Learn the English Phrases DO YOUR HOMEWORK and WORKED UP - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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In this English lesson,
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase
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do your homework.
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Now, you might think that homework is something
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that children do at night after the school day is over,
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and that's true,
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but we use the phrase do your homework
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to talk about other things as well.
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Let's say you're going to buy a new vehicle.
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before you buy that vehicle,
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you're going to want to do your homework.
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That means you'll want to research
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whether it gets good fuel mileage.
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You'll want to research whether it's expensive
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to repair that vehicle.
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You'll want to know a lot about the vehicle
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before you buy it.
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You'll want to do your homework.
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Before Jen and I go to sell flowers at different markets
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in different towns, we do our homework.
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We want to figure out how many people live in that town
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and whether we think we'll sell a lot of flowers there.
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So when you do your homework, it means you do your research,
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it means you investigate something
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before you make a decision.
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The next phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the phrase worked up.
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When you are worked up or when you get worked up,
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it means that you are upset about something
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or worried about something.
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Sometimes when you know that you have a test coming up,
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you might get worked up about it.
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You might get really frustrated,
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or you might have a lot of anxiety
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because you're really worried about the test.
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So we would say in that situation
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that you are getting worked up.
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Sometimes when people get worked up,
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they get very emotional.
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They might even start crying when they're worked up.
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So when you are getting worked up or when you are worked up,
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it means you're upset about something or worried about it,
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or just being really, really anxious.
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So to review, when you do your homework,
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it doesn't just mean you're a student
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doing your work at night that the teacher assigned you.
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When you do your homework, it simply means
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that you research something before you make a decision.
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And when you get worked up about something,
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it means that you are very upset about it.
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In fact, right now in the United States,
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the election was yesterday, or two days ago for you
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when you're watching this, and they still don't know,
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as of right now, when I'm recording this,
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they still don't know who won the election
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in the United States,
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and so some people are getting pretty worked up about that.
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They're getting very angry about it.
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They're getting upset about it.
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They're getting annoyed about it.
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They're getting really worked up.
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Hopefully, they have the results soon
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and we'll know who the winner was.
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We'll see. I'm not gonna make a prediction.
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By the way, I don't live in the United States,
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so I'm just watching the election from afar.
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And I just hope it goes well
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and that the country as a whole, whoever wins,
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just has a good four years ahead of them.
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That was very political of me, wasn't it?
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Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This is from Andrey and the comment is this:
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"This is more than just some crazy guy speaking English.
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All of us are crazy in one way or another."
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And my response was, "Ha-ha, I agree.
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I just feel a bit extra crazy
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when I'm out in public with my camera.
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It's easy record on the farm."
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It's easy to record on the farm.
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"But when I'm out in public,
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sometimes people give me a funny look."
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They're like, "What's that guy doing?"
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That's what they do.
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Anyways, Andrey, thank you very much for that comment.
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By the way, that was something I said
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in the video yesterday.
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I said I'm more than just...
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This is more than just some crazy guy speaking English.
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But, yeah, if you watched my video from my other channel,
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I did it in front of Tim Horton's.
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That was actually, I recorded that three times.
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The first time someone kept honking their horn
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in the parking lot,
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and then when I looked over, they just laughed.
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So I think they just thought it was funny.
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I was trying to make a video
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and they just kept honking their horn.
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And then the second time I was recording it,
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someone kind of walked right past behind me and stopped,
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an older gentlemen, and just kind of looked at the camera
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and then kept walking.
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So eventually, I got it recorded without bothering anybody.
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So anyway, it's Bob the Canadian here.
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I hope you learned a few more phrases
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in this little English lesson.
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I'll see you tomorrow with another one.
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