's see i think probably every little girl in the 90s in america anyway knew what this was i don't know if you knew um it's this brand called lisa frank um lisa frank are you aware of lisa frank are you aware of lisa frank no okay she knows she knows who lisa frank is so lisa frank is um just bright it was always like brightly colored school supplies uh like pinks and purples and blues and it would always have unicorns and dolphins and mystical creatures it was just bright and everybody all the girls loved it i loved it i had lisa frank just whatever i could get my hands on it'd be pencils or erasers or just pinks and rainbows and hearts and stuff like that so i think every every girl who grew up in the 90s knows what lisa frank is ah ..... okay so talking about style and whatnot grunge grunge is something that i that hits close to home for me and i think that came out of the 90s is

i mean everybody knows around the world i think most people know nirvana yeah kurt cobain yeah and this is something that i guess was brought to the world from seattle and it was a music genre and it was kind of it's like rock but sometimes slower almost emo kind of like sad usually undertones but anyways the style that came with it was the opposite of like the 80s and early 90s of really bright colors you know it was the opposite you just wear holy jeans you don't really shower that much you don't shave and like plaid and just really like dreary colors so that was really popular i at least i remember in like the early 90s like mid-90s yeah and it's as soon as i saw that card grunge i was like oh nirvana that was that's the first thing that comes to mind when i hear about when i hear a grunge

i didn't get into the grunge scene though i was i was busy with boy bands but like grunge for me was never really i was aware i was aware of nirvana but i did not i was not of the nirvana mod okay i'm gonna go to a style point then too because you've read up a style point i'll put up bring up maybe um a female style point scrunchies uh still popular perhaps among some people what is a scrunchie a scrunchie let's see i don't have um so there's regular rubber bands that you can use to tie back long hair he's making an o shape with his hands yes this is very descriptive very descriptive michael thank you so much no you're into that i'm the prop and then you go like this there's like that but i bet i bet there's an awesome video team somewhere in the somewhere that can put like a scrunchie like right here anyway um yeah a scrunchie is just it's just a a piece of elastic with some kind of colorful cloth wrapped around it and it but when not in use it would go and it would scrunch i think i think this is why we call it a scrunchie but then when you pull that you could expand it a bit and wrap your hair up in it and then when you're finished doing that it would kind of close around it i had a couple nintendo anything any game related stuff i remember game boys anything handheld um except when i was a kid it wasn't like this fancy 3d high you know highly like vibrant colors it was like black and white and like you'd play it in the car and you had to squint and it hurts your head you know if you're playing too much you're getting like carsick and you're like you can barely see mario are you talking about game boy game boy or any like there was handheld too there was like atari and stuff like that and like sega sega was pretty good that would light up i was thinking about nes when you said nintendo i imagined my nes the one that like when it wasn't working correctly you could just pull the cassette out and put it back in so you put the cartridge in here right and sometimes if it was really stubborn and it didn't work you would blow into this part and you try and it really doesn't make a difference but you would take turns like me and my brothers would be like no you want to be the one to get it to work so you take turns no no let me let me let me and just by luck it would work and you're like cece yeah no this is super nostalgic i love nintendo i have a game too pogs do you have pogs okay pogs are either are simultaneously the most brilliant game and the stupidest game ever invented they're just discs of cardboard about this size uh and on one side there's a picture and on the other side there's just nothing and then you had a thing called a slammer which was essentially just a heavy pog that you would use and you had to flip you had to use the slammer to flip those plain cardboard ones what i don't even know it was that stupid and forgettable of a game but it was like crazy when i was about i don't know like second or third grade or something everybody had pogs like we had pog gym days at my school i remember that excuse me america we're really obese let's go into the gym and sit there and smash cardboard yeah we played pogs and like i was telling i was telling her before we started this like one day like my mom wanted me to get a haircut and i was just being stubborn and i wasn't having it i was in the mall i was like i want to get a haircut she's like i'll buy you pogs and she did it was like this giant tube of pogs and i was just so thrilled and i agreed to get my hair cut well that was a lot of things that was that were exciting and or popular and or we were into in the 90s what were you into in the 90s what was popular in your country i really have no idea what was popular around the world at that time maybe some of these things are similar please let us know in the comments i'm very interested to find out we read these by the way um any thoughts any other any closing thoughts about the 90s you're not going to sing a song for us oh that's copyright we can't do that just like blur that all out no that was that was very accurate so i'm sure we can use that very accurate i mean totally wrong clearly we're very good at talking about the 90s okay but uh we hope that you are too we hope that you learned something exciting about the 90s um that's all for us today thanks very much for watching and we will see you again soon bye hi everybody my name is alicia and i'm joined again in the studio by michael hello and today we're going to be talking about english conversation strategies so let's get right into it let's start with michael what is your first strategy for keeping an english conversation going this is very important don't say i'm fine thank you and you you hear this all the time from second language english learners or non-native speakers you learn this it's one of the first things you learn in an english class it's easy it's good it's basic it's foundation okay that's fine but as soon as you can switch it up because to me when i meet a foreigner and they come up and if they say hey how are you say oh i'm fine you know i'm good whatever how about you and they say i'm fine thank you and you and it's just it's almost robotic because i've said it so many times and when i hear that i think ah their english isn't that good and inside i'm just gonna be really polite and say hello and talk slowly and try to get out of there as quick as i can so really impress the foreigner in my opinion i think the best way to do it is say something you know use a big word or just like a slang word something like that when i hear that i go wow man i want to know what this person thinks i want to get their point of view and i'm really excited and then i've had great conversations because of that um yeah that's a really really good one and actually i think on this youtube channel actually from a couple years ago there's a video all about better answers to the question how are you then i'm fine thank you and you or if someone says hey how are you i'm good you are fine you never i'm fine thank you and you never but try to actually use you know a phrase that a native speaker would use and then that's a clue to the native speaker that oh maybe this person is ready for a conversation beyond you know basic english so that's a really good point i like that i didn't think of things not to do i only thought of things to do so okay cool um let's see let's go to my first one um so um this strategy in general is just ask the other person a question i think and i'm guilty of this too when i'm learning another language i tend to only get input like somebody else is always asking me the questions and then i forget myself to ask the other person a question so one question that i like to ask or you know a variation any kind of wh question is good like a who question what where something like this if you've been paying attention you can use any way to transition in your conversation this was in a previous video you can ask something like anyway up to anything fun this weekend this is a pretty casual conversational question that you can ask just about anybody whether you've just met them or whether you've known them for a while but just just get in the habit of asking other people the question don't wait for someone else to ask you the question um so that that's one strategy that i try to use to keep things going yeah me too i agree and i'm gonna say same zs because actually two of my questions were exactly what you said agree 100 this is kind of cheating these should be one but so always ask questions so you know again you forget it's really easy i'm really guilty of this english non-english whatever i'm i'm guilty of this and the other thing is ask deep open-ended questions so if you ask a yes or no question so again like alicia was saying it just dead ends you can't just say you know do you like cheese yes or no right so you want to say what do you think about cheese what is your favorite kind and kind of open it up to something else and let it let it just kind of snowball right right yeah i think i think that that's that's really a key like i have another variation on which i guess i'll just continue on to because it kind of relates to what you're talking about like he's saying always ask questions always ask deep open-ended questions so like you may you just said don't ask a yes or no question because yes or no ends with the yes or the no so one of the things that i'll do is use a pattern similar to this like hey did you see or hey did you hear about blah blah blah so you can use this little blah blah blah as your you can ask about the news

you can ask about something funny you saw on the internet you can ask about um you know some something that you heard from another friend of yours whatever uh it's just a way to check in with the other person and say oh did you also experience this thing that i experienced let's talk about that so that might be another question that you can use with

people i like that one i really like that one because you got to stay within people's comfort zone so maybe you ask and maybe they don't want to right so a good thing is did you hear about it that's up to them maybe they don't want to talk about it they can say oh yeah i heard about that and you can kind of feel uh the the atmosphere and and realize maybe i shouldn't talk about this change the subject or they get passionate and they start talking about it and there you go and just let it go um yeah absolutely one thing again i'm guilty of is is you do gotta keep keep returning it right don't let it don't just say oh yeah and what i think about that bring it back ask them what about you um that's a common thing i forget about yeah yeah yeah okay um good i have one more this one um use when you see fit don't i guess just okay i'll just introduce it compliment the other person or compliment the other person this can be a nice strategy just to show that you're enjoying the other person's company um it can be as simple as oh i like your shirt today or oh that's a nice dress you're wearing today or oh did you get a new haircut that looks good on you something like that so this is a nice a nice way to make the other person maybe want to spend more time with you i think yeah i agree 100 um two things one i think it's a good conversation starter sometimes um if you've got to be careful with a stranger it can be creepy it can be a little uncomfortable what you're complimenting right but if it's something like if they have a t-shirt and it's a band that you both like that's a great conversation starter and you feel wow we're connected you know number two the second thing i was thinking about is that keep it honest i love i love a sincere compliment it really means a lot more and it really does butter them up kind of get them open to having more conversations deeper that kind of thing um but one of the things people do which which i don't like is let's say they say hey nice shirt and then the person out of habit will say oh you too i like your shirt too just my opinion i don't think this feels really natural doesn't really feel sincere so i would i would save it make a mental note and go hmm i need to return the favor i need to give them a compliment but wait until you notice something you really do like and say hey actually i love blah blah yeah i think that's a great point like when you you can sense whether someone is being sincere or not what is your next strategy for continuing an english conversation well don't be afraid to open up i like this one i think this is good a lot of people will be kind of shy they won't open up too much again within within your comfort zone but i like this one because people return the favor because if you're just having small talk and you say you know the weather's nice today blah blah you can only go so far so don't be afraid to say something personal again trust your judgment don't be a creeper don't go we don't want to hear certain things about your life don't don't be a creep don't be a creep don't be weird don't be strange and like what you're saying about opening up open up is just a phrase that means share something about yourself um so it can be as simple as what you did last weekend or what you're going to do this weekend or a project that you have coming up it doesn't mean that you have to spill all of your life's secrets to the other person but just showing that you're willing toshare something more personal about yourself can help ingratiate yourself or can help

