the BEST way to improve English speaking skills | 4.5 Hours of Super Sentences speaking practice
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if you are looking to improve your
English speaking skills and confidence
then look no further this is the video
for you hey guys Connor here if you are
a fan of my super sentences speaking
practice videos then I have a very
special video for you here today I have
taken super sentences episodes 1 through
12 plus a brand new episode episode 13
and smooshed them all combine them all
in one Mega video Simply follow along as
the sentences get more and more
challenging speaking out loud with me or
pausing the video and repeating back
what I say this is a fantastic way to
train your brain yeah to get it
comfortable with speaking at length
speaking long sentences I guarantee you
guys have never spoken sentences this
long
in all of your years of learning English
smash like on this video leave me a
comment letting me know what you think
of my teaching style and let's level up
our English speaking skills together
level one yeah we're starting with a
very basic simple sentence you can say
it with me or you can pause the video
and repeat after me ready a man opens a
bank account again a man opens a bank
account okay I think we all probably
know what this means right we have a guy
a man a male okay an adult man he opens
a bank account yeah he goes to a bank he
opens an account I guess he wants to
start using this Bank let's see what
happens next level two once again you
can say this with me or pause the video
and repeat heat out loud a man opens a
bank account to save money again a man
opens a bank account to save money ah
okay now we know now we know why he is
opening the bank account right he's
opening the bank account to save money
in order to save money in order to have
some Savings in order to save up some
money these all mean the same thing
let's say level two one more time ready
a man opens a bank account to save money
level three here we go getting a little
bit more difficult now repeat after me
or say it with me here we go a man opens
a bank account to save money for his
future ah okay now we know why he is
saving money he is is saving money for
his future he wants to make sure that
his future self him in the future has
enough money yeah he has an option right
he could spend all of his money today
and tomorrow have none or he can spend
less today and tomorrow have more let's
say this one more time say it with me or
pause and repeat out loud a man opens a
bank account to save money for his
future level four getting even trickier
now a man opens a bank account to save
money for his future and plans to invest
ah okay one more time a man opens a bank
account to save money for his future and
plans to invest okay we have an and here
telling us that he's not just Sav money
for his future yeah he has two reasons
why he's opening this account the first
one is he's saving money for his future
the second reason is he's planning to
invest what does that mean that means he
wants to grow his money right maybe he
wants to invest in the stock market
maybe he wants to invest in a certain
company okay he's looking for a smart
way a long-term way to grow his money
right much like growing a plant in the
garden he wants to take the money he has
and grow it bigger by investing let's
say this one more time level four a man
opens a bank account to save money for
his future and plans to invest okay
great job level five getting even more
complex say it with me or pause and
repeat a man opens a bank account to
save money for his future and plans to
invest in the stock market one more time
a man opens a bank account to save money
for his future and plans to invest in
the stock market okay remember in level
four we were sort of
contemplating we were sort of thinking
about wondering about where he's going
to invest his money how he's going to
invest his money right what is going to
be his Avenue right what is going to be
his Avenue for investing his money well
now we know in the stock market now we
know
specifically how he's going to invest
his money okay we have our how so let's
say this one more time before we move on
a man opens a bank account to save money
for his future and plans to invest in
the stock market level six we're getting
really serious now guys okay let's take
a look at this a man opens a bank
account to save money for his future and
plans to invest in the stock market to
grow his
wealth wow it's getting to be quite the
mouthful quite the mouthful what does
that mean that means it's a little bit
difficult to say especially in one
breath right let's try one more time a
man opens a bank account to save money
for his future and plans to invest in
the stock market to grow his wealth okay
great what does this mean grow your
wealth wealth is just money right it's
the money you have he wants to grow his
wealth he wants to
increase okay increase his wealth by
investing in the stock market so sounds
like this guy is taking his future very
seriously let's say this one more time
in one breath ready a man opens a bank
account to save money for his future and
plans to invest in the stock market to
grow his wealth wow that was pretty
quick are you guys keeping up with me if
you find my speed to be a little bit
fast you can pause the video Try saying
it yourself at your own speed okay let's
level up again level seven say it with
me or repeat after me ready a man opens
a bank account to save money for his
future and plans to invest in the stock
market to grow his
wealth and Achieve Financial
stability wow I had to take a breath in
the middle of that because now this
single sentence is getting to be such a
big super sentence that I can't say the
whole thing in one breath let's try it
again are you ready a man opens a bank
account to save money for his future and
plans to invest in the stock market to
grow his wealth and Achieve Financial
stability okay let's take a look at the
blue part what are we adding to this
sentence okay so we know that he's
investing we know where he's investing
in the stock market we know why he's
investing to grow his wealth but now we
know a second why there's the first why
to grow his wealth here's the second why
he wants to Achieve Financial
stability that's a pretty complicated
expression right Achieve Financial
stability stability okay achieve if you
achieve
something then you get something
done okay for example here on my YouTube
account I have achieved the
accomplishment of gaining 25,000
subscribers that's something I've
achieved something I have tried to do
and successfully done okay to get
something done maybe we could say
successfully okay so what is he trying
to do he wants to get financial
stability Financial just means about
money stability means that something is
stable it's stable okay it's um not
going to tip over right if a chair is
stable you know you sit in it the chair
is not going to fall over if you take a
glass and put it on a table the glass
doesn't wobble it doesn't fall over the
glass is stable well your finances can
be stable as well your financial
situation in other words he doesn't want
to have to worry about money like okay
this month where is my money coming from
will I have enough money what will I do
if I don't have enough money that kind
of situation we could call Financial
instability we could add an i in to make
it instability meaning that your
situation is not stable it's kind of a
precarious situation oo there's a big
word precarious if you guys can use this
word I'm sure native speakers would be
very impressed precarious just means
kind of um kind of a risky situation
kind of an
uncertain situation kind of a danger
situation the situation is a little bit
precarious just means uh my financial
situation is a bit precarious that means
it's not very stable okay let's say it
one more time and then move on a man
opens a bank account to save money for
his future and plans to invest in the
stock market to grow his wealth and
Achieve Financial stability level eight
there are 10 levels total if you guys
are still with me give yourself a pat on
the back you're doing great you are
building up that spoken English
confidence little by little we're
stretching these sentences longer and
longer we're making it more and more
complex you know your spoken ability is
a lot like a muscle if you're training
your biceps you go to the gym right you
have certain exercises that really train
that muscle well that's what we're doing
today okay say it with me ready a man
opens a bank account to save money for
his future and plans to invest in the
stock market to grow his wealth and
Achieve Financial stability while also
setting aside funds for
emergencies okay wow this is getting
really complicated right we've just
learned something new that he's doing
something else that he's doing okay he's
setting aside funds for
emergencies funds just another way to
say money that's used for something this
is my travel fund my money that I'm
saving to be spent on travel right this
is my school supplies fund this is the
money that I'm saving to be spent on
school supplies well he's setting aside
funds for emergency
setting aside just as another way of
saying saving he's taking this money
he's putting it over here so that he
won't spend it he's going to save it
he's going to keep it for a certain
reason that reason is emergencies M yeah
you know maybe there's a storm and
lightning strikes his roof he has to get
the roof on his house repaired maybe
he's driving and he hits a nail and he
gets a flat tire the tire on his
car
deflates deflates the air goes out of it
all right maybe he's you know walking to
work and he trips and he breaks his
ankle something bad happens and he needs
money now what we're talking about is a
financial emergency a money emergency
right so
all of the stuff he's doing is in
preparation for these things for a
financial emergency he's prepping here's
a good word prepping just means getting
ready
getting ready he's getting ready for
financial emergencies okay let's say
this one more time I'm going to go a
little bit quick a man opens a bank
account to save money for his future and
plans to invest in the stock market to
grow his wealth and Achieve Financial
stability while also setting aside funds
for
emergencies okay guys level nine we're
getting close to the end here we go a
man opens a bank account to save money
for his future and plans to invest in
the stock market to grow his wealth and
Achieve Financial stability while also
setting aside funds for
emergencies and major life events major
life events what could that be a major
life event major just means big a big
life event you know could be a wedding
something good something happy like a
wedding okay could be something bad like
a funeral something where you know
there's there's a big event a big
milestone in your life okay mil Stone
basically just means something big that
happens in the Journey of your life
right and he might have to set aside
some money for that so there's two
reasons why he's setting aside funds
setting aside money the first reason is
emergencies the second reason major life
events okay are you ready to say this
again a little bit faster this time a
man opens a bank account to save money
for his future and plans to invest in
the stock stock market to grow his
wealth and Achieve Financial stability
while also setting aside funds for
emergencies and major life
events wow guys we have grown this
sentence by a lot okay remember how
small this sentence was when we started
out I'm willing to bet that you have
never spoken a sentence this long am I
correct if I'm correct down in the
comment section you can can let me know
yes uh teacher Connor you are correct
this is the longest sentence I've ever
spoken or you can say you know teacher
Connor actually no I have spoken
sentences this long before let's say
this one more time really quick and then
we'll move on to the final level let's
go ready a man opens a bank account to
save money for his future and plans to
invest in the stock market to grow his
wealth and Achieve Financial stability
while also setting aside funds for
emergencies and major life events wo
okay Level 10 the final level if you
guys are still with me you're doing
fantastic let's keep going come on push
you probably feel a bit of discomfort
right you probably feel a little bit
uncomfortable but think about it without
discomfort there is no improvement no
advancement another way of saying that
is no pain no gain something you hear a
lot from people who work out who go to
the gym right that's exactly what we're
doing the unfortunate reality of
learning a language is that if you are
not willing to experience some
discomfort then you're not going to make
any progress so okay first with level 10
we're going to take it slow okay so say
it with me or repeat after me ready a
man opens a bank account to save money
for his future and plans to invest in
the stock market to grow his wealth and
Achieve Financial stability while also
setting aside funds for emergencies and
major life events such as buying a house
getting married and starting a family
now we know specifically what the major
life events are remember in level nine
we weren't certain what they were we
weren't sure what he was talking about
we had to
speculate
speculate we had to guess okay we had to
place conjecture is another fancy way of
saying that right we had to take a guess
we had to take a shot in the dark that
means take a guess when you're not
really sure okay so yeah we said oh
maybe a wedding maybe a funeral now we
are getting some specific examples of
what is being discussed okay so uh such
as buying a house that's a major life
event getting married that's a major
life event starting a family that's a
major life event okay now all three of
these
Milestones life Milestones all three of
these major life events these cost a lot
of money these are expensive things so
it makes sense that this guy wants to
open an account and save money and plan
for his future and invest his money in
the stock market and grow his wealth and
get some Financial stability achieve
some Financial stability while at the
same time also setting aside funds for
emergencies okay uh you know yeah even
if you start a family you still need uh
an emergency fund right what if your
child needs an operation you know knock
on wood knock on wood that's something
we really don't want to happen so knock
on wood right but uh he's really
covering his
bases
covering his bases that means he's
thinking about every possible problem
every possible scenario right he doesn't
want there to be some expensive surprise
that drains all of his funds
drains right or sucks away all of his
money okay let's say this one more time
at more of a medium speed now once again
you can say it with me or pause the
video and say it by
yourself a man opens a bank account to
save money for his future and plans to
invest in the stock market to grow grow
his wealth and Achieve Financial
stability while also setting aside funds
for emergencies and major life events
such as buying a house getting married
and starting a
family now I'm really willing to bet
that this is the longest sentence you
guys have ever spoken if you have ever
spoken a sentence longer than this one I
will be really surprised okay let's say
it one more time quickly are you ready
I'm going to say it at the speed that a
native speaker would probably say it at
a man opens a bank account to save money
for his future and plans to invest in
the stock market to grow his wealth and
Achieve Financial stability while also
setting aside funds for emergencies and
major life events such as buying a house
getting married and starting a
family wow okay yeah guys you did it
that was level 10 level one starting off
basic simple and easy I want you guys to
follow along as I talk slowly at first
getting gradually quicker gradually
faster or once again you can pause the
video and repeat it back out loud let's
take a look a woman heads to a big job
interview okay one more time a little
quicker a woman heads to a big job and
interview a woman heads that means she
goes she is going to a job interview
yeah she's going to apply for a job
she's going to apply for a job a new
position okay but not just any job
interview a big job interview in this
context big is another way of saying
important like this could be a big
opportunity for her this could be a big
chance to level up in her career let's
say it one more time quickly like a
native speaker would this time ready a
woman heads to a big job interview level
two now starting off slow a woman heads
to a big job interview in the middle of
downtown Denver H okay one more time a
little quicker a woman heads to a big
job interview in the middle of downtown
Denver M okay now we know the
location of the job interview it's in a
city called Denver in the United States
and the interview isn't just in Denver
it's in downtown Denver in the Heart of
the City in the middle of the busiest
most bustling area of the city but it's
not just in downtown Denver it's in the
middle of downtown Denver so right in
the middle of the middle of the city wow
it sounds like whatever company she's
interviewing for probably has a really
nice office space right okay so let's
say this one more time quickly like a
native speaker would a woman heads to a
big job interview in the middle of
downtown Denver level three getting a
little more serious here let's start off
slow a woman heads to a big job
interview you in the middle of downtown
Denver feeling a bit nervous okay one
more time a little more quickly a woman
heads to a big job interview in the
middle of downtown Denver feeling a bit
nervous M okay now we have an Insight
now we have an idea about how she's
feeling about her emotions okay and we
see that she's feeling nervous we could
also say anxious or maybe a little
worried or maybe a little bit
uncertain okay yeah on the inside she
feels like
this she's a little stressed out maybe
about this interview I wonder why maybe
because the interview is in the heart of
downtown in a big fancy office it feels
a little intimidating a little scary or
maybe she's not feeling too confident in
her interviewing skills I wonder why
she's feeling nervous anyway let's read
it one more time quickly ready a woman
heads to a big job interview in the
middle of downtown Denver feeling a bit
nervous moving on to level four a woman
heads to a big job interview in the
middle of downtown Denver feeling a bit
nervous but excited at the same time
once more quicker a woman heads to a big
job in interview in the middle of
downtown Denver feeling a bit nervous
but excited at the same time all right
we can see here that she's got a real
mixed bag of emotions what's a mixed bag
of emotions that means she's feeling
lots of different things yeah her
feelings her emotions her thoughts are
not so simple right now in fact they're
pretty complicated there are a lot of
conflicting emotions right feelings that
don't really agree with each other like
yeah she's a bit nervous a bit just
means a touch a tad a little bit right
she's a little nervous a little worried
a little anxious but at the same time
she's also feeling excited right she's
like oo this could be a great
opportunity maybe she's going to have a
chance to get a fancy new job title like
a manager position or maybe a chance to
make a lot of money in this new job but
whatever the reason she's also feeling
excited all right let's read this one
more time quickly a woman heads to a big
job interview in the middle of downtown
Denver feeling a bit nervous but excited
at the same time we've reached level
five which means we are halfway there so
I'd like you guys to take your
hand give yourself a pat on the back to
congrat congratulate yourself for taking
your English studies seriously yeah you
guys are making a big investment in your
future as an English speaker and you
know what like I mentioned earlier this
is a lot like training a muscle at the
gym we are training that spoken English
muscle by increasing the difficulty of
these sentences little by little okay
let's take a look at level five slowly
at first a woman heads to a big job
interview in the middle of downtown
Denver feeling a bit nervous but excited
about the great opportunity at the same
time okay one more time a little quicker
a woman heads to a big job interview in
the middle of downtown Denver feeling a
bit nervous but excited about the great
opportunity at the same
time I can barely say that in one breath
it's getting to be pretty long pretty
Advanced so what are we adding to the
sentence this time well now we know why
she's a bit nervous and a bit excited
she's got this great opportunity a great
opportunity maybe a lot of money like a
high salary like the job will pay her a
lot of money right or maybe she's
excited to work downtown in the Heart of
the City yeah or maybe maybe she's
really looking forward to moving up to
leveling up in her career with a new
title okay so yeah the opportunity is
great so because the opportunity is so
great she's excited about the
possibilities but also a bit nervous
because she doesn't want to flub the
interview she doesn't want to botch the
interview she doesn't want to mess up
the interview she doesn't want to fail
or not pass one more time quickly now a
woman heads to a big job interview in
the middle of downtown Denver feeling a
bit nervous but excited about the great
opportunity at the same time level six
I'm not sure I can still do this in a
single breath but let's try slowly now a
woman heads to a big job interview in
the middle of downtown Denver feeling a
bit nervous but excited at the the same
time about the great opportunity to land
her dream gig faster now ready a woman
heads to a big job interview in the
middle of downtown Denver feeling a bit
nervous but excited at the same time
about the great opportunity to land her
dream gig okay so what are we adding
this time she's excited about the great
opportunity the great opportunity the
great chance to to do what well to land
her dream gig ah okay so this is what
she has a chance to do this is what
she's going to be given an opportunity
to do to land or to get her dream gig a
gig is another way of saying a job now
gig this word is very
informal maybe if you're talking to your
buddy drinking a beer you know you'd say
hey how's the new gig how's the new gig
treating you that just means are you
enjoying the new job right but if you
are in an interview you probably don't
want to use this word CU it sounds a
little too casual too informal right you
can't go to an interview and say I'm
really excited for the chance to get
this gig it just sounds a little bit
sloppy a little bit crude okay so anyway
this is her dream gig okay this is like
the job of her dreams we don't know
exactly why we don't know exactly what
the job is all we know is that it's her
dream gig so I'll draw her face when she
thinks about it right she is just so
over the
moon over the moon she is so ecstatic
that means really excited really happy
about the chance to get this job to
secure this position let's read it one
more time quickly now a woman heads to a
big job interview in the middle of
downtown Denver feeling a bit nervous
but excited at the same time about the
great opportunity to land her dream gig
level seven let's go a woman heads to a
big job interview in the middle of
downtown Denver feeling a bit nervous
but excited at the same time about the
great opportunity to land her dream gig
hoping she doesn't trip over her words
okay now we know what she's so worried
about right well not so worried cuz
remember she's just a bit nervous just a
little nervous but now we know
specifically why okay let's read this
one more time a little quicker a woman
heads to a big job interview in the
middle of downtown Denver feeling a bit
nervous but excited at the same time
about the great opportunity to land her
dream gig hoping she doesn't trip over
her words okay so taking a look at the
blue here like I said now we know
