Meaning of GOOD NEWS and BAD NEWS - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

Well, hello, everyone, this isn't exactly

an English lesson, it is just me telling you

that I have some good news today.

I went to the hospital for a routine test

called an angiogram where they took a look at my heart.

You can see the bandage here is where they went in

to insert dye into my heart and they took a look

at my heart and everything looks good.

I'm really happy about that, as some of you might know,

I had heart surgery about a year and a half ago,

and I have been recovering well,

but today I was just really happy to get some good news.

I will teach you a little bit of English, though,

because I can't help it.

In English, sometimes we'll say to people, I've got

some good news and I've got some bad news.

Which news do you want to hear first?

In my case today, I only have good news to share

with you, so you don't have to choose.

So today was good news for me.

So when we say to people though, do you want to hear

the good news or the bad news first, usually, in English,

people will choose to hear the bad news first.

I know if someone says to me, I've got some good news

and I've got some bad news, I usually choose to hear

the bad news first.

I would rather hear the bad news and get that

out of the way before I hear the good news

that they have to share.

Anyways, Bob the Canadian is super happy today

because I don't know if some of you have ever had

heart problems, but I am very relieved and very happy

that I got good news today that my heart

is in good shape and that hopefully going forward,

I will eat well and I will exercise

and I will keep it that way.

Anyways, it's Bob the Canadian here, just want to say

hi to all of you.

I hope you are all having a good day, and I hope

you are still enjoying learning English with me.