yo u know make the other person help the other person understand you a little bit better that's a good tip i like that tip that's hard to do though it's hard it's a little bit scary i think to share parts of yourself but it's good it's a good way to meet people and make friends all right i think that's all is that all that you have yeah that's all i got okay all right well those are some interesting uh strategies to keep an english conversation going so give them a try if you're ever at a loss for words and don't know what to say you can try one of these strategies and hopefully it will help you out please let us know if you have any other strategies or anything else that you would like to use or you tried to use when you are having trouble keeping a conversation going uh leave us a comment and let us know what it is we will see you again next time do you have anything else you'd like to add that's about it all right so thanks very much for joining us and take care bye-bye want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com hi everyone i'm gabriella how are your english listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end are you ready a woman is asking a store clerk something at a bookstore which book does the woman want to see [Music] excuse me i'd like to take a look at a book on that shelf which book would you like the one about cars one moment please this one yep that's right here you go which book does the woman want to see a woman is asking a store clerk something at a bookstore which book does the woman want to see excuse me i'd like to take a look at a book on that shelf which book would you like the one about cars one moment please this one yep that's right here you go a man and a woman are looking over a menu at a restaurant what's the man going to order [Music] what are you going to order the pizza looks delicious i think i'll go with that i had pizza yesterday so okay then what about the hamburger sounds good i'll go with that what's the man going to order a man and a woman are looking over a menu at a restaurant what's the man going to order what are you going to order the pizza looks delicious i think i'll go with that i had pizza yesterday so okay then what about the hamburger sounds good i'll go with that a man is calling the doctor's office what time does he need to be at the doctor's office bye [Music] hello how can i help you what time do you close today we close at six o'clock but please come in before 5 30. okay thank you what time does he need to be at the doctor's office by a man is calling the doctor's office what time does he need to be at the doctor's office by hello how can i help you what time do you close today we close at six o'clock but please come in before 5 30. Okay thank you good evening ma'am may i have your first and last names melissa west thank you ma'am i have found your reservation here's the registration information does everything look correct to you yes it seems to be correct excellent now i will just need a photo id for legal purposes will my passport do that would be just fine ma'am checkout is between noon and two o'clock you may request an extension of up to five hours free of charge what if i need more time then a late charge of five percent will be added to your bill how are your english listening skills first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end a boy is reading from his journal what was the first thing the boy did today.

the weather was great today i went swimming this afternoon at the pool and i went to a movie in the evening i also studied all morning today wasn't bad what was the first thing the boy did today a boy is reading from his journal what was the first thing the boy did today the weather was great today i went swimming this afternoon at the pool and i went to a movie in the evening i also studied all morning today wasn't bad a woman and a man are looking at a photograph which photo are they looking at this is a photo of the soccer team your son is on isn't it which one is your son this one oh he's the tallest one yep he's even taller than the coach which photo are they looking at a woman and a man are looking at a photograph which photo are they looking at this is a photo of the soccer team your son is on isn't it which one is your son this one oh he's the tallest one yep he's even taller than the coach a man and a woman are talking when are they going to see the movie [Music] why don't we go see a movie on saturday yes i'd love to but i have to work a shift in the morning what time will you finish i'll finish at two o'clock then let's meet up at the cafe at three o'clock and see a movie at four o'clock okay when are they going to see the movie a man and a woman are talking when are they going to see the movie why don't we go see a movie on saturday yes i'd love to but i have to work a shift in the morning what time will you finish i'll finish at 2 o'clock then let's meet up at the cafe at three o'clock and see a movie at four o'clock okay my major is education how about you i'm an english major cool i like english oh and what's aksana's major she's also an english major that's  nice you can help each other study yep in fact i need to meet her now so we can study together okay it was nice talking with you you too see you later see ya how are your english listening skills first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end a man is talking with a salesperson at the mall which shirt is he going to buy hmm which shirt do you think is better the white one or the blue one well i think the blue one is better it goes well with this gray jacket you think so but it doesn't go so well with this red tie does it well that's true okay then i'll take the white one not the blue one which shirt is he going to buy a man is talking with a salesperson at the mall which shirt is he going to buy hmm which shirt do you think is better the white one or the blue one well i think the blue one is better it goes well with this gray jacket you think so but it doesn't go so well with this red tie does it well that's true okay then i'll take the white one not the blue one a man is at a hamburger place which meal is he going to order [Music] excuse me could i have the value meal please sure thing which do you want french fries or salad french fries

okay what will you have to drink coke please which meal is he going to order a man is at a hamburger place which meal is he going to order excuse me could i have the value meal please sure thing which do you want french fries or salad french fries okay what will you have to drink coke please a teacher is baking a cake what did the teacher put in it [Music] today we're baking a cake first mix butter and sugar then add 2 eggs and mix them well add flour and mix it a little bit put it in the oven and bake it for 50 minutes that's it what did the teacher put in it a teacher is baking a cake what did the teacher put in it today we're baking a cake first mix butter and sugar then add two eggs and mix them well add flour and mix it a little bit put it in the oven and bake it for 50 minutes that's it okay everybody shift information has been posted for the month it looks like we'll visit 25 cities in 30 days do we normally visit 25 different cities in one month yes sometimes we visit even more where's our first stop charlotte hey i have friends in charlotte it would be nice to see them want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at english englishclass101.com how are your english listening skills first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end a man and a woman are talking what are they going to do first [Music] what do you want to do today i want to go see a movie okay i want to watch the baseball game on tv also i want to go shopping the baseball game starts at one o'clock okay so let's see the movie first and then you can watch the baseball game all right then we'll go shopping in the evening what are they going to do first a man and a woman are talking what are they going to do first what do you want to do today i want to go see a movie ok i want to watch the baseball game on tv also i want to go shopping the baseball game starts at one o'clock okay so let's see the movie first and then you can watch the baseball game all right then we'll go shopping in the evening a teacher and a student are talking when will the student go to the teacher's office [Music] i didn't really understand today's class i see what was confusing several things do you have time now actually i'm a little busy could you come to my office in the afternoon i'll be there from 1pm to 4pm ok i'll be there at 2pm when will the student go to the teacher's office a teacher and a student are talking when will the student go to the teacher's office i didn't really understand today's class i see what was confusing several things do you have time now actually i'm a little busy could you come to my office in the afternoon i'll be there from 1pm to 4pm ok i'll be there at 2pm a woman is having lunch in a restaurant what is she going to order [Music] would you like to have coffee or dessert after the meal what desserts do you have we have pudding and apple pie hmm actually i'll just have coffee do you want cream or sugar cream please what is she going to order

a woman is having lunch in a restaurant what is she going to order would you like to have coffee or dessert after the meal what desserts do you have we have pudding and apple pie hmm actually i'll just have coffee do you want cream or sugar cream please good evening in room dining this is alex how may i be of service hello i would like to order some food of course ma'am just to confirm this is mrs rossen in room 417 yes it is excellent may i take your order yes i would like a turkey sandwich on a parmesan bagel and what to drink a diet coke will there be anything else yes i would also like a wake-up call for seven

