Meaning of CAUGHT OFF GUARD - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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Bob's Short English Lessons


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So in English when you are caught off guard,
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it means that you weren't ready for something.
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I was a little bit caught off guard this week
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because this tractor is supposed to be connected
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to that snow blower.
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I wasn't expecting all of the snow
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that you see behind me so I was caught off guard.
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I wasn't ready for this much snow.
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This sometimes happens to my students as well.
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Sometimes they forget or they don't remember
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that there is a test and they come
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into the classroom and they are caught off guard
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because all of the sudden they realize
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that we are having a test that day.
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So it's not nice to be caught off guard,
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it's nice to always be prepared for things.
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But I was certainly caught off guard
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for all of this snow.
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I'll walk over here and I'll show you just
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a little bit more of it so you can see
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how much I was caught off guard.
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If you look behind me, you can see
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that we got several centimeters of it.
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So I was definitely caught off guard.
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But you guys know that I am Bob the Canadian,
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I live in Canada and I love snow
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so it really isn't that bad to have this much snow
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in the background.
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By the way, there's a whole new video
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on YouTube right now if you search "Bob the Canadian Snow"
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you'll find it.
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I'll go over a whole bunch of words
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and phrases associated with snow.
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And I made that video during the snowstorm
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that gave us all this snow.
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So why don't you head over there
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and give it a watch?
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