Today I have a mega lesson for you so you
can improve all areas of your English in the next one hour. Welcome back to JForrest English, of course. I'm Jennifer. Now let's get started first in this master
class, let's focus on your listening skills so you can understand native English speakers
quickly and easily the first time. Here's how this lesson will work. I'm going to say a sentence at a fast-paced
3 times, and you need to write down exactly what you hear in the comments. Are you ready? Let's start your first listening exercise. I'll say it three times. I'm a little rusty. I'm a little rusty. I'm a little rusty. Did you get this one? I said I'm a little rusty. Now notice here I'm using a contraction. I'm this is I am, I'm. Now let's talk about a little. Notice I didn't pronounce those T's. I pronounce them as soft D's. A little, little the the little. And I connected them together a little, a
little. Now, sometimes native speakers will completely
drop those T's and they won't pronounce it at all, and it will sound sound like Lil Lil. And then again, you connect it with the ah,
a little, a little a little rusty, a little rusty, a little rusty. Now, what does it mean to be a little rusty? Rusty is an adjective. So for sentence structure, you need to use
the verb to be to be rusty. I'm a little rusty. She's a little rusty. This is when a skill or an ability isn't as
good as it used to be. Why? Because of lack of practice. So pay attention, English learners, because
you don't want to say I'm a little rusty with my English. You don't want to say that. You definitely don't want to say. I haven't watched AJ Force English lesson
in months, so my English is a little rusty. That doesn't describe you right, so put in
the comments. I'm not rusty. I'm not rusty because you're watching this
lesson right now. You're practicing your English, which means
you're not rusty. I'm not rusty. Put it in the comments. You can use this with any skill or ability. It's commonly used with sports. Let's say you play tennis. But it's winter right now, so you can't play
tennis because it's winter. You might say I haven't played tennis in six
months, so I'm very rusty. So notice in this sentence I said I'm very
rusty. You could also talk about this specific skill
or ability. You could say my serve, my tennis serve, my
serve is very rusty. Well, my Latin's a little rusty. You're pretty rusty. I'm very rusty. Let's try this again. I'll say it three times. We tweaked the plan. We tweaked the plan. We tweaked the plan. Did you get this one? I said we tweaked the plan. Now notice the pronunciation of tweak. This is in the past simple, so it's an Ed
verb. But because the verb ends on a, we need a
soft T so it's not tweaked. That's incorrect. Is tweaked, tweaked. But when you use this in a sentence and there
are words after, you're going to drop that T sound entirely. So notice how tweaked the sounds in this sentence. We tweak the plan. It just sounds like the present simple tweak. It's the context that will make it obvious
that I'm talking about a past action, not the pronunciation. What does it mean to tweak something? When you tweak something, you change it slightly. So just a little. And you do that to make it more correct or
more effective. Uncle Jim's tweaking the Five things plan. So let's say your friend or Co worker wants
you to review a speech they wrote, and you really like it, but you don't like the conclusion. You might say your speech is great, but I'd
tweak the conclusion if I were you. So you're suggesting that they make a slight
change, a small change to the conclusion to make it better, more effective. I do have one small tweak. Sorry, you have a tweak. Now we also use this to make the changes that
we've made sound less significant, so to sound small. So if someone gets upset because you changed
their speech or presentation or plan, you can say, Oh no, no, I didn't change it. I I just tweaked it, which means you did change
it, but you only did it slightly a very small amount. I just tweaked it and we tweaked it. Are you enjoying this lesson? If you are, then I want to tell you about
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to learn more. Or you can go to my website and click on Finally
Fluent Academy. Now let's continue with our lesson. Let's try this again. I'll say it three times. Keep an eye out for him. Keep an eye out for him. Keep an eye out for him. Did you hear what I said? I said keep an eye out for him. Now let's talk about an I out, because native
speakers will combine all these sounds together so it sounds like one an IO and IO. And notice that I didn't say for him. I dropped that H sound on him and it sounded
like M for M forum and then it also sounds like one word. Keep an eye out forum. Let's take a look at the grammar. Because notice keep, this is the base verb,
so that means it's the imperative verb tense. And I'm using this because I'm giving an order
