Learn the English Phrases "That's the spirit!" and "a kindred spirit"

In this English lesson, I wanted

to help you learn the English

phrase that's the spirit.

When we say that's the spirit

to someone, we are encouraging them

or recognizing that they

did something cool or that

they're excited about something.

I'm not sure I'm

explaining this well.

Let me explain.

If I said to someone, I want to go

for a hike tomorrow, but it's going

to rain, if they said, I'll just

wear a jacket and bring an

umbrella, I would say to them,

that's the spirit.

They are showing a positive

attitude towards something

that might be hard.

If I said to a student, the exam is

going to take three hours, and if

they responded by saying, well, then

I'll just study for three weeks,

I would say, that's the spirit.

They are showing a positive

attitude when something

difficult is going to happen.

It's very windy out here today.

I'll show you in a minute.

Hopefully I don't blow away.

The second phrase I wanted to teach

you today is a kindred spirit.

A kindred spirit is a person you meet

who is very similar to you

and has a lot of the same interests.

I have a good friend, and that friend

and I both read science fiction

books when we were teenagers

and we often talked about them.

We were kindred spirits.

When I was at university,

I met people who I really

enjoyed hanging out with.

We were kindred spirits.

So to review that's the spirit is

used to basically recognize that

someone is being positive in

a situation that might be negative.

And when you say a kindred spirit,

you're talking about someone

who thinks a lot like you, likes

a lot of the same things as you.

But hey, let's look at a comment

from a previous video.

This comment is from Pedro.

Talking in person is different.

It brings back a kind of warmth

you don't get through a screen.

Have a great weekend, Bob.

And my response?

Yeah, I like in person

better than online.

So that was a reference.

Thanks, Pedro.

That was a reference to the last

lesson where I talked about

face to face and in person.

Let's walk over here

and see if we can see.

Oh, I was going to

say one more thing.

I used to have to do parent

teacher interviews online

during the pandemic and I

didn't like it at all.

Okay, I'm not sure if

you can see this tree.

It was moving quite

a bit more earlier.

I'll just point like this for a bit.

It's just really,

really windy out here.

I'm gonna walk this way so

the wind is at my back.

That's better

for the microphone. Then the sound,

the audio quality should be pretty

good, but I'm just walking in

what I would call a typical Canadian

neighborhood in a small town.

Notice some of the driveways

are gravel, some of the driveways

are concrete, and some

of the driveways are pavement.

Last time I did a video like this

in town, a lady ran out of her house

and wanted to know what I was doing.

So I don't know if that will

happen again, but people are

quite protective when they

see someone with a camera.

Although the last time it happened,

the person thought that

it was some sort of sensor

that I was looking for gas

leaks or something like that.

This person must be getting ready

to go camping.

It's a little early for camping in

Ontario, Canada, but you can see

they have their pickup truck hooked

up to their camper and it looks like

they're getting ready to hit the

road and maybe find a campground

that's open.

I don't think a lot of them are yet.

They usually don't open

till the middle of May.

Anyways.

Again, a view of the trees

moving in the wind.

A nice view of a typical

Canadian neighborhood.

Older neighborhood.

Sorry, it just got really

windy there for just a moment.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I'll see you in a few days with

another short English lesson.

Bye.