REAL LIFE ENGLISH | Speak English Like A Native Speaker Episode 1
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hey you want to speak English like a
native English speaker right you want to
sound natural you really want to speak
English fluently well in order to do
that you must use the words and
expressions that we actually use in real
life and that's exactly what I created
this series for you real life English
now I'm going to teach you words and
expressions that we really use are you
ready well then I'm teacher Tiffany
let's Jump Right In so we're going to
look at our first situation A group of
young ladies and we're going to see how
I as a native English speaker would
describe this situation now looking at
this situation I first see these two
young ladies in front and I would say
wow
Dependable now I want you to watch me
really quickly after me
Dependable excellent one more time after
me
Dependable good job now again when I see
these two young women I think of
Dependable but what does the word
Dependable actually mean so dependable
means
trustworthy reliable and capable of
being trusted or depended on so when I
look at those two young women I see one
is leaning on the other I think man she
really trusts her she really can rely on
her and maybe in your your life there is
someone that you truly rely on someone
that's always there for you you can say
my friend my mother my father my sister
my brother wow they're really
Dependable makes sense right now let's
look at an example sentence right here
repeat after me her boss said that she
was a very dependable assistant your
turn excellent now we're seeing in this
sentence how to use Dependable to
describe someone now I do want to remind
you really quickly that this word can be
used all the time not just in a business
environment you can also use it when
speaking to your friends and in other
environments so one more time after me
Dependable excellent all right now let's
go to our next word looking at this
picture I would next notice this young
lady right here beautiful smile and I
would say
exuberant exuberant now after me this
one's a little tricky after me
exuberant good last time after me
exuberant good job now what does the
word exuberant mean this is a word again
that popped in my head when I first saw
the situation exuberant means joyously
unrestrained and enthusiastic many
people tell me a lot teacher Tiffany
you're so enthusiastic well now you can
say teacher you are such an exuberant
individual makes sense right now think
about someone around you someone who is
enthusiastic always full of joy someone
that makes you smile that person is an
exuberant individual now let me show you
an example sentence how to actually use
this word in real life here we go after
me he had has such an exuberant
personality good job you can use it like
this an exuberant personality now keep
paying attention because we do have a
quiz coming up soon all right so again
we learned the first one Dependable the
second one exuberant looking at this
picture now then my eyes naturally would
go to the top the top left and I see
this young lady and she looks reserved
d one more time after me reserved and
maybe you're thinking wow teacher what
does that word mean why did that word
pop up in your head teacher Tiffany well
after me one more time
reserved excellent very good now again
if you need practice and help with your
pronunciation you can always download my
app English with Tiffany the link is
right in the description there's a
pronunciation course and a conversation
course within the app so you can
download it and get help with your
pronunciation right now but again this
word reserved is very important reserved
means restrained in words and actions
now I am not a reserved person I'm very
outgoing I like talking to people but a
reserved person kind of holds back a
little bit they don't talk as much to
other people they just kind of are a
little quieter around bigger groups of
people just like in the picture you can
tell that the woman seems a little bit
shy a little bit reserved maybe someone
you know is reserved one of my closest
friends she is very reserved when we get
in big groups she kind of gets quiet and
just kind of sits in the background she
is reserved so how would you use this in
a sentence here we go you can use it
like this and repeat after me my friend
is more reserved than I am but she loves
being around people makes sense all
right repeat after me again my friend is
more reserved than I am but she loves
being around people your
turn ah good job excellent job all right
so now you understand what the word
reserved means now I do want to give you
this tip really quickly this word can be
used for people and for Animals maybe
you have a pet maybe you have a dog or a
cat and your dog or cat loves you but
when other people come around the dog
kind of goes in the background very shy
doesn't like talking to other people
doesn't like playing with other people
you can say ah my dog is a little bit
reserved makes sense right okay good so
now we have three words we had
Dependable exuberant and reserved now
when I go back and look at this image
the next thing I notice are these other
the these other two women right here I
notice these women and I say you know
what ride or
die huh ride or die why would you say
that teacher don't you worry I'm going
to explain now this is actually a slang
term so after me ride or
die good job now ride or die this
actually is something that you should
