Learn the English Phrase JOIN THE CLUB and MIND IF I JOIN YOU?

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In this English lesson,
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I wanted to teach you the English phrase, join the club.
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"Join the club," is kind of a funny thing that we say
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when someone is having something happen to them
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that isn't enjoyable,
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and we're experiencing the same thing.
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So here's a good example.
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This morning, Jen said, "Oh, I'm really tired.
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I didn't sleep well."
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I could respond and say, "Join the club."
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It's like we're pretending there's a little club
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for people who didn't sleep well.
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You could have someone say,
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"Oh, my boss is really mean to me all the time,"
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and you could respond by saying, "Join the club.
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My boss is not a very nice person, either."
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So when you say, "Join the club," there's no actual club.
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A club is a group of people that meets
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because of a certain topic or a certain thing,
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but you kind of pretend there is.
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So if someone says, "Oh, it's really cold out here
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and my hands are freezing,"
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I could say, "Join the club."
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The second phrase I wanted to teach you today is,
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mind if I join you?
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"Mind if I join you?"
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is a polite way of asking if you can sit with someone.
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Maybe, let me think here.
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When I eat lunch at work,
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sometimes there are some teachers sitting at a table,
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and there's an extra chair there,
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and when I walk up with my lunch, I say,
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"Mind if I join you?"
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because they might be having a meeting,
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and they might not want other people to sit with them,
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or they might just be having a relaxing time,
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eating their lunch,
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and I could say, "Mind if I join you?"
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and the response from them would probably be,
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"Sure, have a seat,"
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or "Yeah, no problem.
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Have a seat."
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So when you say, "Mind if I join you,"
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you're simply asking if you can sit with people,
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and we usually say this when there's an empty seat
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and there's already people there,
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and we're wondering if we can sit there.
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So to review, "Join the club" is a funny phrase we use.
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When someone is having
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something not so good happen to them,
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and we have the same experience,
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we might say, "Join the club."
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And if you say, "Mind if I join you?"
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it's something you say when you see people
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sitting somewhere at a table, and there's an extra seat,
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and you're wondering if you can sit with them,
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so you would say, "Mind if I join you?"
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Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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If I seem out of sorts today, it's because it is cold today.
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You can tell by what I'm wearing that it's really cold.
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So let's look at a comment.
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This is from Qiu Park, and Qiu Park says,
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"Your sunglasses are really cool,"
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and my response is, "Thanks.
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I can't remember where I bought this pair,
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but they have served me well."
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So I wanted to talk, first of all,
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Qiu Park, thank you for leaving that comment,
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and then I do want to talk about the phrase,
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I'll just...
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I can't get this in my pocket,
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'cause I have my big gloves on.
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I'll talk about the phrase, "Served me well."
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In English, when you say something served you well,
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it means that you bought something
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and it worked for a really long time,
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and it was worth the money you paid for it.
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So my camera that I'm using has served me well.
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I bought it used a few years ago.
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Every time I go out to make a video, it works really well.
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It has served me well.
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These sunglasses, they have served me well.
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Even though a lot of you yesterday
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said they were a really nice pair of sunglasses
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or they looked really cool,
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they're actually quite old,
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and you couldn't see it yesterday.
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Maybe you can see it a bit better today.
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They're quite scratched up.
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They're very scratched up, and they're quite old.
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I think they just broke. You see that?
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I think there's a piece of sunglass stuck right here.
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Oh, let me see if I can fix them
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while I'm making this English lesson.
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There. I fixed them.
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They can continue now to serve me well.
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Anyways, I wanted to finish.
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I talk about the weather a lot.
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I wanted to finish by talking about the weather.
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I've got the big gloves on, I got the toque, the hoodie,
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and the hoodie from my coat on, or the hood from my coat on,
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because it is -12 out here.
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Overnight, it was -18.
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It's cold. It is really, really cold out here.
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I'm actually wearing long johns under my pants.
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Long johns are another layer of clothing
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that you wear under your pants when it's really cold.
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And of course,
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I also have my new boots on,
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but it's still beautiful out here, but it's cold.
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You can see...
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When I breathe out, you can see my breath.
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That's how cold it is,
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and it's a little bit windy.
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So Oscar's actually over there enjoying the winter weather,
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but we don't like to have him outside too long
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when it's this cold,
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because when it's below -10,
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it's not really nice for dogs to be outside for too long.
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So he's over there hunting some rabbits.
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We'll both go in in just a little bit.
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Anyways, I think I went an extra minute today.
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Maybe...
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Maybe you enjoyed it.
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Maybe it was a little bit boring. Who knows?
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At least you got to see me fix my sunglasses.
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I'll see you in a couple of days
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with another short English lesson.
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See you later.
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