Learn the English Phrases TO LOOK FORWARD TO and TO LOOK BACK ON - An English Lesson with Subtitles
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So, in English, when you
look forward to something
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it means that you're excited about it.
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It means that you are happy
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that something is going to happen.
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It means that you smile when
you think about something
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that is going to happen.
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I look forward to a few things.
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I look forward to a day
when I'm semi-retired,
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when I can work a little bit less.
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I look forward to a time
when COVID-19 is over,
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when we've found a virus.
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I hope that all the
scientists in the world
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are working hard on that,
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and I appreciate that they are.
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You might look forward to a time
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when you can speak English fluently.
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Maybe you already do,
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but maybe you are
looking forward to a time
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when you'll be able to speak
English like a native speaker.
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So, in English, when you
look forward to something
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it means that you're excited about it.
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When I was a lot younger,
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I was always looking forward to any day
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where I got to be with Jen.
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So, when you look forward to something,
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it means that you smile
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and think about how happy
you'll be when it happens.
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This doesn't have any emotion with it.
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It's simply a phrase we use
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when we are talking about the past.
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So, if I say, I look back on
my time at university fondly,
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that means that when I look back,
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when I think about when I was younger,
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when I think about the time
when I was at university,
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it means that I smile
when I think about it.
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So, when you say that
look back on something,
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it simply means that
you are remembering it.
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It doesn't mean that you are
happy about it or sad about it.
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You do need to add that
emotion with other words.
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So, it's not like the
phrase look forward to
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where built into the phrase
is the emotion of happiness.
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When you look back on something,
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it's simply the act of remembering it.
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So, when I look back on
my day in university,
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I think that I certainly had
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less responsibility than I do now.
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Anyways, Bob the Canadian here.
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Hope you're having a good day.
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I hope you have a good week.
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I'll see you tomorrow with
another small English lesson.
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