How To Improve Your English Fluency | Reading and Listening Method

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We're going to read a news article together.

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Get started 1st.

I'll read the headline Tiger Woods and Nike.

Are.

Splitting up, so of course we have.

Golfer Tiger Woods.

And we're talking about the brand Nike.

Notice that pronunciation?

Nike 2 syllables, Nike, Tiger  Woods and Nike are splitting up.

What does this mean to?

Split.

Up.

Well, this is.

Most commonly used in romantic  relationships to say that the the  

romantic relationship is  ending, We're splitting up.

We're no longer going to be in a romantic  relationship, of course, in this context.

It's a.

Business relationship so you can use it  in a business relationship although know.

That it's.

Most commonly used in romantic  relationships, I made that note.

For you.

Now.

For a specific.

Business expression you could use parting ways so.

Two-part.

Ways.

And then, as you can see, this is conjugated in  

the present continuous because  it's taking place right now.

Tiger Woods and Nike are parting ways.

So that would.

Mean end a business relationship?

Let's continue on.

Tiger Woods has.

Broken up with Nike?

OK, this specifically is with.

Romantic relationships, so.

Here the article chose to use.

Vocabulary that's specific  to romantic relationships.

But for you, because it really.

Does depend on context and the tone.

I wouldn't use this unless you're extremely  confident you're using it correctly.

Because it is.

Used with romantic relationships.

So to break.

Up is when people in a romantic relationship and  that relationship is another way of saying split.

Up.

So again for this business context.

You could say Tiger Woods has parted.

Ways with Nike.

Now it's important to notice that the.

Subject Tiger Woods is.

Doing the action, which means tiger.

Woods is.

The one who initiated who?

Started the breakup, so the.

End of the relationship.

Tiger Woods has.

Broken up with Nike after a 27 seven-year  collaboration, so notice 27 year.

This is used as an adjective  to describe the length of the  

collaboration, which is why there is no S on.

Year because we.

Don't make adjectives singular or plural.

So they're 27 year collaboration, Collaboration.

This is another word for partnership.

So of.

Course it's when two or more.

People work together towards a specific.

Goal 27 year collaboration with the  world's largest sportswear company,  

Nike, the golf legend announced on Monday.

So the golf legend being.

Tiger Woods.

He's the one who announced it announced.

Their breakup their.

Parting ways.

Their separation over.

27.

Years ago.

So notice here that the sentence begins with  quotes, which means that someone is saying these.

Words.

And the last person who is mentioned is.

Tiger Woods, So.

I know that these words are coming from Tiger.

Woods.

Over 27.

Years ago.

Because remember it was a 27  year collaboration, so here.

You have the.

S on year because.

It is a.

Time reference.

It's a noun, and it's a plural noun over 27.

Years ago.

I was fortunate to start a partnership.

Remember, this is another word for collaboration.

Start a collaboration.

Start a partnership with one of  the most iconic brands in the.

World Woods wrote.

On X, remember?

X is Twitter.

The new name for Twitter and iconic.

This is an adjective.

It describes the brand Nike iconic meaning.

Very popular.

Very famous.

Let's continue on, Woods went on to.

Write that there.

Will certainly be another chapter.

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First, let's talk about.

Certainly this means 100% if  I say I'm certainly coming.

To your party.

It means I'm 100% coming to your.

Party so you can be.

Very confident that I'll.

Be there.

So if I ask.

You will you.

Watch my next YouTube lesson you can say.

I.

Certainly.

Will.

So put that in the comments.

I certainly will.

I certainly will watch your next YouTube video.

Jennifer, now you.

Could also.

Just put Certainly Will You Watch My next YouTube?

Video.

Certainly, and I know that.

You.

Are going to.

Watch it so.

Put that in the comments.

So Tiger Woods said, there will.

Certainly be another chapter.

Now you might be more  familiar with chapter being a.

Part of a book?

A book.

Is made-up of different chapters,  but in this case chapter means.