specifically why she's a little bit
nervous maybe sometimes when she's put
on the
spot when she's put on the spot she
trips over her words she has trouble
speaking what's put on the spot like
that means if you're in a situ ation
where there's a lot of pressure the
spotlight is on you there are high
expectations for you to perform for you
to speak for you to do something right
so you know if you are in the middle of
an interview yeah you are put on the
spot and the
interviewer is asking you lots of
questions and expecting good answers
okay so she's hoping that she doesn't
trip over her words in other words when
she's talking she doesn't want to make
any mistakes when she's talking she
doesn't want to stutter she doesn't want
to misspeak okay one more time quickly
now a woman heads to a big job interview
in the middle of downtown Denver feeling
a bit nervous but excited at the same
time about the great opportunity to land
her dream gig hoping she doesn't trip
over her words level eight guys things
are getting serious and guess what we
are almost to the twist ending the funny
twist ending something crazy is going to
happen at the end of this super sentence
if you want to know what it is you
better stick around and finish the video
to find out let's go slow it first a
woman heads to a big job interview in
the middle of downtown Denver feeling a
bit nervous but excited at the same time
about the great opportunity to land her
dream gig hoping she doesn't trip over
her words or spill coffee on her new
outfit okay so now we know there's two
things she's worried about right she
doesn't want to number one misspeak or
make a mistake when she's talking number
two she doesn't want to do something
embarrassing like spill coffee on her
new outfit wow she is taking this
interview really really seriously she
even bought a new outfit just for this
interview I'm guessing
yeah so she is really serious about this
interview she doesn't want anything to
go wrong she doesn't want to make any
mistakes let's read this again let's
skip right to the quick level okay like
a native speaker would are you ready a
woman heads to a big job interview in
the middle of downtown Denver feeling a
bit nervous but excited at the same time
about the great opportunity to land her
dream gig hoping she doesn't trip over
her words or spill coffee on her new
outfit oh man yeah this is really giving
me a workout and I'm a native speaker if
you guys are keeping up with this then
you're doing an awesome job let's see
what happens next level 9 let's go slow
it first a woman with toilet paper stuck
to her butt oh no heads to a big job
interview in the middle of downtown
Denver feeling a bit nervous but excited
at the same time about the great
opportunity to land her dream gig hoping
she doesn't trip over her words or spill
coffee on her new outfit oh no guys this
is not looking good for the woman in
this story this poor woman unbeknownst
to her unbeknownst to her uh she has
toilet paper stuck to her butt maybe she
used the bathroom before heading into
the interview and she didn't realize it
but a string of toilet
paper became stuck to the back of her
pants to her butt to her rear end oh my
God that is so embarrassing I would say
that's beyond embarrassing I would say
that's
humiliating I would say that she is
going to be mortified mortified when she
realizes what has happened oh no what a
disaster what a terrible terrible
awkward situation let's read this one
more time quickly now a woman with
toilet paper stuck to her butt heads to
a big job interview in the middle of
downtown Denver feeling a bit nervous
but excited at the same time about the
great opportunity to land her dream gig
hoping she doesn't trip over her words
or spill coffee on her new outfit guys I
think tripping over her words spilling
coffee on her new outfit these things
are the least of her worries these
things are the least of her worries what
does that mean that means there's
something else that she should be
worried about more than those things
right the toilet paper on her butt is
what she should be concerned with not
tripping over her words not spilling
coffee on her new outfit let's see what
happens in the final level of this super
sentence a woman with toilet paper stuck
to her butt heads to a big job interview
in the middle of downtown Denver feeling
a bit nervous but excited at the same
time about the great opportunity to land
her dream gig hoping she doesn't trip
over her words or spill coffee on her
new outfit but sadly doesn't get the
offer oh no sadly she doesn't get the
offer oh my gosh she doesn't get the
offer for the job she doesn't pass the
interview and I think we know why guys I
think we know why she didn't pass I bet
it was the toilet paper stuck to her
butt you know even if she did misspeak
once or twice during the interview even
if she did trip over her words even if
she did do something really embarrassing
like spill a little coffee I think that
pales in
comparison that pales in comparison to
having toilet paper stuck to your butt
you know there's really not much that's
more embarrassing than that so this poor
lady she got a new outfit she traveled
all the way she headed into downtown
Denver the heart of downtown Denver and
in the end she didn't get the gig she
didn't land the role she didn't land the
job she didn't get the position she
didn't pass the interview let's read
this one last time quickly as if you
were a native speaker let's go a woman
with toilet paper stuck to her butt
heads to a big job interview in the
middle of downtown Denver feeling a bit
nervous but excited at the same time
about the great opportunity to land and
her dream gig hoping she doesn't trip
over her words or spill coffee on her
new outfit but sadly doesn't get the
offer starting off slow starting off
simple we have level one now remember
I'm going to read the sentence and you
can say it with me or pause the video
and repeat it back let's take a
look a woman shares exciting
news okay we have a woman she's going to
be the focal point of this sentence
she's going to be the main character in
this story that we're taking a look at
today and this woman she I guess has
some news okay something has happened
something significant something
important something big has occurred has
taken place has happened in her life and
it's not just news it's exciting in news
yeah it makes her excited it's must be
some kind of positive news right so she
wants to share this exciting news let's
say this again at a medium speed this
time ready a woman shares exciting news
and okay one more time let's say it
quickly like a native speaker would
ready a woman shares exciting news
moving on to level two our simple little
sentence is starting to get a little bit
more complex a little bit more
challenging yeah guys bit by bit we are
going to push ourselves to speak longer
and longer sentences let's take a look
at this one slowly at first a happy
woman shares exciting news okay still
pretty simple we know that we're talking
about a woman okay a grown woman we know
that she has news to share
we know that the news that she wants to
share is exciting okay and now we know
how she's feeling we know that she's
really happy let's say this sentence
again at a medium speed this time a
happy woman shares exciting news One
Last Time quickly now a happy woman
shares exciting news we've stretched the
sentence a little bit longer let's read
it again slowly at first a happy woman
woman shares exciting news with her
family ah okay so now we know that we're
talking about a woman who has news to
share and the news that she has to share
is very exciting and we know how she's
feeling she's feeling really happy right
but now we know who she is sharing the
news with who she is sharing the news
with she is sharing the news with with
her family yeah could be siblings like
brothers and sisters could be her
parents like her mom and her dad could
be any number of different family
members right but this must be pretty
big news pretty significant news pretty
important news if she's feeling happy
and it's exciting and she's going to
share it with her family all right let's
read this sentence again at a medium
speed ready a happy woman shares
exciting news with her family and one
more time quickly a happy woman shares
exciting news with her family moving on
to level four okay this sentence is
picking up speed
picking up speed yeah we're starting to
really get going here okay it's starting
to get a little bit challenging let's
take a look slowly at first a happy
woman shares exciting news with her
family about her recent
engagement now we know what the exciting
news is okay now we know why she's so
happy now we know why she is sharing
this with her family right because she
was recently engaged yeah we know what
the news is about what the news is
regarding okay it's about her recent
engagement what's an engagement it's
when you decide to get married he
proposed he proposed to her with a ring
and he said you know what I'm serious
about you I'm serious about our
relationship I want to take this
relationship to the next level so he
decided to propose now they are engaged
to be married this has happened recently
right it happened recently maybe it was
yesterday maybe it was last week it was
a recent occurrence okay let's read it
again at a medium speed a happy woman
shares exciting news with her family
about her recent engagement and one more
time at a native speaker speed a happy
woman shares exciting news with her
family about her recent engagement now
guys this sentence is starting to get
really Advanced but we're only halfway
there there are 10 levels to my super
sentences and we're only at level five
so keep going don't give up let's really
push ourselves okay we need to train our
spoken English muscles and you just
can't do that by only speaking short
choppy sentences we have to invest time
invest energy in longer Advanced and
complex sentences so let's take a look
at level five slowly at first a happy
woman shares exciting news with her
family about her recent engagement while
smiling from ear to ear oh this is so
lovely this is so great right now we can
see exactly how happy this woman is this
really paints a vivid picture what's
Vivid Vivid means we can see it in our
mind so clearly right this woman is
smiling from ear to ear here's the woman
right here are her ears and she is
smiling from ear to ear that's just kind
of a a uh spoken English a colloquial
way of saying that she is so happy
there's a big fat smile on her face
spreading from ear to ear okay she is so
happy about this exciting news let's
read this again at a medium speed ready
a happy woman shares exciting news with
her family about her recent engagement
while smiling from ear to ear and once
more at a native speaker quick speed a
happy woman shares exciting news with
her family about her recent engagement
while smiling from ear to ear let's jump
right into level six ready a happy woman
shares exciting news with her family
about her recent engagement while
smiling from ear to ear and showing off
her stunning ring whoa okay we've added
another chunk here this woman is sharing
her exciting news she's telling her
family all about her recent engagement
she's so happy she's smiling from ear to
ear and at the same time she is showing
off her stunning ring what does it mean
to show something off that means you are
really proud of something and you want
to kind of flex a little bit you want to
flex a little bit you want to show off a
little bit you want to brag a little bit
she's saying hey look at this really
great thing that happened to me aren't
you a little bit jealous yeah she's
showing off okay and the ring that her
fiance he used to be her boyfriend now
he's her fiance the ring that he has
given her is not just a ring not just
some ordinary plain boring ring no it's
a stunning ring what is stunning that
means it is beautiful it is gorgeous
when people look at it they are stunned
by its beauty stunned is kind of another
way of saying shocked or really
surprised right dumbfounded might be
another synonym so if a ring is stunning
then it is so beautiful that you are
left speechless okay guys let's skip the
medium speed and go right to native
speaker speed for the rest of these
levels let's really push ourselves here
we go a happy woman shares exciting news
with her family about her recent
engagement while smiling from ear to ear
and showing off her stunning ring we are
flying along we are already at level
seven you guys are doing awesome let's
check out the new addition the new chunk
that we've added to this everwing super
sentence here we go slowly a happy woman
shares exciting news with her family
about her recent engagement while
smiling from earto ear and showing off
her stunning ring as everyone
congratulates her okay there is a lot
going on here now we've got a happy
woman how happy is she extremely happy
so happy in fact that she is smiling
from ear to ear she's sharing this
exciting news with her family what's the
news about it's about her recent
engagement and at the same time she's
showing off her stunning ring yeah her
gorgeous beautiful breathtak taking
stunning ring and also at the same time
everyone is congratulating her yeah all
of the family members gathered around
they are all so happy for her they are
really excited about this news and about
her future right and so they are
congratulating her if you congratulate
someone then you say hey this is awesome
I'm so happy for you this is huge this
is big news I'm pumped right I'm pumped
I'm stoked those are just two different
ways of saying excited right you are
excited for someone you are pumped for
someone you are stoked for someone
you're so excited for them and you're
excited about this big news so you go
and congratulate her let's read the
whole thing one more time quickly now a
happy woman shares exciting news with
her family about her recent engagement
while smiling from ear to ear and
showing off her stunning ring as
everyone congratulates her level eight
all right guys we are really getting
into the Nitty Gritty the Nitty Gritty
the meat and potatoes of this lesson
yeah like the most substantial part part
the part of this lesson that is going to
help your English the most so really
push yourself okay I want you to really
make an effort and you can Shadow me say
it with me or pause and repeat let's
read level eight slowly at first here we
go a happy woman shares exciting news
with her family about her recent
engagement while smiling from ear to ear
and showing off her stunning ring as
everyone congratulates her uhoh until
her sister announces she just got a
promotion that's a little bit awkward
right I think the story has kind of
taken a turn it's taking a turn right
something has happened this woman's
sister has made an announcement she has
let everybody know something well what
has she let them know her sister has let
everyone know that she just got a
promotion okay she just got this is
something that has also happened
recently okay the woman was engaged
recently but her sister got a promotion
recently as well yeah maybe it happened
yesterday or last week or even this
morning okay but yeah her sister is
saying hey guys hey guys I have
something to say too I got a promotion
what's a promotion you you move up at
work you move up yeah maybe you get a
new job title maybe you get some more
important responsibilities at work maybe
you get a higher salary at work as well
it's a good thing right a promotion is a
really good thing so okay let's read
this sentence again quickly now and then
we'll see what is going to happen after
her sister makes a big announcement as
well is there going to be some kind of
Confrontation some kind of conflict
between the two of them some kind of
issue some kind of problem let's read
level eight quickly and then we'll find
out ready a happy woman shares exciting
news with her family about her recent
engagement while smiling from ear to ear
and showing off her stunning ring as
everyone congratulates her until her
sister announces she just got a
promotion
okay wow that was a real mouthful okay
and I forgot to mention there's one word
here that's really a key word until
until is really the dividing moment in
the scene that we're looking at in uh
the mood of this scene right things at
first were really really happy everyone
was excited everyone was happy you know
she's smiling from ear to ear and then
we have a hard line that's what's going
on until this moment when her sister
makes the announcement all right let's
level up level nine let's Jump Right In
with a slow read ready a happy woman
shares exciting news with her family
about her recent engagement while
smiling from ear to ear and showing off
her stunning ring as everyone
congratulates her until her sister
announces she just got a promotion
taking the spotlight
away yeah guys until her sister did this
the mood was happy the mood was light
the mood was exciting right everybody
was congratulating this happy woman who
was smiling then this moment happened
there's a dividing line before this
moment happened and after this moment
happened right her sister makes this
announcement about her promotion and
when she does that she takes the
spotlight away yeah this is a useful
expression in English if you have the
spotlight then that means all eyes are
on you all eyes are on you you have the
floor you have everyone's attention
everyone is paying attention to you
everyone's noticing you right but then
her sister took the spotlight away and
she took it for herself kind of
selfishly right now the spotlight is
split yeah it's still a little bit on
the woman but now part of the spotlight
is on her sister as well I think her
sister was maybe a little bit jealous of
all the attention this woman was getting
and you know she was kind of showing off
her stunning ring and getting all of
this congratulations from all of her
family members and I think that bothered
her sister a little bit her sister got
jealous and decided to take the
spotlight away okay let's read this
sentence again quickly and then move on
to the final level of today's super
sentence ready a happy woman shares
exciting news with her family about her
recent engagement while smiling from ear
to ear and showing off her stunning ring
as everyone congratulates her until her
sister announces she just got a
promotion taking the spotlight
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okay with all of that being said let's
take a look at level 10 slowly a happy
woman shares exciting news with her
family about her recent engagement while
smiling from ear to ear and showing off
her stunning ring as everyone
congratulates her until her sister
announces she just got a promotion
taking the spotlight away
and stealing her Thunder like
usual oh man this situation has become
kind of a
bummer what's a bummer if you say oh man
what a bummer or if you say that's a
real bummer it means this is kind of a
sad situation it
bums you out it makes you feel kind of
down kind of disappointed right because
things were going so well and this was
such a beautiful scene until her sister
decided to take the spotlight away and
another way of saying that another way
of expressing this idea of taking
someone's Spotlight away is stealing
Thunder her sister stole her Thunder
even worse are these two final words
like usual now why is that so bad these
two final words like usual what makes
these two words so awful well the
implication what that tells me as the
listener is that this happens all the
time like usual this is something her
sister does a lot it must be a bad habit
that her sister has I guess there's kind
of a
sibling
rivalry what's a sibling rivalry it's
when a brother and sister or a brother
and a brother or a sister and a sister
two siblings compete with each other
compete with each other they butt heads
they try to see who's best they try to
see who's better they try to see who is
superior right and obviously that's a
bummer because they're siblings and they
should support each other and love each
other but here we are in this messy
scenario
this messy situation okay guys let's say
it again this is the last time we will
read this super sentence so really push
yourself are you ready a happy woman
shares exciting news with her family
about her recent engagement while
smiling from ear to ear and showing off
her stunning ring as everyone
congratulates her until her sister
announces she just got a promotion
taking the spotlight away and stealing
her Thunder like
usual o wow I want you guys to take a
hand give yourselves a pat on the back
you're doing an awesome job you really
have trained that spoken English muscle
today now in level one of our super
sentence we just have a short simple
basic sentence let's read it together
slowly at first a man buys a lottery
ticket okay one more time a little
faster a man buys a lottery ticket so
what are we talking about here our main
character in this sentence is a man a
guy okay and what's he doing he's buying
something he's purchasing something
right he's spending money on something
well what's he spending money on a
lottery ticket you guys know the lottery
right you can play the Lottery and
basically gamble your money for a chance
to strike it rich yeah strike it rich
what does that mean that means basically
get rich make a bunch of money now your
chances of winning the lottery are of
course very slim very slim they're very
small chances the odds are not in your
favor but if you can win then you can
make some lifechanging money okay let's
read this one more time at a quick
native speaker speed ready a man buys a
lottery ticket we've leveled up guys to
level two of this super sentence let's
take a look at what has been added to
the sentence ready reading slowly at
first a hopeful man buys a lottery
ticket one more time a little faster a
hopeful man bu a lottery ticket ah okay
now we know the
mentality the mental state of this man
who is the main character of our super
sentence right in other words we know
what he's thinking we know how he's
feeling and the way he's feeling is
hopeful yeah he's hoping for something
good to happen he's wishing that
something good will happen
and I think we know based on the context
of this sentence in other words looking
at the rest of the sentence what he's
hopeful for he's hoping that he will win
this Lottery okay so he's feeling
hopeful he buys a ticket let's read this
one more time at a native speed and then
level up again ready a hopeful man buys
a lottery ticket level three of our
super sentence getting a little bit more
complex now let's just Dive Right In at
a slow speed ready a hopeful man buys a
lottery ticket at his local store One
More Time medium speed a hopeful man
buys a lottery ticket at his local store
okay now we know the location of where
he bought this ticket right we know who
we're talking about we know how he's
feeling we know what he is doing now we
know where this is happening he bought a
lottery ticket where at his local store
we could also say his local shop right
they mean the same thing local just
means near him near the place where he
lives okay let's read this one more time
quick native speed and then we'll keep
leveling up guys ready a hopeful man
buys a lottery ticket at his local store
we are sailing right along let's jump
into level four at a slow speed a
hopeful man buys a lottery ticket at his
local store on a whim M this is a really
useful really spoken English expression
that you guys should know if you don't
know it already on a whim that's what
we've added here in level four on a whim
just means that he didn't put a lot of
thought into this decision he didn't
think about it for days and days and
days leading up to the decision it was
on a whim a decision made in a split
second maybe he was walking by this
local store and he had some extra money
to spend and so he bought the lottery
ticket on a whim so let's read it one
more time native speed and then keep
going ready a hopeful man buys a lottery
ticket at his local store on a whim
