Learn English From Natural English Conversations | Episode 1

hey guys in today's episode I teacher Tiffany I'm gonna teach you some useful natural English expressions that actually came from a conversation I had with one of my friends who also happens to be an ESL teacher you don't want to miss this lesson are you ready well then let's jump right in alright guys this conversation actually happened in episode 32 of the speak English with Tiffany podcast this is my friend teacher Kat now my friend is actually from New Zealand so you'll notice when you watch some of the clips from our conversation that she has a very beautiful accent but don't worry you will be able to understand her now what we're gonna do is I'm gonna take you through a series of four different clips within each clip we're gonna learn three new English expressions okay so let's go and look at the first clip here we go tempted to ask you well I guess that leads right into our next question because I want to ask you how you kind of transition to becoming an English teacher so when did you become an English teacher and you said you've been in Korea for nine years so is that when you first became an English teacher and kind of what led you to become an English teacher okay long story okay I'm I became an English teacher when I came to Korea uh-huh when I came I had I had no intention of staying for nine years at the moment it's like eight in a bit I'm in a little of my life yeah mm-hmm okay so you guys noticed that there were three expressions we saw in that first video clip now what we're gonna do is we're gonna look at the expressions and I'm gonna explain them to you and also give you multiple examples and then we're gonna watch the clip again to see if you catch them okay so let's go back to my screen and let's look at the first expression that we heard in that clip from clip number one here we go the first expression was leads right into once again leads right into alright so here's the meaning this means to guide someone or something into something or some place or in other words to transition into something else so for example I'm gonna give you some sentences but I want you to think about this let's imagine that you're in church or you're at a big program and there's gonna be a main speaker now before that main speaker gets up to talk someone else comes up before him or her and sings a beautiful song now I told you guys before that I was known as the singing teacher in Korea I love to sing so let's say for example they come to the stage and they clear their throats em and then the music starts and they start singing I ever make you guys didn't know I could say huh all right so they continue they sing the song and then after the song it goes directly to the main speaker so we can say the song led right into the main speakers speech kind of makes sense all right so let's look at some more examples here we go the first example is the speech naturally led right into a long discussion on the current state of our environment okay so again that means after the speech many people who are listening to the speech started thinking and after the speech ended they started discussing different topics about the environment okay all right next number two we have his solo will lead right into the finale of the play again so this person is doing a solo and when they finish it will go directly into the finale or the end of the play alright and finally we have their questions lead right into a heated debate between both groups now maybe you guys don't know what heated debate so you know what a debate is right kind of a discussion where each side is trying to prove their point but when we add heated in front of the word debate it means there was a lot of tension maybe each side was feeling a little bit angry or upset or very passionate about what they were saying so in English we say heated debate so again the sentence said their questions led right into a heated debate between both groups okay now I want us to look at this final example using this expression we see two women sitting on a bench and the sentence says the two women sat on the bench at the same time which naturally led right into a deep conversation now this is something that is very possible or highly possible in America because remember in American culture we actually talk to strangers we'll walk on the street and if we make eye contact we'll say hello how are you and if we're in a space where they're just two people or two or three we actually can start a deep conversation so when the ladies sat on the bench it led right into a deep conversation make sense all right now let's go into the second expression that we heard in the first clip here we go how to use what led you to in real life so again the expression what led you to so this just means or in other words what caused you to do something or what influenced you to do something so again I've told you guys that I went to South Korea right so you can say teacher what led you to go to South Korea or what influenced you to do that well I actually wanted to go teach English and the Bible I wanted to be a missionary so my desire to be a missionary and help other people led me to go to Korea make sense all right now the first example sentence here we go what led you to go to Korea ten years ago that's exactly what I just said to you guys a few moments ago so now you understand that first example sentence now the second example sentence is what led you to want to become a lawyer okay and finally what led you to start dating him last year okay so you understand how this is used now remember guys in the comment section I want you guys to pick at least two of the expressions we are going to learn in this video lesson and I want you to make your own sentence using each of the expressions you choose okay so I need at least two sentences each one using one of the expressions you learn in this lesson okay all right now we have one more example with what led you to so here we go we see people holding books and it looks like they're studying here's the sentence what led you to want to study English when there were so many other options okay so again this is something that a teacher could ask a student hey I'm curious what led you to want to study English when there were so many other options you