How To Understand FAST Spoken English

Do you struggle to understand  native speakers without subtitles?

If you do, this is a lesson for you because there  

are two things you need to do  to understand native speakers.

You need to practice listening to fast English,  and you need to learn natural expressions.

And that's exactly what you'll do today.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

Here's how this lesson will work.

You're going to listen to a short  clip from ATV Show or a movie,  

and you'll listen to that clip three times.

And you need to write down exactly  what you hear in the comments.

Are you ready?

Here's our first clip.

I'll play it three times.

Claire, let's get a move on.

Claire, let's get a move on.

Claire, let's get a move on.

So how did you do with that clip?

Did it sound fast?

He said.

Claire, let's get a move on 1st.

Let's talk about let's  

this is a contraction of let us let's,  let's native speakers always say let's.

And this is the imperative verb tense,  which is used for orders or instructions.

So this is given as an instruction.

Let's get Ah, now native speakers, it sounds like  we speak fast because we take individual words,  

we don't add pauses, and we  pronounce them as one word.

Get a sounds like get a, get a, get a move on.

You have the on move.

Now on is a vowel, so we can transfer that  sound and we can say these two like one word.

Move on, von move on, move on, move on.

Now, what does this mean?

Let's get a move on.

This is an idiom, and it means to  begin moving faster or quickly.

It's the same as saying hurry or hurry up.

You could say to your friend, the movie starts  in less than one hour, let's get a move on.

Let's hurry, let's move faster.

Or you can say if we're going to finish the  project on time, we need to get a move on.

So now you know how to combine your  sounds so you can speak faster,  

and you know what this expression means.

So it's your turn to practice.

I want you to imitate my pronunciation,  

and I want you to say it out  loud, and I'll say it three times.

Let's get a move on.

Let's get a move on.

Let's get a move on.

Claire, let's get a move on.

Let's get a move on us.

Let's.

Get an eyes on Let's try this again.

I'll play the clip three times.

Just give me.

A shout when you're done.

Just give me a.

Shout when you're done.

Just give me.

A shout when you're done.

How'd you do with this one?

Just give me a shout when you're done.

Let's talk about how to  combine those sounds together.

Give me.

Do you know what a native speaker says?

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.

Now we can also take that article off and add  it and say Gimme ya, Gimme ya ya Gimme ya.

Native speakers also reduce sound,  so we say them very unstressed.

So instead of saying you're, which is very  stressed, I need to open my mouth wide.

You're I can just say you're,  you're and the sound is unstressed.

It's more my throat you're.

Now let's talk about what this means.

Give me a shout.

What does this mean?

Maybe you know what the verb to  shout, which means ah, to shout.

But what about, ah, shout as a noun?

Well, this simply means call me  because a shout is a phone call.

So give me a shout is the same as saying call me.

So if I'm leaving the house or the office, I  could say to the people there, give me a shout.

If you need anything I'm leaving, but call  me if you need anything, give me a shout.

This is commonly used with a when clause.

Give me a shout when you land.

So notice when plus present.

Simple.

When you land, give me a shout.

When you land, call me when you land.

In this case it was give me a shout.

When you're done, you are done.

So to be done.

This means to be finished.

So this means the task is complete.

I could text you or give you a shout  and say I'm done with the report,  

I'm finished with the report,  the report is complete.

I could also say I'm done working on the report.

So notice you need your JAREN verb.

I'm done working on the report.

Or I could simply say I'm done.

So now it's your turn to practice.

I'll say it three times and I  want you to repeat it out loud.

Just give me a shout when you're done.

Just give me a shout when you're done.

Just give me a shout when you're done.

Just give me.

A shout when you're done.

If he pops out, give me a shout.

I'll give you a shout when we're done.

Let's try this again.

I'll play the clip three times.

Sorry.

Give me a SEC.

Sorry.

Give me a SEC.

Sorry, give me a SEC.

How do you do with this one?

I'm sorry, give me a SEC.

This should have been easy for  you because you just learned.

Give me Gimme and give me a Gimme a Gimme a.

Now what does sack mean?

Give me a sack.

What's a sack?

It is short for second.

We take the word 2nd and we shorten it to SEC.

Notice that K sounds SEC.

Give me a SEC.

Give me a SEC.

We use this to say give me a short period of time.

So that might be a few seconds or  it could also be a few minutes.

I could say give me a SEC to find your file.

And then I take hopefully just three to five,  

maybe 10 seconds to find  your file and you're waiting.

Give me a SEC to find your file.

This is commonly used to get someones attention  to and to ask if they have time right now.

So you could knock on my door and  say, Jennifer, do you have a SEC?

So you're asking me, do you have a few minutes?

Do you have a few seconds?

Do you have a SEC?

Or maybe you could text your  colleague and say, where are you?

The meeting started 5 minutes ago.

And then you reply back and  say, I'll be there in a SEC.

I'll be there in a short period of time.

Now it's your turn to practice this one.

I'll say it three times.

I'm sorry, give me a SEC.

I'm sorry, Give me a SEC.

I'm sorry, give me a SEC.

Sorry, give me a SEC do.

You have a SEC I'll.

Be there in a SEC.

Let's try this one more time.

I'll play the clip three times.

And I still haven't figured it out.

And I still haven't figured it out.

I still haven't figured it out.

Did this one sound fast to you?

It was pretty fast, he said.

And I still haven't figured it out.

Again, it sounds fast because we're taking  individual words and combining them together.

Figured it out.

Sounds like figured it out.

So you need to take the end sound from  one word and transfer it to the next.

Figured it out and then it  has to sound like one word.

Figured it out, figured it out,  figured it out, figured it out.

To figure something out.

Most students know what this means.

It means to understand or solve something.

As a question I could ask you,  have you figured it out now?

I can also add yet have you figured it out yet?

This is in the present perfect verb tense.

So if you use he or she as the  subject you need to change,  

have to has, has he, has she figured it out yet?

To reply positively, you can  say I have figured it out.

You can add already.

I have already figured it out.

And then for he or she, he or  she has already figured it out.

When you reply positively, this is a completed  past action, but there's a result in the present.

So maybe the result is so now the client  won't fire us because I've figured it out.

I've solved the issue or the problem,  but in the clip it was negative.

I haven't figured it out.

And then you can add yet at the end for he or  she you need hasn't, which is the contraction.

He hasn't figured it out yet.

This shows that it's an ongoing process.

You're still trying to figure it out.

But did you notice that the speaker  said I still haven't figured it out.

So the speaker didn't use yet.

They used still and notice  that placement, It's subject.

I still and then haven't.

Or if it's he or she, he still hasn't  figured it out using still instead of yet.

It emphasizes that it's ongoing and it  also emphasizes the difficulty of the task.

So it sounds like he's struggling with this.

You might say, we've been working on this bug  for hours and we still haven't figured it out.

So it really emphasizes the struggle.

I could reply back and say,  

OK, give me a shout when you figure it out  because remember you need the present simple.

After that when statement, give  me a shout when you figure it out.

Or I could be less patient and put pressure on  this person and say, well, let's get a move on.

The client will be here in an hour.

Now it's your turn to practice.

I'll say it three times and  you need to repeat after me.

I still haven't figured it out.

I still haven't figured it out.

I still haven't figured it out.

And I still haven't figured it out.

If you haven't figured it out yet.

No one's figured it out yet.

Now, if you keep listening to Fast English,  you keep understanding these pronunciation  

changes, and you keep expanding your  vocabulary with natural expressions,  

you're going to have no problem  understanding native speakers.

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