Do you want to improve your listening skills
of fast English so you can understand native English speakers in any context. Well, that's
what you'll do today. Welcome back to JForrest English. My name is Jennifer and today you're
going to test your listening skills. This is all fun lesson. Now let's get started. Here
are your instructions for the entire lesson? I'm going to say a sentence and I'm going to
say it at a fast-paced, the way I would speak. Speak to my friends or colleagues. I'm
going to use phrasal verbs idioms and expressions and I'm going to use natural
pronunciation and you're going to test your listening skills. I will say each
sentence, three times write down exactly what you hear in the comments section. And
then after I'll explain exactly what I said, the expression I use and the natural pronunciation
changes. Okay, our first listening test, Did you get that one? I said,
did you break it to him first? Let's talk about the pronunciation.
Changes. Did you? We pronounce this as didja, didja, didja. So I combine those sounds together and I take you and I change it to ya.
Did you did you did you break it to him? Notice the last two words, really sounded Like one word Tim Tim, it almost sounded like Tim the name Tim
and that's because we frequently get rid of the H on him and her at a natural pace.
And we connect it to the word before. So it really sounds like em em and then you hear
the from to Tim, Tim, did you break it to him? Now, what does this mean to break something? To someone is an expression and we use
this when you share news or information with someone but it's always negative.
So maybe you applied for a promotion but you're not going to get the promotion so
that's the negative news. Did you break it to them? That he's not getting the promotion.
So did you share this negative news with him? Him, did you break it to him? Our next listening, test. Remember to put what you hear in the
comments. Did you get that one? I said, cut it out, would you first? Let's talk
about pronunciation. Did y'all the same thing is happening here with? Would you you
becomes yah and I combine. Those sounds whoo. Jia Jia Jia? Would you would you, would you
cut it out? Would you now let's talk about cut it out. You'll notice, we have teased
in between vowels in American English, when a t comes between vowels, we change that
to a, a very soft deep because they get out, cut it out, and I pronounce all three
as one. Cut it out, cut it out. It out, cut it out, cut it out. Would you the
expression to cut something out? Means to stop something that is annoying or frustrating or
irritating or unwanted. So, let's say you're in a meeting for work. And in the background,
your kids are going crazy. They're screaming, they're yelling, they're fighting. This is
behavior. That is unwanted frustrating irritating. Annoying and you want them to stop so you
can say to your kids cut it out. Would y'all are next? Listening exercise?
Right? What you hear in the comments. Did you get that one? I said you gotta
kick it up a notch. First notice how I used gotta? This is a reduction. It's a
combination of the words dot to and it's pronounced as one. Gotta you gotta
you can also say you've gotta you You have got to. But in American English, it's very common to just say you gotta you
gotta, you got to is the same as you have to. Now let's talk about the expression
to kick something up a notch. When you kick something up a notch, it's
just encouraging you to perform better work faster. Work harder. So let's
say you were tasked with assembling 100 boxes and two hours have passed
and your boss sees that you've only assembled 20 boxes and your boss wants to
tell you that you need to work harder. You need to work faster. You need to perform
better. She can say you've got a kick it up a notch. You got to work faster. You
got to work harder our next listening exercise. Right? What you hear in
the comments, I'll say three times. How did you do it? That one I said don't
let him get to you first. Let's talk about pronunciation. Don't let them. Let them
notice again. I take that H off of him, I dropped the sound and then I'm left with em.
But I combine it with the word before let them, let them, let them don't let them.
Don't let them get to you now. I said you at the end, many native speakers will
drop this to ya. Don't let him get to you. Get Tia just like we saw with. Did you wouldja? But
I said you don't let him get to you. Now, what does this mean? When someone gets to you,
it means that you become angry annoyed, irritated or frustrated, because of
that person's Behavior. But we can also, So use this in situations. If you get really
angry, when you're stuck in traffic, I can say, don't let the traffic get to you. So don't
let this situation make you angry because what does being angry do? It doesn't
benefit the situation in any way. Don't let the traffic get to you. Don't let your
boss's criticism get to you. Don't let it. It anger you frustrate you or annoy you our
next listing exercise. I'll say three times. Right. What you hear in the comments. Did
you get that one? What are you looking at? So here we have a very simple sentence but
it might be difficult for you because of those natural pronunciation changes how I
combine my words at a natural pace. What are you sounds like one word? What are you?
What are you? So the are just becomes herb. And I attached it to what water water
water, what are you now? I think I said you but you can also again shorten that to
Young and native speakers commonly do that. So get comfortable with it. What
are you what are you? What are you? What are you? But remember is
sounds like one word. What are you? What are you looking at here? It's very
common to take a word that ends in ing. And drop the G sound that
good sound and just ended on. Hmm, looking looking looking that looking at,
but notice I combined it with the word that comes next because it's a vowel look in that.
So instead of looking at it sounds like Nat not and then I combine them. Look in that. Not
looking at looking at. What are you looking at? At so, how did you do with those listening
exercises? Share your score in the comments below and remember, you were being test on
your ability to understand the words I say but also the ability to understand what
my meaning is. So maybe you understood the words but you didn't know the expression
or the idiom, you didn't know what it meant, so you need both. But don't worry if this
was difficult because the more you practice Is the more you study need of speakers. The more
you add these Expressions to your vocabulary, the easier it will become. So now what
I'm going to do is I'm going to say each sentence again and I want you to imitate me
and try to say it as closely to the way I pronounce it. And if you're in a private
space, I want you to say it out loud. If you're in a public space will then try
this again. When you're at home and you You can say it out loud. Did you break it to them? Did you break it to them? Did you break it to
them? Cut it out. Would you cut it out? Would you cut it out? Would you? You gotta kick it up
a notch. You got to kick it up a notch. You gotta kick it up a notch. Don't let them get
to you. Don't let him get to you. Don't let him get to you. What are you looking at? What
are you looking at? What are you looking at? Now practice this again and again until you feel
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