could have learned Spanish you could have learned French and then the student like you would give their answer or response okay all right let's move on to the next expression here we go the third expression was have no intention of or have no intention to now this expression is emphasizing that you are not going to do something or to not plan or want to do something so let's say for example it is 10:00 p.m. at night now I've told my students maybe you know this about me but my friends know this about me I am an early bird and an early bird is someone who goes to bed very early but wakes up very early so I normally wake up at 5:00 a.m. yeah that's true 5 or 6 a.m. in the morning because I am an early bird well that means if my friends call me at midnight and they asked me to go out I'm gonna say no so I can say I have no intention of going out late at night why because I like to sleep early kind of makes sense all right now let's look at our first example sentence here we go he had no intention of apologizing to her all right makes sense he had no desire he didn't want to do that next she has no intention of going there okay and finally I have no intention to change my plans for tomorrow so again I want you to think about a time where you didn't want to do something but someone asked you to do it but you still had no desire at all that time what could you have said you could have said to that person I'm sorry I have no intention of doing dot dot dot make sense all right now our final example using this expression is right here this lady looks a bit angrier this child or young person doesn't look happy at all so we can say the child has no intention of speaking to her friend again I'll tell you guys a quick story when I was a teacher in South Korea I taught all ages I taught adults I taught older people I taught children and I loved it but I remember one situation I had two little girls in my class they were about seven years old seven years old and they were super cute and they were the best of friends so every time I taught my class they would be looking at me and saying teacher oh man we love this class and I really enjoyed being with them but one day I came to class and both of them had a frown on their face so I was confused I said okay let's just say their names were Sally and Mindy okay I said Sally what's wrong nothing teacher nothing I said okay and I looked at Mindy Mindy what's wrong nothing teacher nothing but I noticed that they weren't sitting together so I took Sally and Mindy out of the classroom and I stood them next to each other and I said tell me what happened guys you guys are best friends why aren't you talking to each other so then Mindy spoke up and said Sally was mean to me on the bus and I didn't like it and I looked and that was true Sally said I was mean to her teacher and I don't want to talk to her I don't want to apologize so in that situation I realized that Sally had no intention of apologizing to Mindy you understand right they both were upset but Sally it was the one that made the mistake and it was treating her friend wrong but she still did not want to apologize she had no intention of apologizing to her friend make sense all right now let's move on to our next clip okay we're gonna move on to clip number one first let's look at it one more time then we're gonna move on to clip number one here we go let's watch the clip one more time and see if you recognize them tempted to ask you well I guess that leads right into our next question because I want to ask you how you kind of transition to becoming an English teacher so when did you become an English teacher and you said you've been in Korea for nine years so is that when you first became an English teacher and kind of what led you to become an English teacher okay long story okay I'm I became an English teacher when I came to Korea uh-huh when I came I had I had no intention of staying for nine years at the moment it's like a tin of bits I'm in the middle of my life yeah okay so you heard all three expressions in that short clip right and now you know what they mean okay so now what we're gonna do is we're gonna move on and we're gonna jump into our next clip okay we're gonna jump in but right before that I have a quiz for you guys question number one how do you finish this question what to study English when there were so many other options is the answer a leads right into B what led you to see have no intention of or - or D none of the above what I want you to do is in the comment section for number one this is quiz question number one write down the correct answer is it a B C or D okay all right now guys remember there are three more quiz questions coming up so as you watch the video just write your answer down first so number one what's the answer and then for the next three questions you also need to write your answer in the comment section - okay all right now we're gonna move on to clip number two all right guys here we go so moving on to clip number two let's see what it is enjoy this company and I struggled to adjust it's so interesting you're presenting the two kind of opposite student types I guess the ones that really want to learn and really want the teacher to correct every single mistake they have and have a desire to learn and then the other side of students that English is just something I enjoy I don't care if I make mistakes let's just enjoy so yeah as an ESL teacher I also experience the same thing it's kind of difficult to balance those two different types of students because I'm similar to you as a teacher I want to correct everything so that I can help the student grow because when I was studying Korean I wanted everything corrected don't just let me kind of go by the wayside and make mistakes like correct me so I can grow so yeah I totally understand so you'll notice that there were three new expressions and these expressions guys honestly when you come to understand them and learn how to use them you are definitely gonna sound more natural so here we go we're gonna go back and look at the next expression expression number four enjoy each other's company now this expression means to have fun and be happy to be around one another or to receive pleasure from being around some one ok so again think about somebody in your life right now it can be a