A specific phase of your life, so you.

Could be in one chapter of your.

Life where you're a.

Student Another chapter where  you're a new parent another chapter.

Where you're of CEO?

Or a manager and then another chapter.

Where you're.

Retired and your life can  be divided into different.

Chapters or phases?

So in this.

Case Woods Tiger Woods is.

Saying there will certainly be another chapter.

So he had this last chapter with Nike and he's  

suggesting that there will  100% be another chapter.

So another collaboration, another partnership.

Nike.

Bid.

Oh, do.

You know how to say this in English?

Nike.

Bid a do a do so very.

Simple pronunciation compared  to the spelling Nike.

Bid a do to Woods.

So the pronunciation is simply a.

Do a do.

Now you bid someone a do.

This.

Is simply meaning that you.

Say farewell so.

Farewell means you say goodbye,  but more of a permanent goodbye.

Where?

You don't know when or.

If you'll see.

That person again, and we use  this in a more formal way, A.

Literary, poetic, or perhaps theatrical way.

It might be used in the context.

Of let's say you're.

At a.

Different chapter of your life.

So you're.

At your retirement party and  you're giving your final speech.

To your.

Coworkers, your company, And since you're  retiring, you're not going to see them again.

You don't know when or.

If you'll.

See them again.

So at the very end, you might say and I bid.

All of you ado.

And it's just saying farewell now.

Most likely you will not use this in your speech.

But you will likely hear it.

In homes or stories or movies.

So now you know what it means.

So this now we have quotes again, so  we know that someone is singing this.

So this.

Is how Nike the brand?

Biddadoo said farewell to Tiger.

Woods and this was on Instagram.

Tiger you.

Challenged your competition,  stereotypes, conventions, the old.

School way.

Of thinking you challenged the  entire institution of golf.

You challenged us, and most of all yourself.

So this was their.

Farewell message.

This is how they bid Tiger Ado popular.

Swift sneaker brand on Runnings  CEO Mark Mauer So notice.

Here we have this apostrophe as.

This is to show.

Possession.

So the CEO?

Belongs to the brand.

On Runnings On Runnings CEO and this is his name,  Mark Mauer, addressing speculation following.

Wood's departure?

At Nike, so let's.

Talk about.

Speculation.

This is very commonly used,  although it is more of an advanced.

Vocabulary.

It's.

Extremely common in.

News articles.

And in communication.

So you definitely need to know this one.

Speculation is a noun, and it's simply  when you guess when you're not 100% sure.

So the.

Speculation is around Tiger Woods departure  at Nike, so departure means leaving.

So, Tiger Woods.

Leaving Nike.

So if their.

Speculation it means.

People are.

Guessing the reason why, Tiger?

Woods, left.

Nike.

Oh, maybe he got a deal with on running.

Oh, maybe he got a deal somewhere else.

Oh, maybe he's retiring from golf.

Oh, maybe he had a fight with Nike.

So people are.

Guessing, but they don't actually know.

So it's really important to  understand speculation because.

If you hear this, you know that the.

Reason is not 100% is just someone's  opinion or someone's guess.

So the CEO was.

Addressing speculation following  Wood's departure at Nike,  

told an audience at a conference on Monday  that Woods was not signing with the brand.

So it sounds like some.

People said Tiger Woods.

Left a Nike to join on runnings to partner.

With to collaborate.

With on runnings, but this  brand is saying no, that's not.

True.

It's just.

Speculation.

It's just speculation.

We hope.

OK.

So now we have quotes again.

So we know someone is saying this.

And this time the last company that  was referenced was on runnings.

So this is.

Coming these words are coming from the CEO.

We hope he.

Finds a great new partner  is not going to be us Mauer.

Told the.

Gathering, gathering this means.

The group of people who.

Came together.

Now the last reference towards some  sort of a group event was conference.

So I understand that the gathering represents.

The people, the.

Individual people who came together as a.

Group to.