a woman is waiting for a man where is the woman now [Music] hey really sorry but it looks like i'll be 30 minutes late okay i'll wait for you at the cafe cafe where is it it's next to the bookstore there's a bakery across from the cafe okay where is the woman now a woman is waiting for a man where is the woman now hey really sorry but it looks like i'll be 30 minutes late okay i'll wait for you at the cafe cafe where is it it's next to the bookstore there's a bakery across from the cafe okay a man and a woman are talking about summer vacation what is the woman going to do on her summer vacation [Music] have you already planned for the summer vacation not yet i'm thinking about going to the sea or the mountains i'm going to the beach with some friends we're going surfing sounds nice why don't you come with us wow sure thanks what is the woman going to do on her summer vacation a man and a woman are talking about summer vacation what is the woman going to do on her summer vacation have you already planned for the summer vacation not yet i'm thinking about going to the sea or the mountains i'm going to the beach with some friends we're going surfing sounds nice why don't you come with us wow sure thanks a man and a woman are talking what did the woman eat this morning [Music] oh i'm hungry did you eat anything for breakfast yes i did but only a little what did you eat i had yogurt and coffee that's not enough you'll need some bread and fruit too what did the woman eat this morning a man and a woman are talking what did the woman eat this morning oh i'm hungry did you eat anything for breakfast yes i did but only a little what did you eat i had yogurt and coffee that's not enough you'll need some bread and fruit too hey vicky did you forget our study date at 10 this morning i'm sorry naomi at 10 i was talking with my professor and couldn't get away i'm sorry i should have called that's okay so how did the meeting go with the professor it went fine he gave me an extension on my paper and i can still take the midterm how was your study group yesterday well we were studying together during lunch when i noticed an old friend of mine from high school in the same cafe my concentration quickly switched from class to catching up with my friend so i didn't get much done you've taken that class before right yeah last semester i was always asking questions in that class because it was so difficult well i was hoping that you could lend me a hand with my paper i can't think of anything else to write sure no problem that is if you can help me study for our history test sounds like a deal hi everyone i'm gabriella how are your english listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end are you ready a woman is in a department store which floor is she going to [Music] excuse me where are the children's clothes they're on the fifth and sixth floors do you also have baby clothes yes they're on the sixth floor we have a lot there thank you very much i'll go and have a look there which floor is she going to a woman is in a department store which floor is she going to excuse me where are the children's clothes they're on the 5th and 6th floors do you also have baby clothes yes they're on the 6th floor we have a lot there thank you very much i'll go and have a look there a woman is in a department store which floor is she going to [Music] excuse me where are the children's clothes they're on the fifth and sixth floors do you also have baby clothes yes they're on the sixth floor we have a lot there thank you very much i'll go and have a look there which floor is she going to a woman is in a department store which floor is she going to excuse me where are the children's clothes they're on the 5th and 6th floors do you also have baby clothes yes they're on the sixth floor we have a lot there thank you very much i'll go and have a look there here's how you say to die of cuteness oh this sounds good i don't know how to say this really thank you i learned something hey everyone have you heard about daily dose it's a new application that you can use to help you study languages on a daily basis so i've been looking at the the japanese one for example now and there's a lot of stuff that's related to maybe my everyday life or there's stuff that's related to things that i've been reading about how to say whose is this in japanese right now we have japanese american

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congratulations we should celebrate thank you very much it's kind of you to say want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com hi everybody welcome back to top words my name is alicia and today we're going to be talking about 10 breakup lines these are lines that you can use when you want to end a romantic relationship let's go i need my space i need my space i need my space so if you feel the other person is maybe just always with you always looking for time or just bothering you whatever doesn't matter you don't want to spend time with that person anymore you can say i need my space oh do you want to go to the movies with me this weekend it was so much fun to see you yesterday and we can do something tomorrow and then we can go to the movies together too don't you think it'll be great actually i need my space i need to focus on my career i need to focus on my career ooh so maybe you're really really busy with work uh or you're just looking for an excuse to break up with the person to break up with someone you can say i'm really sorry but right now i need to focus on my career i think we need a break i think we need a break this is after you've been seeing someone for some time and you decide that maybe they're not the right person for you you can say i think we need a break be careful though this phrase sounds like there's a chance you may get back together in the future if you don't feel that there's a chance you will be continuing to see this person maybe choose a different line to break up with them i think we're moving too fast this is an expression you might use towards the beginning of a relationship maybe for example you meet someone and then you start dating them and and then a month later they're like let's move in together and then three months later it's like oh let's get married or whatever the pace of the relationship seems too fast you can say i think we're moving too fast so if you say this phrase maybe it doesn't mean that you want to break up but just this pace is too fast for me let's slow down i'm just not ready for this kind of relationship i'm just not ready for this kind of relationship this could have many different meanings maybe the relationship is very serious and you're not looking for a serious relationship you can say i'm not ready for this kind of relationship saying i'm not ready sounds like it's me it's my problem i'm not ready for this kind of relationship it's not you it's me it's not you it's me there's no problem with you rather i have a problem maybe they're just struggling with some things that they're not they don't want to bring into a relationship or maybe they're just trying to be polite maybe it is you maybe it is you but the other person is trying to be kind so you can say it's not you it's me let's just be friends let's just be friends you've been in a relationship with someone for a while and you decide maybe it's better if we don't date each other but i still like this person so let's just be friends we need to talk oh no we need to talk the dreaded we need to talk if someone says we need to talk in that tone we need to talk or if you get like a text message that says we need to talk it's never we need to talk i want to get a puppy it's never a happy thing if you see if you hear we need to talk it's oh no something is bad in my relationship and i'm about to hear about it dun dun dun so you can follow we need to talk with uh an actual issue that you need to discuss about your relationship um or it can mean the end of the relationship you want to talk about ending the relationship we should start seeing other people the next breakup line is we should start seeing other people ouch means i don't want to see you anymore ah one point about this when we are in a relationship with someone there are a couple of different verbs that we use we use the verb uh seeing to see someone and to date uh to go out with those are a few so in this expression we see we should start seeing other people so it doesn't mean just like like stand across the room no i see another person i see you hey like no it means date it means be in a relationship with we use the verb to see for that one of the things that is said about this phrase is that if someone uses the phrase we should start seeing other people there's a good chance that person is already seeing someone else ouch ouch you deserve better the next phrase is you deserve better oh so if someone says to you you deserve better i think we should end the relationship you deserve better it means that the person feels they are not good enough they're not enough for you uh and so they think you should find someone better than the person saying the phrase again um this could be a sincere expression or it could just be a very polite and kind way to end a relationship with someone how are your english listening skills first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end a woman is looking at clothes in a boutique what is she going to buy [Music] wow this blue skirt and that white skirt i like them both the white skirt is really popular right now the blue one's a bit expensive too well that's true but it suits you um i can't afford both i'll take the white one an excellent choice thank you very much what is she going to buy a woman is looking at clothes in a boutique what is she going to buy wow this blue skirt and that white skirt i like them both the white skirt is really popular right now the blue one's a bit expensive too well that's true but it suits you um i can't afford both i'll take the white one an excellent choice thank you very much a man and a woman are talking how many people in total are coming to the party the party's tomorrow who's coming well the two of us two friends of mine and my pottery teacher that will make five then oh well my teachers also bringing his wife wow a big party then how many people in total are coming to the party a man and a woman are talking how many people in total are coming to the party the party's tomorrow who's coming well the two of us two friends of mine and my pottery teacher that will make five then oh well my teacher's also bringing his wife wow a big party then hi everybody welcome back to top words my name is alicia and today we're going to be talking about american food so let's get started apple pie the first food is apple pie apple pie is a delicious and sweet american dessert it is as it sounds it is a pie so a bit of crust and on the inside is apple fresh apple i hope large feasts often have an apple pie for dessert in a sentence my mom cooks an apple pie every thanksgiving chocolate chip cookie next food is the chocolate chip cookie this is a very popular cookie it's a simple cookie just put chocolate chips into any cookie into anything and you can make a chocolate chip cookie if you eat it there's a very kind of nostalgic childhood feel about a chocolate chip cookie in a sentence when i was a child i made chocolate chip cookies with my mom and my brother that's true hamburger the next food is probably the first food you thought of when i said we were talking about american foods today it is the hamburger a beef patty between two buns two buns uh two pieces of bread and depending on your preference you can put anything you like on your hamburger many people like to use cheese thereby making it a cheeseburger you can use lettuce ketchup tomato onion mustard relish whatever go crazy bacon avocado anything really i love trying new and interesting hamburger combinations jelly beans jelly beans this is an interesting american food they're colorful they usually come in a package about this size maybe this big they are kind of a squishy jelly like uh candy very very sugary and they usually have some kind of fruit flavor you can find the regular jelly beans which are sweet and delicious or you can find jelly beans which are maybe a mysterious mixture in a sentence when i was a kid i loved eating jelly beans this is an actual picture from uh one of the from a supermarket almost all of those are jelly beans or they're candies to some degree so you can see they're like bins to scoop the candy out of there's a bin to like pour candy from this is amazing american candy is just unreal there's so much turkey okay the next food is turkey turkey it's a weird big bird that we almost always eat at thanksgiving that's  right turkeys you're weird in a sentence every year my family cooks a turkey for thanksgiving dinner boston baked beans the next food is boston baked beans this is something i haven't had in a long time as you might have guessed it's an east coast style food from boston so boston style baked beans are typically sweetened with molasses or with maple syrup in a sentence i'm going to make a chili later today with boston baked beans grits this is a food that comes from the southern part of america i didn't eat grits growing up so i don't really know very well from a video that we did a while back we learned that grits are commonly eaten uh at breakfast you can eat them with butter i eat grits every day for breakfast hush puppies ah here we are again the next american food is hush puppies hush puppies uh from the same video that we talked about grits our friend keith came in and told us about hush puppies it's just a ball of dough that is fried that's it uh very very simple food very very healthy surely no uh in a sentence i haven't had hush puppies yet and i really want to try them but they don't seem very healthy so it's not high on my to-do list biscuits and gravy okay great the next food is biscuits and gravy it's a very simple dish as you can guess it's just a biscuit and gravy the gravy is usually very very rich very very fatty very fattening this is a dish that is typically eaten for breakfast a simple coffee shop or just yeah a local a local simple restaurant might have biscuits and gravy on the menu in a sentence i used to eat biscuits and gravy at my grandparents house in the winter philly cheese steaks oh my god i'm getting so hungry for a very not healthy food okay the next food is philly cheese steaks ah philly cheesesteaks are so good philly is short for philadelphia the city of philadelphia philly cheesesteak is a sandwich from philadelphia the sandwich has cheese and steak oh my god can you hear my stomach delicious delicious it's a very east coast east coast american sandwich in a sentence if you go to philadelphia make sure you try a philly cheesesteak sandwich how are your english listening skills first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end a woman bought a bed where is she going to put it [Music]