family member it can be a friend or even those that you work with someone who when you're around them you actually feel good you feel happy you enjoy their company you enjoy the environment that exists when you're around them or with them ok so the first sentence here we go my best friend and I really enjoy each other's company this is true I remember one of my best friends and I we would travel a lot together and I loved it because we enjoyed each other's company we had a good time we would relax we would laugh we would joke we just enjoyed being in each other's presence or we enjoyed each other's company makes sense all right now the next sentence is it's easy to see that they enjoy each other's company very easy sentence and finally we enjoy each other's company now we're gonna jump right into the final example for this one we see there's a couple sitting on a sofa together and they look very happy so we can say since they enjoy each other's company so much they should hook up oh now let me explain this to you guys really quickly my friend and I actually had a conversation about this this past week my friend is Korean and she speaks English very well she's a teacher but she asked me about this expression hook up so an English hook up can have multiple meanings so of course it can have the literal meaning of hooking some up to something else or you can say to people hook up which means they start dating they become boyfriend and girlfriend or another meaning depending on the situation a slang meaning for this is two people come together for a romantic relationship okay so in this example we're looking at these individuals coming together as boyfriend and girlfriend hook up okay so you learned two expressions in this one all right okay so let's move on now the next expression expression number five is every single okay so how do we use this in real life now this is used to emphasize that you are speaking about every member group or thing now I want to tell you guys really quickly an example that would help you understand this so a few days ago my family and I if you guys follow me on Instagram you remember that I talked about my family and I having lunch together my dad wanted to do a cookout the small cookout so he made fries and burgers and hotdogs they were all vegetarian we're vegetarian but we had those he put them on the grill and my niece's love french fries so I went and I bought some french fries so that we could have them with our burgers and hotdogs now my youngest niece is three years old and she loves french fries so I put the french fries on her plate now let's say for example there were ten french fries she ate all of the french fries or we could say she ate every single french fry that means there were none left makes sense all right good good let's go back here we go number one please don't write down every single word okay next the baby cried every single day and finally I want to help every single child excellent now the last one we have is right here this man looks like he's working but he looks quite tired so we can say my dad works every single day which means this person's dad doesn't get a break because he works Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday he works every single day now guys as you're watching this video don't worry you guys can get the PDF that has all of the examples and all of the expressions okay the link is in the description it's totally free a PDF that I want to give you guys so that you can study at the end of this lesson you can print it out and study it it's totally free so again I'll mention it again at the end of the video but if you want to check it out the link is in the description for the PDF for this lesson okay all right here we go let's move on now the next one we have is expression six go by the wayside I said this at the end of the clip again go by the wayside now this expression means to put aside because of something more important or to be set aside or discarded because of other considerations so again basically go by the wayside just refers to something that is kind of ignored or put away because other things are more important okay so let's look at some examples and it'll make it easier for you guys to understand this expression all right so the first expression is the war has caused other things to go by the wayside so again think about when a country is in the middle of a war everyone's attention is on the news and also on the current state of the war so other things other laws or other things that were in the new digital system that needed to be taken care of sometimes go by the wayside because the war becomes the most important thing okay all right next we have his plan has gone by the wayside because of other important work and finally the president's plan for reform has gone by the way side all right so again we're understanding what this means finally here we go we see that these individuals look like they're working on something they're busy and a light bulb usually in American culture and maybe in your culture as well when we have a light bulb graphic it refers to an idea like ah so they have an idea so we're making a sentence using go by the wayside and idea so let's go back here we go I know you are busy but don't let your idea go by the wayside makes sense right okay you guys got it don't let your idea be ignored even though there are other things that are important remember to also focus on your idea okay you got it all right now let's keep going here we go now let's see clip number two one more time and listen closely for the expressions and enjoy each other's company and I struggled to adjust yeah yeah it's so interesting you're presenting the two kind of opposite student types I guess the ones that really want to learn and really want the teacher to correct every single mistake they have and have a desire to learn and then the other side the students that English is just something I enjoy I don't care if I make mistakes let's just enjoy so yeah as an ESL teacher I also experience the same thing it's kind of difficult to balance those two different types of students because I'm similar to you as a teacher I want to correct everything so that I can help the student grow because when I was studying Korean I wanted everything corrected don't just let me kind of go by