level five guys we are halfway there we
are halfway done with this super
sentence we are slowly stretching it
longer and longer training that spoken
English muscle getting a good workout in
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teacher all right let's take a look slow
it first a hopeful man buys a lottery
ticket at his local store on a whim not
expecting much okay so we can see that
this guy our main character this man yes
he's hopeful yes of course he's hoping
something really good will happen to him
yes his hopes are high he has High Hopes
but at the same time he's not expecting
much yeah he's hopeful but at the same
time he is
realistic maybe he is keeping in mind
the actual chances of winning and making
a mental note that the chances of
winning are very slim they are very low
right so even though he's hopeful he's
being realistic not expecting too much
not assuming he will win he's not making
assumptions right he's not assuming oh
yes of course I'm going to win he's not
expecting much okay let's read it one
more time native speed ready a hopeful
man buys a lottery ticket at his local
store on a whim not expecting much in
level six you can see that we are adding
a big blue chunk to our super sentence
stretching it even longer this is
starting to become quite the mouthful
right quite difficult to say let's give
it a try at our slow speed a hopeful man
buys a lottery ticket at his local store
on a whim not expecting much but
thinking it could be fun okay this is
great yeah you know he's hopeful of
course he has his hopes that he could
win but he's not expecting much at the
same time he's kind of doing it just for
the thrill the thrill right he thinks
it's an exciting thing to do it's a fun
thing to do maybe the experience of just
buying a lottery ticket in itself is
enough for him maybe he feels like he'll
get his money's worth even if he doesn't
win because it's a fun thing to do it's
a fun activity just to try and win right
so he's thinking it could be fun yeah it
might be fun it might be a good time to
buy a lottery ticket and test my luck or
you could also say try your luck he's
going to try his luck he's going to test
his luck at a quick speed now ready a
hopeful man buys a lot loty ticket at
his local store on a whim not expecting
much but thinking it could be fun level
seven things are getting really hairy
now things are getting really hairy what
does that mean like there's hair coming
off of the page sprouting out of the
page no no no hairy just means things
are starting to get difficult and messy
and complicated let's read level seven
at a slow low speed together a hopeful
man buys a lottery ticket at his local
store on a whim not expecting much but
thinking it could be fun to dream about
winning here we're seeing why he's
thinking it could be fun yeah he thinks
it could be fun now we know why he
thinks it could be fun he wants to dream
about winning yeah he's going to
fantasize
he's going to allow himself this fantasy
of winning he's going to daydream about
all the amazing things he could do with
his
winnings with his winnings with the
money that he wins right for example
maybe he could buy a big fancy house
maybe he could buy a luxury car maybe he
could take a trip to the destination of
his dreams and have like a dream
vacation right so for now you know he's
realistic he's not expecting much he's
not assuming he will win but he's
hopeful and he's having fun just
dreaming about the possibility of
winning okay at a quick native speed one
more time then we'll level up ready a
hopeful man buys a lottery ticket at his
local store on a whim not expec exp in
much but thinking it could be fun to
dream about winning let's tackle level
eight starting with our slow speed a
hopeful man buys a lottery ticket at his
local store on a whim not expecting much
but thinking it could be fun to dream
about winning and to his surprise he
matches all the numbers oh my goodness
oh my gosh this is crazy to his
surprised here's a picture of his face
right he is so surprised he is shocked
and I would say very pleasantly
surprised this is not a bad surprise
this is not an unwelcome surprise this
is an amazing surprise a very positive
thing why he matches all the numbers
guys you know what it means if you match
all the numbers when you play the
lottery right his numbers match the
winning numbers the numbers on his
personal ticket that he bought that he
purchased at his local store on a whim
without expecting much you know those
numbers match the winning numbers that
means he has won the lottery oh my gosh
that is crazy let's read this super
sentence one more time time quick native
speaker speed then we'll level up a
hopeful man buys a lottery ticket at his
local store on a whim not expecting much
but thinking it could be fun to dream
about winning and to his surprise he
matches all the numbers level 9 we are
almost done here guys your brains are
probably getting tired push through keep
going try to finish all 10 levels okay
here we go slow speed a hopeful man buys
a lottery ticket at his local store on a
whim not expecting much but thinking it
could be fun to dream about winning and
to his surprise he matches all the
numbers realizing he has hit the
jackpot yeah he has hit the jackpot what
does it mean if you hit the jackpot
that's a really fun idiom or expression
in English that means you hit it big you
hit it big you won and you won big time
whatever you're doing you had a massive
success one more time quick speed and
then we'll level up to the final level
of this super sentence level 10 ready a
hopeful man buys a lottery ticket at his
local store on a whim not EXP exp in
much but thinking it could be fun to
dream about winning and to his surprise
he matches all the numbers realizing he
has hit the jackpot final level here
guys level 10 really push yourselves to
speak out loud with me or pause the
video and repeat after me ready a
hopeful man buys a lottery ticket at his
local store on a whim not expecting much
but thinking it could be fun to drink
dream about winning and to his surprise
he matches all the numbers realizing he
has hit the jackpot and his life is
about to change forever I love this
ending to our super sentence we have a
very hopeful ending a very
uplifting uplifting it lifts us up it's
very positive this ending yeah we are
looking into the future of this man's
life and he is realizing slowly that his
life is going to change forever things
are not going to be the same this money
that he's going to win after hitting the
jackpot this money is going to change
his life and it's going to change it
forever okay let's read it again one
last time at a quick native speed and
then we will have a bonus speak seing
practice segment to finish this video
are you ready let's go a hopeful man
buys a lottery ticket at his local store
on a whim not expecting much but
thinking it could be fun to dream about
winning and to his surprise he matches
all the numbers realizing he has hit the
jackpot and his life is about to change
forever if you are still with me then
you have
undoubtedly without a doubt given your
spoken English skills a nice hard
workout and I want you to give yourself
a pat on the back to congratulate
yourself yeah so guys in this super
sentence it was based around the idiom
hit the jackpot which once again just
means to have a big success or win often
unexpectedly right so you did not expect
to win you didn't see it coming you
didn't anticipate it you didn't know it
would happen but it happened and to your
pleasant surprise this is a really great
change a really big success okay so to
finish today's video I have a bonus
speaking challenge we're going to take a
look at this question and then try to
spend one minute responding to it so
here's the question what would you do
personally in your life if you hit the
jackpot and won $10 million in the
lottery now I'm going to go first and
give you a demonstration of what I'd
like you to try and do with this minute
I want you guys to really push
yourselves to speak for the full minute
and really fill up that window of time
I'll go first yeah what would I do if I
hit the jackpot well if I won 10 Mill
million dollar in the lottery man there
are so many things I would do I think
first of all I would buy a big house for
me and my wife and our dog that's
because we have been living in a small
apartment for a long long time and we
often Daydream we fantasize about what
it would be like to have a big house
with multiple bedrooms and bath
bathrooms and a big backyard for our dog
to run around and and enjoy herself
right so that's the first thing that
comes to mind that's the first thing
that I think of when I imagine this
fantasy of hitting the jackpot and
winning $10 million in the lottery so
guys that's my one minute response now
it's your turn push yourself go for
it e
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super sentence we have a short basic
simple sentence now remember you can say
it with me or pause the video and repeat
back after me ready let's say it slowly
the first time a man decided to paint
his house again but a little faster this
time a man decided to paint his house
okay yeah let's talk about this right
we've got a man he's going to be the
main character of this super sentence
and this man is making a decision he
decided to do do something he is
choosing to do something what is he
making a decision to do he decided to
paint his house he's got a house and you
know maybe the paint job the paint job
on this house is looking a bit old a bit
outdated outdated okay yeah it's looking
like it needs a touchup a touchup what's
a touchup that means you make it look
fresh again you make it look new again
okay so because it looks outdated
because it appears like it needs a
touchup he decides to paint his house
let's say it together one more time
quickly now a man decided to paint his
house once more a man decided to paint
his house okay we've leveled up guys to
level two and as you can see some blue
words have appeared we have stretched
our super sentence just a little bit
we've made it just a tad more
challenging just a touch more difficult
okay let's read it together slowly at
first a tired but determined man decided
to paint his house again a little bit
faster a tired but determined man
decided to paint his house okay so now
we know the mental state of this guy
this man our main character right we
know what he's thinking we know how he's
feeling he's tired you know he's tired
he's not feeling like he has a lot of
energy he's not feeling that you know
quick not feeling that
energetic but at the same time he's
determined now we talk about this word a
lot on my channel here determined means
you are you really want to do something
you have a mission you have a goal you
have an aim and you're trying to make it
happen you really want to make it happen
you're not going to give up so easily
okay so seems like he's determined to do
what he's determined to paint his house
okay he is determined to make this
happen he's not going to give up he's
got a goal he's got a mission let's read
it one more time together quickly now a
tired but determined man decided to
paint his house all right guys we've
leveled up again level three let's read
it together once more slowly at first a
tired but determined man decided to
paint his house by himself over the
weekend H again a little bit faster now
a tired but determined man decided to
paint his house by himself over the
weekend okay so now we know that he is
going to do this job
Solo solo that means all by himself all
alone he is not going to have any
assistance in other words he's not going
to have any help he's not going to rely
on anybody to help him out to give give
him a hand give him a hand he's not
going to have any Helping Hands with
this project okay we also found out the
time frame for this project right over
the weekend yeah this guy is tired see
here and now I think we know why he's so
tired this guy probably worked all week
long Monday through Friday he went to
his job to make money now it's the
weekend and he has a project for his
weekend he has a solo project a project
that he's going to tackle all alone
tackle what does that mean a project
he's going to take on a project he's
going to attempt he's going to try and
do okay let's say this one more time
together quickly now ready a tired but
determined man decided to pay paint his
house by himself over the weekend level
four let's take a look slowly at first a
tired but determined man decided to
paint his house by himself over the
weekend starting early on Saturday
morning GH that sounds terrible to me
that is something I have zero interest
in I believe in this idea of work hard
play hard work hard play hard what does
that mean that means when it's time to
work you give it all you got it means
when it's time to work you give it 100%
but then when it's time to relax when
it's time to play you play hard as well
you play 100% And you work 100% so this
guy he's taken on this solo house
painting project over the weekend and
he's starting early on Saturday morning
ghh I kind of wonder how early because
everyone's idea of early is different
right my idea of early is 9:00 a.m. to
me that's early because I like to sleep
in but to this guy maybe 5:00 a.m. is
early because he has to wake up and go
to work Monday through Friday right
let's say this again a little bit faster
now ready a tired but determined man
decided to paint his house by himself
over the weekend starting early on
Saturday morning level five guys we are
halfway there are you starting to feel
the burn feel the burn what does that
mean when you go to the gym and you lift
weights you work out you lift at the gym
you exercise your muscles if you're
doing it properly
if you're working hard you will feel the
burn your muscles will feel sore right
and if you're doing this correctly maybe
you will feel the burn as well guys this
is not easy to do this is a workout but
no pain no gain if you don't work hard
to improve your English it won't get any
better so you know it might be a little
uncomfortable but I'm proud of all of my
students if you are still with me you
are still working hard at this super
sentence you're doing fantastic great
job keep it up let's take a look at
level five slowly at first a tired but
determined man decided to paint his
house by himself over the weekend
starting early on Saturday morning with
nothing but a paintbrush and some old
cans of
paint okay yeah maybe this is not
ideal what's ideal an ideal situation is
a favorable situation A preferable
situation a situation that you can look
at and say okay yeah that sounds good
okay yeah this seems good this situation
is not ideal why is it not ideal he only
has a paintbrush brush one paintbrush
I'm guessing otherwise it would have
said some paint brushes right some paint
brushes but it didn't say some paint
brushes it just said a paintbrush and
some old cans of paint yeah maybe these
old cans of paint have been sitting in
his garage for a long time just
collecting dust collecting dust what
does that mean if some something has
been you know stored for a long time in
storage or set aside set aside for a
long time for a long period of time we
can say it's collecting dust it's just
sitting there getting Dusty right so
yeah these old cans of paint maybe
they're Halfway Gone maybe they're kind
of old maybe the color has changed a bit
so once again the situation is not not
looking ideal it's not looking good
right let's read it again quickly now a
tired but determined man decided to
paint his house by himself over the
weekend starting early on Saturday
morning with nothing but a paintbrush
and some old cans of paint again push
yourself a tired but determined man
decided to paint his house by himself
over the weekend starting early on
Saturday morning with nothing but a
paintbrush and some old cans of
paint are you guys feeling the burn I'm
definitely feeling the burn come on
let's level up slowly now a tired but
determined man decided to paint his
house by himself over the weekend
starting early on Saturday morning with
nothing but a paintbrush and some old
cans of paint but realized halfway
through he should have hired help
M now it's really hitting him now it's
really hitting him now it's really
hitting him now he's really realizing
you know the truth of this situation
he's realizing oh man I bit off a lot
more than I could chew I took on a
project that was way too big way too
involved involved involved it's way too
involved yeah it's too difficult too
challenging there's too many moving
parts to this project right that just
means it's tough to keep up with it's
you know a lot to deal with and now he's
thinking man he's halfway through this
project he's halfway done but maybe it's
taken a lot longer than he thought it
would maybe it's eating up a lot more
time than he anticip ipated than he
thought that it would right and now he's
realizing oh man oh jez oh boy I should
have hired help I should have gotten
some people to help me out with this
maybe that would have been worth the
money right he could have spent some
money to find a couple of helpers to
assist him or maybe he could have called
a friend and asked for help so now this
realiz
is Dawning on him Dawning on him here's
his face right here's his face he's like
oh man this is a bit
much this is a bit much maybe he's even
a little bit worried yeah he's sweating
a little bit oh geez oh man okay let's
read this again quickly feel the burn
push yourself a tired but determined man
decided to paint his house by himself
over the weekend starting early on
Saturday morning with nothing but a
paintbrush and some old cans of paint
but realized halfway through he should
have hired help one more time push a
tired but determined man decided to
paint his house by himself over the
weekend starting early on Saturday
morning with nothing but a paintbrush
and some old cans of paint but realized
halfway through he should have hired
help let's rally let's rally what does
that mean that means let's get this
party started let's keep this project
going let's drum up some energy let's
drum up some energy and push onwards
okay ready slowly now a tired but
determined man decided to paint his
house by himself over the weekend
starting early on Saturday morning with
nothing but a paintbrush and some old
cans of paint but really realized
halfway through he should have hired
help as he was now covered in paint from
head to toe oh my goodness this is
getting really ridiculous right this is
getting to be really
absurd absurd just means crazy what a
crazy wacky ridiculous situation this
guy really should have hired help
because now I feel like he doesn't know
what he's doing doing he's covered in
paint from head to toe how did he make
such a big mess how did he manage to
mess this up so badly from his head all
the way down to his toes he is covered
in paint in other words he's gotten
paint all over him man you really have
to try hard to mess up that badly right
this guy this guy is like totally
helpless let's read it again let's rally
come on quickly now a tired but
determined man decided to paint his
house by himself over the weekend
starting early on Saturday morning with
nothing but a paintbrush and some old
cans of paint but realized halfway
through he should have hired help as he
was now covered in paint from head to
toe again come on guys push a tired but
determined man decided to paint his
house by himself over the weekend
starting early on Saturday morning with
nothing but a paintbrush and some old
cans of paint but realized halfway
through he should have hired help as he
was now covered in paint from head to
toe oh man I am really feeling the burn
I am really feeling the burn how about
you if you are getting a good workout in
let me know with a message in the
comments you can type I feel the burn
level eight guys this this is no weeny
Hut
JR this is no weeny Hut Jr in other
words this is not for beginners things
are getting tough getting Advanced
getting really challenging this is a big
mouthful even for me and I'm a native
speaker so if you're still with me if
you're still rallying if you're still
pushing yourself I applaud you I applaud
you hats off to you you're doing awesome
let's read this one slowly a tired but
determined man decided to paint his
house by himself over the weekend
starting early on Saturday morning with
nothing but a paintbrush and some old
cans of paint but realized halfway
through he should have hired help as he
was now covered in paint from head to
toe and had barely made any progress
what does it mean if we say barely made
any progress another way to say that
might be hardly okay he's hardly made
any progress at all we could also say
he's barely made any progress at all so
basically this is telling us that he's
trying to push forward he's trying to
you know tackle this project he's trying
to get this done you know he's halfway
through but he's barely made any
progress this is really interesting
right because when I first saw this
halfway through earlier in the super
sentence I assumed that meant he was
halfway through the painting process but
now with this added context I think it
means he's halfway through the time that
he has to complete the project maybe
he's halfway through the weekend and he
still barely made any progress right so
context matters okay let's read it again
quickly now ready a tired but determined
man decided to paint his house by
himself over the weekend starting early
on Saturday morning with nothing but a
paintbrush and some oldold cans of paint
but realized halfway through we should
have hired help as he was now covered in
paint from head to toe and had barely
made any progress we're in the final
stretch guys the final stretch the last
part of this video okay so let's really
push ourselves slowly now a tired but
determined man decided to paint his
house by himself over the weekend
starting early on Saturday morning with
nothing but a paintbrush and some old
cans of paint but realized halfway
through he should have hired help as he
was now covered in paint from head to
toe and had barely made any progress
wondering how on Earth he'd finish by
Sunday this poor guy I we can see that
now he's wondering how on Earth how on
Earth am I going to get this done by
Sunday because remember come Monday come
Monday in other words when Monday comes
around when it's Monday he's going to
have to go back to work and he's not
going to have any more time to pour into
this project to give this project to
devote to to this project right in other
words he will have no more time for this
project so now he's really second
guessing this whole thing he's really
wondering he's really thinking to
himself oh man how on Earth am I going
to do this how in the world am I going
to get this done let's read it again
quickly now a tired but determined man
decided to paint his house by himself
over the the weekend starting early on
Saturday morning with nothing but a
paintbrush and some old cans of paint
but realized halfway through he should
have hired help as he was now covered in
paint from head to toe and had barely
made any progress wondering how on Earth
he'd finish by Sunday my dear dear
students if you have made it this far in
the video you are a rock star you're
doing really great and you are taking
your English Learning Journey seriously
so I commend you I commend you I applaud
you you're doing awesome this is the
final
boss the final boss of this super
sentence what's the final boss it's kind
of a video game term right like if
you're playing a Mario game the final
boss is Bowser okay our final boss is
level 10 this is a big fat super
sentence do you remember how small it
was when we began this video now we've
stretched it all the way to this
monstrous size this colossal size this
huge size right if this is the longest
sentence you have ever spoken in your
life I want you to let me know that down
in the comments you can leave me a
comment saying new record new record
because my guess is that for a lot of
you you've never even spoken a sentence