 

your new bed it's huge yep i can't put it by the door let's put it at the other end of the room shall we put it in the middle no let's put it in the corner okay sounds good can you help me lift it where is she going to put it a woman bought a bed where is she going to put it

your new bed it's huge yep i can't put it by the door let's put it at the other end of the room shall we put it in the middle  no let's put it in the corner okay sounds good can you help me lift it a teacher is talking to some students what will the students bring with them

the next day tomorrow we're going to a museum bring a pen and notebook and something to drink we'll have lunch in the restaurant at the museum so you don't need to bring a sandwich what about an umbrella it might be raining so please bring one okay what will the students bring with them the next day a teacher is talking to some students what will the students bring with them the next day tomorrow we're going to a museum bring a pen and notebook and something to drink we'll have lunch in the restaurant at the museum so you don't need to bring a sandwich what about an umbrella it might be raining so please bring one okay a woman is talking with a store employee which floor is the woman going to [Music] excuse me where are the women's clothes on the 3rd fourth and fifth floors which floor has coats the fourth floor the elevator is right over there the fourth floor okay thank you which floor is the woman going to a woman is talking with a store employee which floor is the woman going to excuse me where are the women's clothes on the third fourth and fifth floors which floor has coats the fourth floor the elevator is right

over there the fourth floor okay thank you want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com

 

hi everybody and welcome back to top words my name is alicia and today we're going to be talking about 10 words you can use to talk about music so let's go concert the first word for talking about music is concert concert is a live show concert is yeah the performance is happening in front of your eyes so concerts are really popular worldwide i think depending on where you live you might hear them called live shows but usually in american english we just say concert a concert so in a sentence i'm going to a concert this weekend to see in concert the next expression is the verb we use for a live show so the next expression is to see in a concert or to see in concert so we use uh the artist's name along with this phrase so for example i'm going to see coldplay in concert i'm going to see adele in concert so you use i'm going to see artist name in concert or um in a concert what is that in concert or in a concert both are okay so in a different sentence i'm going to see my favorite band in concert meaning live who do i want to sing in concert i want to see michael jackson in concert yeah i would have loved to see him in concert he's my favorite to listen to music to listen to artists the next word or the next phrase is to listen to plus music or to listen to an artist so you can use this verb with the type of music or with the specific artist or band or group that you like so i like to listen to rock music i like to listen to pop music whatever another sentence is i like listening to beyonce i like yeah so you can use to listen to or listening to both are fine here i like listening to funk it's fine i like listening to funky artists is fine i like listening to queens of the stone age is fine all of

these are great who do you listen to i listen to lots of things to write a song to write music the next expression is to write a song or to write music so if you want to make music yourself you can say write a song which just means one song maybe three or four minutes usually in popular music or to write music in general so um you can use both of these expressions song is more specific music is more general so in a sentence my friends started writing songs recently or in a different sentence writing music is really fun track the next expression is track track so we can use song yes but for example when you look at a an album like on itunes or maybe like a cd for example each uh each song is assigned a number that's the track number so we can say uh i like track number three or track three we use track to talk about a song so you can say this is a good song or this is a good track both are okay to use song and track are both fine um so in a sentence i really like that track from his album beat the next word is beat so the beat is sort of the feeling of a song that uh usually it's easy to hear because there's like a bass drum or there's some kind of heavy feeling it gives you the sense of rhythm of a song so in a sentence we would say like songs should have a catchy beat or uh that that uh that song has a really catchy beat or i like the beat of that song tempo so tempo the next word is tempo tempo means the pace of a song how fast or how slow a song goes so uh you can have songs with a fast tempo or with a slow tempo or somewhere in between so you can change the tempo of a song and maybe change the feeling in a sentence tracks with a slow tempo are nice on quiet evenings upbeat the next word is upbeat so this word uses beat which we talked about before but upbeat this is an adjective that we use for something maybe it's a a faster tempo song maybe it sounds kind of positive or cheerful a little bit happy so an upbeat track or an upbeat song sounds uh maybe it has it has a good positive feeling about it or good positive vibe something like that so in a sentence this song is really upbeat upbeat we can use upbeat for people too like my best friend is really upbeat something positive or happy down tempo next we'll go to maybe the opposite of upbeat the next word is down tempo tempo means pace and down meaning like decreased or slower so a down tempo song has a slow tempo it's more relaxed yeah maybe it's good for just kind of hanging out or it's a little bit slower maybe you hear this at a restaurant or a cafe perhaps a down tempo song so in a sentence i like down tempo music genre the next word is a great pronunciation point for many students it's genre genre so not gendu or genre i don't know but genre is the correct pronunciation of this word genre means the type of music you can use genre to talk about movies as well books too but it means the type of something so type of maybe art you could consider or type of creativity so genre in music is for example rock pop funk house soul disco heavy metal uh classical country rap uh hip-hop blues all these are genres of music so they're types of music you can say what type of music do you like or what genre of music do you listen to so in a sentence i listen to lots of different genres of music hi everybody and welcome back to top words my name is alicia and today we're going to talk about 10 words for talking about sleep let's go to wake up the first word is to wake up to wake up is to open your eyes probably in your bed or the place where you are sleeping to wake up is to uh to become conscious to become awake every day you wake up uh presumably hopefully in a sentence i woke up three times last night to get up to get out of bed all right the next word is to get up or to get out of bed so that means to physically move your body from your bed out of bed to stand up from your bed to get out of your bed we say to get up or to get out of bed in a sentence i got up at eight o'clock this morning to snooze the next word is to snooze so we have to snooze and alarm and also to snooze so to snooze means to take a short sleep to have a short sleeping time or to snooze an alarm is when your alarm goes off in the morning you have a button most alarm clocks have some button you can press so the alarm will turn on again in like you know five or ten minutes or something so to snooze an alarm is to like to ask your alarm to wake you up again a few minutes later that's uh to snooze so we have to snooze an alarm and two snooze meaning like a short light sleep in a sentence i always snooze my alarm at least once that is usually true to oversleep the next word is to over sleep to over sleep means to sleep too much or to sleep late actually no it doesn't mean to sleep late to sleep late means just to sleep until a late time in the day over sleep means sleeping beyond the time you wanted to get up so for example if my alarm is set for eight o'clock but i wake up at nine o'clock i overslept i slept beyond my wake-up time so we can use oversleep to talk about times when you sleep too much you sleep more than your body needs you to so maybe your body needs depending on the person like six to nine hours or so but if you sleep like 14 hours we can say that's over sleeping you're sleeping too much that's the nuance here in a sentence i overslept on my first day of work nap the next word is nap nap is a short sleep so a nap is maybe 30 minutes one hour just a short sleep a short rest so a lot of people will take a nap in the afternoon for example or maybe children actually take naps for example in preschool or when they're very very young they have an afternoon nap a short sleep like yeah just like an hour or so i imagine in a sentence i love naps actually i do like naps i don't like naps because when i take a nap it becomes a sleep it's always like i wake up four hours later and i'm like okay well i've destroyed my sleep schedule dream the next word is dream dream so dreams are those those visions those images you see those maybe experiences it seems like you have when you are asleep in a sentence i always have weird dreams nightmare so the next word is nightmare nightmare is a word which means bad dream or scary dream negative dream so uh children maybe have nightmares a lot they wake up crying or they're really upset by nightmares monsters terrifying things happening and so on in a sentence do you ever have nightmares to go to bed the next word is to go to bed so before we talked about to get up or to get out of bed this is the opposite to go to bed means to get in your bed uh to to try to go to sleep to go to bed in a sentence i usually go to bed fairly late to hit the hay to hit the sack the next expression is kind of a s i don't know a slang expression uh we have to hit the hay and to hit the sack these both mean to go to bed um they both mean to try to fall asleep but we just use them in more casual situations the image here of hit the hay is with your body hitting hay like laying down in hay i believe historically because hay was used to stuff um things that people slept on so that's why we have this expression to hit the hay with your body same thing for to hit the sack so a sack full of something soft to sleep on is where this expression comes from in a sentence i think i'm going to hit the hay to fall asleep the next expression it is to fall asleep to fall asleep you're in bed and you finally you lose consciousness you you stop being aware you are asleep in that moment we say you fall asleep in a sentence it takes me a long time to fall asleep all right hi everyone i'm christine from englishclass101.com in this video we'll be talking about 10 phrases to help you in an emergency let's begin help use this phrase when you need help or when you want someone to rescue you in case of an emergency dial 9-1-1 in the united states the phone number you can dial in case of an emergency is 9-1-1 for police also dialed 9-1-1 the number is the same for calling the police it's easy to remember call the police please use this phrase when you need someone to call the police please state the nature of your emergency this is what the 911 call center or an officer will say to ask for more details about your emergency i need a doctor use this phrase when you are not feeling very well and want to get medical help i need an ambulance use this phrase when you need an ambulance to come and take you to the hospital there's a fire this is a very simple way to catch people's attention in case of a fire after saying this you need to explain what happened and where the fire is i want to report a crime use this phrase when you want to report a crime that has happened to you or someone else my location is when you call for help through the phone you'll need to say where you are start your explanation with this phrase hi everyone it's christine welcome back to another episode of top words today we'll be talking about 10 reasons to start learning a language let's go it's a beautiful language every language has specific characteristics and some people like the way certain languages sound some languages might sound better to you than others my family comes from a place where the language is spoken for many people their cultural heritage