or a command. Keep an eye out for him. I'm not asking, I'm telling just keep an eye
out. This is an expression and it means that you
watch carefully for someone or something. So let's say you're driving along and you
have car troubles. Maybe you get a flat tire, so you have to
pull to the side of the road. Now while you're trying to fix the car, maybe
you tell your friend keep an eye out for other cars, so watch carefully for other cars so
you can say help help, we need help. Or you might say keep an eye out for snakes,
because maybe you're in the desert. Don't keep an eye out. We use this a lot in the workplace. Let's say you're expecting a delivery but
you have to leave to go to a meeting. You might say to your Co worker, I'm going
to a meeting. Can you keep an eye out for the delivery? So you're asking your Co worker to watch for
the delivery, but watch carefully, you know, keep an eye out. Let's try this one more time. I'll say it three times. Can you show her the ropes? Can you show her the ropes? Can you show her the ropes? Do you know what I said? I said, can you show her the ropes? Now notice can because this is an auxiliary
verb, it's not the main verb. It's pronounced as kin kin. It's an unstressed sound. Kin. Can you show? Because show is the main verb. Can you show her now? Here her same thing. We can drop that age and it will sound like,
ER, can you show her? I'm happy to show her the ropes. When you show someone the ropes and notice
ropes is always plural when you show someone the ropes. This is an expression, and we use it when
you show someone how to do a job or an activity or a task. So if there's a new employee or a new member
on your team, your boss might ask you can you show her the ropes? And you can say I'm happy to show her the
ropes, and if you're the new employee receiving the training after, you can say thanks so
much for showing me the ropes like no one showed me the ropes. Don't worry. We showed her the ropes. Then Dr. Yang is showing him the ropes. Now let's do an imitation exercise so you
can practice your pronunciation. I'm going to say each sentence three times,
and I want you to repeat read each sentence out loud. I'm a little rusty. I'm a little rusty. I'm a little rusty. We tweak the plan. We tweak the plan. We tweak the plan. Keep an eye out for him. Keep an eye out for him. Keep an eye out for him. Can you show her the ropes? Can you show her the ropes? Can you show her the ropes? Amazing job improving your listening skills
now. Understanding the expressions that native
speakers use is one of the best ways to improve your listening skills. So that's what we'll do. Right now, I'm going to share 19 expressions
that I use every single day. Some of these expressions I use multiple times
a day, so if you learn them, you'll be able to understand native speakers better and you'll
sound more fluent and natural. So let's learn those expressions. Now. In this lesson, I'm going to explain each
expression and then I'll give you an example sentence so you know how to use it in your
speech. Sound good? And I just use expression #1. Did you hear it? I said sound good, Sound good with a question
is the short form of does that sound good to you? So native speakers just take the sound good
but you have to add a rising intonation to show it's a question sound good and this is
used to get confirmation or approval when you share a plan or idea. Sound good? And if I ask you sound good, how are you going
to reply? Sounds good, Sounds good is the short form
of that sounds good to me. Now notice here you need the S on the verb
because it's in the present simple. That sounds good. So sounds good is the short form, and this
is used to confirm that you agree with someone's plan or idea. So let's practice this. I'm going to start making more lessons for
you. Sound good? Sounds good. Sounds great. Sounds amazing. Sound good? Sounds great. So if you want me to keep making more lessons
for you, put sounds amazing, sounds amazing, put that in the comments. Our next expression will do. I use this absolutely every single day. So let's say someone asks you to do something. Can you send the invoice to the client to
confirm that you will do this? You simply say will do. So don't say I will do it because a native
speaker wouldn't say that. We just say will do. So let's practice this one. Can you do me a favor and like this video? Share with your friends and subscribe because
it really helps support my channel and you can reply back and say will do, will do. Jennifer, how's it going? This is our next expression and I use it every
single day, multiple times a day. Of course you can say how are you. This is used in more impersonal situations
like if you're at the grocery store, you can also say how are you doing. This emphasizes right now, how are you doing
right now. My favorite is How's it Going? Which is more general. It's casual but very natural. And as a bonus to reply, remember you need