this long so this is New Territory new
territory this is something new for you
guys and that's great we do not learn
anything by remaining in our comfort
zone by staying in our little bubble
right we have to break out of the
comfort zone we have to leave our little
bubble
and try new things so you guys are doing
awesome let's read it slowly at
first a tired but determined man decided
to paint his house by himself over the
weekend starting early on Saturday
morning with nothing but a paintbrush
and some old cans of paint but realized
halfway through he should have hired
help as he was now covered in paint from
head to toe and had barely made any
progress wondering how on Earth he'd
finish by Sunday and finally decided to
throw in the towel and call a
professional it looks like we have a
happy ending to this ridiculous
situation to the situation that seemed
to spiral out of control it seemed to
really get out of hand that means it
reached a place that was beyond control
it became untenable it became unworkable
it became something that was really just
you know beyond this guy's ability to
deal with okay so finally in the end he
threw in the towel that is today's idiom
you guys know that I try to teach a new
idiom with every new video this is a
really useful one a really spoken
English idiom that people actually use
it just means you give up right you're
trying to do something you give up you
throw in the towel so what does he do
when he throws in the towel he calls a
professional maybe he picks up the phone
and he calls a house painting service
and he says hey guys I'm in over my head
I'm really in over my head here another
idiom what does that mean think of it as
like being underwater right I'm in over
my head I'm drowning here right I need
help so he calls the professionals and
you know that's the end of our story
here so it's a happy ending one can only
assume I assume that the professionals
come and they finish the job and they
make it look amazing let's say it one
more time are you ready quick speed
really feel feel the burn guys push
yourselves a tired but determined man
decided to paint his house by himself
over the weekend starting early on
Saturday morning with nothing but a
paintbrush and some old cans of paint
but realized halfway through he should
have hired help as he was now covered in
paint from head to toe and had barely
made any progress wondering how on Earth
he'd be finished by Sunday and finally
decided to throw in the towel and call a
professional take your hand and give
yourself a pat on the back because you
deserve it you've made it all the way
through this monstrosity of a super
sentence but guess what the video isn't
over yet let's have a cool down activity
so just to
reiterate just to reiterate just to
explain it again to let you guys know
one more time the idiom in this video
was throwing in the towel what does that
mean it means admit defeat when
something is too difficult but actually
you know there are a lot of ways to
express this idea in English yes you can
just say give up that's fine you can
also say wave a white flag like you are
surrendering right like you are uh in a
battle or in a war and you are giving up
you are surrendering to the enemy forces
okay you could also say call it a day
call it a day call it a day you give up
H you quit I'm going to call it a day
now this one's a little more casual
right like maybe you're just at work and
you're working really hard and you
decide it's time to go home you're not
really giving up on your work you're
just saying that's enough for today so
you can say call it a day here's a
really intense one fold Under Pressure
there's so much pressure there's so much
stress that you fold right so this one
is kind of
involuntary
involuntary what does that mean that
means you didn't make the decision to
give up you didn't choose to throw in
the towel you were forced to give up it
was
involuntary you didn't do it
voluntarily right it was involuntary one
more packet in pack it in this one I
would say is the most similar to throw
in the towel you decide to pack it in
you decide to pack it in so guys what
we're going to do now is we're going to
have a on minute speaking challenge I
have a question for you here have you
ever thrown in the towel on a hobby or
project and what I'd like you to do is
push yourself to speak for a full minute
talk for a full minute I'm going to set
a timer and give you a demonstration of
what I'd like you to try and do first so
first watch me I'll show you how I'd
like you to try and respond to this
question all right guys so here's my
personal connection here's my uh
connection to my life uh when I think
about throw in the towel when I think
about this question I think about a
fitness goal that I had last year I
started watching these videos on YouTube
about this exercise called a muscle up a
muscle up a muscle up is when you grab a
hold of a pull-up bar and you first do a
pull-up right you first do a pull-up
then you push up and over the bar and
you push up and kind of do like a dip
right so this is a really challenging
physical exercise but I was watching
these videos uh on YouTube and I saw
these people who could do it really well
right and they made it look really easy
so I decided I wanted to try and try and
do it I went out every day and practiced
pull-ups but in the end I threw in the
towel it was too hard I gave up that was
my example I pushed myself to talk for
the full minute I didn't stop talking
and that's what I want you guys to do
too don't worry about making mistakes
just keep going we need to train
ourselves to get comfortable talking at
length talking for long periods of time
so here's your minute go for
it e
what better place to kick things off
than level one right so we've got a
short sentence here let's take a look
and read it together slow speed the
first time let's go a guy sees a cute
girl at the bookstore one more time a
little bit faster now a guy sees a cute
girl at the bookstore okay interesting
we've been introduced to our two main
characters here we have a guy and we
have a girl and they are both at a
bookstore right they are
browsing they are
perusing they are looking around for
something good to read maybe flipping
through a book here and there well the
guy sees the girl and guess what she's
not just any girl she's a cute girl so
maybe this guy is interested in her
maybe he wants to try and flirt with her
maybe he wants to try and get her phone
number I'm not sure what's going to
happen next but let's read this level
one sentence one last time together
quickly now and then we'll move on a guy
sees a cute girl at the bookstore we've
leveled up for the first time and you
can see that I have added some blue text
to the super sentence yeah we have
stretched it longer okay so let's try
saying the new sentence together slowly
at first a guy sees a cute girl at the
bookstore and works up the nerve to talk
to her M okay one more time medium speed
a guy sees a cute girl at the bookstore
and works up the nerve to talk to her
okay so in level one I made a prediction
right guy sees a cute girl he thinks
she's cute so my prediction was he was
going to go and try to flirt with her
tried to get her phone number tried to
do something to get her attention right
and here we can see in level two he's
starting to think more about it he is
working up the nerve to talk to her yeah
he's psyching himself up he's drumming
up the courage working up the courage
all of these are different ways of
saying that he's trying to find the
confidence to go over there and talk to
her yeah to start a conversation with
her start a dialogue with her we could
also say chitchat with her that's a bit
more casual right just have a chat with
her so let's say level two again at a
quick speed ready a guy sees a cute girl
at the bookstore and works up the nerve
to talk to her again a guy sees a cute
girl at the bookstore and works up the
nerve to talk to her man I remember when
I first started dating how difficult it
was to work up the nerve to talk to
girls I was very nervous very shy it was
not easy to work up the nerve or find
the confidence to go and start talking
to them what about you guys when you
first started dating did you find it
difficult to work up the nerve to talk
to people you can let me know in the
comments section moving right along to
level three let's just dive right into
it with a slow read ready a guy sees a
cute girl at the bookstore and works up
the nerve to talk to her heart racing as
he walks over ooh One More Time medium
speed
a guy sees a cute girl at the bookstore
and works up the nerve to talk to her
heart racing as he walks over okay so we
can see that this guy is pretty nervous
about this
interaction he's getting ready to go and
talk to her and he's worked up the nerve
he's started to walk over and as he's
walking over at the same time that he's
walking over his heart is racing bu bum
bum bum bu bum bu bu bu bu beating
faster and faster in his chest maybe the
closer he gets the faster it beats and
it feels like it's going to beat right
out of his chest that's an expression we
sometimes say if you're really really
excited or nervous or worked up I felt
like my heart was going to beat right
out of my chest okay again with a quick
read here we go a guy sees a cute girl
at the bookstore and works up the nerve
to talk to her heart racing as he walks
over last time a guy sees a cute girl at
the bookstore and works up the nerve to
talk to her heart racing as he walks
over Dude I am on the edge of my seat
with today's super sentence I can't wait
to see what's going to happen next what
do you guys think is he going to hit it
off is he going to hit it off with this
girl in other words are they going to
get along well and like each other
immediately or maybe she's going to be a
bit standoffish standoffish maybe she's
going to be a bit like who are you I
don't know you why are you talking to me
I don't know let's find out okay level
four slow read here we go a guy sees a
cute girl at the bookstore and works up
the nerve to talk to her her heart
racing as he walks over trying to think
of something clever okay let's say it
again medium speed a guy sees a cute
girl at the bookstore and works up the
nerve to talk to her heart racing as he
walks over trying to think of something
clever oh man I feel like this is not
looking too good for the guy in the
story yeah it's not looking good for him
why do I say that because he still
hasn't thought of anything to say you
know he worked up the nerve he's walking
over he had all this time to think of
something to say but guess what he still
hasn't thought of anything he is still
trying to think of something clever
clever just means something smart
something creative maybe something that
will make her interested in him
something that will make her laugh
something that will make her smile and
maybe he's trying to think of something
clever to say maybe he's trying to think
of something clever to do maybe he's
trying to think of something to say or
do but he's drawing a blank oh no he's
drawing a blank that means his mind is
blank he's struggling to think of
anything it's like somebody has erased
all of his thoughts right so he's kind
of in trouble let's read this one last
time at a quick speed ready a guy sees a
cute girl at the bookstore and works up
the nerve to talk to her heart racing as
he walks over trying to think of
something clever level five guys it is
getting pretty difficult so if you're
starting to struggle don't worry don't
worry keep going keep working that
spoken English muscle okay no pain no
gain that's what I always say let's take
a look slowly at first a guy sees a cute
girl at the bookstore and works up the
nerve to talk to her heart racing as he
walks over trying to think of something
clever but he ends up making a lame
comment about the weather oh no this guy
what does he end up doing in other words
in the end after all of that waiting
what does he do he makes a lame comment
about the weather so boring right he was
trying to think of something uh to get
her attention to make her smile to make
her laugh to uh uh uh Peak her interest
right to Peak her interest but the only
thing he can think of is a lame comment
about the weather what is lame lame is
like the opposite of cool right so not
cool
really kind of uh embarrassing right
let's read it again quickly now a guy
sees a cute girl at the bookstore and
works up the nerve to talk to her heart
racing as he walks over trying to think
of something clever but he ends up
making a lame comment about the weather
level six slow read here we go a guy
sees a cute girl at the bookstore and
works up the nerve to talk to her heart
racing as he walks over
trying to think of something clever but
he ends up making a lame comment about
the weather which sounds way more
Awkward than he hoped but she smiles
anyway okay so we've got a glimmer of
hope a glimmer of hope there's still a
small chance that this guy can win the
heart of this girl even though he made a
lame comment about the weather which
sounded really awkward it didn't come
out right it didn't sound the way he was
hoping that it would sound guess what
happens she smiles anyway maybe she can
see how nervous he is and maybe she
thinks that's endearing in other words
maybe she thinks that's cute and sweet
you know and likable maybe she's even a
little bit flattered that he's so
nervous flattered right she sees how
nervous he is and she realizes wow he
must really like me if I make him so
nervous so maybe that's a little bit
flattering okay let's read it one more
time quick speed then we'll level up
again a guy sees a cute girl at the
bookstore and works up the nerve to talk
to her heart racing as he walks over
trying to think of something clever but
he ends up making a lame comment about
the weather which sounds way more
Awkward than he hoped but she smiles
anyway level seven this is no Weenie Hut
Jr anymore this is getting really tough
even for a native speaker this is a real
mouthful now and I would like to take a
quick moment to remind you guys if you
still haven't liked the video please
take one second to do that leave me a
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slow speed now a guy sees a cute girl at
the the bookstore and works up the nerve
to talk to her heart rcing as he walks
over trying to think of something clever
but he ends up making a lame comment
about the weather which sounds way more
Awkward than he hoped but she smiles
anyway and teases him for it it sounds
like this girl is playing along it
sounds like she has a good attitude
about this whole situ situation she's
teasing him playfully right she's poking
fun at him yeah she's not making fun of
him in a mean-hearted or uh
mean-spirited way right no she's doing
it in a fun way in a friendly way in a
playful way she's saying H you're kind
of nervous aren't you I can see that
you're a little nervous she's poking fun
at him just a little bit I really want
to see what happens next so let's say it
one more time then level up again
quickly now a guy sees a cute girl at
the bookstore and works up the nerve to
talk to her heart racing as he walks
over trying to think of something clever
but he ends up making a lame comment
about the weather which sounds way more
Awkward than he hoped but she smiles
anyway and teases him for it level eight
guys we're getting so close I believe in
you you can do this okay push yourself
slow read here we go a guy sees a cute
girl at the bookstore and works up the
nerve to talk to her heart racing as he
walks over trying to think of something
clever but he ends up making a lame
comment about the weather which sounds
way more Awkward than he hoped but she
smiles anyway and teases him for it
asking what kind of books he's into it
looks like there's still hope for our
guy main character here because the girl
is kind of taking control of this
conversation and steering it into a new
Direction it's almost as if this
conversation is a ship or a boat right
and the guy was sailing the boat at
first and he was steering right into an
iceberg with all of his awkward lame
weather talk but then the girl took hold
of the wheel right at the Helm of the
ship and now she's sailing it away from
the ice ber out of the path of danger
and into smooth sailing into clear
waters right it looks like there's still
hope because she's taking this
conversation in a New Direction asking
what kind of books he's into what does
that mean into into just means
interested in I could say what kind of
video games are you into that means what
kind of video games are you interested
in so hopefully they will have a shared
interest in a genre right maybe they
both like romance books maybe they both
like mystery novels something like that
hopefully fingers crossed they will have
something in common okay let's say this
sentence one more time quickly now a guy
sees a cute girl at the bookstore and
works up the nerve to talk to her heart
racing as he walks over trying to think
of something clever but he ends up
making a lame comment about the weather
which sounds way more Awkward than he
hoped but she smiles anyway and teases
him for it asking what kind of books
he's into we're in the final stretch
guys get your second wind find your
second wind that means you had energy
you used your energy now you're tired
but you can find a second wind and get
your energy back for the final stretch
for the last two levels okay slow read
of level 9ine a guy sees a cute girl at
the bookstore and works up the nerve to
talk to her heart racing as he walks
over trying to think of something clever
but he ends up making a lame comment
about the weather which sounds way more
Awkward than he hoped but she smiles
anyway and teases him for it asking what
kind of books he's into giving him the
perfect chance to flirt back yeah this
girl is really giving him the perfect
chance the perfect opportunity a perfect
window of opportunity right to try again
you know maybe they can forget about all
of the lame awkward weather talk maybe
they can put that behind them put it
behind them and move on if he can prove
that he can try again and maybe more
successfully this time right one more
time quickly a guy sees a cute girl at
the bookstore and works up the nerve to
talk to her heart racing as he walks
over trying to think of something clever
but he ends up making a lame comment
about the weather which sounds way more
Awkward than he hoped but she smiles
anyway and teases him for it asking what
kind of books he's into giving him the
perfect chance to flirt
back guys we've made it to the final
boss of this super sentences video I'll
tell you what because you've worked so
hard getting all the way here to level
10 we will only read level 10 one time
at a medium speed ready here we go a guy
sees a cute girl at the bookstore and
works up the nerve to talk to her heart
racing as he walks over trying to think
of something clever but he ends up
making a lame comment about the weather
which sounds way more Awkward than he
hoped but she smiles anyway and teases
him for it asking what kind of books
he's into giving him the perfect chance
to flirt back and by the time they
exchange numbers he's on Cloud9 we have
a happy ending to this roller coaster
this complete roller coaster of a super
sentence right from the very beginning
we were uncertain about what was going
to happen are they going to hit it off
or is he going to crash and burn right
but in the end we see that they exchange
numbers he gets her phone number she
gets his phone number right and by the
time they do that he is on cloud n now
I'm sure a lot of you guys already know
this expression but it's a really useful
one a really fun one just means that you
are over the moon there's another idiom
do you guys know how much I love idioms
over over the moon on Cloud9 just means
you are so so happy in fact it's more
than happiness I would say that it's
when someone feels
ecstatic ecstatic is like extreme
happiness happiness to the point of
bliss you are blissed out you are just
like man today can't get any better
things are perfect no workout is
complete without a cool cool down
activity so that's what we're going to
do now guys like I just explained the
idiom on Cloud9 describes feeling
extremely happy or euphoric yeah extreme
happiness right so in this case the
guy's Awkward start leads to a fun
flirty exchange and by the end he's
feeling on top of the world there's
another great idiom over the moon on
Cloud9 on top of the world they all mean
the same thing they mean that this guy
is feeling great he's feeling perfect
he's feeling so so happy so here's my
question for you and what we're going to
do is push ourselves to reply to this
question yeah just speak out loud
quickly or slowly it's up to you uh for
a full minute and here's the question
have you ever felt like you were on
Cloud9 now I'm going to go first and
give you a demonstration of how I would
like you to try and push yourself to
talk for this full minute here's my
minute to be honest I've been over the
moon all week I've been on cloud n all
week I've felt on top of the world all
week long why because my channel here on
YouTube just hit a 100,000 subscribers
and not just 100,000 I think by the time
this video comes out maybe we'll be at
107,000 the channel is growing so
quickly and it is always been my dream
to successfully make content and make
videos that people actually watch and as
an English teacher make videos that
actually help people so it's so amazing
to you know get to a point in my journey
where that's starting to happen you know
next stop I would love to hit a million
subscribers but I'm going to take it
slow this week I'm just on cloud n so
guys that's my personal connection
that's how this expression relates to me
and my life what about you push yourself
for that full minute go
ahead e
level one of today's super sentence you
can say with me or pause the video and
repeat after me slowly at first a man
makes an Impulse buy online one more
time a little bit faster now a man makes
an Impulse by online Okay so we've got a
main character for today's super
sentence right we know that today's
sentence is going to be about this man
what is this man doing he's buying
something right where is he buying it
he's buying it online on the internet
right and how is he buying it
interesting how is he buying it he's
buying it
impulsively impulsively what does it
mean to buy something impulsively if you
do something impulsively then that means
you don't think about it before you do
it you just do it you go with your gut
and you do something this guy was on the
internet he was shopping around he was
looking at this he was looking at that
then he saw something that he liked he
didn't think about it right he hadn't
been planning to buy it for weeks and
weeks and weeks saving up money to do so
no he saw it he wanted it he bought it
so we call that an Impulse buy let's
practice saying level one at a quick
speed together and then we'll move on
ready a man makes an Impulse buy online
again a man makes an Impulse buy online
a third time a man makes an Impulse by
online level two of our super sentence
you can see that I've added some blue
text some blue words yeah we've taken
this small little sentence and we've
begun to stretch it longer and longer
that's what we're going to do with each
level so let's begin level two with a
slow read once again you can say it with
me as I say it or you can pause the
video and you can repeat after okay
let's take a look a man makes an Impulse
by online while Doom scrolling before
bed one more time medium speed a man
makes an Impulse by online while Doom
scrolling before bed all right so what
are we learning about the situation here
in level two well he's getting ready for
bed but he's not quite ready yet because
what is he doing here's a really
interesting really native expression
Doom scrolling Doom scrolling actually I
would guess that a lot of native
speakers don't even know this word don't
even know how to use it it's kind of an
internet slang term Doom scrolling Doom