is very important to them if your family speaks another language you might not be able to talk to some of your relatives or fully understand your background so many people try to learn the language of the place they've descended from i love the culture and the people who speak the language if you're really interested in a specific country and its culture this can be a great reason to learn a language it's also shown that being interested in a culture motivates language learners to work harder and get better results i just love learning languages some people learn because they have to and some people just learn because they find it interesting learning a language takes time and effort and some people love the

challenge the language is useful for my job gaining new skills is important for many professionals being able to speak another language can potentially help your business make more money and maybe even get you a promotion i live in a country that speaks the language living in a country and not being able to speak the language can be hard learning the language of the place you live can help you make friends get a job and have an easier life i want to open my mind and become more international for many people feeling connected to other cultures and broadening their horizons is especially important

learning a new language can change how you interact with the world i want to understand my favorite songs movies and tv shows if you're really into a culture learning that culture's language can help you enjoy even more learning a new language can add depth to your appreciation of a culture i love traveling people who have been bitten by the travel bug but traveling to a place where you don't know the language can be hard for example if you can speak spanish there are so many different countries you can visit it's part of my university studies most universities require you to take language class for a few semesters to graduate but it doesn't have to feel like work learning a language for university can open great opportunities in the future vamos hi everybody welcome back to top words my name is alicia and today we're going to be talking about 10 gamer speak words i am excited about this one let's go first word is achievement achievement is used when you have completed a mission in some games there's a very famous phrase that says like achievement unlocked good feeling beta beta it's for something that's not quite finished but that's maybe in like a testing phase you could hear like the beta release of something or like the beta test version of blah blah blah for example i am beta testing a running game right now that is true next is boss if you've ever played a video game probably you know about a boss battle you've been playing through a level at the end of

that level there's a boss that you have to fight it's kind of interesting now thinking about it how we use boss for the main challenger that you have to defeat in a video game level but we also use it for like our managers at work so um the next word is role playing game role playing game is commonly abbreviated commonly shortened to rpg this is a very popular style of game a role playing game meaning you play a role role playing games have evolved over years now you can play for example mmorpg's massively multiplayer online role playing games i have been playing role playing games since i was like 11 and my brother convinced me to play final fantasy vii the next word is checkpoint you might also hear save point you save your game and then you continue on in the game and then if you die you go back and you respawn you come back to life from that checkpoint i feel like checkpoint is used more in like a racing game but save point is used more in an rpg the next one is noob n-o-o-b i love the word noob i'm mostly to talk about myself actually when i've made like a really stupid decision noob means rookie it means someone who is inexperienced at something you can use noob in a game if you find someone who has just joined the game they're a brand new player they are a noob they don't know anything farming let's talk about farming's in gaming terms it means you are trying to collect a certain item it has like kind of a reputation for being a bit boring because you're just killing like the same creature over and over again npc npc means non-playable character there

are other characters within the game that move the story forward but that you cannot play as you cannot become that character but you interact with them i have to talk to an npc in order to move this quest forward next is camper a camper is someone who is waiting

for a creature to spawn so a person who's waiting for the monster to appear is called the camper you can use camping as a verb too to talk about that like i'm camping this monster really people camp other players i suppose so depending on the kind of game you're playing mmo is a massively multiplayer online game means you can play online with a lot of different people essentially want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com learning to carry a conversation is vital to mastery of any language even beginners can quickly learn conversational language well enough to carry on real conversations with native speakers of course beginners won't be able to carry a conversation the same way they could in their native language but just knowing a few tips like which questions to ask to keep a conversation going are all you need to speak and interact with real native speakers before we get to specific suggestions let's first take a closer look at how having real conversations in your target language is so vital to your mastery of the language communicating with other people is the very point of language and conversation comes easily in our native tongue for beginners or anyone learning a new language conversations aren't easy at all and even simple greetings can be intimidating and awkward nothing kills a conversation faster than long periods of awkward silence so you need practice and specific strategies to avoid them when you know what to say to keep a conversation going communication becomes much easier and you make a better impression on your listener nothing will help you learn to speak a languagefaster and truly master the language than having real conversations with native speakers conversations quickly expose you to slang cultural expressions and vocabulary that force you to absorb and assimilate information faster than any educational setting and that's a great thing but how can you possibly have real conversations with real people if you're just starting out here are three proven methods that even beginners can quickly use to learn conversational language to make a great impression and avoid awkward silences first ask questions to keep a conversation going for beginners and even more advanced speakers the key is to ask questions to keep a conversation going of course they can't be just random questions or else you may confuse the listener but by memorizing a few key questions and the appropriate time to use them you can easily carry a conversation with minimal vocabulary or experience and remember the more conversations you have the quicker you will learn and master the language second learn core vocabulary terms as quickly as possible you don't need to memorize thousands of words to learn conversational language in fact with just a couple hundred words you could have a very basic conversation and by learning maybe one thousand to two thousand words you could carry a conversation with a native speaker about current events order in restaurants and even get directions to help you get started with this check out our two thousand common words also known as our core list these 2 000 words are all you need to learn to speak fluently and carry a conversation with a native speaker third study video or audio lessons that you can play and replay again and again if you want to know how to carry on a conversation then you need exposure to native speakers and the more the better studying video or audio lessons is ideal because they provide contextualized learning in your native language and you can play them again and again until you achieve mastery our instructors have created more than 2500 video and audio lessons that you can play over and over and the best part is they don't just teach you vocabulary and grammar they are designed to help you learn to speak and teach you practical everyday topics like shopping ordering and more although it may seem intimidating for a beginner the truth is that it's very easy to learn conversational language just learn a few core vocabulary terms and which questions to ask to keep a conversation going our language learning program has the world's largest online collection of video and audio lessons by real instructors plus tons of advanced tools to help you learn to speak and carry on a conversation quickly just a little practice and exposure to real conversations or lessons is all it really takes so if you're ready to finally learn a new language the fast fun and easy way sign up for your free lifetime account by clicking on the link in the description signing up takes less than 30 seconds and you'll start speaking from your very first lesson if you enjoyed these tips hit the like button share the video with anyone who's trying to learn a new language and subscribe to our channel we release new videos every week i'll see you next time bye a man is reporting about his company's sales performance at a meeting which two charts is he using for his presentation [Music] please look at the handout the left chart shows our company's sales over the past three years and the sales forecast for the current year and the red chart shows the monthly breakdown in sales up to october of this year now please have a look at the left chart it shows that sales have been steadily

increasing over the past three years and if we can keep increasing our sales the total sales for this year will show an increase over last year next please look at the right chart the right chart shows that the campaigns we ran in april and august were fairly effective i see but the sales decreased in may and september following the campaigns yes but this kind of decrease is unavoidable i expect the annual sales for this year will show an increase over last year if we can keep increasing our sales which two charts is he using for his presentation a man is reporting about his company's sales performance at a meeting which two charts is he using for his presentation please look at the handout the left chart shows our company's sales over the past three years and the sales forecast for the current year and the right chart shows the monthly breakdown in sales up to october of this year now please have a look at the left chart it shows that sales have been steadily

increasing over the past three years and if we can keep increasing our sales the total sales for this year will show an increase over last year next please look at the right chart

the right chart shows that the campaigns we ran in april and august were fairly effective i see but the sales decreased in may and  september following the campaigns yes but this kind of decrease is unavoidable i expect the annual sales for this year will show an increase over last year if we can keep increasing our sales a man is joining a sports club and getting information on its policies what type of membership will he choose [Music]

 