to say it's it's going good. Great, amazing, awesome. How's it going? Great. Our next expression is what's going on with
something, What's going on with the project, the deadline, the proposal a something? And this is used to inquire about the status
of something. But you can also use this with people. What's going on with Janice? She seems upset. So you're inquiring into the current status
of Janice. Are you enjoying this lesson? If you are, then I want to tell you about
the finely fluent Academy. This is my premium training program where
we study native English speakers from TV, the movies, YouTube, and the news so you can
improve your listening skills of fast English, expand your vocabulary with natural expressions,
and learn advanced grammar easily. Plus, you'll have me as your personal coach. You can look in the description for the link
to learn more, or you can go to my website and click on Finally Fluent Academy. Now let's continue with our lesson, our next
expression, keep me in the loop. I love this one. Use it every day. So let's say your colleagues are working on
a project and they share with you that they're getting proposals from the vendors. Today you can reply back and say, great, keep
me in the loop and this is used to request that new information or updates are shared
with you as they happen. As a full sentence, you can say keep me in
the loop on the proposals. So you're requesting that as soon as information
is available about the proposals, that information will be shared with you. So if I request that you keep me in the loop
and you want to confirm that you will do it, what would you say those two words will do? Keep me in the loop, will do our next expression
Just following up, just following up so I could send an e-mail to one of my colleagues
and say just following up on the project proposals. Have you heard anything from the vendors? The expression just following up is used when
you continue a previous conversation. Because remember I already talked to my colleagues
about the vendors. I asked them to keep me in the loop but I
haven't heard anything and it's been hours or days. So I'm going to send a message and say just
following up. Our next expression is an acronym ASAP which
stands for as soon as possible. For pronunciation you can say ASAP or ASAP,
ASAP, ASAP. Both of them are very commonly used. We use this in both both requests. Can you get me that information ASAP and we
use it to confirm a task. I'll get that to you ASAPASAP ASAP. Gotcha. Our next expression is no rush. This is the short form of There's no rush,
and this is used to say. That a request isn't urgent. If you got a text from someone that said call
me ASAP, you would assume that's urgent. You might even think that something is wrong. Something happened. But if you got a text that said call me when
you can, no rush. You would know that there is no urgency. No rush. Let's talk about the expression. No worries, no worries. I use this one probably five times or more
every single day. No worries. Maybe you got a text from your colleague that
says I'm sorry I didn't follow up sooner. Remember our expression to follow up. I'm sorry I didn't follow up sooner and you
can reply back and say no worries. This is used to say that you're not upset
about something. No worries. We also use this in situations like when you
bump into someone when you're walking down the street, or if you're at the grocery store
and you accidentally bump into someone with your shopping cart and you say oh sorry, and
then they can say no worries to let you know they're not upset. Now let's talk about oh, really, really. I use this one so much. Really. Your friend could share some exciting news
and say I'm taking three weeks off to volunteer with elephants And you can reply back and
say, really, really. This is used to acknowledge news that someone
shared, but in a surprising way. Notice there's surprise in my voice. Oh, really? You are. You're taking three weeks off to volunteer
with elephants. Wow. Now let's talk about. Good to know. So your friend can say I'll be volunteering
for three weeks, but I'll still call you every day. And then you can say good to know, Good to
know. This is used to acknowledge news that someone
shared in a positive way. So maybe you know the area where your friend
will be volunteering and you let them know that there's an amazing waterfall nearby and
they should visit it. They can reply back and say good to know,
good to know, heads up, Gina isn't coming to the party. Our next expression is heads up. This is used to give advanced warning of something. So I'm telling you before the party starts
that Gina won't be there and this is important information for you. For some reason we use this a lot in a business
context. For example, just a heads up, I followed up
with Leo. He'll get us the proposal ASAP. So notice just a is optional. You can say just a heads up or simply heads
up. I personally use both probably equally, and
