Learn the English Phrases SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT and JUMP SHIP

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So in this English lesson,
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase
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shape up or ship out.
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If someone ever tells you
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that you need to shape up or ship out,
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it's not a good thing.
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It means that you need to improve your performance,
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or you need to work harder,
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or you need to play harder
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if you are playing on a sports team.
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If someone says you need to shape up or ship out,
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it means that you need to get better
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or else you need to leave.
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So the leaving part might be you deciding to leave,
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or you might be told to leave.
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Let's say you have a job and your boss says,
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"Hey, Bob, you really need to shape up or ship out."
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Basically what he's saying is
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that you you need to work harder,
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you need to work more efficiently
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and you need to do a better job,
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or either you'll need to decide to leave
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or you'll be told to leave.
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So if anyone ever says to you shape up or ship out,
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it's not a good thing.
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And hopefully this is not phrase
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that you ever hear yourself.
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Maybe you'll have to use it with someone.
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Hopefully that doesn't happen to you.
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Anyways, the second phrase
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I wanna look at today is the phrase jump ship.
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Let's say you have a favorite athlete.
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You are a huge fan of a certain football player,
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and you've heard that he might jump ship.
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This means that he might leave the team that he is on
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and join a new team.
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Maybe in the world of business,
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you know that there is someone at another company
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who's really good at their job
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and they might jump ship and come and work at your company.
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So there's no actual ship.
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No one's actually jumping in the ocean
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when you use this phrase.
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We simply use this phrase
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to talk about someone leaving one organization
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or business or a team in order to join another.
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This often happens in the National Hockey League
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in the off season.
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Sometimes you'll hear about a player
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who's going to jump ship.
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That means he's going to leave one team and join another.
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So to review, if someone says shape up or ship out,
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it means you're not doing a good job
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and you better start doing a good job,
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or you might be asked to leave.
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And if you decide to jump ship,
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it means that you decide to leave wherever you are at
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to go work somewhere else
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or play somewhere else if you're a professional athlete.
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Anyways, let's look at a comment from another day.
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This is from the last video, and Ken T. has this comment.
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And Ken T. says, "Long story short, I like your video."
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So this was from the lesson
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where I taught the phrase long story short
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and the phrase likely story.
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And Ken, this is a perfect comment.
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You used the phrase perfectly.
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Your comment was even short.
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And basically, when you say long story short,
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instead of telling a really long story,
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you just tell a really short and simple one
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and you get to the point right away.
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Thanks, Ken, awesome comment.
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My response was, "Awesome use of the phrase, Ken. Perfect."
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So thank you so much for that comment.
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Remember, leave a comment below
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and I might choose yours for the next video tomorrow.
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We'll see.
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Anyways, I'm sitting in front of my van today
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because the last part of the lesson
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I just like to talk a little bit about my life.
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This van actually, I took it to the garage last week.
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We had to take this van to the garage
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because the engine light was on.
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So we were a little worried that it was something major.
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We were hoping that it wasn't going to be a major repair,
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and it seems like it wasn't a major repair.
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I think it was just a sensor in the engine.
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So we were a little worried, Jen and I,
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that we were going to have a huge bill
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and that we were going to have to spend a lot of money
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to get our van fixed,
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but I think it was just a small problem.
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And while the van was there,
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we got the air conditioning fixed too.
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So normally at this point in August,
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it cools down a little bit, but is 32 degrees right now.
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I'm sitting in the shade, that I'm in.
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Thankfully, I'm in the shade
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and I can stay cool while I make this video.
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But anyways, van went to the garage, van got fixed,
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didn't cost too much, Bob the Canadian is super happy.
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Anyways, thanks for watching.
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I'll see you tomorrow with another short English lesson.
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Have a good day!
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