Learn the English Phrases A TOUCH OF CLASS and WORLD CLASS

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In this English lesson I wanted to help you
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learn the English phrase, "a touch of class."
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When you do something with a touch of class,
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it means you do something in a way
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that makes it cooler than normal.
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Let's think about maybe you're making a dinner
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for someone special in your life.
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And you think to yourself,
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"If I put some candles on the table
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for this romantic dinner,
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it will add a touch of class."
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So when you add a touch of class to something,
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it means you add something
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that makes it a little more special
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than it normally would be.
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I thought when I bought these sunglasses
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that even though they were only a dollar,
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they add a touch of class to how I look in my videos.
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And it's nice to have them on a sunny day,
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but they also add a touch of class.
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The second phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the phrase, "world class".
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When something is world class,
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it means it's super, super good,
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or if someone is world class,
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it means they're super, super good.
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Think about your favorite athlete,
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they are probably a world class athlete.
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There are hockey players in Canada
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that could play on any hockey team in the world
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because they are world class athletes.
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They're some of the best in the world.
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There's some restaurants in Toronto
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that are world class restaurants.
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They serve food that's just really, really good,
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and people really, really like it,
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and it's some of the best food in the world.
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So to review,
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when you do something with a touch of class,
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you do it in a way where it's just a little extra special,
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or when you add something to something,
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you can add a touch of class
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by adding things like nice candles for a romantic dinner.
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And if something is world class
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or if someone is world class,
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they are like the best in their field.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is in my pocket somewhere,
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and it is from Sherly.
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And Sherly says,
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"I always loved the last part of the video,
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where teacher Bob takes us on a tour
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of his well organized farm."
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And my response was,
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"You'll be surprised then in the next video,
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as I'll be walking around my town."
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So let's do that for a bit.
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Let's walk around my town.
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I thought that I should do some of these videos on location.
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In English, when you do something on location,
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it means you do it like out in the town or out somewhere.
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Normally, I do my videos on location on my farm,
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but I thought it would be fun to come downtown
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and shoot the video here.
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I should walk this way, actually.
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Sorry for spinning you around like that.
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I hope you didn't get too dizzy.
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Let's walk a little bit down the sidewalk here.
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This is a small town,
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so I'm not too worried about someone taking my tripod,
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although that could happen,
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but I doubt that it will.
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I like the little town that I live close to.
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I'll be honest,
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I haven't gotten out here much because of the pandemic,
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but it's a nice quaint little town.
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There aren't that many people here.
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In fact, we only have about two fast food restaurants
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and a few pharmacies.
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We don't have a hospital.
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The city or the town isn't big enough for that.
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But it has all of the things that you would need
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if you wanted to get things.
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There's a grocery store,
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like I said, there's a few fast food restaurants.
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I should check my time here.
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Oh, I can talk for 45 more seconds.
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That's good.
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There's a place right over there
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where you can go if you need to renew your license.
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If you need to go to the doctor,
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even though there's not a hospital,
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there is a medical center.
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A medical center is a place where you can go
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and see a doctor.
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And if it's really serious,
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they'll send you to a hospital.
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But it's a nice little town,
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I'll turn around once again
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so you can see the intersection behind me
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as I finish off this video.
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Anyways, thanks for watching.
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I should wrap this up.
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I only have 10 seconds left.
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Thanks for watching,
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I hope you enjoyed a little bit of a tour of my town.
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I'll probably do one video a week out here.
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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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Bye!
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