Learn the English Phrases "There's no time like the present!" and "to be present"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn

the English phrase there's no time like the present.

This is a phrase that we say to

people when they're talking about starting something new

or they're starting about maybe restarting something.

You might say, hey, there's no time like the present.

So let's say my brother said to me,

I'm thinking of going to the gym again.

I haven't gotten to the gym for a couple of

years and I'm thinking of going to the gym again.

I might get a membership.

I think I might do that sometime in the new year.

I could say to him then, hey,

there's no time like the present.

Basically what I mean is, why don't

you go and do that today?

Why don't you go to the gym today and get a membership?

You could also use this when talking about English.

Maybe you need to increase the amount of

English studying that you're doing in 2024.

Well, you know what?

There's no time like the present.

You could get started today.

The second phrase I wanted to teach you

today is the phrase to be present.

Now, this kind of has two meanings.

When I take attendance in my

class, the students are present.

They even say to me present when I say

their name, and it means that they are there.

So to be present means that you are

somewhere physically sitting or standing in that space.

But it could also mean to be listening to someone.

If Jen is talking to me and I'm

on my phone, I'm not really present.

It's important for me to be present when Jen's talking

to me, both physically, like actually standing or sitting, but

also to not be distracted by other things.

It's nice to be present when people talk to you.

So to review, there's no time like the present simply

means it's just a little saying that means, hey, why

don't you start on that thing you're talking about today?

Today is a great day.

Right now is a great time to start on it.

And to be present means to be

physically present, but also to be mentally

present, to be paying attention to someone.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a

previous video before I get too cold out here.

It's a little chilly today.

It's minus seven right now. Can you believe it?

I have gloves on, but no, toque.

This is from Francisco.

I need to pull my socks up with my English.

I woke up with good intentions. And my

response, there's no time like the present.

Now, you know where I got the idea for that phrase

from.

And it's true, right?

Like sometimes it's easy to talk about doing something.

It's easy to.

In English, sometimes we say, oh, he talks big.

If someone says to you that someone talks big,

it means that the person talks a lot but

never actually does what they're planning to do.

With the example of my brother.

If my brother said, I'm going to go to

the gym, I'm going to get a membership, I

might just say, he's just talking big.

He's not actually going to do it.

Hey, another boring lesson out here in my yard.

But I did want to show you that.

Sorry, I'm using my new camera and I keep

pushing the power button to spin the camera around.

I did that in another video before, but

there are some geese swimming across the river.

A little hard to see.

I'll zoom in a bit when I do the edit and

then if we look over there as well, there are a

whole bunch of geese across the river on the neighbor's property.

Let's see if we can see these again.

Kind of curious to see if my new camera, whether

I can do a nicer zoom when I zoom in

when I do the edit, we'll have to see.

No, we haven't burned the pallets yet.

We might do that on Saturday. We'll see.

But who knows?

And yeah, I know I talk about

the weather a lot in these videos.

It's a topic I love.

It's finally cold out, but it is kind of weird.

It's minus seven.

My nose is getting a little bit cold right

now and my ears are a bit cold.

But no snow.

And no snow in the forecast.

I think we're just going to be in this kind

of weather for a while before anything really changes.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I'll have another short lesson for you next week

Wednesday.

You'll be watching this on a Friday most likely.

I hope you have a good day and

I hope you have a good weekend. Bye.