know it means to be extreme uh extremely
loyal so it refers to extreme loyalty to
someone or something when you are
willing to do anything for someone you
love or someone you really appreciate in
your life you can
say that's my ride or die you see how I
kind of changed even the way I said it
it's slang right so we say my ride or
die this person is so loyal to me
they'll do anything for me we say ride
or die in English now let me show you an
example sentence that will help you use
use this word in real life here we go my
best friend will always be my ride or
die your
turn good job now maybe you have the
same thing you have a best friend that
really is your ride or die my best
friend is my ride or die make sense all
right good job now when I go back and I
look at the image I see something else I
go back and I look at these ladies and I
notice within the first two ladies the
other lady on the right something about
her expression she looks self
assured again after me self
assured good last time after me self
assured great job now self assured this
is when someone is super confident so
this is an expression this combination
of two words it means confident in one's
own ability or character and when I
looked at that picture and I saw that
woman she just
looked confident she looked like she
could conquer the world so the first
thing that popped in my head literally
was self assured so again now you know
the word or the expression you can use
in this situation but let's check an
example sentence here we go after me the
new employees could tell that their boss
was a very self assured and confident
leader your
turn good job excellent self assured
extremely confident so again you can use
this self assured in place of confident
if you'd like makees sense right now
remember I told you that a quiz is
coming but I want to give you this quick
tip this can be used self assured can be
used to compliment or insult someone so
you must be careful how you use it okay
you can say you're too self assured
that's kind of an insult but if you say
I love my boss she's so self assured
that's a compliment so it all depends on
the way that you actually say it make
sense all right so again great you've
learned Dependable exuberant reserved
Rider die and self assured so now you
know what time it is it's time
for your English quiz now I want to know
if you are ready for this quiz I want to
see how much you remember from our
lesson so let's start off with question
number one here's the question I want
you to fill in the blank with the word
or expression we learned today now
remember you only have right here five
seconds all right here's the sentence
the interview revealed that he was a
very blank and
mature young man you have five seconds
ready and now I want you remember you
only have five seconds so here we go
ready
go time all right now what is the answer
the answer is self assured I think you
got it right good good all right so now
let's go to the next question let's go
to the next question and see if you can
get the answer right for question number
two all right question number two since
her mom was always there for her the
woman said she was her what's the answer
here's the
timer time what's the answer come on I
know you know it exactly she was her
ride or die excellent very good job very
good job all right now let's go to
question number three here we go the
question is and let's reset the timer is
my friend is quiet and here's the timer
quiet and
what time all right the answer to the
question is what my friend is quiet and
reserved very good I think you got it
excellent excellent now let's move on to
question number four you're doing a
great job here we go question number
four his passion revealed that he was a
very dancer this one's a little harder
he was a very dancer 5 Seconds here we
go uh oh it went a little faster I'll
give you two more
seconds time all right what's the answer
come on you know it exuberant excellent
an exuberant dancer very good very good
all right last quiz question here's the
last quiz question now here's the
question I need someone here's the
sentence I need
someone blank to take care of the
children while I'm at work I need
someone blank to take care of the
children while I'm at work 5 Seconds
time what's the answer come on I know
you got it exactly I need someone
Dependable someone I can rely on to take
care of the children while I'm at work
excellent job very very good so again
you learned the words and you got the
quiz questions right now I do want to
quickly give you some patterns to use
for example Dependable you can use this
pattern to make make your own sentence
the pattern is the name is the most
Dependable person I know because and
then you give the reason so let me show
you what that would look like again you
can use this pattern if you want to see
this written down just go to the website
speak English with tiffany.com and
you'll see this post for this YouTube
video and you can copy down the notes
here's what this would look like using
the pattern Mark the name is the most
Dependable person I know because he is
always there when I need him okay makes
sense right use the pattern to actually
make the sentence all right let's keep
going here we go next one is exuberant
exuberant now with exuberant here's the
sentence pattern the exuberant person
and then a description of the person and
then an action connected to their
exuberance now I'm going to show you how
to do this all right it's the pattern