the person can reply to the message and say good to know our next expression. Hopefully you don't need to use this one too
much. I'm running late. I'm running late. This is how a native speaker would say that
they're going to be late. They're going to arrive after the time they
said they would arrive. I'm running late. So you might send a message to your colleague
and say heads up, advance warning heads up, I'm running late. Start the meeting without me and your Co worker
could text back and say will do this next expression. I ask my husband every single morning. I say what do you have on the go today? This is an alternative to what are you doing
today? And native speakers love using it. What do you have on the go today? Now, to reply, Kevin will simply tell me what
he's doing, so he'll use the present continuous. I'm finalizing the proposal and this afternoon
I'm following up with some leads. I love this next one, Let's catch up. Let's catch up. And I love this because it's so fun catching
up with people, at least in my opinion. Generally, I use this as a short text and
I might say, hey let's catch soon. And we use this to say that you want to plan
a social outing. Not professionally, but a social outing to
learn what the person has been doing since the last time you saw them or spoke to them. So if my friend has been volunteering on an
elephant farm for three weeks, I could send her a message and say let's catch up when
you're back from volunteering. I can't wait to hear all about it. Our next expression is are you free? But you need to complete the sentence. So remember in the last example I said let's
catch up when you're back from volunteering. Then I can add, are you free on Saturday? So on a specific day, Are you free on Saturday? So this expression is used to ask if someone
is available to do something specific. Are you free to catch up this weekend? Are you free to chat? This next one will definitely make you sound
like a native speaker. Are you good too? Are you good to meet up for? This is how a native speaker would get confirmation
if someone is available to do something specific. Now I could also ask one of my colleagues,
are you good to lead the presentation? And in this sense, I could also be asking
if they feel capable of doing something specific. So maybe this colleague is relatively new,
or maybe they've never given a presentation before, so I want to confirm that they feel
capable. Are you good to lead the presentation? Your colleague could reply back and say, oh,
don't worry, I'm good to go, I'm good to go. That's a bonus expression for you. And finally, one that I use all the time in
the comments, and one that I hear a lot of students try to use but use it incorrectly,
is simply you rock. You rock. In the comments you might see me say great
example, you rock. So I'm simply telling you that you did a great
job. I could also say thanks so much for helping
me, you rock. So in this case it's used as a casual way
to show appreciation or to praise someone. The mistake I see with my students is they
write you are rock, you are rock, But that's not the expression. It's you rock because this is a verb to rock. You rock. You rock Glen, you rock Darcy. Now, because this is a verb, you can conjugate
it, and it's very common to say you rocked in the past. Simple, You rocked the presentation, which
means you did a great job with the presentation, but you rocked it. You are doing such an amazing job. Now let's continue on and focus on some very
specific grammar mistakes that I see students make again and again and again. So you'll fix these common mistakes so you
sound more fluent and professional in English. So let's review those mistakes. Now this sentence has one mistake in it. Feel free to hit pause, review the sentence,
and try to identify the mistake. Now these are real sentences by real students
of mine in the finely fluent Academy. I review example sentences from my students
every single day, and these are the mistakes that they commonly make that we're correcting
in this lesson. So do you know what this mistake is? The mistake is with track record. Now we have one of one of the best track record. So. One of suggests that there's more than one,
so the noun needs to be plural. The correct sentence is. This machine has one of the best track records
in its group. Our next sentence, Your assignment was late. Please explain why you failed to do. What's the mistake? The mistake is leaving out the object you
need to say. Please explain why you failed to do it and
it represents the assignment which was already said. Now, even though it's obvious you're talking
about the assignment, you need an object here. Grammatically. Our next sentence, being a great communicator
in all situations, set you up for success. What's the mistake here? It's set you U. This is the wrong verb conjugation, because
we have this gerund expression being a great communicator in all situations. Now students will often look at that in all
