Learn the English Phrases "Time out!" and "down time"

In this English lesson,

I wanted to help you learn the English phrase time out.

Now you may have heard this phrase before

if you watch sports.

Sometimes the coach will say, "Time out,"

and then the ref will blow the whistle.

And then they will all stop playing for a little bit

while the coach talks to the player.

But did you know that teachers and parents

and other people sometimes use this phrase as well?

When I see two students arguing,

sometimes I just say, "Hey, time out.

Just stop arguing for a little bit.

Let's try to resolve this situation in a different way."

When my own children would be fighting or arguing,

sometimes I would say, "Hey, time out.

Let's just stop for a minute."

Stop arguing, stop wrestling, whatever they were doing.

Just, "Time out. Let's just stop

and try to resolve this situation in a different way."

So it's not just a phrase for coaches on sports teams.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today

is actually just a term, and it's the term down time.

Down time refers to any time when you just relax

and don't work.

Jen is busy flower farming right now,

but in November, she's looking forward to some down time.

She will have some time in November

where she doesn't have to work.

Right now, Jen is putting in 12, 14, sometimes 16 hour days.

She's very, very busy.

So she's definitely looking forward to some down time.

So hopefully that comes soon.

So to review, when you say time out,

it means just stop what you're doing.

Usually there's a conflict,

and you want people to just take a break from it.

And when you refer to something as down time,

it's just a time where you relax

and don't work for a little bit.

I could use some down time as well in the future.

Hello. - Hi.

- You're not in the video, just so you know.

It's just me in the video.

Just some people walking by right there.

But hey, let's look at a comment from another video.

This comment is from Eduardo.

"Hi, Bob. Good morning.

Hope everything's going well over there."

And then my response, "It's a good day so far.

I just went for a good walk.

Now I'm taking the time to respond to comments.

I hope you're having a good day."

And then when I was done replying to comments,

I came out here.

So yes, there were just a few people walking by there.

Anyways, what was I gonna say?

Oh yeah, I've had a good morning.

I went for an hour and a half walk.

That was awesome. I just loved it.

And thanks, Eduardo, for that comment.

I hope you're having a good day as well.

Hey, you might think I'm out here

in the wilderness in Canada,

but surprisingly, if I turn,

you'll see there is a walking path.

You just heard some people go by on the walking path.

And then if I turn again,

you'll see that I'm actually on the edge of town.

So this is probably one of the coolest places to live

in this town.

People probably prefer these houses

because the back of your house faces this creek down here.

So if you live out this way, you have this beautiful view.

If this was your house, your backyard faces this.

It's actually the creek that I've showed you

in other videos as well.

Sorry, I can't see my clock here.

I think I have a minute left.

It's really hard to see.

Anyways, I'll keep talking. (chuckles)

I was a little thrown off because I'm on a walking path,

as you can see.

This is the path I actually walked on this morning.

And surprisingly, people keep walking by.

I should've known that would happen

if I came to shoot a video on a walking path.

In fact, I feel like I should head back the other way soon

'cause I've kind of left my tripod there all by itself.

Hopefully no one comes along and thinks, "Oh, cool tripod."

Luckily, it's one of my cheaper ones.

I mentioned this in my members only video

on my other channel yesterday.

I have a good tripod now.

I only take the cheap ones when I go out in public.

So anyways, I am gonna turn around and go back.

I am going to wrap up this video in 10 seconds.

Thanks for watching.

I hope you liked learning some new phrases,

and I hope you enjoyed seeing where people live

in some places in Ontario, Canada.

Bye.

Oh good, my tripod is still there.