scrolling I'm sure we've all done this
if you doom scroll then you take your
phone and you go on a social media app
like Instagram right and you scroll
scroll scroll scroll you just keep going
and going and going and you feel like
you can't stop right let's practice
saying level two at a quick speed are
you ready a man makes an Impulse buy
online while Doom scrolling before bed
one more time a man makes an Impulse by
online while Doom scrolling before bed
awesome we've leveled up again our super
sentence is getting more and more
complex more challenging more difficult
okay let's lead level three together at
a slow speed let's take a look a man
makes an Impulse buy online while Doom
scrolling before bed adding a blender to
his cart One More Time medium speed a
man makes an Impulse buy online while
Doom scrolling before bed adding a
blender to his cart okay so now we can
see what this guy bought right he I
guess was in the market for in the
market for a blender a blender yeah you
guys know blender right you can use it
in your kitchen uh it's an appliance an
electronic appliance that we use to
blend things up right maybe you want to
make a fruit smoothie you put a bunch of
different fruits and powders and maybe
milk and Ice into a blender you turn it
on I guess this guy was in the market
for a blender in in the market for in
other words maybe he's been needing a
blender but then again maybe he hasn't
been needing a blender because remember
this is an Impulse buy so actually come
to think of it maybe he isn't even in
the market for a blender in other words
maybe this is something he really
doesn't even need maybe it's something
really unnecessary if you are in the
market for something then you are
planning to buy it because you need it
right for example I'm in the market for
new boots for this fall right I need new
fall boots I don't have any so I'm in
the market for fall boots who knows if
this guy was really in the market for a
blender or not but we do know that he
bought it online
impulsively which tells me it was
probably unnecessary right let's say it
one more time at a quick speed and then
we'll level up again ready a man makes
an Impulse buy online while Doom
scrolling before bed adding a blender to
his cart level four getting more and
more difficult more and more challenging
guys we are working out that spoken
English muscle in the same way you would
work out your biceps or your back or
your other muscle groups at the gym
right we are working out our spoken
English muscles so let's read level four
slowly at first a man makes an Impulse
buy online while Doom scrolling before
bed adding a blender to his cart without
checking the reviews uhoh that's not a
great idea huh let's read it again
medium speed a man makes an Impulse by
online while Doom scrolling before bed
adding a blender to his cart without
checking the reviews I think we all know
that when you are online shopping it's a
great idea to check the reviews what are
people saying about the product how are
they reviewing the product are they
leaving good reviews or are they leaving
bad reviews are they giving fstar
reviews or are they giving one star
reviews right although I'll be honest
these days it's kind of hard to be sure
right because a lot of products on the
internet have fake reviews so even if
something has a bunch of festar review
views maybe the person selling the
product the seller of the product simply
paid for those reviews right maybe
they're fake maybe they're Bots Bots
like robots online right but anyway this
guy he did not check the reviews of this
blender and maybe that decision will
come back to haunt him come back to
haunt him in other words maybe it's a
decision that he will end up regretting
later on later down the road okay let's
say it one more time quickly now a man
makes an Impulse by online while Doom
scrolling before bed adding a blender to
his cart without checking the reviews
one more time a man makes an Impulse by
online while Doom scrolling before bed
adding a blender to his cart without
checking the reviews level five if you
guys are still with me you are killing
it you are killing it you're doing a
really good job and we are already
halfway there so push yourself keep
going you will be glad you did because
your English speaking skills are going
to get better and better let's do a slow
read a man makes an Impulse by online
while Doom scrolling before bed adding a
blender to his cart without checking the
reviews thinking he found a steal One
More Time medium speed a man makes an
Impulse buy online while Doom scrolling
before bed adding a blender to his cart
without checking the reviews thinking he
found a steel what does it mean if you
say something is a steel oh uh that
winter coat is such a steel oh those
headphones are such a steel oh that
computer wow what a deal that computer
is such a steal if something is such a
steel then that means you are getting a
great deal by buying it it's such a good
deal that it almost feels like you're
stealing it right like you are getting
away with something getting away with st
something feels like you're getting away
with something almost like you are
committing a crime or doing something
you shouldn't be doing something you're
not supposed to be doing right because
how can something be such a good deal
let's say it one more time quickly now a
man makes an Impulse by online while
Doom scrolling before bed adding a
blender to his cart without checking the
reviews thinking he found a steel level
six push yourself slowly at first a man
makes an Impulse by online while Doom
scrolling before bed adding a blender to
his cart without checking the reviews
thinking he found a steel and waits two
weeks for delivery okay once more medium
speed a man makes an Impulse by online
while Doom scrolling before bed adding a
blender to his cart without checking the
reviews thinking he found a steel and
waits 2 weeks for delivery okay so
anticipation
anticipation is
building anticipation is building he is
eagerly awaiting the arrival of this
blender this impulse buy right he made
an Impulse by he's excited about it he
didn't even check the reviews he just
saw it and he knew he wanted it so he
purchased it now he's waiting two weeks
for it to be delivered for it to arrive
at his house and yeah he's filled with
anticipation he's eager he can't wait to
get his hands on that blender maybe he's
planning to use it in his cooking
routine at home maybe he wants to make
more smoothies and live a more healthy
lifestyle right but he's waiting waiting
waiting for this blender to show up one
more time quickly before we level up a
man makes an Impulse buy online while
Doom scrolling before bed adding a
blender to his cart without checking the
reviews thinking he found a steal and
waits 2 weeks for delivery all right
guys we're at level seven now and this
is no weeny Hut Jr anymore this is
getting really challenging really
difficult right so let's cut out the
slow speed we're going to jump right to
medium speed a man makes an Impulse by
online while Doom scrolling before bed
adding a blender to his cart without
checking the reviews thinking he found a
steel and waits 2 weeks for delivery
imagining all the fancy smoothies he'll
make ah okay so he is planning on making
smoothies and not just any kind of
ordinary smoothie fancy smoothies right
so he's really gonna shell
out shell out for these smoothies huh
shell out what does that mean if you
shell out for something that means you
spend a lot of money to make it good you
spend a lot of money for a high level of
quality right like uh you know let's say
I'm redesigning my living room and I
want to turn it into a man
cave what's a man cave
a man cave is a kind of a stereotypical
idea of what a guy would do when
designing a room to make it the most
enjoyable thing for guys right like
maybe there's football decorations maybe
he's got a really big TV maybe he's got
like a gaming console set up he's got
beer he's got foosball you know he's got
a poker table etc etc that's a man cave
kind of a room that men would really
enjoy right so let's say that I want to
redesign my living room and turn it into
a man cave okay I'm not just going to
buy a deck of cards and you know a cheap
gaming console I'm going to Shell out
I'm going to Shell out and I'm going to
buy the best of everything to make that
man cave extra impressive one more time
quick spe let's go a man makes an
Impulse by online while Doom scrolling
before bed adding a blender to his cart
without checking the reviews thinking he
found a steel and waits 2 weeks for
delivery imagining all the fancy
smoothies he'll make level eight we're
almost there guys push push push keep
going no pain no gain let's do a medium
speed read of level eight a man makes an
Impulse buy online while Doom scrolling
before bed and adding a blender to his
cart without checking the reviews
thinking he found a steal and waits 2
weeks for delivery imagining all the
fancy smoothies he'll make but when it
arrives it doesn't even turn on what a
disaster what a nightmare he spent money
to buy this blender he bought it
impulsively he was thinking that it
could turn his life around and you know
help him achieve a healthier LIF style
right a more healthy way of living but
after waiting two long weeks for this
blender to arrive when it does arrive it
doesn't even turn on the thing is super
low quality and it's Dead on Arrival
Dead on Arrival the thing is broken and
he hasn't even gotten a chance to use it
once I feel kind of bad for this guy our
main character right maybe he had
already gotten all of the smoothie
ingredients purchased and set up in his
kitchen he was ready to go he was ready
to make these fancy smoothies and get
healthy get fit all he was missing was
the blender that was the key missing
piece of the puzzle right but when it
arrived the darn thing didn't even work
one more time level eight quick read
here we go a man makes an Impulse byy on
line while Doom scrolling before bed
adding a blender to his cart without
checking the reviews thinking he found a
steel and waits 2 weeks for delivery
imagining all the fancy smoothies he'll
make but when it arrives it doesn't even
turn on we are getting really close my
friends medium speed read o that rhymes
medium speed read medium speed read of
level 9 here we go a man makes an
Impulse by online while Doom scrolling
before bed adding a blender to his cart
without checking the reviews thinking he
found a steel and waits 2 weeks for
delivery imagining all the fancy
smoothies he'll make but when it arrives
it doesn't even turn on and he realizes
there's no return policy what no this
fancy smoothie uh situation is getting
worse and worse right he didn't check
the reviews he bought it impulsively
and now just like I mentioned earlier
that decision has come back to haunt him
it's back to haunt him right because
there's no return policy in other words
there's no way for him to send it back
and get his money back so he is stuck he
is stuck with this broken blender one
more time quickly a man makes an Impulse
buy online while Dooms scrolling before
bed adding a blender to his cart without
checking the reviews thinking he found a
steel and waits 2 weeks for delivery
imagining all the fancy smoothies he'll
make but when it arrives it doesn't even
turn on and he realizes there's no
return policy now guys we've reached
level 10 the final boss of today's
speaking lesson but before we jump into
it I just quickly want to ask a favor of
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support and let take a look at level 10
with a mediump speeed read a man makes
an Impulse buy online while Doom
scrolling before bed adding a blender to
his cart without checking the reviews
thinking he found a steel and waits two
weeks for delivery imagining all the
fancy smoothies he'll make but when it
arrives it doesn't even turn on and he
realizes there's no return policy so it
ends up as an expensive door
stop we have a pretty funny ending to
this crazy roller coaster of a super
sentence right what does he end up doing
with this broken blender in other words
in the end how does he make use of make
use of this broken blender well it ends
up as an expensive door stop yeah we use
a door stop to prop open a door prop
open you know if you don't want a door
to close you can put something heavy in
front of it right to prevent it from
closing to stop it from closing right so
that's what he ends up using this
blender for he puts it in front of his
door and uses it as a very expensive
door stop all right so you know it's not
an ideal
situation it's not ideal it's not the
best case scenario for this purchase by
any means right by any stretch of the
imagination this is not a best case
scenario in fact it's basically a worst
case scenario but this guy he's choosing
to look on the bright side he's choosing
to see the silver lining in this
situation in other words he's going to
make the most make the best of a bad
situation and he's still going to use
this broken blender in fact it seems
like he found a pretty creative way to
use it right so at least there's that at
least it's not a complete waste of time
and money and maybe our friend has
learned a lesson about late night Doom
scrolling impulse buying right okay guys
final time reading this sentence quick
speed let's go push one last time a man
makes an Impulse byy online while Doom
scrolling before bed adding a blender to
his cart without checking the reviews
thinking he found a steel and waits 2
weeks for delivery imagining all the
fancy smoothies he'll make but when it
arrives it doesn't even turn on and he
realizes there's no return policy so it
ends up as an expensive door
stop if you made it all the way through
this crazy super sentence take your
hand give yourself a pat on the back
because you deserve it my friend now no
great workout is complete without a
cooldown activity so that's what we're
going to do now just bring things down
with a chill relaxed kind of exit
activity for this video so we talked
about impulse buys right it's a a
purchase that you make without putting
too much thought into it here's my
question for you here's my question that
we're going to think about and respond
to have you ever made an Impulse by
while scrolling online how did it pan
out in other words how did things go was
it a good decision this impulse by or
was it a bad decision I want you guys to
push yourselves to speak for a full
minute you don't have to speak quickly
or impressively or anything like that
you don't have to use big words just
push yourself to keep going for a full
minute I'm going to go first to give you
an idea of what I'd like you to try and
do so here's my minute responding to
this question you know actually for me
this is a pretty relatable topic it's a
pretty funny topic too because I make
impulse purchases online all the time uh
and these purchases usually have
something to do with Fitness with
working out because I always go through
these phases these periods of time where
I get really excited about working out
right getting back in shape and I will
go online I'll see something that's
supposed to make Fitness working out
easier and I get excited and I buy it
and then it's delivered and I realize oh
this thing is low quality or this thing
is not very good or maybe I use it for
one or two days and then I get bored of
it one time I bought like a shake weight
that was supposed to build muscle in
your chest and the thing was so bad it
just didn't work at all and that was a
poor decision for sure all right that
was my response my personal connection
to this theme this idea of impulse buys
what about you uh do you make impulse
buys do you doom scroll late at night
let me know push yourself for one minute
and respond to this question go
ahead e
okay as promised we are starting off
simple basic easy no worries here level
one let's read it together slowly a man
looks for his glasses one more time a
little faster a man looks for his
glasses Okay so we've got a main
character here the super sentence today
is about this guy this man and what is
he doing he's looking for something we
could also say he he's looking around
for something we could also say that he
is searching searching for something
what is he looking for what is he
searching for what is he trying to find
his glasses this poor guy is looking for
his glasses and that is not an easy
thing to do because of course without
your glasses you can't see anything you
need to wear your glasses to find your
glasses right so this is a little bit of
a
paradox paradox a paradox is like
something that is true and not true at
the same time it's a little bit
philosophical let's say this sentence
again at a quick speed at a fast speed
and then we'll level up to level two and
make things more challenging ready a man
looks for his glasses again a man looks
for his glasses one more time a man
looks for his glasses okay guys we've
leveled up to level two you can see that
some blue text has been added to the
sentence making it just a little bit
more difficult that's what we're going
to do in each and every one of these
levels until the sentence that we are
speaking is very very long and complex
and challenging so let's take a look at
level two let's say it together slowly
at first a man looks for his glasses in
the living room room one more time
medium speed a man looks for his glasses
in the living room okay so now we know
the
location of his search we know where
he's looking where he's searching he's
looking around in his living room you
guys know what a living room is right
it's the room where you do most of the
living there's your couch and your TV
and your chairs in the living room it's
the space in your house where the family
can get together and get comfortable
maybe watch a movie together let's say
this again quickly and then level up
once again ready a man looks for his
glasses in the living room again a man
looks for his glasses in the living room
once more a man looks for his glasses in
the living room level three we're moving
right along let's jump right into it
with a slow read a man looks for his
glasses in the living room but can't
seem to find them anywhere once more
medium speed a man looks for his glasses
in the living room but can't seem to
find them anywhere okay this guy is not
having a lot of luck finding his glasses
he's looking looking looking but he
can't seem he can't seem to find them
anywhere yeah he can't seem to find them
that's a very spoken English expression
just meaning that you know he's trying
he's making an attempt he's making an
effort but it's not working he can't
seem to do it he can't seem to find them
we can use this expression when you are
struggling to do something maybe I buy a
new cabinet at Ikea right some new
furniture and I bring it home and I take
out the instructions and I get to work
building the cabinet putting together
the cabinet but it's not going well my
wife comes home she sees that I'm making
a big mess that I'm not making a lot of
progress she says what's going on here I
say I can't seem to figure this out I
can't seem to get this right I can't
seem to do it once more quick speed and
remember you can say with me or pause
and repeat after me ready a man looks
for his glasses in the living room but
can't see to find them anywhere if you
guys are still with me you are killing
it you are killing it what does that
mean you are crushing it you are slaying
it just means you're doing an awesome
awesome job keep going okay here's a
slow read of level four a man looks for
his glasses in the living room but can't
seem to find them anywhere so he checks
the kitchen just in case one more time
medium speak feed a man looks for his
glasses in the living room but can't
seem to find them anywhere so he checks
the kitchen just in case so the main
character of our story today he's moving
on from the living room he has searched
the living room from top to bottom from
top to bottom he's turned the place
inside out he's turned it inside out
he's looked he has searched he has gone
through the living room from top to
bottom and he can't find those darn
glasses anywhere so he's going to carry
on his search somewhere else he's going
to take his search to a different room
of the house he's headed to the kitchen
so he's checking the kitchen just in
case just in case that means he's being
safe yeah just to be safe he's going to
check in some place
where he doesn't think he will find the
glasses but who knows maybe there's a
small chance that the glasses are in the
kitchen so he's going to take a look
just in case all right let's say this
again quick speed here we go a man looks
for his glasses in the living room but
can't seem to find them anywhere so he
checks the kitchen just in case level
five we're halfway there guys don't give
up we are halfway through through this
workout keep pushing let's do a slow
read a man looks for his glasses in the
living room but can't seem to find them
anywhere so he checks the kitchen just
in case opening every drawer even though
he knows they wouldn't be there okay one
more time medium speed let's go a man
looks for his glasses in the living room
but can't seem to find them anywhere so
so he checks the kitchen just in case
opening every drawer even though he
knows they wouldn't be there so this guy
is leaving no stone
unturned no stone will be left unturned
this is a really
colloquial a really spoken English
expression that means he is looking
everywhere imagine that there are lots
of rocks lots of stones and you're
looking for something right so you're
going to turn over each one of these
rocks in your search while you go about
your search you are going to overturn
each of these Stones so that's where the
expression comes from it just means that
you are looking everywhere you can
possibly look and that's what he's doing
here he's opening every drawer in the
kitchen even though he knows they
wouldn't be there yeah there's really
not a chance of finding them there but
he's so desperate to find his glasses
but he's so desperate to find his
glasses that he will leave no stone
unturned one more time quickly now ready
a man looks for his glasses in the
living room but can't seem to find them
anywhere so he checks the kitchen just
in case opening every drawer even though
he knows they wouldn't be there level
six things are getting messy things are
getting hairy things are getting tricky
challenging difficult all of these mean
the same thing they all mean that this
is starting to get hard even for me okay
but no worries let's take a slow read of
level six together a man looks for his
glasses in the living room but can't
seem to find them anywhere so he checks
the kitchen just in case opening every
drawer even though he knows they
wouldn't be there and then decides to
retrace his steps ooh love this
expression retrace your steps what does
that mean another way of thinking about
this expression retrace your steps is to
work backwards right you're trying to
find something yeah we use this saying
this expression when something is lost
and we're trying to find it you're
looking looking looking can't find it
anywhere so what do you you do work
backwards think retrace your steps where
were you last when you used it last or
when you last saw it right really great
expression let's skip the medium read
and go straight to the fast read because
I know you guys can do it let's go ready
a man looks for his glasses in the
living room but can't seem to find them
anywhere so he checks the kitchen just
in case opening every drawer even though
he knows they wouldn't be there and then
decides to retrace his steps level seven
baby this is no joke this is some
serious stuff all right but I know you
guys can do it slow read let's go a man
looks for his glasses in the living room
but can't seem to find them anywhere so
he checks the kitchen just in case
opening every drawer even though he
knows they wouldn't be there and then
decides to retrace his steps back to the
bedroom to see if he left them by the
bed love this right so where is he