situations, and they think that's what you need to conjugate the verb with. But it's not. It's the gerund expression which is being
a great communicator in all situations. And all of this is the subject it. If you had to choose a subject for it, it
would be the subject it or this. This sets you up for success. So you need to add an S to that verb because
it's conjugated with it as the subject, and it's the present simple. Now, if you had a noun, you would say this
situation sets you up for success. That's the singular noun. Or you could say all situations. Now this is plural. It's they all situations set you up for success. So with the noun, you conjugate it with singular
or plural. But when the sentence starts with a gerund
verb, being is conjugated as it. How about this sentence? I want to run something to you. Do you know what the mistake is? Well, technically this is grammatically correct,
but it's the literal meaning. I want to run something. Maybe this iPad. I want to run something to you now, my student. When they use this, they were trying to use
the expression to run something by or past someone, which is when you share an idea with
someone in order to get feedback on that idea. So the mistake here is using the wrong preposition
which can entirely change the meaning because now it's not the expression. I want to share an idea to get feedback. Now it's I want to literally run something
to you, which is not what my student wanted to communicate. How about this sentence? Lately I'm worried about my English test. What's the mistake? The mistake is using the wrong verb tense
with lately or recently, and I hear this mistake a lot. Lately or recently means the action started
in the past and it continues until now and it might continue into the future. So what verb tense do we need? The present perfect continuous? Lately I've been worrying about my English
test, and you could also say recently I've been worrying about my English test. Now remember that these are real mistakes
that my real students in the finely fluent Academy have made. If you're that student who made this mistake,
don't worry, because that's the whole purpose of taking lessons. I love it when my students make mistakes because
it means I get to share something with them, I get to teach them something and they get
to improve. So if you are also making these mistakes,
don't worry. The important thing is that you're correcting
them right now. And of course, if you want my personalized
support, you can simply join the Finally Fluent Academy. You can check out the link in the description
to learn more. Our next sentence we need to stop problem
in its tracks. What's the mistake? The student forgot the article. This is definitely the most common mistake
I hear even with my advanced students is leaving out articles or not using articles correctly
overall. So here problem is a singular countable noun. So it needs an article. We need to stop the problem in its tracks. Now you could also say we need to stop this
problem in its tracks. You could even say we need to stop our problem
in its tracks. But you need some article before a singular
countable noun. Unless it's one of the many nouns that are
exceptions and don't take articles, which is why students struggle with articles so
much, and which is why I help my students in the finely fluent Academy and provide the
support because the use of articles is so specific in English. Let's look at this sentence. Whenever a student joins the finely fluent
Academy, they always introduce themselves and one of the questions is what do you do
for a living? And a lot of students will reply back and
say I'm accountant, I'm accountant. What's the problem here? Again, it's articles. You need an article before a job title, so
you would need to say I'm an accountant. You need an because accountant starts with
a vowel sound, so you need an instead of. Awe. I'm an accountant. He's a developer. But if you were talking about a group, you
could say they're developers. They are developers. So notice in this case there is no article
because the noun is plural and you don't need an article with plural nouns, they're developers. So please, when you tell people what you do
for a living, make sure you include the article. Otherwise it will sound like your English
is very beginner. Let's review this sentence. He has been jumping up and down for two hours,
was the mistake. This student wanted to use the present perfect
continuous but they didn't form it properly. So it's the incorrect structure. The correct structure is subject have or has
conjugated with the subject which this student did and then been and then the verb in ING. So the student only made one mistake, but
just one mistake with the structure of a sentence will make the entire sentence incorrect. The student used the verb in ING being when
it should have been been. So the correct sentence is He has been jumping
