Read An Article With Me To Improve Your FLUENCY | English Reading Practice

Today I have an English reading  practice lesson for you.

We're going to read a short article together  so you can learn advanced vocabulary,  

advanced grammatical structures,  and correct pronunciation.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

First, I'll read the headline.

This beloved beverage has gone viral, but you  might want to think twice before drinking it.

Did you notice how I pronounced beloved?

Beloved, There are three syllables beloved.

This is important because generally  when you have a voiced sound,  

the Ed is pronounced as a soft D and  there's only one syllable at the end.

So that means it would normally be beloved,  

beloved, and some native speakers do  pronounce it as beloved, the two syllables.

But it is common more common to say  beloved with the three syllables.

Now let's talk about has gone viral,  so the expression is to go viral.

Here it's conjugated in the present perfect,  

but the verb is go, and that's  what you would conjugate.

When something goes viral,  it means it becomes extremely  

popular on social media and usually  happens in a short period of time.

So fingers crossed that this video that  you're watching right now goes viral.

To help that, you can like the video.

So hit the like button because  that does help videos go viral.

OK, This beloved beverage has gone viral.

So this beverage is now extremely  popular on social media.

But you might want to think  twice before drinking it.

Let's talk about this because we have might  want and then the infinitive to think.

You might want to think.

This is a great structure when  you want to suggest something,  

but do it in a less severe way because notice  this example, you must bring an umbrella.

That sounds like a strong suggestion.

If someone said that to me, I  would 100% bring an umbrella.

But if someone said you might want to bring  an umbrella, maybe I will, maybe I won't.

So the article headline is not being  very severe in its recommendation,  

and when you think twice about something,  

it's literally you should think about it,  and then you should think about it again.

This is a common expression we use in English.

So maybe your friend tells  you, I want to quit my job.

I hate my boss.

You can reply back and say you might  want to think twice before quitting,  

so you're encouraging your friend.

In this case, you're doing it  in a gentle way because we use.

You might want to think twice, so you're  encouraging your friend to think again.

Consider it again to make sure  you're making the right decision.

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Now let's continue and find out  what this beloved beverage is.

The beverage which is just  adding lemon juice to water.

OK, so that's the beverage.

It's lemon water has gone viral.

We already know what this means in recent  years due to its supposed health benefits,  

including boosting hydration.

Now here boosting is used to, say,  increasing, increasing hydration.

Hydration is the amount of water you  have, so I wrote that here for you.

But the technical, definite definition of  hydration is your body's ability to absorb water.

So you have the water in your body, but  then being able to use that water as energy,  

that would be hydration, boosting hydration,  

adding vitamin C and being an alternative to  sugar filled options like soda or fruit juice.

So these are the different health benefits, which  is why this beverage, lemon water has gone viral.

Now let's talk about supposed  it's supposed health benefits.

This is a very important word because  when I read this, I know that, OK,  

this is what people say that lemon  water can do, but it hasn't been proven.

Then you can use supposed  it's supposed health benefits.

So it lets me know that there's some doubt around  these health benefits we very commonly use.

Supposedly the adverb form.

For example, she supposedly stole the money.

Now if I got rid of,  supposedly she stole the money.

This sounds like a fact.

But if I add she supposedly someone  said it but it hasn't been confirmed.

So this is just using the adjective form.

She's a thief.

That sounds like a fact.

She's a supposed thief, so that isn't a fact.

It's just what some people have said.

Now notice this pronunciation.

Supposedly there's four syllables,  but here is just supposed supposed.

So notice that pronunciation different?

Let's continue on.

So notice that pronunciation difference.

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

The trendy drink is all the rage.

Some students ask me what trendy means because  this is in a lot of different articles.

Trendy simply means popular right  now, so I'll write that for you.

Popular right now and all the rage, well,  

this is an expression, so the  expression is to be all the rage.

So you describe something as all the rage.

This expression also means  to be popular right now.

But remember, you describe something as it.

So we could say short videos like  the ones you watch on YouTube shorts.

I do those as well.

Short videos are because we  need our verb to be conjugated.

Short videos are all the rage right now.

They're very popular right now,  

but this could change in a week or a  month, so it's very temporary as well.

But according to some doctors and dentists,  it could be wreaking havoc in your mouth.

When something wreaks havoc, it means it causes a  

lot of problems and it sounds very  strong, so causes severe problems.

Now notice the pronunciation of wreak, reek.

There's no W it's silent, so it starts on a R  and then the vowel is E wreak, wreak, wreaking  

havoc because it's conjugated in the present  continuous because it's happening right now.

And remember, this simply  means causing severe problems.

I'm not going to lie, I see a lot  of effects on patients enamel.

OK, so notice how we said doctors and dentists.

So right now, who do you think is talking?

Well, a dentist.

Because enamel is on your teeth.

It's what protects your teeth, I guess.

I'm not a dentist, so Google tells  me that enamel is the hard, white,  

shiny substance that forms  the covering of a tooth.

So it just covers your teeth.

That's enamel.

But it's important.

It protects your teeth.

I know my dentist always talks about  enamel whenever I visit the dentist.

Now notice here I read this as.

