"DOWN" Phrasal Verbs in English: close down, bring down, break down...

hi,james from EngVid Hi, James from EngVid. Let me put this down for a second, because I want to start our lesson. On phrasal verbs. I'm going to teach you how to use the preposition in order to understand the complete meaning of the phrasal verb. Ready? Let's go to the board. E! What you're doing? You're going down? Down. That seems to be a direction. And that's the direction we're heading. You're ready? There are two ways to teach phrasal verbs both in my mind devalued It's just up to you. Some teachers prefer to teach you you know, one phrasal verb like "turn up", "turn down", "turn on" and use all of the verbs with the prepositions. I prefer to reverse it. Hmm. Each is valued. For me, this is sort of a shorthand. If you understand what the preposition means is easier to put a verb with it and visualize in my mind, then it is to teach each separate one Each separate one has many meanings and can take a longer time to learn. This way I think you can learn faster by yourself because most of you are studying by yourself. So Are you ready? Let's go to the board. This is sort of a mind map. It's a little cheap one. But it still gives you the idea. We've spread out the ideas for "down". There are phrasal verbs here. But what I'm focusing more on is the actual preposition. So let's take a look at it. "Down". "Down" has essentially four meanings One is a downward movement you know what that is, right? To go down. Another is a decreasing motion. Similar to "down". I can go down the stairs. Or down in an elevator. But it doesn't mean I'm decreasing. But if a price goes from one dollar to fifty cents not only it has a move down, there's a decrease on how much you pay. Ok? Stopping. You're probably thinking "down" means well, to go down and decrease but think about it: once you go to the very bottom, or you decrease to zero it stops. Right? There is no more movement to happen. And finally when you can no longer go anywhere it's now at the end, right? So you stop the movement and when you can go no more, you're ended. So if you look at this, they all make sense They're just different ways of looking at it. To go down means a decrease, which means you eventually stop and you'll reach the end. Why am I explaining this to you? Because that's why we, as English speakers think. So when you hear things just like heart's breaking down you can't see you're understanding why we said it. So let's start with the first one: downward movement. Sit down!

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Length: 11min 10sec (670 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 22 2016