up and down for two hours. How about this one? You need to practice more your English lessons. What's the mistake? The mistake here is incorrect word order,
because you don't practice more something, you practice something more. So the correct sentence is you need to practice
your English lessons more. You practice something, your English lessons
more. Now if the something is obvious, you're talking
about English lessons. You don't need to specify that. You could simply say you need to practice
more, so you can also use practice more but without including the something. This is the final mistake and it's the one
that I hear the absolute most, even more than articles. This sentence is the project doesn't go well. What's the mistake? So what verb tense is being used here? This sentence uses the present simple, but
the present simple is for routine actions, and in this case it's not a routine action,
it's an action that's taking place right now. So the mistake is using the present simple
when the present continuous should have been used. And this is by far the most common mistake
that I hear. Advanced students make the present simple. The correct sentence is the project isn't
going well. Isn't going. Is going, but in the negative. So we have our present continuous is going
is not going. The project isn't going well because we're
talking about right now. Right now, the project isn't going well. You could absolutely use the present simple,
but you would have to make the context appropriate so it would need to be more of a routine action. Think of it as more of an in general. So you could say our projects don't go well. So it's not necessarily the project right
now, it's in general. In general, our projects don't go well, so
just remember right now, present continuous. In general, present simple. So were you making a lot of these mistakes? Don't worry if you were because as I said,
these are real mistakes that my real students make and don't feel bad if you make them as
well. The whole purpose of being here is to make
mistakes, learn, improve and grow. But let's find out if you truly know how to
correct these mistakes. I am going to quiz you right now. Here are all the questions we just reviewed,
reviewed. Hit pause, and I want you to correct them. Correct all the mistakes. And when you're ready to see the answers,
hit play. So, were you able to correct all of those
mistakes? Let's find out. Here are the correct answers. Hit pause, review them, and when you're ready
to continue, hit play. Think of everything you've learned in this
master class already, but you're not done yet. We have one more section. We're going to focus on your reading skills,
so we're going to read a news article together. And at the same time, you'll learn a lot of
advanced vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. So let's read the article now. 1st, I'll read the headline. This beloved beverage has gone viral, but
you might want to think twice before drinking it. Did you notice how I pronounced beloved? Beloved, there are three syllables beloved. This is important because generally when you
have a voiced sound, the Ed is pronounced. As a soft. D and there's only one syllable at the end,
so that means it would normally be beloved, beloved. And some native speakers do pronounce it as
beloved, the two syllables. But it is common more common to say beloved
with the three syllables. Now let's talk about. Has gone viral, so the expression is to go
viral. Here it's conjugated in the the present perfect,
but the verb is go, and that's what you would conjugate. When something goes viral, it means it becomes
extremely popular on social media and usually happens in a short period of time. So fingers crossed that this video that you're
watching right now goes viral to help that you can like the video. So hit the like button because that does help
videos go viral, OK? This. Beloved beverage has gone viral. So this beverage. Is now extremely popular on social media,
but you might want to think twice before drinking it. Let's talk about this, because we have. Might want and then the infinitive to think. You might want to think. This is a great structure when you want to
suggest. Something but do it in. A. Less. Severe way. Because notice this example. You must bring an umbrella. That sounds like a strong suggestion. If someone said that to me, I would 100% bring
an umbrella. But if someone said you might want to bring
an umbrella, maybe I will, maybe I won't. So the article headline is not being very
severe in its recommendation. And when you think twice about something,
it's literally you should think about it, and then you should think about it again. This is a common expression we use in English. So maybe your friend tells you, I want to
quit my job. I hate my boss. You can reply back and say you might want
to think twice before quitting, so you're encouraging your friend. In this case, you're doing it in a gentle
way because we use. You might want to think twice so you're encouraging