I'm not going to lie, but that is  not how native speakers say this.

This is an expression.

We use it a lot.

And the expression is I'm not  going to lie, I'm not going to lie.

So when you pronounce this, if you  want to sound like a native speaker,  

don't say I'm not going to  lie, say I'm not going to lie.

I'm not going to lie.

You need to take better care of your teeth.

I'm not going to lie.

You need to improve your English.

So we use this as an expression before we share  

advice or a recommendation that we  think the other person should follow.

I'll read this again and I'll  read it like a native speaker.

I'm not gonna lie, I see a  lot of effects on patients,  

enamel, the covering on their teeth from  drinking lemon water, one dentist said.

So this is one of the reasons why  we need to think twice or we might  

want to think twice before drinking lemon water.

When I see this, remember this is  the dentist talking when I see this.

I asked them what happened.

Do you have acid reflux?

What's changed?

And they can't figure it out.

So they being the patient, the patient.

This is a conversation between  the dentist and the patient.

So the patient can't figure it out.

They don't know why their teeth are in a  worse condition compared to their last visit.

And then I ask, so and then the dentist asks,  

do you drink lemon water in the morning  when they confirm, so they say yes, I do.

That's confirming.

When they confirm, I ask, do you brush your  teeth right after two when they confirm.

So again, when they say yes, I do, yes.

I brush my teeth right after  I wrote that down for you.

So you can see the short form.

Yes, I do.

And the long form, which is the full sentence.

Yes I drink lemon water because when you do  the long form you don't need to include do so.

You don't need to say yes I do drink lemon water  is just yes I drink lemon water or yes I do.

When they confirm, I now understand  the problem with their teeth.

The doctor explained that brushing  your teeth after drinking lemon  

water is basically brushing acid into your teeth.

I highlighted this adverb based  basically because there's another  

very common one that will  help you sound more fluent,  

which is essentially lemon water is  essentially brushing acid into your teeth.

Now both of these mean just like.

So when you do this, when you brush  your teeth after drinking lemon water,  

it's just like brushing acid into your teeth.

So it's the most important  characteristic you can use.

Basically, you can use.

Essentially it's a little more advanced and then  you can use just like which is a more casual way.

But a native speaker would absolutely use  this and it sounds very fluent instead.

So here we have instead to transition from what  

the person is doing and then they  want to suggest an alternative.

So instead of brushing your  teeth after drinking lemon water.

So if you wanted to include that information,  

notice that sentence structure  instead of and then a gerund.

But because it's obvious they just  said it, you can just use instead.

Instead.

She suggested we brush our teeth before  we drink it, it being the lemon water.

Or wait 20 to 30 minutes after alternatively,  

so this is another adverb you  can use instead of instead.

So this is again another alternative,  

but because we already use instead,  you don't want to use it again.

Although essentially you could.

Alternatively, we can rinse our mouse with water  to wash away any acid and then brush finally.

So this is 1/3 alternative.

But notice the different prep the  different adverbs use because you  

don't want to use the same ones again and again.

So now you have three new adverbs that you  

can use when you're suggesting another  possibility and I think it's obvious.

But finally, you can only use  this before the final possibility.

I think that's obvious, but  I'll just say it finally.

You can drink the lemon water with  a straw to avoid teeth contact.

She noted that this technique can  be useful when drinking coffee too.

I highlighted teeth contacts because  this is the noun form to avoid something,  

which is teeth contact  because of the enamel, right?

But if you want to use a verb, you could just  

remember you need a gerund verb  to avoid contacting your teeth.

So it means the same thing is just  a different sentence structure.

She noted that this technique can  be useful when drinking coffee too.

I've heard that that coffee is very  acidic and can be harmful to your teeth,  

and I've heard it also stains your teeth  so causes your teeth to not be very white.

So you can try this alternative.

You can drink your coffee with a straw  and that's the end of the article.

So what I'll do now is I'll read  the article from start to finish  

and this time you can focus on my pronunciation.

This beloved beverage has gone viral, but you  might want to think twice before drinking it.

The beverage, which is just  adding lemon juice to water,  

has gone viral in recent years due to its supposed  health benefits, including boosting hydration,  

adding vitamin C and being an alternative to  sugar filled options like soda or fruit juice.

The trendy drink is all the rage, but  according to some doctors and dentists,  

it could be wreaking havoc in your mouth.

I'm not going to lie, I see a lot of effects on  

patients enamel from drinking  lemon water, one dentist said.

When I see this, I asked them what happened.

Do you have acid reflux?

What's changed And they can't figure it out?

And then I ask, do you drink  lemon water in the morning?

When they confirm?

I ask, Do you brush your teeth  right after two When they confirm,  

I now understand the problem with their teeth.

The doctor explained that brushing  your teeth after drinking lemon  

water is basically brushing acid into your teeth.

Instead, she suggested we brush our teeth before  we drink it or wait 20 to 30 minutes after.

Alternatively, we can rinse our mouths with  water to wash away any acid and then brush.

Finally, you can drink the lemon water  with a straw to avoid teeth contact.

She noted that this technique can  be useful when drinking coffee too.

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