 

let me start by explaining our club's different membership options as described in this brochure regular members can use the gym in the pool at any time on any day of the week but we also offer early morning memberships where people can use the facilities only in the early morning and night memberships for people who only want to come in the evening what are the hours for early morning members early morning members can use the facilities from 6 a.m to 10 a.m and night members can use them from 6 p.m to 11 p.m

i see so early morning members can stop by and use the facilities on their way to work exactly the early morning type is popular among people with nine to five jobs and we also offer memberships just for the gym or just for the pool if you only want to use one of those i want to use both the gym and the pool i think i'll use the gym in the early morning before going to work on weekdays and then use the pool on the weekend do you have a membership that covers something like early mornings for the weekdays but all day on the weekend we're sorry but we don't offer a membership like that sir okay i don't think i can get up that early on the weekend so i'll choose this membership option what type of membership will he choose a man is joining a sports club and getting information on its policies what type of membership will he choose let me start by explaining our club's different membership options as described in this brochure regular members can use the gym in the pool at any time on any day of the week but we also offer early morning memberships where people can use the facilities only in the early morning and night memberships for people who only want to come in the evening what are the hours for early morning members early morning members can use the facilities from 6 am to 10 am and night members can use them from 6 p.m to 11 p.m i see so early morning members can stop by and use the facilities on their way to work exactly the early morning type is popular among people with nine to five jobs and we also offer memberships just for the gym or just for the pool if you only want to use one of those i want to use both the gym and the pool i think i'll use the gym in the early morning before going to work on weekdays

and then use the pool on the weekend do you have a membership that covers something like early mornings for the weekdays but all day on the weekend we're sorry but we don't offer a membership like that sir okay i don't think i can get up that early on the weekend so i'll choose this membership option a woman is talking with a man who works for an outsourced printing company about a brochure for a new product when is the deadline for the first design draft for the brochure we decided to launch the new product on october 15th and we'd like to offer you the contract to make the brochure thank you so much we're definitely excited about helping you with this project so could you tell us a bit about the schedule when will you need everything by well considering the time needed for printing we'd like to get the brochures to the printing stage by the end of september so would it be possible for you to get us the first design draft by the middle of august well we'd like to give you three design options for the initial draft and then have you choose the one which best fits your concept then we'll make the final design based on your choice so it'll be very helpful if you could give us two more weeks to prepare for this stage hmm okay maybe one month will be enough time to choose one of the designs you've made and then decide on the final design alright we'll be counting on you you're in good hands our design team is the best thank you so much when is the deadline for the first design draft for the brochure a woman is talking with a man who works for an outsourced printing company about a brochure for a new product when is the deadline for the first design draft for the brochure we decided to launch the new product on october 15th and we'd like to offer you the contract to make the brochure thank you so much we're definitely excited about helping you with this project so could you tell us a bit about the schedule when will you need everything by well considering the time needed for printing we'd like to get the brochures to the printing stage by the end of september so would it be possible for you to get us the first design draft by the middle of august well we'd like to give you three design options for the initial draft and then have you choose the one which best fits your concept then we'll make the final design based on your choice so it'll be very helpful if you could give us two more weeks to prepare for this stage hmm okay maybe one month will be enough time to choose one of the designs you've made and then decide on the final design alright we'll be counting on you you're in good hands our design team is the best thank you so much a woman is calling on the phone to reserve tickets for a play which two seats did she get [Music] hello this is black friars playhouse can i help you i'd like to get two tickets for king lear at 5 30 this evening do you still have any tickets available we do have a few seats left but i'm sorry to say we don't have any next to each other if you don't mind though we can get you two seats separately okay we don't mind do you have any particular requests well do you have any aisle seats yes we have an aisle seat at the left side of the center section and to the right of it three seats over we have another free seat to the side okay then please book that aisle seat certainly how about the other one

do you have any seats near the center the only center seats we have left are from the first row to the third row i'm not too crazy about having actors spit on me so this room is relatively small and i think you could enjoy the play even at the end of the row on the side is that so then i'll take the one you mentioned before on the left side which two seats did she get a woman is calling on the phone to reserve tickets for a play which two seats did she get hello this is blackfriar's playhouse can i help you i'd like to get two tickets for king

lear at 5 30 this evening do you still have any tickets available we do have a few seats left but i'm sorry to say we don't have any next to each other if you don't mind though we can get you two seats separately okay we don't mind do you have any particular requests well do you have any aisle seats yes we have an aisle seat at the left side of the center section and to the right of it three seats over we have another free seat to the side okay then please book that aisle seat certainly how about the other one do you have any seats near the center the only center seats we have left are from the first row to the third row i'm not too crazy about having actors spit on me so this room is relatively small and i think you could enjoy the play even at the end of the row on the side is that so then i'll take the one you mentioned before on the left side a man and a woman are talking about preparations for a presentation they'll be making tomorrow at their office what will the woman check after the conversation ends [Music] okay i think we're almost ready for the presentation tomorrow just a few more things the meeting will start at nine sharp so could you double check the meeting room today yep i've already checked the room okay great did you make sure the projector's working okay oh i was going to check the projector tomorrow morning when i have my laptop no we've got to get that checked today we won't have time to deal with it in the morning if there's a problem so make sure to check that projector today that's the most important thing okay will do and did you get the copies of those handouts ms tanaka is making them now let's see what else oh did you check the whiteboard yes i did sometimes the pens don't have enough ink left in them did you get a chance to check them not yet but i'll make sure to do that later yes please make sure to do that today what will the woman check after the conversation ends a man and a woman are talking about preparations for a presentation they'll be making tomorrow at their office

what will the woman check after the conversation ends okay i think we're almost ready for the presentation tomorrow just a few more things the meeting will start at nine sharp so could you double check the meeting room today yep i've already checked the room okay great did you make sure the projector is working okay oh i was gonna check the projector tomorrow morning when i have my laptop no we've got to get that checked today we won't have time to deal with it in the morning if there's a problem so make sure to check that projector today that's the most important thing okay will do and did you get the copies of those handouts ms tanaka is making them now let's see what else oh did you check the whiteboard yes i did sometimes the pens don't have enough ink left in them did you get a chance to check them not yet but i'll make sure to do that later yes please make sure to do that today want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com hi everybody my name is alicia and today we're going to be talking about 10 of the hardest words to pronounce according to you guys so we collected some information from you on facebook thanks very much for sending in your ideas and these are the top 10 uh most difficult words for you to pronounce so let's get started absolutely absolutely absolutely might be tough to pronounce absolutely means 100 absolutely is uh an agreement phrase are you going to that music event next week absolutely yes 100 definitely absolutely loot like a loot l-u-t-e big rime the grime apparently means dirty i've never heard nor used this word before but perhaps it's difficult to pronounce begrime the door to my apartment was begrimed in the storm last week the next word is breakfast breakfast is hard to pronounce but that is the meaning of breakfast you're breaking the fast so a fast is a period of time without eating and to break means to just well in this case breaking something it doesn't refer to like crushing a thing but um stopping something to break the fast of the night in other words so you're fasting during the night you're not eating so you wake up in the morning you break the fast but we don't say breakfast we say breakfast in a sentence this morning for breakfast i ate a bowl of cereal with grapes and i had a coffee too colleague colleague yes colleague many of my students struggle with this they say colleague or they say call you or something because the spelling of this word is really really strange there's that g-u-e at the end or more commonly i feel it's just co-worker uh colleague sounds slightly more formal to me than co-worker somebody who you work with or somebody who you have a business relationship with in some sense could be a person from another company could be somebody from your own company anyone who you do business dealings with is your colleague can be your colleague in a sentence i'm going to a networking event with my colleagues next week miscellaneous that misc miscellaneous it's just the spelling i think maybe is confusing for this word miscellaneous miscellaneous just means other stuff or just other uncategorized stuff i keep a lot of miscellaneous items in a drawer in my house maybe they don't they don't really fit into one category like it's not kitchen things it's not clothing it's just sort of a mixture of of things miscellaneous things negotiation the next word is negotiation negotiation yeah there are two t's in this but neither t is a hard

t they're both very soft that sh sound because they're followed by the i and another vowel that she a negotiation negotiation refers to a compromise between two people you're trying to make a decision and you negotiate in this case it's a noun form negotiation business negotiations continued for more than a month with this important deal realm realm i see why this one's hard it's that rome part little realm it's a weird word isn't it it's used to talk about just like the kind of a fantasy world as sort of the nuance of this phrase the realm uh in a sentence let us go to the realm where the elves live and eat their bread unfortunately the next word is unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately it just means too bad uh you can use this to to start bad news for example like unfortunately i can't come to work today because i'm sick or unfortunately i broke my arm at the basketball game last week or unfortunately my haircut is bad vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary vocab vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary just refers to the uh words in a language my vocabulary in my second language is really really low i need a bigger vocabulary so that i can express myself more clearly world world ah i see why this one's hard world world hard to pronounce that rld i think together is tough plus that w at the beginning as well it's such a short word but you have to say so many weird things at the same time world your tongue is going like this in a sentence i have traveled all over the world and the best food is in my stomach that's the end so those were 10 hard to pronounce words give them a try slowly at first and just kind of try to work up to saying it at a more natural speed if you like thank you so much for sharing your opinions with us on facebook and please make sure to subscribe to our channel so that you don't miss out on any of this fun information so thanks again for watching today and we'll see you again next time bye