retracing his steps he's retracing his
steps back to the bedroom okay maybe
that's where he got dressed today maybe
that's where he started his day you know
maybe he's getting ready to go out
getting ready to go to work getting
ready to go do this or go do that and so
he he thinks back to okay where was I
when I first started getting ready I was
in the bedroom so why don't I retrace my
steps work backwards all the way to the
bedroom he's going to check and see if
he left them by the bed by the side of
the bed maybe on a nightstand a
nightstand right which is where you put
a glass of water where you put a book
where you put your phone next to your
bed
once more quickly now let's do it a man
looks for his glasses in the living room
but can't seem to find them anywhere so
he checks the kitchen just in case
opening every drawer even though he
knows they wouldn't be there and then
decides to retrace his steps back to the
bedroom to see if he left them by the
bed here we are at level eight and if
you haven't done so yet if you haven't
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your YouTube English teacher jumping
into level eight with a slow read here
we go a man looks for his glasses in the
living room but can't seem to find them
anywhere so he checks the kitchen just
in case opening every drawer even though
he knows they wouldn't be there and and
then decides to retrace his steps back
to the bedroom to see if he left them by
the bed growing more frustrated as he
searches this guy is not doing great he
is really frustrated meaning that there
is something that is bothering him he
wants to do something he wants to get
something done but he can't do it if
there's something you want to do and you
can't quite do it and that's making you
upset
we can say that you are frustrated but
yeah we could also say that he's feeling
upset he's feeling
irritated irritated just meaning a
little bit annoyed would be another word
we could use here annoyed irritated
upset frustrated we could also say
here's a really spoken expression that
he's in a funk he's in a funk just means
you're in a bad mood somebody might ask
him later to day hey what's wrong are
you okay maybe he says yeah you know I'm
just kind of in a funk I'm kind of in a
funk because I couldn't find my stupid
glasses this morning one more time quick
speed don't give up now guys come on
keep pushing ready a man looks for his
glasses in the living room but can't
seem to find them anywhere so he checks
the kitchen just in case opening every
drawer even though he knows they
wouldn't be there there and then decides
to retrace his steps back to the bedroom
to see if he left them by the bed
growing more frustrated as he searches
level 9 slow read you know what to do
let's dive right into it a man looks for
his glasses in the living room but can't
seem to find them anywhere so he checks
the kitchen just in case opening every
drawer even though he knows they
wouldn't be there and then decides to
retrace his steps back to the bedroom to
see if he left them by the bed growing
more frustrated as he searches only to
suddenly realize he's been wearing them
the whole
time come on bro are you serious are you
joking they've been on your face this
whole time I really love today's episode
you guys know that I love a Twist I love
an unexpected twist in a story story and
that's what we've got here our main
character he's been wearing the glasses
the whole time no wonder he's been able
to see so clearly as he searches right
let's fly through the quick read of
level 9 and move on to level 10 because
I'll be honest I want to know what
happens next let's go a man looks for
his glasses in the living room but can't
seem to find them anywhere so he checks
the kitchen just in case opening every
drawer even though he knows they
wouldn't be there and then decides to
retrace his steps back to the bedroom to
see if he left them by the bed growing
more frustrated as he searches only to
suddenly realize he's been wearing them
the whole time I love it all right let's
keep going guys we've made it to level
10 the final boss of this video Let's
tackle level 10 starting with a slow
read the last one come on guys push a
man looks for his glasses in the living
room but can't seem to find them
anywhere so he checks the kitchen just
in case opening every drawer even though
he knows they wouldn't be there and then
decides to retrace his steps back to the
bedroom to see if he left them by the
bed growing more frustrated as he
searches only to suddenly realize he's
been wearing them the whole time and
lets out an ex exasperated sigh what a
scatterbrain this poor guy he's so
irritated annoyed upset unhappy he's in
such a funk right now he lets out an
exasperated sigh you guys probably know
what a sigh is right like
this that's a sigh but what's an
exasperated sigh this is a really
terrific word to know you guys can
impress your friends with this one right
an exasperated sigh means you are so
exhausted you just can't take it anymore
you're so tired so you sigh like
this you are dead tired you are beat you
are done you are wiped out he thinks to
himself ah I'm such a scatter brain
what's a scatter brain if you are a
scatter brain then that means means
you're kind of an unorganized person
right maybe you are forgetful you leave
things places you forget to do things
you get names and dates mixed up or
switched around if you have some of
these habits then you might be a
scatterbrain what's the opposite of a
scatterbrain uh I would say the opposite
of being a scatterbrain is being really
on top of things on top of things if you
are on top of things or we can also say
on the ball if you are on the ball on
top of things that means that everything
is organized everything is under control
um everything is sorted and dealt with
you're very
meticulous you're very detail oriented
and you don't make many mistakes you're
very careful right all right guys this
is it your last chance to speak let's
read level 10 at a quick speed and then
we will do a speak aloud cool down to
end today's video ready a man looks for
his glasses in the living room but can't
seem to find them anywhere so he checks
the kitchen just in case opening every
drawer even though he knows they
wouldn't be there and then decides to
retrace his steps back to the bedroom to
see if he left them by the bed growing
more frustrated as he searches only to
suddenly realize he's been wearing them
the the whole time and lets out an
exasperated sigh what a scatterbrain if
you are still watching take your hand
give yourself a pat on the back to
congratulate yourself because you
deserve it my friend as a teacher I am
super proud of all my students who make
it to level 10 in these videos because I
know it's not easy terrific so now let's
move along to the speak aloud cool down
yeah with every workout it's important
to end things with sort of a downtempo
cool down exercise and that's what we're
going to do here here's a question for
us to respond to would you describe
yourself as a scatter brain meaning you
are usually pretty disorganized and tend
to lose or forget things or are you on
top of things are you on the ball what
we're going to do guys is take 30
seconds and push ourselves to fill up
the full 30 seconds with a response to
this question I will go first to give
you a demonstration here I go oh my gosh
I find this story today's story to be
unfortunately really relatable because
I'm definitely a scatter brain I'm
constantly misplacing things around the
house losing things mixing things up and
fortunately for me my wife is the exact
opposite and she really balances me out
without her I think the house and my
life would be in disarray that was my
response now it's your turn take the
full 30 seconds really push yourself go
for it
here we are at level one okay we've got
a short basic sentence let's do a slow
read of this sentence and remember you
can Shadow me or pause and repeat all
right let's go Anna gives up social
media for a month One More Time medium
speed a little bit faster Anna gives up
social media for a month okay great so
we have our main character for today's
lesson her name is Anna she's a girl and
what is she doing she's giving up social
media media you guys know social media
right could be a website like YouTube
could be an app like Instagram it is a
platform where people connect with each
other and yeah engage or interact
socially okay so Anna has made a
decision to give up social media in
other words she's going to quit social
media right but she's not going to quit
forever no she's only quitting for a
month so we can also say that she's
taking a
break yeah she's just taking a break
from social media just for a little
while she'll be back later right but for
right now she is
stepping away she's stepping away we
could also say taking a step back or
taking a step away from social media
right there's lots of ways to express
this idea we could also say she's taking
a breather here's a really spoken
English expression for you guys yeah if
you take a breather from something then
that means you are giving yourself a
rest you are taking a break from it
right imagine that you go to the gym
every day for a month yeah at the end of
the month you are feeling exhausted and
you tell your friend you know what I'm
going to take a break from the gym I'm
going to step away for a little while
take a step back for a little while I'm
going to take a breather just for a bit
maybe it means that you won't go to the
gym for one week or something like that
right let's read it a couple more times
at a quick speed and then we're going to
level up ready and gives up social media
for a month again Anna gives up social
media for a month one more time Anna
gives up social media for a month
fantastic here we are at level two and
as you can see some blue text has been
added to our super sentence yeah we've
stretched it even bigger we've made it
longer and that's what's going to happen
every time we level up that way we can
push ourselves out of our comfort zones
and stop speaking short little baby
sentences all the time right okay let's
begin with a slow read Anna gives up
social media for a month which makes her
realize how much time she used to spend
scrolling One More Time medium speed
Anna gives up social media for a month
which Mak makes her realize how much
time she used to spend scrolling okay so
after after Anna makes this decision
this choice to step away from social
media for one month she realizes
something she has a
realization what does she realize she
realizes that she used to spend a lot of
time scrolling scrolling rrolling on her
phone right if you are scrolling
scrolling scrolling and you feel like
you can't stop we can also call this
Doom
scrolling something that I've talked
about several times here on my channel
Doom scrolling is when you scroll scroll
scroll for hours you feel like you can't
stop right so anyway after Anna decides
to quit social media for one month she's
left with all of these gaps all of these
empty spaces in her day right and she
realizes in other words it Dawn on her
she has this moment of
realization where she realizes oh my God
I used to spend so much time scrolling
on my phone let's read it once more
quick speed and then we'll level up Anna
gives up social media for a month which
makes her realize how much time she used
to spend Doom scrolling here we are at
level three and as you can see we have
added even more blue text to our super
sentence making it even more challenging
let's start with a slow read Anna gives
up social media for a month which makes
her realize how much time she used to
spend scrolling and suddenly she has
more free time once more medium speed
Anna gives up social media for a month
which makes her realize how much time
she used to spend scrolling and suddenly
she has more free time okay wonderful so
now that Anna has decided to take a
break from social media she's got lots
of free time what is free free time free
time is a period of time where nothing
is planned nothing is scheduled you
don't have any
obligations
obligations for example I told my friend
I would go shopping with her today I
made a promise to her that would be an
obligation something you made a promise
to go and do right as an adult we have
lots and lots lots of obligations lots
of responsibilities it's kind of fun to
think about what if you had an entire
week of time without any
obligations what would you do how would
you spend that week would you travel
would you just sit around and watch TV
would you doom scroll on your phone how
about you guys leave me a comment down
in the comment section letting me know
how you would spend a week without any
obligations okay let's read this one
more time then we're going to level up
again at a quick speed now Anna gives up
social media for a month which makes her
realize how much time she used to spend
scrolling and suddenly she has more free
time here we are at level four let's
just jump right in with a slow read
ready
Anna gives up social media for a month
which makes her realize how much time
she used to spend scrolling and suddenly
she has more free time so she starts
reading books she hasn't touched in
years once more medium speed Anna gives
up social media for a month which makes
her realize how much time she used to
spend scrolling and suddenly she has
more free time so she starts reading
books she hasn't touched in years now we
are seeing how Anna is choosing to spend
this free time what is she deciding to
do with the free time she now has right
what does she start to do she starts
reading books what kind of books books
that she hasn't touched in years yeah if
you haven't touched something in years
then it has been sitting idle it has
been collecting dust I love this
expression collecting dust for example
imagine that you buy some weights online
and you have this plan to use them to
exercise right well maybe you use them
once twice and then you set them down
down in the corner of your house and you
don't touch them for years well slowly
they are going to collect dust right if
you take your finger and you sort of
trace the top of the weights you will
find a layer of dust that has built up
on top of them as a result of what as a
result of having been left idle yeah you
haven't touched them in a long time so
they've just been sitting there right so
in this situation Anna is returning to
books that she hasn't touched in years
maybe she's forgotten about some of
these books maybe she's forgotten how
much she used to enjoy them but now she
has an opportunity now she has a chance
to
ReDiscover or discover again right
ReDiscover her love her passion her
interest in these books one more time
quick speed then we'll level up Anna
gives up social media for a month which
makes her realize how much time she used
to spend scrolling and suddenly she has
more free time so she starts reading
books she hasn't touched in years here
we are at level five halfway through and
if you've made it even this far as your
YouTube English teacher I'm very proud
of of you so take your hand give
yourself a pat on the back you're doing
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teacher now that we're halfway through I
think we can get rid of the slow read
let's Jump Right In to the medium read
here we go Anna gives up social media
for a month which makes her realize how
much time she used to spend scrolling
and suddenly she has more free time so
she starts reading books she hasn't
touched in years finding it surprisingly
relaxing as we can see with the blue
text we've added we learn about Anna's
reaction to rediscovering reading right
we know that she has started reading
these old books that she hasn't touched
in years they've been sitting around
collecting dust sitting around idly not
being used right but she goes back and
she's reading them and she finds it to
be surprisingly relaxing what is
surprisingly relaxing it just means she
hadn't expected
she had not expected it to be this
relaxing it's really nice it's nicer
than she had thought right it's really
relaxing so she is rekindling her love
for reading what is Kindle if you Kindle
a fire then you are tending to a fire
making sure it does not burn out you are
keeping it going so if you go back and
you rekindle your love for reading then
that just means you are making sure the
fire that is your love for reading does
not die does not burn out all right
quick read here we go Anna gives up
social media for a month which makes her
realize how much time she used to spend
scrolling and suddenly she has more free
time so she starts reading books she
hasn't touched in years finding it
surprisingly relaxing Full Speed Ahead
level six let's Jump Right In with a
medium paced read here we go Anna gives
up social media for a month which makes
her realize how much time she used to
spend scrolling and suddenly she has
more free time so she starts reading
books she hasn't touched in years
finding it surprisingly relaxing and her
stress levels start to drop okay so this
is the next thing that happens after
Anna makes the decision to quit social
media right number one the first thing
that happens is she starts reading books
that she hasn't touched in years number
two is she starts to get really relaxed
she's finding all of this to be really
relaxing number three the third thing
that happens is her stress levels start
to drop M her stress levels yeah the
degree to which she feels stressed out
maybe there's a lot going on in your
life and you feel overwhelmed like
everything is really difficult and your
stress levels are high in other words
you just feel stressed out all the time
right maybe your stress levels are very
low and you almost never feel stressed
out well it sounds like Anna was pretty
stressed out before she made the
decision to take a break from social
media and she didn't even realize it
yeah sometimes that happens in life
right we're really stressed out we're
really overwhelmed and we don't even
realize it so her stress levels they
start to drop drop just means go down
let's read it one more time quick speed
don't give up now keep going here we go
Anna gives up social media for a month
which makes her realize how much time
she used to spend scrolling and suddenly
she has more free time so she starts
reading books she hasn't touched in
years finding it surprisingly relaxing
and her stress levels start to drop
level seven here we go medium speed Anna
gives up social media for a month which
makes her realize how much time she used
to spend scrolling and suddenly she has
more free time so she starts reading
books she hasn't touched in years
finding it surprisingly relaxing and her
stress levels start to drop plus she
notices she's sleeping better without
the constant
notifications as you can see we've added
quite a lot not this level right this is
a lot of blue text so let's dissect this
let's analyze it let's take a close look
at it okay plus so we're talking about
an additional benefit in other words
another good thing that happens after
she makes the decision to quit social
media or at least take a break away from
social media right so plus she notices
something what what does she notice she
notices that she's sleeping better why
is she sleeping better because she is
now without the constant notifications H
what is a
notification we could also say a popup
message a popup message on your
phone
pinging somebody's trying to contact you
somebody liked your picture on Instagram
somebody left a comment someone's giving
you a phone call these are all
notifications right and it sounds like
in Anna's case her notifications were
really
constant constant in other words they
were going on constantly they were
happening all the time every minute she
was getting a
notification and she was constantly
dealing with these
notifications but maybe she never
realized the extent to which she was
dealing with them in other words maybe
she never fully understood how bad the
situation was that she was constantly
doing this constantly distracted by
these notifications right especially at
nighttime and you know when you're
trying to go to sleeping
ding the constant notifications could be
a really big
deterrent deterrent to good sleep in
other words the constant notifications
could definitely stand in the way of
good sleep or stop you from getting good
sleep right so now that these
notifications are gone of course she's
sleeping better this is a terrific
benefit to take a step away from your
phone taking a break from social media
again quick read here we go Anna gives
up social media for a month which makes
her realize how much time she used to
spend scrolling and suddenly she has
more free time so she starts reading
books she hasn't touched in years
finding it surprisingly relaxing and her
stress levels start to drop plus she
notices she's sleeping better with out
the constant
notifications this is starting to be a
real mouthful this is starting to get
really difficult even I'm getting a
little tired but guys push don't give up
you are going to be so glad that you did
this down the road when your English
speaking skills are way more developed
level eight medium speed read here we go
Anna gives up social media for a month
which makes her realize how much time
she used to spend scrolling and suddenly
she has more free time so she starts
reading books she hasn't touched in
years finding it surprisingly relaxing
and her stress levels start to drop plus
she notices she's sleeping better
without the constant
notifications and she realizes she's
turning over a new Leaf
by focusing on real life
interactions you guys know that I love
idioms I love expressions and turning
over a new Leaf is the idiom that I
decided to include in today's video what
does it mean to turn over a new Leaf it
basically means that you are starting a
new chapter in your life yeah you are
moving on to a new and better way of
living or lifestyle so yeah Anna
realizes that hey she's really turned a
page that's another way we could say
this she's really turned a page in the
book of her life right and she's feeling
better about her lifestyle she's feeling
healthier she's enjoying her life more
now she realizes she's turning over a
new Leaf by focusing on real life
interactions so she's not focusing on or
paying attention to social media so much
anymore now she is paying attention to
here's someone paying attention to
something noticing something ooh
noticing something she's focusing on
real life
interactions what is an
interaction that is how you engage with
someone or something for example I
interact with you guys with my
subscribers in the comment section you
guys leave me comments giving me
feedback on my videos and I respond to
your comments as best I can that's my
way of engaging with you of interacting
with you one more time quick read here
we go Anna gives up social media for a
month which makes her realize how much
time she used to spend scrolling and
suddenly she has more free time so she
starts reading books she hasn't touched
in years finding it surprisingly
relaxing and her stress levels start to
drop plus she notices she's sleeping
better without the constant
notifications and she realizes she's
turning over a new Leaf by focusing on
real life
interactions level 9 this is getting
really serious really tough really
tricky really hairy yeah this is getting
really challenging but don't give up
guys let's just do it let's bite the
bullet and just do it with a medium
speed read here we go Anna gives up
social media for a month which makes her
realize how much time she used to spend
scrolling and suddenly she has more free
time so she starts reading books she
hasn't touched in years finding it
surprisingly relaxing and her stress
levels start to drop plus she notices
she's sleeping better without the
constant
notifications and she realizes she's
turning over a new Leaf by focusing on
real life interactions so she starts
spending more time with her friends
taking a look at the blue text here we
can see specifically
how she is focusing on her real life
