Learn the English Terms "binge-worthy" and "page-turner"

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In this rainy day English lesson
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I'd like to help you learn the English term binge-worthy.
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This is a term we use to describe a TV show
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that's so amazing, you watch episode after episode
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until you've watched a whole season, maybe in one night
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or one weekend, maybe there's eight episodes in a season
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and you watch them all on one night.
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One Saturday night you sit down and watch all of them.
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We would certainly say that that show is binge-worthy.
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It's worth binging.
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Binging is when you, when you binge on food
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you eat a whole bunch of food at once.
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When you binge on a TV show, you watch a whole bunch
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of it at the same time, or one after another.
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So if there is a TV show that you love
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and you have it on a streaming service
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where you can watch one episode after another,
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we would say it is binge-worthy.
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And you might even tell a friend,
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"Oh you should watch this show, it's binge-worthy."
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The other term I wanted to teach you today
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is the term page-turner.
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We use this to refer to a book that's really, really good.
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If you are reading a book
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and it's so good,
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you're just turning pages one after the other
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as quickly as possible
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and reading as fast as you can,
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we say that it is a page-turner.
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So to review, if you're watching a TV show
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and when you're done watching one episode
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you click play to watch the next one right away,
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we would probably say that that show is binge-worthy.
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And if you're reading a book
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and you can't put it down,
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you are just reading it as fast as you can,
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we say that it is a page-turner.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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Oh, it's stuck in my pocket.
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The papers are a little wet
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'cause it is raining a bit right now.
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This comment is from Daniel.
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"I really like to shop online
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because oftentimes prices hit rock bottom
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and I'm able to buy many things I need.
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Thanks for the lesson teacher Bob."
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And my response, "I like getting an email alert
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when something is on sale."
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So yes, it is fun to shop online.
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You can often get really, really low prices,
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and sometimes I will sign up on a website,
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on a shopping website
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and say "Hey, send me an email
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when this particular item goes on sale."
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So thanks for the comment, Daniel.
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I want to show you that I've been sitting
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in the house waiting for the rain to stop.
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Once again, I have on my rubber boots.
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So you can see here that the driveway has a lot of puddles.
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You can probably also see maybe a little bit
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that it's wet out here.
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Probably better if we look over here.
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You can hear me splashing through the puddles
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but you can actually see the water running down the driveway
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a little bit here, it is awesome. (chuckles)
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We have had a few days of rain here.
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We've actually had enough at this point.
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If it was to stop raining, I would be fine with that,
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but we weren't expecting this little extra bonus rain.
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We had already received some rain yesterday.
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We received some rain this past Saturday.
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And so this is, I would just call this bonus rain,
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the soil still had the ability to absorb this rain
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so it's not like we've had too much.
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And if the sun wanted to come out now
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that would be awesome and fine with me.
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But once again, as a farmer, you can't really predict these.
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I think the sun's coming out right now.
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Oh, well look at that.
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I can't really shine my camera up there
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but there's just a small hole in the cloud
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and the sun came out.
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I guess maybe I can command the weather now.
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No, I'm just kidding, I can't do that.
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Anyways, nice big puddles.
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Everything is very, very happy.
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Flowers and crops are going to grow well
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over the next few days, so that is really, really awesome.
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We're thankful for the rain.
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Thanks for watching, I'll see you in a couple days
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with another short English lesson, bye.
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