Learn the English Terms "a no-brainer" and "brainiac"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help

you learn the English term a no-brainer.

When we say something is a no-brainer,

it means it's very obvious, it's very easy.

There's not a lot of thought that needs

to go into the decision to do it.

Here are a couple of examples.

Jen loves growing things.

Jen loves flowers.

So it was a no-brainer for her to decide

to start a business where she grows and sells flowers.

She didn't have to think about that a lot.

She didn't have to stress about

whether she was good at it.

She already knew that she was good at it.

So it was a no-brainer. For me

I always loved computers and still do.

And I've been talking in front of people in a

classroom for a long time, and I am a language

teacher, so it was a no-brainer for me to

decide that I should start making English lessons on YouTube.

So when something's a no-brainer, it means it's

a really easy decision, because everything's fallen into place

already for you to make that decision.

The other term I wanted to teach

you today is the term a brainiac.

Now, this isn't an insult.

It is informal.

It's not always flattering, but it's used to

refer to someone who's really, really smart.

So I have a cousin who's a brainiac.

I hope they're not watching this video.

Someone who's just really good in school, someone who gets

100% on every test, someone who goes to university.

We would describe that person as a brainiac.

Someone who is really good at thinking.

So, to review, a no-brainer, by the way, did you

notice both these terms have the word brain in it?

And I think I taught this one a

couple of years ago, maybe four years ago.

But a no-brainer is something where you don't really

need to use your brain much to make a decision.

And a brainiac is used to describe

a person who's really, really smart.

Yeah, I have some really smart cousins

on my mom's side of the family.

My dad's side of the family has

some smart people, too, if you're watching.

But there are certainly some brainiacs, a few

university professors on that side, I think

even some crazy stuff like that.

Anyways, let's look at a comment from

a previous video from Qiu Park.

Amazing spring day.

I can feel it even through the screen.

Thanks, Bob.

And then my response, it certainly

is starting to feel that way.

If you listen, there's actually birds chirping right

now. Today and tomorrow are supposed to be

quite nice, like today and tomorrow.

I'll use your comment in the next video

to remind myself to talk about it.

So yeah, it's really nice out here today.

I have a sweatshirt on and I don't think I need it.

By the way.

I feel like I do get a little repetitive in my videos.

I feel like every spring when the daffodils come

up, I come out here and show you.

So here are the daffodils.

They are popping out of the ground.

They will start blooming in a few weeks.

And then, as I mentioned, if you

listen, you can hear some birds chirping.

I'm not sure if you can hear it.

I hope you can.

So all of that together makes it feel like spring.

I'm trying to get closer to this bird here.

It's actually up here in the tree. See, how, uh....

How close can I get to it?

It's up there on the branch.

I would say it's a robin, but I'm not 100% sure.

It kind of looks like one.

I'm not... I'm not 100%... I'm not a tree expert necessarily.

So it's spring. Soon

we'll have to clean all the

sticks up off the ground. Soon

the trees as well....

I'm not sure if I can get to a close branch,

but you can see that the trees will soon leaf out.

They're budding a little bit.

So yeah, definitely starting to feel a lot like spring.

I'm really enjoying it.

I don't know what it is.

I love winter, you all know that.

But there's just some special feeling

about the start of spring.

You can hear the geese too, obviously.

Anyways, thanks for watching this short English lesson.

I'll have another one for you in a couple of days.

I'm going to go in and edit this and upload it

and then I'm going to enjoy the rest of the day.

A little bit of badminton later today again,

a little bit of shopping and a lot of relaxing.

So anyways, thanks for watching. Bye.