interactions right how is she doing that
she's spending more time with her
friends now you know maybe she would
contact her friends in the past when she
was using social media more maybe they
were connected maybe they were even
talking every day but it felt a little
bit Hollow it felt like it was lacking
substance in other other words it didn't
feel that
meaningful right when you talk to
someone online when you interact with
one of your friends online it just
doesn't feel as real as meaningful as
when you do it in person right face to
face person to person out in the real
world okay so that's what she's doing
now again quick read here we go
Anna gives up social media for a month
which makes her realize how much time
she used to spend scrolling and suddenly
she has more free time so she starts
reading books she hasn't touched in
years finding it surprisingly relaxing
and her stress levels start to drop plus
she notices she's sleeping better
without the constant
notifications and she realizes she's
turning over a new Leaf by focusing on
real life interactions so she starts
spending more time with her
friends okay guys level 10 we've made it
to the final boss of this video yeah
we've made it to the big bad guy right
this is the toughest level of course and
you know what I'd be willing to bet that
for a lot of you this might be the
longest sentence that you've ever spoken
in your entire life right if I'm correct
and this is the longest sentence you've
ever spoken in your life leave me a
comment down in the comment section
saying new record new record and if
that's the case if that's true then
congratulations that is a huge
accomplishment on your English speaking
Journey okay let's do a slow read here
we go don't give up now guys we're so
close to
Victory Anna gives up social media for a
month which makes her realize how much
time she used to spend scrolling and
suddenly she has more free time so she
starts reading books she hasn't touched
in years finding it surprisingly
relaxing and her stress levels start to
drop plus she notices she's sleeping
better without the constant
notifications and she realizes she's
turning over a new Leaf by focusing on
real life interactions so she starts
spending more time with her friends who
comment on how much more present and
engaged she seems what does it mean to
be present
if you are present then that basically
means you are living in the present you
are not distracted by remembering things
that happened in the past or imagining
things that could happen in the future
right you're not thinking about the past
you are not thinking about the future
your brain and your attention is right
here in the present moment so her
friends are commenting on this and in
other words they are mentioning it to
her they are bringing it up yeah they
are
bringing it up they are making a point
to talk about it with her right they're
saying hey Anna I'm noticing something
about you it seems like you've really
changed you are so much more present now
than you used to be you are so much more
engaged in other words you are not dist
distracted you are focused than you used
to be right you're doing a really good
job this seems like a healthy change for
you all right guys if you are ready to
defeat this final boss then let's say
this super sentence one last time at a
quick speed are you ready Anna gives up
social media for a month which makes her
realize how much time she used to spend
scrolling and suddenly she has has more
free time so she starts reading books
she hasn't touched in years finding it
surprisingly relaxing and her stress
levels start to drop plus she notices
she's sleeping better without the
constant notifications and she realizes
she's turning over a new Leaf by
focusing on real life interactions so
she starts spending more time with her
friends who comment on how much more
present and engaged she seems
if you made it all the way through this
video it's very important that you take
a second to congratulate yourself as
your YouTube English teacher I'm so
proud of my students who take my videos
seriously and really apply themselves
really make an effort to go all the way
through and finish the lesson so take
your hand one more time give yourself a
pat on the back because you deserve
deserve it my friend but don't go
anywhere yet because with any good
workout a coold down is really important
so that's what we're going to do now no
more Super sentence but we are going to
have a speaking cool down Okay so let's
return to the idiom the saying the
expression that we talked about today
turn over a new Leaf what does it mean
it means to make a fresh start or begin
to behave in a better way yeah you are
improving your life or your lifestyle
right in the story today we saw that by
giving up social media Anna feels like
she's turning over a new leaf and
focusing more on the present moment okay
so here is a discussion question for us
to respond to together as our cool down
is there something in your life holding
you back how could you turn over a new
leaf and live a better life yeah what is
something you could do to just like Anna
turn over a new leaf and start to live a
better life is there something holding
you back a bad habit something negative
in your life that you could let go of
that you could get rid of and move on to
a better lifestyle what I want you guys
to do is push yourself to speak for the
full 30 seconds I'm going to give you
and just respond to this question it
doesn't have to be perfect the point is
to try and fill up that full 30 seconds
I'm going to go first and give you a
demonstration or an example of what I
would like you to try and do when it's
your turn here I go you know recently at
as a matter of fact I actually do feel
like I've turned over a new Leaf that's
because I haven't had any coffee in the
last two weeks now normally I'm someone
who really really loves coffee really
enjoys a morning cup of coffee sometimes
an afternoon cup of coffee but it was
interfering with my sleep and my mood so
I gave it up and I really feel like I've
turned over a new Leaf I feel much
better now that was my response now it's
your turn take that full 30 seconds push
all the way through and respond to this
question as our cool down go ahead
okay guys here we are at level one we
are going to begin with a slow read of
this easy sentence remember you can
Shadow me or pause the video and repeat
out loud a slow read here we go a man
watches a hilarious
video okay one more time a little faster
at a medium speed a man watches a
hilarious video okay so we have our main
character for today's episode we have a
man and what's he doing he's watching
something what's he watching he's
watching a video what kind of video a
hilarious video what's hilarious it
means extremely funny yeah not just a
little bit funny extremely funny let's
practice saying this a couple of times
at a quick speed and then we will level
up to level two and make things more
challenging here we go a man watches a
hilarious video again a man watches a
hilarious video One More Time a man
watches a hilarious video we've leveled
up to level two and as you can see some
blue text has been added to our super
sentence making it more challenging
let's start level two with a slow read
here we go a man watches a hilarious
video of his boss dancing on Tik Tok one
more time a little faster at a medium
speed a man watches a hilarious video of
his boss dancing on Tik Tok all right so
now we know what hilarious video the man
is is watching yeah we know specifically
what he's looking at the video is of his
boss yeah his boss from work dancing on
Tik Tok so he's using Tik Tok on his
phone maybe he was swiping videos when
he came across something really funny a
video of his boss who he knows
personally doing a tick tock dance I
have a feeling today's episode is going
to be a good one I want to know what
happens next in the story so let's read
it one more time at a quick speed here
we go a man watches a hilarious video of
his boss dancing on Tik Tok here we are
at level three we're moving right along
guys and as you can see once again we've
added some blue text to our super
sentence stretching it even longer let's
start with a slow read of level three a
man watches a hilarious video of his
boss dancing on Tik Tok and tries to
hold back his laughter okay one more
time at a medium speed a man watches a
hilarious video of his boss dancing on
Tik Tok and tries to hold back his
laughter what does it mean if you try to
hold back your laughter it means you are
trying to contain your laughter but it's
pretty difficult you are really fighting
the urge to laugh you are fighting the
urge to laugh right it means you are
trying really hard not to laugh and if
you're not careful you might
accidentally burst out
laughing burst out laughing of course if
you were in this guy's situation you
would feel the same way just imagine if
you were on Tik Tok and suddenly you
stumbled upon a video of your boss doing
an embarrassing dance obvious ly that
would be hilarious and you might burst
out laughing too let's read it one more
time quick speed then we'll level up
again ready a man watches a hilarious
video of his boss dancing on Tik Tok and
tries to hold back his laughter level
four slow read here we go a man watches
a hilarious video of his boss dancing on
Tik Tock and tries to hold back his
laughter but a loud chuckle escapes One
More Time medium speed a man watches a
hilarious video of his boss dancing on
Tik Tok and tries to hold back his
laughter but a loud chuckle escapes so
he didn't exactly burst out laughing
right he didn't laugh super loudly but
he was also unable to contain his
laughter and a chuckle escaped I love
this word in this context text escaped
yeah a chuckle got free a chuckle is
like a small laugh kind of like that's
kind of a chuckle right so this is a
loud chuckle and hopefully he doesn't
catch the attention of his boss let's
read it one more time quick speed and
then we will keep going guys ready a man
watches a hilarious video of his boss
dancing on Tick Tock and tries to hold
back his laughter but a loud chuckle
escap capes at level 5 we are halfway
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slow read here we go a man watches a
hilarious video of his boss dancing on
Tik Tok and tries to hold back his
laughter but a loud chuckle escapes
drawing the attention of his colleagues
nearby okay so this situation is
starting to escalate tensions are
starting to rise people are starting to
notice he has drawn the attention of his
colleagues nearby right so he has made
them notice what he's doing in other
words made who notice his colleagues the
people who he works with and these are
colleagues nearby so maybe they are one
desk down two desks down they are
situated near him in the office space
let's read it again quickly and then
move on because I want to see what
happens next a man watches a hilarious
video of his boss dancing on Tick Tock
and tries to hold back his laughter but
a loud chuckle escapes drawing the
attention of his colleagues nearby here
we are level six let's just jump in with
a slow read a man watches a hilarious
video of his boss dancing on Tik Tock
and tries to hold back his laughter but
a loud chuckle escapes drawing the
attention of his colleagues nearby who
crowd around to watch the video so now a
small crowd has gathered a small crowd
has formed around this man our main
character who is watching this
embarrassing and hilarious video of
everyone's boss dancing and looking
silly on Tik Tok everyone is joining in
and drawing a lot of attention to the
man and the video time for a quick read
here we go a man watches a hilarious
video of his boss dancing on Tik Tock
and tries to hold back his laughter but
a loud chuckle escapes drawing the
attention of his colleagues nearby who
crowd around to watch the video level
seven slow read let's jump in a man
watches a hilarious video of his boss
dancing on Tik Tok and tries to hold
back his laughter but a loud chuckle
escapes drawing the attention of his
colleagues nearby who crowd around to
watch the video creating a bit of a
commotion all right so sure enough
tensions are escalating this situation
is at risk of getting out of hand
getting out of hand that means getting
out of control or we could also say
spiraling out of control so yeah they've
created a bit of a commotion a bit of a
scene we could also say they are making
a scene basically they are attracting
they are drawing in a lot of attention
and I have a feeling this is not going
to end well quick read and then we'll
move on a man watches a hilarious video
of his boss dancing on Tik Tok and tries
to hold back his laughter but a loud
chuckle escapes drawing the attention of
his colleagues nearby who crowd around
to watch the video creating a bit of a
commotion level eight guys this is
getting really challenging I know but
remember no pain no gain if you are a
fan of my videos then you know how much
I love this expression we cannot make
progress with our English unless we are
willing to make ourselves uncomfortable
because we can only grow when we step
out of our comfort Z zone so I know that
it's hard work but trust me it's going
to pay off slow read level eight here we
go a man watches a hilarious video of
his boss dancing on Tik Tok and tries to
hold back his laughter but a loud
chuckle escapes drawing the attention of
his colleagues nearby who crowd around
to watch the video creating a bit of a
commotion just as the boss walks by with
a bemused expression I knew the
situation was going to get out of hand
was going to spiral out of control and
sure enough sure enough the boss walks
by the boss has noticed all the
commotion he has noticed that the man is
making a scene making a scene so he
walks by with what kind of look on his
his face what kind of expression a
bemused expression what does that mean
bemused means a little confused and a
little amused you can think of it as a
combination of befuddled which means
confused and amused which means you are
slightly entertained by something you
think it's fun or funny so the boss is
curious about what's going on and
initially at first he has a pretty good
attitude ude about the situation he
doesn't storm in with a big scowl on his
face with a nasty look on his face no
he's bemused he's slightly confused
slightly amused right quick read then
we'll level up to level 9 we're getting
close to the end guys here we go a man
watches a hilarious video of his boss
dancing on Tick Tock and tries to hold
back his laughter but a loud chuckle is
escapes drawing the attention of his
colleagues nearby who crowd around to
watch the video creating a bit of a
commotion just as the boss walks by with
a bemused expression level 9 slow read
let's do it a man watches a hilarious
video of his boss dancing on Tik Tok and
tries to hold back his laughter but a
loud chuckle escapes drawing the
attention of his colleagues nearby who
crowd around to watch the video and join
in the laughter creating a bit of a
commotion just as the boss walks by with
a bemused expression and remarks glad
everyone's so productive today so the
boss he walks by with a bemused
expression and he remarks or says to
this group of people glad everyone's so
productive today now do you guys see how
this word productive is
italicized
italicized that means we need to
emphasize the word or be a little bit
louder when we say it so here's how I
would read this glad everyone's so
productive today the boss here is being
a little bit
sarcastic yeah he's using sarcasm in
other words he means the opposite of
what he says are they really being
productive are they really working hard
and getting lots of stuff done lots of
stuff accomplished no they're slacking
off crowding around this man watching
videos on Tik Tok so from the boss's
perspective this is kind of a friendly
is way of saying hey guys I know you're
having fun but maybe it's time to get
back to work let's read it one more time
at a quick speed and then level up to
level 10 our final level for today's
super sentence here we go a man watches
a hilarious video of his boss dancing on
Tik Tok and tries to hold back his
laughter but a loud chuckle escapes
drawing the attention of his colleagues
nearby who crowd around to watch the
video and join in the laughter creating
a bit of a commotion just as the the
boss walks by with a bemused expression
and remarks glad everyone's so
productive today I want you guys to pay
attention to how quickly I say this
portion of the sentence creating a bit
of a a bit of a a bit of a this is one
of the reasons why spoken English is so
tough because if you try to say each one
of these words
individually you might stumble over
yourself or say it incorrect
sometimes native speakers are lazy when
we speak and words tend to run together
blur together so we wouldn't say
creating a bit of a commotion that would
sound too robotic we would say creating
a bit of a commotion a bit of a
commotion I wouldn't say with a bemused
expression I would say with a bemused
expression with a with a with a you can
combine these two words with a bemused
expression level 10 baby we made it now
guys I know this is going to be tough
it's going to be challenging but come on
push we are so close to finishing this
lesson slow read here we go a man
watches a hilarious video of his boss
dancing on Tik Tock and tries to hold
back his laughter but a loud chuckle
escapes drawing the attention of his
colleagues nearby who crowd around to
watch the video and join in the laughter
creating a bit of a commotion just as
the boss walks by with a bemused
expression and remarks glad everyone's
so productive today before catching a
glimpse of the phone and going white as
a ghost oh no guys I told you I had a
bad feeling about the ending of today's
story and sure enough the boss catches a
glimpse of the phone that everyone is
looking at that everyone has crowded
around and unfortunately it seems like
he gets a clear view of the phone he
takes a direct look at the phone because
shortly after he goes white as a ghost
his face Lo loses all of its color he
looks horrified obviously he has
realized that everyone unfortunately has
discovered his Tick Tock dancing video
that would be pretty embarrassing I got
to say in fact I might even use a word
stronger than embarrassing if this was
me in the boss's place in the boss's
position in the boss's shoes I would be
mortified that's a great word to know
mortified mortified it means so
embarrassed that you want to die okay
guys one more quick read of today's
super sentence and then we will have a
cool down exercise are you
ready a man watches a hilarious video of
his boss dancing on Tik Tok and tries to
hold back his laughter but a loud
chuckle escapes drawing the attention of
his colleagues nearby
who crowd around to watch the video and
join in the laughter creating a bit of a
commotion just as the boss walks by with
a bemused expression and remarks glad
everyone's so productive today before
catching a glimpse of the phone and
going white as a
ghost if you made it all the way through
this super sentence take your hand and
give yourself a pat on the back to
congrat congratulate yourself and as
your YouTube English teacher I'm very
very proud of you great job everybody in
the super sentence we saw this
expression white as a ghost this
describes someone who looks extremely
pale yeah the color of their skin you
know is drained of blood it's totally
empty of blood often due to fear or
shock or illness so basically they look
really unhealthy and why they look
unhealthy depends on the context you
could look white as a ghost because you
are shocked or really surprised or
because you're scared or even because
you're very sick when she saw the car
speeding toward her she turned white as
a ghost and froze in place after hearing
the news about the surprise test he
looked white as a ghost and started
frantically checking his notes so in
both of these examples the person is a
afraid right and so they look white as a
ghost due to fear or we could also say
they look white as a ghost out of fear
every good workout needs a cool down
exercise and speaking English is the
same way so I have a question I would
like you guys to try and respond to try
and talk out loud and discuss with me
should employees be allowed to use their
phones at work okay so I'm going to take
30 seconds and give you guys a
demonstration of how I would respond to
this question then it will be your turn
really try to speak for the full time
given okay keep pushing through that 30
seconds don't stop talking in my opinion
yes employees should be allowed to use
their phones at work you know even
though they might occasionally get
distracted and wait a little time or
Doom scroll on their phone for a bit I
still think this beats the alternative
or the other option what's the other
option you forbid people from using
their phones and they get resentful they
get angry at the boss I don't think
that's good for anybody certainly not
workplace morale okay that was my
response now it's your turn take that 30
seconds go for it
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and let's jump right into level one with
a slow read here we go Tom forgets
someone's name now what I want you guys
to pay attention to throughout today's
lesson is the way these two words blend
together listen to this Tom forgets
someone's name do you see how forgets
ends in an S and someone's begins with
an S the result of this is that the two
words Blend or mix together Tom forgets
someone's name Tom forgets someone's
name something else I'd like to point
out is the pronunciation of this word
here in American English we often say
forget forget forget and it sounds like
f r not f o r let's say this basic level
one sentence a few more times to get
comfortable and then we will level up to
level two and make things more
challenging ready Tom forgets someone's
name again Tom forgets someone's name
again Tom forgets someone's name awesome
we've leveled up and as you can see a
few blue words have been added to our
super sentence yeah throughout this
video we are going to stretch this this
sentence longer and longer let's begin
level two with a slow read here we go
Tom forgets someone's name at a party
again a little faster Tom forgets
someone's name at a party Okay so we've
got this guy Tom he's going to be the MC
the main character of today's story and
it looks like Tom is at a party okay and
something bad has happened he has
forgotten someone's name ooh maybe we
can say that Tom is not good with names
not good with names yeah I know that
personally I can relate to this I can
relate to this in other words I
sympathize with Tom because you know
I've also been in this situation like
Tom I also am not very good with names
it's tough for me to remember people's
names are you guys good at remembering
names you can let me know in the
comments section I have a feeling
today's super sentence is going to be an
awkward one let's say this again at a
quick speed and then we will level up
Tom forgets someone's name at a party
again Tom forgets someone's name at a
party again Tom forgets someone's name
at a party look how these two words go
together so quickly at at a at a ATA Tom
forgets someone's name at a party at a
party at a party yeah you know in
English sometimes we're a little bit
lazy when we speak we don't like to
speak like a robot Tom forgets someone's
name at a party we don't really talk
like that our words blur they mix they
blend together at a party at a party at
a party level three now it's getting a
little bit more difficult let's Jump
Right In with a slow read ready Tom
forgets someone's name at a party and
tries to avoid saying it okay medium
speed Tom forgets someone's name at a
party and tries to avoid saying it so
obviously this guy Tom is feeling a
little bit embarrassed about forgetting
this person's name right so what is he
doing is he going out of his way to try
and figure out what this name is no he's
just avoiding saying the name yeah if
you avoid doing something then you try