your friend to think again. Consider it again to make sure you're making
the right decision. Now don't worry about taking all of these
notes, because I summarize everything in a free lesson PDF. You can look for the link in the description. Now let's continue and find out what this
beloved beverage is. The beverage which is just adding lemon juice
to water. OK, so that's the beverage. It's lemon water has gone viral. We already know what this means in recent
years due to its supposed health benefits, including boosting hydration. Now, here, boosting is used to say, increasing,
increasing hydration. Hydration is the amount of water you have,
so I wrote that here. For you, but the. Technical definite definition of hydration
is your body's ability. To. Absorb water so you have the water in your
body, but then being able. To. Use that water as energy. That would be hydration, boosting hydration,
adding vitamin C, and being an alternative to sugar filled options like soda or fruit
juice. So these are the different health benefits,
which is why this beverage, lemon water, has gone viral. Now let's talk about supposed it's supposed
health benefits. This is a very important word because when
I read this, I know that, OK, this is what people say that lemon water can do, but it
hasn't been proven then you can use supposed it's supposed health benefits. So it let's me know that there's some doubt
around these health benefits we very commonly use. Supposedly the adverb form. For example, she supposedly stole the money. Now if I got rid of supposedly she stole the
money. This sounds like a fact, but if I add she
supposedly someone said it but it hasn't been confirmed. So this is just. Using the adjective form she's. A. Thief. That sounds like a fact. She's a supposed thief, so that isn't a fact. It's just what some people have said. Now notice. This. Pronunciation. Supposedly there's four syllables, but here
is just supposed supposed. So notice that pronunciation different. The trendy drink is all the rage. Some students ask me what trendy means because
this is in a lot of different articles. Trendy simply means popular right now, so
I'll write that for you. Popular right now and all the rage, well,
this is an expression, so the expression is to be all the rage. So you describe something as all the rage. This expression also means to be popular right
now. But remember, you describe something as it. So we could say short videos like the ones
you watch on YouTube shorts. I do those as well. Short videos. Are. Because we need our verb to be conjugated,
short videos are all the rage right now. They're very popular right now, but this could
change in a week or a month, so it's very temporary as well. But according to some doctors and dentists,
it could be wreaking havoc in your mouth. When something wreaks havoc, it means it causes
a lot of problems, and it sounds very strong, so causes severe problems. Now notice the pronunciation of. Wreak. Wreak. There's no W, it's silence, so it starts on
AR, and then the vowel is. E. Wreak, Wreak. Wreaking havoc because it's conjugated in
the present. Continuous because it's happening right now. And remember, this simply means causing severe
problems. I'm not going to lie, I see a lot of effects
on patients. Enamel. OK, so notice how we said doctors and dentists. So right now, who do you think is talking? Well, a dentist. Because enamel is on your teeth. It's what protects your teeth. I guess. I'm not a dentist, so Google tells me that
enamel is the hard white shiny substance that forms the covering of a tooth. So it just. Covers your teeth. That's enamel, but it's important. It protects your teeth. I know my dentist always talks about enamel
whenever I visit the dentist. Now notice here I read this as. I'm not going to lie, but that is not how
native speakers say this. This is an expression. We use it a lot. And the expression is I'm not going to lie,
I'm not going to lie. So when you pronounce this, if you want to
sound like a native speaker, don't say I'm not going to lie. Say I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to lie. You need to take better care of your teeth. I'm not going to lie. You need to improve your English. So we use this. As an expression, before we share advice or
a recommendation that we think the other person should follow, I'll read this again and I'll
read it like a native speaker. I'm not gonna lie, I see a lot of effects
on patients enamel the covering on their teeth from drinking lemon water, one dentist said. So this is one of the reasons why we need
to think twice or we might want to think twice before drinking lemon water. When I see this, remember this is the dentist
talking. When I see this, I asked them what happened. Do you have acid reflux? What's changed? And they can't figure it out. So they being the patient, the patient, This
is a conversation between the dentist and the patient. So the patient can't figure it out. They don't know why their teeth are in a worse
