Learn the English Phrases HARD TO FOLLOW and TO FOLLOW IN SOMEONE'S FOOTSTEPS

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn

the English phrase "hard to follow."

Hard to follow simply means

that something is hard to understand

or it's hard to keep track of what's happening

when you're watching something or reading something

or when someone is talking to you.

Hopefully, when you watch my videos,

they're not hard to follow.

Hopefully, they are easy to understand.

I know sometimes when you watch an English movie

or English TV show, it might be hard to follow.

You might have to pause and rewind

and maybe turn the subtitles on every once in a while,

because sometimes people just speak too quickly

and it's hard to follow.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today

is "to follow in someone's footsteps."

When you follow in someone's footsteps,

it means you do the same thing as they do.

Usually this is between generations,

like when children do the same job as their mom or dad,

we say that they are following in their footsteps.

Often, this happens on farms.

Often, farms are taken over by the next generation.

Sometimes the son or daughter of a farmer

will follow in their parents' footsteps

and they will do the same thing as their parents.

They will also become farmers.

So to review, not sure I explained this one good enough,

but when something is hard to follow,

it's simply hard to understand.

Again, I really hope my videos aren't too hard to follow.

I hope they are easy for you to understand.

And when you follow in someone's footsteps,

it usually means that you do the same thing

as an older family member.

Sometimes grandkids will follow

in the footsteps of their grandparents.

Maybe their grandfather was a mechanic

and one of the grandkids has decided

to become a mechanic as well.

We would say that they are going to follow

in their grandfather's footsteps.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from, I think, Yellow DQ 1989.

And the comment is this.

"You just need a Clarkson's Lamborghini tractor."

And my response was, "That would be amazing.

I love that show. So fun to watch."

So what Yellow is talking about is a show on Amazon Prime

called "Clarkson's Farm."

"Clarkson's Farm" stars Jeremy Clarkson.

He was a presenter on "Top Gear" and "The Grand Tour,"

an automotive show, for a very long time.

I think he still does "The Grand Tour"

but he also has a little show now called "Clarkson's Farm"

where he farms in England and he has a tractor

that's made by Lamborghini.

A very cool tractor.

I'm assuming it's made

by some of my Italian friends in Italy.

And he is just learning how to be a farmer on his big farm.

Maybe I should have a Lamborghini tractor.

I'm not sure if you can see my tractor down there.

My big tractor is also broken.

I have two broken tractors right now.

My small tractor and my big one.

So hopefully the repairman comes to fix my big tractor.

It's down there in the field. It's really little.

Maybe I'll try to zoom in on it when I edit this video.

Hopefully the repair person,

hopefully the tractor mechanic comes today

and he's able to fix that one.

The tire on my other tractor is still not repaired.

I have to go get that later today.

Hopefully, within a couple of days,

both my tractors are working again, but it's not a rush.

I'm not in a hurry because the sky is dark again

and you probably can't tell,

but it's actually starting to spit right now.

When it's spitting,

there's just tiny, tiny drops of rain coming down.

So looks like another rainy day.

You can't do a lot of tractor work on a rainy day anyways,

but hopefully I get the tire fixed on my little tractor

so I can hook a chain up to my big tractor

and bring it up to the farm yard to get fixed.

See you in a couple of days

with another small English lesson.

Bye.