you don't need new shoes you need new feet a man and a woman are choosing a hotel which hotel are they going to choose [Music] we have to decide on the hotel for our trip next month okay let's check the internet the ocean hotel is near the beach it says 120 a night per person and you get a buffet breakfast how about the pine hotel it's 80 a night i don't want to waste too much on accommodations hmm but the pine hotel is far from the

beach and from downtown and it says you have to pay for wi-fi what about the sunrise hotel it usually costs 140 dollars a night but now they're running a promotion and we can stay one night for ninety dollars it's between the beach and downtown plus it has free wi-fi sounds good oh wait it says the deal is for next week only oh i didn't see that so how about this place the royal hotel it's located in the middle of downtown and it costs 100 a night the room doesn't look so nice but they have free wi-fi okay let's book this hotel oh it's already fully booked shoot then i think the first one is best is it full no it's not great which hotel are they going to choose a man and a woman are choosing a hotel which hotel are they going to choose we have to decide on the hotel for our trip next month okay let's check the internet the ocean hotel is near the beach it says 120 a night per person and you get a buffet breakfast how about the pine hotel it's 80 a night i don't want to waste too much on accommodations hmm but the pine hotel is far from the beach and from downtown and it says you have to pay for wi-fi what about the sunrise hotel it usually costs 140 a night but now they're running a promotion and we can stay one night for 90 dollars it's between the beach and downtown plus it has free wi-fi sounds good oh wait it says the deal is for next week only oh i didn't see that so how about this place the royal hotel it's located in the middle of downtown and it costs 100 a night the room doesn't look so nice but they have free wi-fi okay let's book this hotel oh it's already fully booked shoot then i think the first one is best is it full no it's not great a man and a woman are talking about the layout of a meeting room how are they going to arrange the tables [Music] let's move the tables for tomorrow's meeting all right shall we put all the tables in the center of the room so that everyone faces each other well there's going to be a group session first so let's separate the tables into four sections four people will be seated in each group okay and i'll put some pens and pads of paper on each table thank you and we'll have a short presentation at the beginning of the session so we need a projector here all right also we're going to use a whiteboard aren't we is it okay if i put the whiteboard next to the screen well how about putting the whiteboard at the other end of the room that makes sense after the meeting we need to put everything back where it was in four rows of two tables per row how are they going to arrange the tables a man and a woman are talking about the layout of a meeting room how are they going to arrange the tables let's move the tables for tomorrow's meeting all right shall we put all the tables in the center of the room so that everyone faces each other well there's going to be a group session first so let's separate the tables into four sections four people will be seated in each group okay and i'll put some pens and pads of paper on each table thank you and we'll have a short presentation at the beginning of the session so we need a projector here all right also we're going to use a whiteboard aren't we is it okay if i put the whiteboard next to the screen well how about putting the white board at the other end of the room that makes sense after the meeting we need to put everything back where it was in four rows of two tables per row a man and a woman are talking about office supplies what will the man order [Music] every month you need to check our office supplies and order any items that are running low this time let's take a look at them together here's the checklist okay that sounds good well starting with the paper it looks like there's only one box left we use lots of paper every day so let's order two more boxes okay the printer is out of color ink should we order that we don't really print documents in color so we don't need to worry about that okay looks like these whiteboard markers are running out of ink right those need to be replaced we get a discount if we order them in sets of five so let's do that okay and while we're at it can we order a mouse sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't that's probably because it's running out of batteries let's check the stock of batteries and order more if we don't have many left sure well we have three batteries here you can take two of these for your mouse but buy a six pack of batteries to replace them what will the man order a man and a woman are talking about office supplies what will the man order every month you need to check our office supplies and order any items that are running low this time let's take a look at them together here's the checklist okay that sounds good well starting with the paper it looks like there's only one box left we use lots of paper every day so let's order two more boxes okay the printer is out of color ink should we order that we don't really print documents in color so we don't need to worry about that okay looks like these whiteboard markers are running out of ink right those need to be replaced we get a discount if we order them in sets of five so let's do that okay and while we're at it can we order a mouse sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't that's probably because it's running out of batteries let's check the stock of batteries and order more if we don't have many left sure well we have three batteries here you can take two of these for your mouse but buy a six pack of batteries to replace them a woman is asking for directions to the airport at an information center how is she going to get to the airport [Music] excuse me i need to go to the airport would you tell me how to get there sure there are a few ways if you take bus number one it takes about one and a half hours to the airport it's the least expensive way bus number two is a non-stop bus it's more expensive and leaves once every hour but it only takes 50 minutes i see what about taxis there's a taxi stand in front of the building and they take about an hour but they use the expressway and charge extra for a lot of luggage so it's going to be a lot more expensive than the bus i guess that makes sense and i'd like to avoid paying too much you didn't by chance buy anything at shopping world while you were here they offer complimentary shuttle service to the airport for customers who make a purchase there wow i didn't know that i haven't bought anything yet but i was going to stop by and get some souvenirs there anyway then you can use that how is she going to get to the airport a woman is asking for directions to the airport at an information center how is she going to get to the airport

excuse me i need to go to the airport would you tell me how to get there sure there are a few ways if you take bus number one it takes about one and a half hours to the airport it's the least expensive way bus number two is a non-stop bus it's more expensive and leaves once every hour but it only takes 50 minutes i see what about taxis there's a taxi stand in front of the building and they take about an hou but they use the expressway and charge extra for a lot of luggage so it's going to be a lot more expensive than the bus i guess that makes sense and i'd like to avoid paying too much you didn't by chance buy anything at

shopping world while you were here they offer complimentary shuttle service to the airport for customers who make a purchase there wow i didn't know that i haven't bought anything yet but i was going to stop by and get some souvenirs there anyway then you can use that a woman and a supplier are talking on the phone what is the woman going to get for the sale [Music] i need you to deliver some more sweaters in time for the sale next month okay what do you need we need a thousand of the small red sweaters and 400 of the medium red sweaters and we also need 600 of the small green sweaters and 200 of the medium green sweaters by the end of this month red and green sweaters actually we're running low on green sweaters and we're waiting on some green yarn from our supplier we'll get you started with the red sweaters though no no no we need the red and green sweaters together so please just get as many green sweaters ready as you can okay i think we can get 200 of the green sweaters to you on time which size has higher priority the small ones take priority sorry for such short notice but we really need your help all right we'll do our best we'll get those green sweaters to you along with all the red sweaters you ordered what is the woman going to get for the sale a woman and a supplier are talking on the phone what is the woman going to get for the sale i need you to deliver some more sweaters in time for the sale next month okay what do you need we need a thousand of the small red sweaters and 400 of the medium red sweaters and we also need 600 of the small green sweaters and 200 of the medium green sweaters by the end of this month red and green sweaters actually we're running low on green sweaters and we're waiting on some green yarn from our supplier we'll get you started with the red sweaters though no no no we need the red and green sweaters together so please just get as many green sweaters ready as you can okay i think we can get 200 of the green sweaters to you on time which size has higher priority the small ones take priority sorry for such short notice but we really need your help all right we'll do our best we'll get those green sweaters to you along with all the red sweaters you ordered want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com

hi everybody my name is alicia and today we're going to be talking about 10 phrases that you always want to hear so let's begin you win the first phrase is you win you win if you hear the phrase you win it means you have won something you are probably going to receive something for free that's a very happy thing right you want to get free things congratulations you win a car yay here are the keys to your new car great thank you i brought you something special this is exciting to hear because it means this little something special is like oh i thought only a view so i brought you this i brought you something special really thank you i miss you i miss you i miss you it's nice you can use this with your friends your family members your partner whoever i miss you shows that you want to meet the other person probably you haven't you haven't seen them as much as you would like to so you can say i miss you i miss you call your husband or wife or boyfriend girlfriend whoever on the phone maybe you haven't seen them for a long time you can say i miss you i miss you too take a break i'll do the cleaning today take a break i'll do the cleaning today this means someone else is going to clean up your house for you or clean up something for you i would be very happy to hear this phrase right now because my apartment is a disaster because i'm only there to sleep so maybe you've had a long day at work or a long day doing something you come home and somebody else has offered to do this for you so take a break i'll do the cleaning today and you can reply really thank you so much i'm gonna relax the budget is unlimited the next phrase that you always want to hear is the budget is unlimited the budget is unlimited this could be a work this could be a budget a personal budget maybe but it just means there's no limit to the budget you can spend as much money as you want very exciting so let's see in a business context perhaps you have this new client who's going to give you a lot of money to build a new house or something maybe you're building houses that's your project your boss comes to you the budget for this project is unlimited really let's go crazy there'll be a bonus at the end of the month yeah this is a phrase that you probably are very excited to hear it