not to do it yeah you steer clear of it
you steer clear of it maybe I'm trying
to drink less alcohol for example so I
avoid bars I avoid clubs I can also say
I steer clear of bars I steer clear of
clubs that means I try not to go
anywhere near them quick speed and then
we will level up again ready Tom forgets
someone's name at a party and tries to
avoid saying it again Tom forgets
someone's name at a party and tries to
avoid saying it listen to how I
pronounce this word here I don't really
pronounce the d do I it sounds a little
bit more like an I'll say this one more
time Tom forgets someone's name at a
party and tries to avoid saying it and
tries to avoid saying it and tries to
avoid saying it it sounds more like an
just another example of how sometimes
native speakers pronounce words a little
bit lazily level four slow read let's
jump in Tom forgets someone's name at a
party and tries to avoid saying it so he
keeps calling them
buddy this is so funny because I've
personally been in this situation before
you don't know someone's name so you
call them pal or buddy or dude right
basically avoiding saying their name
calling them anything else he can think
of medium speed ready Tom forgets
someone's name at a party and tries to
avoid saying it so he keeps calling them
buddy and one more time quick speed Tom
forgets someone's name at a party and
tries to a avoids saying it so he keeps
calling them buddy now one thing I will
say is that if this was a native speaker
saying the sentence at least in American
English they probably would pronounce
them like um um so he keeps calling them
buddy so he keeps calling him buddy and
this word we would really pronounce like
e listen to this so he keeps calling him
buddy so we keeps calling him buddy yeah
he we would ounc like e and we would
blend it with this word here soe soe soe
keeps calling them buddy pause the video
and try that a couple of times out loud
so we keeps calling him buddy level five
slow read let's go Tom forgets someone's
name at a party and tries to avoid
saying it so he keeps calling him buddy
even as the conversation gets more
Awkward yeah things are getting awkward
the problem is becoming obvious maybe
Tom you know he says buddy pal friend
he's really avoiding saying this
person's name and it's becoming very
clear that he doesn't remember and the
fact that he doesn't remember is awkward
awkward great word awkward is a feeling
right you feel like this it kind of
makes you cringe if you cringe then you
recoil at something embarrassing or
awkward maybe you think about something
stupid you did when you were 12 or 13
and you cringe you go oh why did I say
that why did I do that what was I
thinking by the way what's the most
cringe thing you guys have ever done
maybe we can share some cringe stories
down in the comment section one more
time quick speed let's go Tom for gets
someone's name at a party and tries to
avoid saying it so he keeps calling him
buddy even as the conversation gets more
Awkward level six we are flying along
slow read here we go Tom forgets
someone's name at a party and tries to
avoid saying it so he keeps calling him
buddy even as the conversation gets more
Awkward until the other person asks do
you even remember my name name O cringe
cringe cringe Tom you've been found out
you've been discovered the cats out of
the bag the cats out of the bag Tom that
means your secret has been revealed I
really wonder how Tom is going to
respond to this cringy awkward encounter
or social interaction we could also say
yeah uh an interaction between two
people socially right so let's say this
quickly one more time and then level up
so we can see what happens next Tom
forgets someone's name at a party and
tries to avoid saying it so he keeps
calling him buddy even as the
conversation gets more Awkward until the
other person asks do you even remember
my name level seven slow read Tom
forgets someone's name at a party and
tries to avoid saying it so he keeps
calling him buddy even as the
conversation gets more Awkward until the
other person asks do you even remember
my name to which Tom stammers blurting
out Chris oh this is not looking good
for Tom is it he's stammering that means
he's tripping over his words and he
blurts
out Chris M what does it mean if you
blurt something out that means you say
it without really thinking much about it
yeah you don't put a lot of thought into
what you're going to say
beforehand beforehand before you open
your mouth to speak you just open your
mouth and blurt something out just say
something thoughtlessly one more time
quick speed and then let's see what
happens next Tom forgets someone's name
at a party and tries to avoid saying it
so he keeps calling him buddy even as
the conversation gets more Awkward until
the other person asks do you even
remember my name to which Tom stammers
blurting out Chris now that we're here
at level eight let's change our slow
read to a medium read yeah let's turn up
the heat just a little bit let's dial up
the intensity just a little bit let's
crank up the difficulty Just a Touch
just a tad just a hair all of these mean
the same thing they all mean let's make
it a little bit harder ready Tom forgets
someone's name at a party and tries to
avoid saying it so he keeps calling him
buddy even as the conversation gets more
Awkward until the other person asks do
you even remember my name to which Tom
stammers blurting out Chris and the
other person laughs and says close but
no cigar It's Pat once again guys pay
attention to how I'm pronouncing these
two ANS I'm not putting that much effort
or energy into these words I'm just
saying n n taking off the D right just
saying n and the other person laughs and
says and the other person laughs and
says we've got a great expression here
close but no cigar if you guys could use
this correctly it would be very
impressive what does it mean it means
you were close but um no that's
incorrect you almost had it but no and
to be honest with you in this case I
think Pat is just being nice because is
Chris really that close to Pat no these
names are really different right so I
think Pat is going easy on Tom he's not
giving him a hard time not giving him a
hard time he's helping him save facei
helping him save face in other words you
know trying to deescalate the situation
or make it less intense make it less
awkward make it less uncomfortable for
everyone one more time quick speed then
we level up Tom forgets someone's name
at a party and tries to avoid saying it
so he keeps calling him buddy even as
the conversation gets more Awkward until
the other person asks do you even
remember my name to which Tom stammers
blurting out Chris and the other person
laughs and says close but no cigar It's
Pat level nine guys we're getting so
close to the end of today's video keep
pushing keep pushing watch all the way
through we're almost done and if you
haven't clicked like on this video or
left me a comment yet now is a great
opportunity to do so medium speed read
let's go Tom forgets someone's name at a
party and tries to avoid saying it so he
keeps calling him buddy even as the
conversation gets more Awkward until the
other person asks do you even remember
my name to which Tom stammers blurting
out Chris and the other person laughs
and says close but no cigar It's Pat
before sheepishly adding wait what's
your name again ooh here's the big twist
in today's video in today's story I love
this so much Pat doesn't remember Tom's
name either so because he's also a bit
embarrassed he adds sheepishly yeah he
says this sheepishly what is sheepish if
you do or say something sheepishly that
means you're a little embarrassed it's a
little awkward maybe you are even a
little bit ashamed I remember when I was
a little kid I would go to my friend's
house for dinner and his mom was a great
cook and she would make really delicious
food and I would eat one plate of food
two plates of food three plates of food
and then I would go and ask her
sheepishly can I have four plates of
food I would ask in a sheepish way or we
could say I would ask sheepishly one's
an adjective one's an adverb this story
is so funny to me these situations where
both people are at fault okay let's read
it one more time quick speed are you
ready Tom forgets someone's name at a
party and tries to avoid saying it so he
keeps calling him buddy even as the
conversation gets more Awkward until the
other person asks do you even remember
my name to which Tom stammers blurting
out Chris and the other person laughs
and says close but no cigar it's p
before sheepishly adding wait uh what's
your name again here we are at level 10
the final boss the final boss of today's
video guys this is going to be
challenging but push I know you can do
it and make sure you stick around after
level 10 because we are going to do a
language breakdown and a speaking
cooldown exercise as well okay medium
speed read here we go Tom forgets
someone's name at a party and tries to
avoid saying it so he keeps calling him
buddy even as the conversation gets more
Awkward until the other person asks do
you even remember my name to which Tom
stammers blurting out Chris and the
other person laughs and says close but
no cigar It's Pat before sheepishly
adding wait what's your name again both
laughed nervously and decide to just
stick with Buddy here we have a funny
ending to a really funny story they both
laugh it off laugh it off what does that
mean to laugh something off well if you
make a mistake but you just want to move
on you don't want to focus on the
mistake then you laugh it off you decide
to just make light of the situation make
light of it and just forget about it
just move on so they both laugh
nervously they laugh it off and what do
they decide to do just stick with Buddy
they say hey hey hey you know what let's
just forget about it you call me buddy
I'll call you buddy problem solved all
right quick speed the last time we are
going to read today's sentence let's do
it Tom forgets someone's name at a party
and tries to avoid saying it so he keeps
calling a buddy even as the conversation
gets more Awkward until the other person
asks do you even remember my name to
which Tom stammers blurting out and
Chris and the other person laughs and
says close but no cigar It's Pat before
sheepishly adding wait what's your name
again both laugh nervously and decide to
just stick with Buddy awesome job my
friends if you made it through that
entire super sentence take your hand
give yourself a pat on the back because
you are doing fantastic next we have a
language breakdown yeah we're going to
take a closer look very quick at a
couple of the more difficult Expressions
we saw in that story starting with close
but no cigar once again this means
almost correct or successful but not
quite yeah doesn't quite hit the mark
isn't quite accurate it comes from old
carnival games where cigars were given
as prizes oh that's kind of interesting
I didn't know that here are two example
sentences one he almost guessed the
number of jelly beans and the jar close
but no cigar yeah you know there's a Jar
full of candy all of these jelly beans
and someone is guessing how many yeah
how many Jelly Beans the number of jelly
beans in the jar maybe they guess you
know 350 but there's actually 360 so
close but no cigar the team nearly won
the match but missed the final goal
close but no cigar yes so they almost
won the game or the match we can also
say but they missed the final goal so
they were close to winning but close but
no cigar remember blurt out blurt out it
means to say something suddenly without
thinking often in an awkward or
emotional moment so she blurted out the
answer in class before the teacher
finished the question yeah I think we
all had a person like this in our class
when we were in school growing up yeah
the teachers's pet in English we call
this kind of student the teachers pet it
means they want to be the teacher's
favorite student and so they are
desperate to answer all of the teachers
questions and impress them I was so
nervous I blurted out my secret without
meaning to what does it mean to stick
with something it means to continue
doing or using something even if it's
not perfect or you are unsure about it
so for example I decided to stick with
my current job even though it's not
ideal it's not the perfect situation or
the ideal situation but this guy is
going to stick with his job his current
job that means the job he has right now
right he's going to stick with it gonna
stick with it that means yeah it's not
his favorite job in the world but he's
going to keep going with it let's stick
with this restaurant it has great
reviews yeah maybe one person wants to
leave the other person wants to stay and
they say let's stick with this
restaurant let's not go somewhere else
after all after all it has great reviews
in other words people have a lot of
positive things to say about it and now
for my personal favorite part of these
videos some speaking practice cool down
down yeah you know Guys these super
sentence videos are a lot like a hit
workout a high intensity training
workout for your English and like every
good workout we need a cool down so I
have a question for you are you good
with names yeah do you have a good
memory for people's names what do you do
if you've forgotten someone's name at a
party do you have a special technique or
trick what I want you to do is try and
speak for one full minute I'm going to
go first and give you a demonstration of
what I'd like you to try and do so first
listen to me and my response then it
will be your turn Okay so yeah in my
personal case in my personal situation
you know I could relate a lot to today's
story because I'm terrible with names
it's really bad it's really awkward it's
really embarrassing for example my
current job on the weekend that I do
right now I've been there for 2 years
two years and there are still several
people who I work with on a daily basis
but I don't know their name why don't I
know their names because uh I never
asked they never introduced themselves
to me and I never asked them and now
it's too late I feel like it's too late
to ask it's pretty embarrassing and if I
were to ask them now I just feel like
that would be really cringe they'd be
like you didn't know my name for 2 years
all right that was my embarrassing
response to this question now it's your
turn take the full minute push yourself
to keep going talk for that full minute
go
ahead e
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one slow read are you ready Anna decides
to improve her English once again medium
speed Anna decides to improve her
English Okay so we've got a main
character Anna okay a girl what's she
deciding to do she is making a decision
making a choice to do what to improve
her English yeah she wants to work on
her English she wants to step up her
English learning game let's say it at a
quick speed and then level up our game
to level two ready Anna decides to
improve her English again Anna decides
to improve her English again Anna
decides to improve her English level two
slow read ready Anna decides to improve
her English and starts practicing every
day medium speed Anna decides to improve
her English and starts practicing every
day so now we see how Anna is practicing
yeah she's practicing every day she has
started to do this every day sounds like
she's taking her English learning
Journey pretty seriously again quick
speed then we will level up ready Anna
decides to improve her English and
starts practicing every day again Anna
decides to improve her English and
starts practicing every day last time
Anna decides to improve her English and
starts practicing every day let your
words flow as you speak at the quick
speed try to find the rhythm of the
language level three slow read Anna
decides to improve her English and
starts practicing every day by reading
short articles again medium speed Anna
decides to improve her English and
starts practicing every day by reading
short articles okay now we're seeing
what she is doing every day she is
reading short articles that sounds like
a pretty good way to improve your
English right if you can find a resource
a resource that offers short articles
that are written at your English level
then that's great you can practice your
English and yeah if they are non-fiction
articles you can learn as you go right
you can learn about the real world two
birds one stone quick speed Anna decides
to improve her English and starts
practicing every Day by reading short
articles again Anna decides to improve
her English and starts practicing every
day by reading short articles level four
slow read Anna decides to improve her
English and starts practicing every day
by reading short articles watching
online videos and repeating new phrases
aloud medium speed let's go Anna decides
to improve her English and starts
practicing every day by reading short
articles watching online videos and
repeating new phrases aloud awesome so
we see more of how she is practicing her
English every day right she's not just
reading online articles that's not all
that she's doing she's doing more than
that she's watching online videos she is
repeating phrases is aloud or we could
say out loud yeah she's actually opening
her mouth and speaking out loud
repeating aloud what she is hearing this
is called shadowing and it is a
fantastic technique a fantastic tool to
improve your listening and speaking
skills Quick speed here we go Anna
decides to improve her English and
starts practicing every day by reading
short art articles watching online
videos and repeating new phrases aloud
awesome job guys we are halfway done
already let's jump right into level five
with a slow read Anna decides to improve
her English and starts practicing every
day by reading short articles watching
online videos and repeating new phrases
aloud especially ones that seem Tricky
Tricky this word just means difficult or
challenging yeah if if there is a piece
of language an expression a phrase a a
vocabulary word that you are struggling
to grasp that you are struggling to
learn we can say that It's Tricky yeah
it's it's giving you some trouble it's a
bit Troublesome we could also say It's
Tricky skip the medium speed quick speed
here we go Anna decides to improve her
English and starts practicing every day
by reading short articles watching
online videos and repeating new phrases
aloud especially ones that seem tricky
level six slow read Anna decides to
improve her English and starts
practicing every day by reading short
articles watching online videos and
repeating new phrases aloud especially
ones that seem tricky like idioms and
phrasal verbs by the way if you guys are
struggling with idioms or you just want
to learn some fun English Expressions
make sure you check out my 50 English
idioms video quick speed here we go Anna
decides to improve her English and
starts practicing every day by reading
short articles watching online videos
and repeating new phrases aloud
especially ones that seem tricky like
idioms and PHR verbs level seven let's
kick it up to a medium speed read here
we go Anna decides to improve her
English and starts practicing every day
by reading short articles watching
online videos and repeating new phrases
aloud especially ones that seem tricky
like idioms and phrasal verbs which she
tries to use in conversations with her
friends this is awesome Anna is incorpor
ating what she is learning into real
life conversations with her friends this
is obviously one of the best ways to
learn English take what you're learning
and make it your own quick speed here we
go Anna decides to improve her English
and starts practicing every day by
reading short articles watching online
videos and repeating new phrases aloud
especially ones that seem tricky like
idioms and phrasal verbs which she tries
to use in conversations with her friends
level eight medium speed let's jump in
Anna decides to improve her English and
starts practicing every day by reading
short articles watching online videos
and repeating new phrases aloud
especially ones that seem tricky like
idioms and phrasal verbs which she tries
to use in conversations with her friends
to feel more confident awesome yeah
she's doing this and she is building
confidence she is becoming more and more
sure of herself sure of herself
confident in herself obviously if you
see something in a textbook and you've
never actually used it in a conversation
it's going to be a bit nerve-wracking
when you finally do try and use it right
so what's the solution for this anxiety
you got to put yourself out there and
just do it just use it use it use it use
it use what you learn as much as you can
get comfortable with it right quick
speed let's go Anna decides to improve
her English and starts practicing every
day by reading short articles watching
online videos and repeating new phrases
aloud especially ones that seem tricky
like idioms and phrasal verbs which she
tries to use in conversations with her
friends to feel more confident almost
done guys push at a medium speed let's
read level n Anna decides to improve her
English and starts practicing every day
by reading short articles watching
online videos and repeating new phrases
aloud especially ones that seem tricky
like idioms and phrasal verbs which she
tries to use in conversations with her
friends to feel more confident and
natural so not only is she feeling more
confident yeah she is gaining Confidence
from doing this or by doing this right
it also is making her feel more natural
when she speaks English more comfortable
more confident more natural these are
all benefits of incorporating what you
learn into real life conversations quick
speed let's go Anna decides to improve
her English and starts practicing every
day by reading short articles watching
online videos and repeating new phrases
aloud especially ones that seem tricky
like idioms and phrasal verbs which she
tries to use in conversations with her
friends to feel more confident and
natural amazing and here we are guys at
level 10 the final boss of this super
sentence let's Dive Right In with a
mediump speed read let's go Anna decides
to improve her English and starts
practicing every day by reading short
articles watching online videos and
repeating new phrases aloud especially
ones that seem tricky like idioms and
phrasal verbs which she tries to use in
conversations with her friends to feel
more confident and natural reminding
herself that small steps lead to big
success is this the longest sentence you
guys have ever spoken or what this one
is a real doozy a real
doozy that means it's pretty difficult
Anna gives herself a really important
reminder here small steps lead to big
success a journey of a thousand miles is
made up of single steps right so this is
important when you are learning English
to not let yourself get too overwhelmed
with it all right keep your goals and
your actions focused small bite-sized in
English we sometimes call this
actionable goals actionable goals goals
that you can actually you know take
action and complete if you set a big
goal and then you are not able to
complete this big goal that feels
terrible right and it's discouraging and
it will feel like a setback but if you
set a smaller goal and then you actually
accomplish it that is a big boost to
your confidence one more time quick
speed let's go Anna decides to improve
her English and starts practicing every
day by reading short articles watching
online videos and repeating new phrases
aloud especially ones that seem tricky
like idioms and phrasal verbs what she
tries to use in conversations with her
friends to feel more confident and
natural reminding herself that small
steps lead to big success if you made it
this far as your YouTube English teacher
I am super super proud of you take your
hand give yourself a pat on the back you
are doing amazing and you know what if
you are in the middle of a study session
you should keep going why not I'm going
to put another one of my videos up on
the screen go click on it I'll meet you
there we'll keep going together
