Meaning of SPRING BREAK and READING BREAK and MARCH BREAK - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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- So as many of you know,
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I am a high school teacher,
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and right now, as of right now it is spring break,
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spring break is a break that we take from teaching,
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it's a break that students get in the spring every year,
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and it lasts about one week,
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and spring break started today,
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so the way you talk about spring break,
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is you say that you are on spring break,
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you don't say that you're taking a spring break,
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you simply say that you are on spring break,
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typically, people travel during spring break,
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usually there are a lot of travelers during spring break,
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but this year,
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there aren't as many people traveling as you would think,
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many school trips during the spring break this year
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have been canceled, due to the COVID-19 virus,
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many people are simply staying home,
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Jen and I don't usually go anywhere during spring break,
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we usually have lots of work to do here on the farm,
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as things get nicer, so I will be spending my spring break
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here on the farm,
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doing as much work as I need to do,
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there's a few other words though for spring break,
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we also call it March Break in my part of Canada,
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because typically spring break is in the month of March,
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so right now I could also say it's March Break,
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I could say I'm on March Break,
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we also call it reading break sometimes,
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that's not as common in this part of Canada,
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but at some schools, they will have a week off,
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and students will say that they are on reading break,
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I guess the idea being that during their reading break,
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they'll be reading lots of books,
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although I think they do a lot more partying,
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than they do reading when they're on reading break
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at most universities,
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I hope the reading, anyways Bob the Canadian here,
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I hope things are going well in your part of the world,
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things today seem to be getting a little more serious,
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a lot of air travel has been canceled,
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but I hope that you're having a good day wherever you are,
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and I will see you tomorrow in the next video.
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