the wayside and make mistakes like correct me so that can grow so yeah I totally understand okay now so we just watched the clip one more time and you notice that now that you understand the meaning of the expression one two and three well again we had three expressions for this clip it was easier for you to understand the conversation we were having in that clip okay all right now let's move on here we go we're gonna move on now and we're gonna move on to this question question number two my dad works day so what goes in this space is it a enjoy each other's company is it be every single is it see go by the wayside or is it D none of the above again remember you're gonna put your answer in the comment section for number two I'll show it to you one more time what's the answer to this question this quiz question alright okay now what we're gonna do guys we're gonna move on to our next clip alright now the next clip we have is clip number three here we go yeah okay I ended up more balanced now I pull up some mistakes particularly if I'm seeing two things mm-hmm but I'm not pulling out the one after I'm not pulling up every single mistake I think it makes me a better get a teacher yeah that's true yeah yeah that's true that is good we saw that clip and there again three new expressions that we learned in that clip so let's jump to my screen so we can see what these expressions actually mean and how to use them properly in a conversation so here we go the seventh expression is good overall again good overall alright so this is good all over good as a whole or good in general okay alright so let's look at some examples here we go he's pretty good overall now for this one we're basically saying that he's a good person he's kind he treats everybody well so overall in general he's a great guy he's good over all all right now let's go to our next example here we go the new athletes are good overall so I want you to imagine a situation where there's a new coach coming to a school and he has to assess or look at the athletes and see their abilities and their skills and he realizes pretty much overall they're good the athletes are good overall all right now our last example here we go the last written one is I think they're speaking ability is good overall alright good sentence so here we go with a visual now we see that these people are working on some kind of project and they have kind of a PowerPoint over here so we can say the new sales project was good overall ok so guys again remember I want you guys to pick two of these expressions that I'm teaching you in today's English video lesson and I want you to try to make your own sentences using the expressions okay alright so let's move on to our next expression number 8 particularly if again particularly if now real quick this pronunciation can be a bit tricky so after me par T you lar Li very good it feels weird but you're doing good now let's say it faster after me particularly great one more time particularly excellent job now together particularly if very good don't forget the F sound your front teeth on your bottom lip if excellent job alright so now this expression means it is used to emphasize a specific point or aspect of something you are saying okay so for example soup and salad is a great menu idea particularly if you're planning to feed a lot of people okay next I think you should take a raincoat particularly if you want to stay dry you see that these points are being emphasized and finally here are some tips from my attorney particularly if you are not a US citizen okay now again the visual so we see these women are singing so maybe it's a concert and we can say in my opinion you should go to the concert particularly if you really like country music alright so again guys you noticed that I was emphasizing a certain point and that's what I used particularly if alright okay now let's move on to our next expression expression number 9 how to use the one-offs in real life again the one offs so this means done made or happening only once and not repeated okay so here we go the meeting was a one-off okay only happening one time next this is a one-off deal so don't ask again alright only happening one time and finally will you be doing more talks in the future or was that just a one-off so perfect example guys last week I did a live English class here on YouTube and I'm sure some of you joined and there was a question at the end of the live video about teacher is this gonna be the only episode are you gonna do this again so that student could have said teacher is this live class a one-off or will you be doing it again make sense all right now just to let you guys know I am gonna be doing another live video so pay attention I'll put some notices out on Instagram Facebook and even here in the YouTube community okay all right so let's go to our final example for this expression here we go we have lots of money on this page they gave him a one-off payment to compensate for the extra hours he had to work all right you see what happened there right okay so now what we're gonna do is now that we've learned these expressions we need to move on to the next phase so here we go we're going to move on to the next phase we need to listen and watch the clip one more time yeah okay good overall because I ended up more balanced now I pull up some mistakes particularly if I'm seeing habitual things mm-hmm but I'm not pulling out the one off so I'm not pulling up every single mistake I think it makes me a better better teacher yeah that's true yeah yeah that's true that is good okay so you notice we heard all three expressions and now you know exactly what they mean okay so let's go to our quiz let's see if you guys can get this answer right for the quiz here's question number three I think they're speaking ability is dot dot dot is it a particularly if B one offs C good overall or D none of the above now remember you're gonna put your answer in the comment section for number three what's the answer okay all right now guys let's move on to our next clip clip number four here we go you cannot sound fluent if you have not seared the phrase hundred thousand trillion time mm-hmm yeah it's needed to get that fluent some students that are just time serving anyone interested in doing that it bores them and they don't okay so that