means you are going to receive extra money from your job at the end of the month woohoo very exciting extra money maybe you'll hear this from your boss or your manager or maybe your co-worker at work or maybe you see it in an email there'll be a bonus at the end of the month really i'm gonna use mine to buy a new car really i'm gonna use mine to go out on a date really i'm gonna use mine to get a new fish you did a great job you did a great job you did a great job at something you'll probably hear from well i don't know you could hear this from pretty much anybody anytime you've done a good job someone will congratulate you or tell you their opinion with this phrase you did a great job you finished a project at work and your boss says you did a great job nice thank you so much it was really fun or thank you just just say thank you you look great today you look great today the other person thinks that your physical appearance is nice today don't think about the today part you know just just just take the compliment oh really thank you so much you look great today oh thank you so much i got a new haircut thank you so much i i got enough sleep yeah you were right you were right this means that um something that you said in the past was correct and everybody likes to be correct i think i saw that movie that you recommended you were right it was really good oh good i'm glad you enjoyed it don't be like i know or yeah i knew i was right don't do that just say oh good i'm glad you're an excellent cook you're an excellent cook this is a nice compliment especially for someone who enjoys cooking if you say you're an excellent cook it means you enjoyed

their food so let's see at a dinner party for example you're an excellent cook this food is delicious oh thank you so much i'm really glad you enjoyed it and that's the end so those are things that you want to hear so keep in mind it's nice for you to hear these things but other people also want to hear them too so compliment other people tell them that they are awesome if they're awesome tell them that they have good skills in whatever it is that they like to do people like to be complimented people want to be liked so write them a message or say something nice to them yes leave us a comment we have a great team of people doing all these amazing things so tell them how much you love them so thanks so much for joining us for this week's lesson we will see you again next time please make sure to subscribe if you have not already so that you don't miss out on any fun stuff thank you very much again for watching and we'll see you again soon bye i guess i don't really need to do that i'm so sorry amp all the time japanese bug battle a husband and a wife are looking at some floor plans which room are they going to see [Music] how about this one it's got a nice large living room hmm i like a big living room but i want the parking space let's see how about this one yeah that's nice should we go see this one wait a second isn't the closet a bit too small good point hmm there doesn't seem to be one that's perfect wait how about this one it's got everything we need doesn't it and the closet is pretty large too let's go see this one okay room are they going to see a husband and a wife are looking at some floor plans which room are they going to see how about this one it's got a nice large living room hmm i like a big living room but i want the parking space let's see how about this one yeah that's nice should we go see this one wait a second isn't the closet a bit too small good point hmm there doesn't seem to be one that's perfect wait how about this one it's got everything we need doesn't it and the closet is pretty large too let's go see this one okay a man is making a reservation at a hotel which room is he going to stay in [Music] seaside hotel how may i help you hi i'd like to stay for one night on september 22nd certainly one night from september 22^nd how many people two would you like a smoking or a non-smoking room sir non-smoking the only non-smoking room available on that day is a mountain view room is that okay well i was hoping for an ocean view room i'm sorry but the only ocean view room available on that day is a smoking room i see is there a non-smoking ocean view room available on september 23rd yes there is okay we'll stay on september 23rd which room is he going to stay in a man is making a reservation at a hotel which room is he going to stay in seaside hotel how may i help you hi i'd like to stay for one night on september 22^nd certainly one night from september 22nd how many people two would you like a smoking or a non-smoking room sir non-smoking

the only non-smoking room available on that day is a mountain view room is that okay well i was hoping for an ocean view room i'm sorry but the only ocean view room available on that day is a smoking room i see is there a non-smoking ocean view room available on september 23rd yes there is okay we'll stay on september 23^rd a woman is talking to her hair stylist how would she like to change her hair [Music] hi may i help you hi i've got a three o'clock reservation for richie ah yes welcome miss richie please come this way what can i do for you today i'd like to change my hairstyle a little bit okay what length would you like about shoulder length alright and what about your bangs keep the bangs straight down or part it on the side to the side a bit which side maybe a little left from the middle got it we'll start with the shampoo so please come this way how would she like to change her hair a woman is talking to her hair stylist how would she like to change her hair hi may i help you hi i've got a three o'clock reservation for richie ah yes welcome miss richie please come this way what can i do for you today i'd like to change my hairstyle a little bit okay what length would you like about shoulder length all right and what about your bangs keep the bangs straight down or part it on the side to the side a bit which side

maybe a little left from the middle got it we'll start with the shampoo so please come this way a male and female student are looking at job advertisements which job is the female student going to apply for [Music] hey what do you think about this job the hourly pay is pretty high sure the pay looks great but could you really do a newspaper delivery route of course i'm good at riding bikes but i'm worried about waking up early what about this one the pay isn't as high but you can work two or three days a week and start working from the evening oh this one a supermarket cashier huh well it would be good to work after school this one for a coffee shop might be good too oh yeah i love that place and it's on my way to school not bad huh hmm which one should i apply to which two is it between the coffee shop and the newspaper delivery route yeah the pay for the newspaper route is really nice okay my mind's made up i guess i'll just have to get up early which job is the female student going to apply for a male and female student are looking at job advertisements which job is the female student going to apply for hey what do you think about this job the hourly pay is pretty high sure the pay looks great but could you really do a newspaper delivery route of course i'm good at riding bikes but i'm worried about waking up early what about this one the pay isn't as high but you can work two or three days a week and start working from the evening oh this one a supermarket cashier huh well it would be good to work after school this one for a coffee shop might be good too oh yeah i love that place and it's on my way to school not bad huh hmm which one should i apply to which too is it between the coffee shop and the newspaper delivery route yeah the pay for the newspaper route is really nice okay my mind's made up i guess i'll just have to get up early a woman is trying on a dress and talking to a shop clerk which dress is she going to buy [Music] it looks very nice on you and it fits perfectly yeah it fits but i usually wear plain colors i'm not used to this kind of a pattern well i think you look great yeah still it would take some courage for me to actually wear this what about this dress then the pattern is much more reserved so it won't feel as flashy you're right let me try that one on go right ahead what do you think ma'am this one suits me much more than the last do you have a long-sleeved version with this design yes we do thanks i'll buy that

which dress is she going to buy a woman is trying on a dress and talking to a shop clerk which dress is she going to buy it looks very nice on you and it fits perfectly yeah it fits but i usually wear plain colors i'm not used to this kind of a pattern well i think you look great yeah still it would take some courage for me to actually wear this what about this dress then the pattern is much more reserved so it won't feel as flashy you're right let me try that one on go right ahead what do you think ma'am this one suits me much more than the last do you have a long-sleeved version with this design yes we do thanks i'll buy that a woman is ordering a birthday cake which cake is she going to order [Music] excuse me i'd like to order a birthday cake for my daughter great could you tell me what kind of cake you're looking for my daughter likes chocolate so i think a chocolate cream cake would be good and can you put strawberries on it absolutely we have round and square cakes which one would you prefer hmm a round one please okay how old is your daughter going to be she'll be 12. okay then we'll get 12 candles ready do you want to write a message yes please write happy birthday all right do you want that written in pink if so we'll put it on a white plate otherwise we can write it in white and put it on a pink plate please write it in pink and put it on a white plate which cake is she going to order a woman is ordering a birthday cake which cake is she going to order excuse me i'd like to order a birthday cake for my daughter great could you tell me what kind of cake you're looking for my daughter likes chocolate so i think a chocolate cream cake would be good and can you put strawberries on it absolutely we have round and square cakes which one would you prefer hmm a round one please okay how old is your daughter going to be she'll be 12. okay then we'll get 12 candles ready do you want to write a message yes please write happy birthday alright do you want that written in pink if so we'll put it on a white plate otherwise we can write it in white and put it on a pink plate please write it in pink and put it on a white plate a man and a woman are discussing plans for their upcoming move when are they going to move [Music] i think we should decide on the moving date and call a moving company sounds good i was just looking at some moving companies i don't want to pay a lot of money definitely this company here will give us a discount of 10 percent if we book at least one month before the moving day one month before then we have to move after december 15th in order to get the discount yep and there's an additional discount if we book on a weekday a weekday well i have a meeting that monday morning and the exhibition is on tuesday and wednesday so friday would be good because we could then organize the new place over the weekend yeah but wait a second they say fifteen percent off monday to thursday and five percent off on friday well what do you want to do let's go for the biggest discount i'll be done with the exhibition by then anyway when are they going to move a man and a woman are discussing plans for their upcoming move when are they going to move i think we should decide on the moving date and call a moving company sounds good i was just looking at some moving companies i don't want to pay a lot of money definitely this company here will give us a discount of 10 if we book at least one month before the moving day one month before then we have to move after december 15th in order to get the discount yep and there's an additional discount if we book on a weekday a weekday well i have a meeting that Monday morning and the exhibition is on tuesday and wednesday so friday would be good because we could then organize the new place over the weekend yeah but wait a second they say fifteen percent off monday to thursday and five percent off on friday well what do you want to do let's go for the biggest discount i'll be done with the exhibition by then anyway want to speed up your language learning take your very first lesson with us you'll start speaking in minutes and master real conversations sign up for your free lifetime account just click the link in the description English.

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