patter but here's an example the
exuberant woman that's the person with
the long hair that's a description and
what's the action enjoys making other
people laugh so using the pattern you're
able to make a sentence properly in
English and use the word all right what
about Reserve we learned reserved here's
the pattern person was very reserved so
person didn't and then the action
connected to being reserved so what does
this look like here's the example
sentence using this pattern her brother
was very
reserved so he person didn't speak to
anyone at the event so we're using the
pattern and making a sentence for the
word reserved all right now what about
ride or die you know I like that one
talking about someone who's always be
there for you here's the p pattern
person has been my ride or die since and
then the time period so what about my
best friend let me show you how I would
use this pattern she has been my ride or
die since we were in the fourth grade
and that's true actually she's been my
ride or die since we were in the fourth
grade person she her name is Wilma and
then time period since we were in the
fourth grade now last one what about
self assured now self assured here's the
pattern a self assured person usually
now change the parenthesis action
connected to being self- assured so
here's what you can say for this one I
said a self-assured person
usually speaks well in front of a crowd
of people so I used the pattern and made
a perfect English sentence and you can
do the same so again you learned quite a
few words today real words you learned
real life English that will help you
sound like a native English speaker now
I hope you enjoyed
today's lesson I hope that you use the
words and expressions and start sounding
like a native English speaker remember
don't forget to download the English
with Tiffany app the link is right in
the description I hope you have an
awesome day and an awesome week and I'll
catch you next time
you still
there you know what time it is it's
Story Time hey I said it's story time
all right so today I want to tell you a
story about my ride or die my best
friend so I have to be very careful with
the names that I use in this story just
in case they watch this video later so
this was when I was in college now I had
dated a guy all through high school at
the beginning of high school and we also
kind of hooked up a little bit through
throughout college but we weren't
together at the time of this story so my
best friend and I we were going to
another friend's event and this guy just
happened to also be at the event so
myself you know I was going and my ride
or die my best friend was coming with me
so we were at the event and we were
actually sitting at a table about to eat
lunch and she and I were sitting there
talking and the guy the one I used to
date sat right in front of us so it's my
friend and I sitting next to each other
and then the guy sat in front of us now
we didn't have a bad breakup but it was
still a little bit awkward between us so
he sat down and he started talking now
of course he was looking at me he he
knew my best friend um but he was
talking to me and my best friend could
tell that I wasn't necessarily
comfortable I wasn't nervous it was more
of why why are we talking like we're not
together and you know you're with
somebody else I'm not I'm confused why
he's sitting here that was going on in
my mind and my best friend picked it up
so he's sitting there talking to me and
the conversation kind of dwindles and
kind of stops a little bit and he's just
sitting there looking at me so my best
friend let me tell you something about
her yes she's my or die but she's also a
very reserved person like we learned
she's a little bit shy and she's not
really the person you'll see make the
first step or make the first
introduction she's kind of shy so I was
sitting there and the guy was looking at
me and I was looking at him and it was
getting a little bit awkward and my best
friend who was reserved
said why are you still sitting here and
she was talking to him it caught me off
guard and he looked at her she said if
you're done it's okay to walk away now
the thing is she's a very reserved
person she doesn't normally do things
like that so I looked at her because it
caught me off guard and then I looked at
him and he looked at her and then he
looked back at me and I just shrug my
shoulders because I didn't know what to
say she said it's okay for you to walk
away it's okay if the conversation is
done and he did walk away now don't get
me wrong we're all still friends like
this happened a long time ago but in
that moment I realized my best friend
may be reserved but when she needs to
talk when she needs to speak up she will
let's just say he never started an
awkward conversation with me again when
she was around now since that time we've
had many conversations we've talked a
lot on the phone and everything he and I
but I will never forget that situation
because my friend the reserved person
that I thought would never speak up in
certain situations actually spoke up to
stand up for me in that situation so
maybe you have a friend like that too
your RIT or die that maybe he or she is
reserved or seems like they want to be
in the background but when it's time
they speak up and stand up for you so it
was a shorter story today but something
that I will never ever forget all right
guys I hope you enjoyed today's lesson I
hope you learned a lot and I hope you
continue to study English I will see you
next week