was our final clip now guys you may notice that in the clip sometimes it's a bit hard to understand what she's saying what teach your cat is saying it's okay for you to go back rewind and play the clip again and kind of up the volume but remember this is gonna really help your listening skills cuz you have to listen very closely when she speaks okay all right so let's jump into looking at the expressions that were mentioned in this clip expression number 10 important component again important component now this expression emphasizes that one part or section is vital or of great importance so here's the first example sentence this is an important component of the program okay so again this is an important part or a section of the program alright okay next we have I think this is an important component of the process okay and finally remember not to leave out this important component very good all right now just to kind of bring it home and help you guys to really connect with this expression when you're learning English there are many different things you have to learn you have to learn vocabulary you have to learn expressions you have to work on your listening skills your speaking skills and also your understanding of grammar so each of these are important but a lot of times for your foundation grammar is the most important component of your English language journey makes sense right you cut that one right makes sense now huh all right so let's look at one more example here we go we have these little children sitting here with their teacher and we say an important component of early language development is listening this is very very true okay all right so let's move on to expression number 11 put the work in one more time put the work in now this expression actually came up in a conversation I had with one of my students on Instagram and it literally just refers to giving all of your effort giving your best effort to make something work or to do something all right excuse me guys so here we go means to do the work that needs to be done even if it requires a lot of effort so first example you have to put the work in if you expect to be fluent in English this is so true again guys I understand that learning English is not the easiest thing I know that they're gonna be times when you feel discouraged and it feels like you can't move forward but if you put the work in I guarantee you will reach your goals I've been where you are I had to also learn how to speak Korean and it was extremely difficult studying the grammar and the vocabulary and so many other aspects of the Korean language they were very difficult for me but I decided to put the work in and the results were good so keep at it don't stop you can do it alright okay number two we have he put the work in which is why he received good results and finally have you put the work in or are you just trying to do the minimum requirements so you see right here in this example we're comparing putting the work in and minimum effort or minimum requirements okay this is giving all your effort this is giving just a little bit of effort okay all right now let's go to our other example using this expression here we go we have an individual standing right here and it looks like he's holding a graph okay so here we go her accountant put the work in and got her the money she needed that's why he looks so happy right here okay so again you can use this expression whenever someone has put a lot of effort into something or someone has done something for you that was very very help alright ok so let's move on to our next expression alright expression number twelve how to use time serving in real life alright not working very hard at your job or something else because you are just waiting until you reach the time when you can stop so again is when you feel like oh I'm only doing this because I have to and I'm really watching the clock when can I leave I don't want to be here anymore I'm just time serving ok all right now let's look at the example sentences here we go first one he's a time serving drone who works for America's Internal Revenue Service he's just staying there because he has to be there alright next these time serving workers are not putting the work in at all again they really don't have to be there and they don't want to be there but they're just doing it because they have to and they're not working hard ok all right next we have sometimes he just feels like a time serving career man ok alright grateful here we go the students looked like they were just time serving instead of actually being excited to learn you see in this picture they're all looking at their phones and they really don't want to learn or so it seems ok alright so let's move on here we go remember the next thing we have to do is watch the clip one more time so here we go you cannot sound fluent if you have not seared the phrase hundred thousand trillion time mm-hmm yeah it's needed to get that through and some students that are just time serving all right so this time you heard all the expressions right guys so we learned the three expressions and we heard the clip again and now we can recognize ah this is what myself and the other teacher we're saying so now let's see if you guys can get the right answer for the quiz here we go we're going back to my screen again guys here we go question number four he dot dot which is why he received good results okay let her a important component let her be put the work in let her see time serving or letter D none of the above again question number four what's the answer all right guys remember number one two three and four I want you to put your answers in the comment section and also try to pick two expressions to make your own sentences okay all right so guys I really hope you learned a lot remember we learned 12 expressions 12 English expressions today now guys I really hope you enjoyed this lesson and I also want to give you guys the free pdf all you have to do is click the link that's in the description and you can download the free pdf so that you can practice and use these English expressions that we learned today I'll talk to you guys in the next episode

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Length: 41min 13sec (2473 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 18 2019