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

So in English when you are caught off guard,

Entonces, en inglés, cuando te toman por sorpresa

it means that you weren't ready for something.

, significa que no estabas listo para algo.

I was a little bit caught off guard this week

Me tomó un poco desprevenido esta semana

because this tractor is supposed to be connected

porque se supone que este tractor está conectado

to that snow blower.

a ese soplador de nieve.

I wasn't expecting all of the snow

No esperaba toda la nieve

that you see behind me so I was caught off guard.

que ves detrás de mí, así que me tomó por sorpresa.

I wasn't ready for this much snow.

No estaba preparado para tanta nieve.

This sometimes happens to my students as well.

Esto también les sucede a veces a mis alumnos.

Sometimes they forget or they don't remember

A veces se olvidan o no recuerdan

that there is a test and they come

que hay un examen y entran

into the classroom and they are caught off guard

al salón de clases y los toma desprevenidos

because all of the sudden they realize

porque de repente se dan cuenta de

that we are having a test that day.

que ese día vamos a tener un examen.

So it's not nice to be caught off guard,

Así que no es bueno que te tomen con la guardia baja

it's nice to always be prepared for things.

, es bueno estar siempre preparado para las cosas.

But I was certainly caught off guard

Pero ciertamente me tomó por

for all of this snow.

sorpresa toda esta nieve.

I'll walk over here and I'll show you just

Caminaré por aquí y les mostraré

a little bit more of it so you can see

un poco más para que puedan ver

how much I was caught off guard.

cuánto me tomó por sorpresa.

If you look behind me, you can see

Si miras detrás de mí, puedes ver

that we got several centimeters of it.

que tenemos varios centímetros.

So I was definitely caught off guard.

Así que definitivamente me tomó por sorpresa.

But you guys know that I am Bob the Canadian,

Pero ustedes saben que soy Bob el canadiense

I live in Canada and I love snow

, vivo en Canadá y me encanta la nieve,

so it really isn't that bad to have this much snow

así que no es tan malo tener tanta nieve

in the background.

de fondo.

By the way, there's a whole new video

Por cierto, hay un video completamente nuevo

on YouTube right now if you search "Bob the Canadian Snow"

en YouTube ahora mismo si buscas "Bob the Canadian Snow"

you'll find it.

lo encontrarás.

I'll go over a whole bunch of words

Voy a repasar un montón de palabras

and phrases associated with snow.

y frases asociadas con la nieve.

And I made that video during the snowstorm

E hice ese video durante la tormenta de nieve

that gave us all this snow.

que nos dio toda esta nieve.

So why don't you head over there

Entonces, ¿por qué no vas allí

and give it a watch?

y le das un reloj?