condition compared to their last visit. And then I ask, so and then the dentist asks,
do you drink lemon water in the morning when they confirm, so they say yes, I do. That's confirming. When they confirm, I ask, do you brush your
teeth right after two when they confirm. So again, when they say yes, I do, yes. I brush my teeth right after I wrote that
down for you. So you can see the short form. Yes, I do. And the long form, which is the full sentence. Yes I drink lemon water because when you do
the long form you don't need to include do so. You don't need to say yes I do drink lemon
water is just yes I drink lemon water or yes I do. When they confirm, I now understand the problem
with their teeth. The doctor explained that brushing your teeth
after drinking lemon water is basically brushing acid into your teeth. I highlighted this adverb based. Basically because there's another. Very common one that will help you sound more
fluent, which is essentially lemon Water is essentially brushing acid into your teeth. Now both of these. Mean. Just like so when you do this, when you brush
your teeth after drinking lemon water, it's just like brushing acid into your teeth. So it's the most important characteristic
you can use. Basically you can use. Essentially it's a little more advanced and
then you can use just like which is a more casual way. But a native speaker would absolutely use
this and it sounds very fluent instead. So here we have instead to transition from
what the person is doing and then they want to suggest an alternative. So instead of brushing your teeth after drinking
lemon water. So if you wanted to include that information,
notice that sentence structure instead of and then a gerund. But because it's obvious they just said it,
you can just use instead. Instead. She suggested we brush our teeth before we
drink it, it being the lemon water. Or wait 20 to 30 minutes after alternatively. So this is. Another adverb, you can use instead of instead. So this is. Again, another alternative, but because we
already use instead, you don't want to use it again, Although essentially you could. Alternatively, we can rinse our mouse with
water to wash away any acid and then brush finally. So this is. 1/3 Alternative, but notice the different
prep the different adverbs use because you don't want to use the same ones again and
again. So now you have three new adverbs that you
can use when you're suggesting another possibility, and I think it's obvious. But finally, you can only use this before
the final possibility. I think that's obvious, but I'll just say
it finally. You can drink the lemon water with a straw
to avoid teeth contact. She noted that this technique can be useful
when drinking coffee too. I highlighted teeth contacts because this
is the noun form to avoid something, which is teeth contact because of the enamel, right? But if you want to use a verb, you could just
remember you need a gerund verb to avoid contacting your teeth. So it means the same thing is just a different
sentence structure. She noted that this technique can be useful
when drinking coffee too. I've heard that that coffee is very acidic
and can be harmful to your teeth, and I've heard it also stains your teeth so causes
your teeth to not be very white. So you can try this alternative. You can drink your coffee with a straw and
that's the end of the article. So what I'll do now is. I'll read the article. From start to finish, and this time you can
focus on my pronunciation. This. Beloved beverage has gone viral, but you might
want to think twice before drinking it. The beverage, which is just adding lemon juice
to water, has gone viral in recent years due to its supposed health benefits, including
boosting hydration, adding vitamin C and being an alternative to sugar filled options like
soda or fruit juice. The trendy drink is all the rage, but according
to some doctors and dentists. It could be. Wreaking havoc in your mouth. I'm not going to lie, I see a lot of effects
on patients Enamel from drinking lemon water, one dentist said. When I see this, I asked them what happened. Do you have acid reflux? What's changed And they can't figure it out? And then I ask, do you drink lemon water in
the morning? When they confirm? I ask, Do you brush your teeth right after
two When they confirm, I now understand the problem with their teeth. The doctor explained that brushing your teeth
after drinking lemon water is basically brushing acid into your teeth. Instead, she suggested we brush our teeth
before we drink it or wait 20 to 30 minutes after. Alternatively, we can rinse our mouths with
water to wash away any acid and then brush. Finally, you can drink the lemon water with
a straw to avoid teeth contact. She noted that this technique can be useful
when drinking coffee, too. Congratulations, you completed the master
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