Practice English with me. Real and Natural Speaking

what are you up to what are you doing what are  you up to yeah that's what we're going to do  

let's start off today with the common phrase  what's up what's up how are you are you doing  

well I hope you're doing well hey cam what's  up repeat after me hey cim what's up hey cam  

what's up oh not much how are you okay so if  someone says what's up you can say oh not much  

how are you or you could respond you can  change that how are you to match their  

what's up you can say oh not much what's up with  you what's up with you H not much what's up with

you what are you up to that's another way to  say it there what are you up to what are what  

are you what are you what are you what are  you what are you up to what are you up to

this means what have you been doing lately what  have you been doing lately what are you up to all  

right so there's three ways to say right what have  you been doing lately what have you been doing  

lately what have you been up to what have you been  up to what are you up to what are you up to what  

are you up to what do you what do you what you  what are you up to all right there we go our next  

word is run into now if you run into someone this  means you see someone by chance you see someone in  

an unexpected place you run into them I did not  expect to see you here run into I'm so happy I  

ran into you I'm so happy that I unexpectedly  saw you in this place I'm happy I ran into

you guess who I ran into Yesterday guess  guess who I ran into yesterday you won't  

believe it who did you run into who  did you run into who who did you see  

unexpectedly who did you run into who  did you who did you who did you run into  

I ran into our old girlfriend or not our our old  girlriend your old girlfriend I ran into your old  

girlfriend it makes big difference to take a why  off of your our old girlfriend I ran into your old

girlfriend I said fancy running into  you here fancy running into you here  

all right so that that that word  fancy running into you here this  

means I didn't imagine I would see you  it is often said when you see people in  

places where you normally don't see them  so this fancy just means like oh that's

unexpected fancy running running into you here  you can also say fancy meeting you here what a

coincidence coin I'm thinking in my mind right  now yeah FY has the Nuance of a coincidence  

but it also has a Nuance of I'm I'm happy  about it oh fancy meeting you here what a

coincidence I haven't seen you in

ages in ages for ages you can say both in ages  or for ages that's one of those where you can say  

either way this means for a very long time I have  I haven't seen you in ages I haven't seen you for

ages how's Dan I haven't seen him for  ages is he doing good is Dan all right  

what's up with Dan how's Dan what's up  with Dan yes it's been a long time he's

fine I haven't I haven't been to a nice  restaurant in ages how about you have  

you been to a nice restaurant recently  I haven't been to a nice restaurant in

ages okay now our next phrase is  before you know it before you know  

it which means very quickly very quickly  it will be your birthday before you know  

it it will be it'll be it'll be it'll be  it'll be your birthday before you know

it you'll be finished before you know it  

yeah just keep keep doing it  you'll be finished before you know

it oh I'm so sick of school I'm so tired  of school I'm so fed up with school I'm  

sick of school calm down before you know it  you'll be finished and wishing you were back  

in school again okay so calm down you don't  need to get so upset about it before you know  

it really quickly you'll be finished  and wishing you were back in school

again before you know it you'll  be the boss yeah you have been  

working so hard at this company  before you know it you'll be the

boss all right next is as soon as when  something happens at the same time that  

something else happens as soon as that  happens as soon as a happens B happens  

so it happens at the same time okay  we'll eat as soon as your dad gets

home we'll eat as soon as your dad  gets home as soon as your dad gets  

home we'll eat just wait be patient  as soon as your dad gets home we'll

eat I'll call you as soon as I get the information

as soon as I get the information I'll call

you I'll do it as soon as I can ASAP as soon as  possible next let's look at on the floor and on  

the job this is job related at your company  or at your factory or the place that you work  

you're either on the floor or on the job working  as a salesperson in a store means you are on the  

floor you're working as a salesperson at a store  you are on the floor who's on the floor right  

now oh Kim's on the floor she's working the floor  I'll bet you're tired after being on the floor all

day so working in the store on the floor I'll bet  

you're tired after working at the  store all day on the floor all day

yes I was on the floor for eight

hours to be on the job means you are working  on a project that requires physical labor so  

usually if it's physical labor it's on the job  you're working construction or in a factory  

well in a in a factory could be um um on the  floor also on the job is usually you're going  

to a out to a project you're working somewhere  else we're installing the new electricity in  

the new building okay so they're going to  a a new building and they are installing  

the new electrical system the electricity how  long have you been on the job how long have  

you been doing that job how long you been on  the job I've been on the job for a month now

all right a tip this is easy you know the  extra payment that you make to a service  

provider in America I don't like the Tipping  System Of America it's so it's such a pain  

in the butt I wish they would get rid of it  but it's there can't do nothing about it the  

waiter gave us great service so he got a good tip  the waiter got a good tip I gave him a good tip  

and that tip does not mean advice it means  money all right so a tip can also be helpful  

suggestion advice good good suggestion  the teacher told us to answer the easy  

questions first that was a good tip good tip  all right well that's it guys we did it boom  

good workout keep moving forward one step  at a time and I'll see you in the next step