Learn the English Phrases "the short term" and "the long term"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help

you learn the English phrase the short term.

When we say the short term, we're talking about

for the next day or the next few hours

or the next week, like a short amount of

time between now and a future situation.

Sometimes we fix things for the short term.

We know that for the short term the fix will last.

Maybe you put some tape on a piece of clothing.

No one does that, do they?

If I had a little tear here, I could put some tape

on there so that for the short term it is wearable.

That's a bad example.

But anyways, I think you get the point when you do

something for the short term, or when you refer to the

short term, you're referring to a short amount of time.

Sometimes your vehicle is broken and

there's like a short term fix.

So in the short term you might just put a little

bit of air in a tire that's actually slowly going flat.

Flat.

That's a better example.

Anyways, the other phrase I wanted to

teach you today is the long term.

The long term means for a long time.

So let's use the tire example again.

If your tire is leaking air, you can

put some air in for the short term.

But for the long term you want to replace

the tire or get the tire patched and repaired.

So the short term would be like a quick

fix, something that works but isn't the best fixed.

And then a long term fix would

be something that is more permanent.

So to review, let me try to explain these again.

When you do something for the short term or in the

short term, it means for a short amount of time.

And when you do it for the long term or in the

long term, you do it for a longer amount of time.

Let me use that in and for phrase a bit.

So in the short term, putting

air in will fix the problem.

In the long term though, you

should get it replaced or fixed.

So putting air in the tire

will last for the short term.

Notice I used for there.

But getting the tire replaced or fixed

is better for the long term.

Hopefully I explained that well.

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

This comet is from Vitor.

That reminded me of when one of the

windows in my parent's house was broken.

I had the brilliant idea of removing the last pieces of

glass and using adhesive tape to fill the empty space.

The other day the window was full of insects. Haha.

We didn't have money to replace glass, so I thought I

was going to save us some money using adhesive tape.

It was certainly not a good idea.

And then my response, sometimes things work in the

short term, but not in the long term.

So now you know the source

of the topic for this lesson.

I was answering that comment.

Thanks, Vitor for that comment, by the way.

And I used those two phrases and I thought, I

don't know if I've taught those two phrases before.

I think I just stepped in some mud.

I hope it was mud.

Anyways, I hope you are all doing well.

I'm having a rare day off, so I've been

walking a lot and exercising a lot and doing

a lot of physical labor on the farm.

And today I'm trying to do nothing.

And as things go for me, I haven't succeeded.

I've actually done a number of things

this morning. I responded to all the

comments on the new lesson on my

main channel about buying large purchases.

I responded to all the comments from

the previous video on this channel.

I made my Wednesdays with Bob video.

I went out and made that, hey, this

is a cool little spot here, isn't it?

And then now I'm outside making this short lesson.

So I'm trying, though, not to do any physical labor.

I'm not injured, I'm not hurt or anything like that.

But I think it was on, was it Sunday or Saturday?

I worked really hard and then we went to

the big pool to go for a swim and

I actually was quite physically active in the water.

And I had already walked 16,000 steps that day and

about 17 or 18,000 by the end of the day.

So I was pretty sore and I

was still kind of feeling it yesterday.

So I thought, you know what, I'll just take a full

day off and try to let my body heal up.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I hope you were able to understand the two phrases

that I taught in this lesson and I'll see you

in a couple days with another short English lesson. Bye.