Attend the conference.

Let's continue.

Nike has almost been synonymous with  Woods, synonymous most language learners.

Know what this?

Is because when 2 words are  synonymous, they mean the same thing.

Tired.

Sleepy.

They mean the same thing.

It's just a different way.

To say it so those two.

Words are synonymous now when something is.

This is our verb.

To be conjugated in the present perfect.

So when something or someone is  synonymous with something or someone,  

it's saying that those names  are so closely connected.

So when you hear the name Tiger.

Woods.

You think of Nike.

Because Tiger Woods always wears.

Nike.

But then also when you think  of Nike, you think of Tiger.

Woods because every.

Time you.

See.

A billboard, A poster.

A.

Promotion for Nike?

Tiger Woods is on it.

So those two.

Are synonymous.

Nike has almost been synonymous with  Woods from when he first went pro in 1990.

Six So pro This is short for.

Professional.

So when Tiger Woods was just an amateur.

Golfer.

But then he went pro.

He became a professional golfer.

So that took.

Place in 1996.

Wow, a very long time ago.

So I wrote that here and noticed the  pronunciation of amateur cause quite  

different from the spelling to go from an amateur.

To.

A professional.

That's to GoPro.

So Tiger Woods win pro in 1996 so our.

Verb is to go.

So it's just conjugated in the past.

Simple Tiger Woods win pro in 1990.

Six to his.

Master's win in 2019, his first  major tournament win in 11 years.

Even though a.

Scandal drove sponsors such as.

Gatorade.

AT&T and Accenture away from Woods,  losing him an estimated 20 million.

Dollars.

His relationship.

With Nike stayed intact.

OK, let's talk about.

This a scandal drove sponsors away.

So first, let's talk.

About a scandal.

A scandal is when someone someone in the public.

Eye like tiger.

Woods someone does something so in action,  

but it's considered wrong or immoral by  the general public and when everybody.

Talks about it.

They're talking about a scandal.

So a scandal represents the actions  that are considered wrong or immoral.

So this.

Is the something that drove  sponsors away now in this?

Case away.

Is an important part of the expression, but  it's divided by listing out the sponsors.

But the expression is something  drives something away.

Now the something can be a someone as well.

So something or someone drive  something or someone away.

Now in this case the something.

So in this case the scandal is the reason  someone leaves or ends a relationship.

So going back to our romantic relationship,  

because we were talking about that with  splitting up and breaking up, you could.

Say.

His laziness drove.

Her away.

So this is the.

Something, and it's the reason why she left  or ended the relationship, his laziness.

Drove her away.

Now let's look at this next.

Part his.

Relationship with Nike stayed intact.

So if the.

Relationship stayed intact.

It means.

It stayed together as a whole but his.

Relationship with these other sponsors.

It fell to.

Pieces, so it's not in whole.

But this?

Is a positive thing.

It stayed intact.

To give you a simpler  sentence, despite the scandal,  

Woods relationship with Nike stayed intact.

So it means his relationship with  Nike wasn't damaged by the something.

And in this case, the something is the scandal.

Woods signed A5 year endorsement contract.

So here again, five year is used as an  adjective, which is why you don't see an S on it.

Woods signed A5 year endorsement  contract with Nike in 2000.

It was worth an estimated $85 million, making  it the richest endorsement contract in sports.

History.

At the time.

So what's the time?

The Year 2.

1000 So since then there have been  other endorsement contracts that are  

worth more than 85,000,000  but at the time in 2000 it.

Was the richest.

Endorsement.

So this is an important expression  to add because you can use.

This to.

Say that information.

Was true.

But not true now, necessarily.

At one point Woods Nike deal.

So notice there's an apostrophe.

Here, it's because Tiger Woods the.

S is on his last name, so you just have this.

Apostrophe to show.

That the Nike deal belongs.

To Tiger Woods.

So in this case, Nike is being  used as an adjective, the Nike.

Deal to describe what type of deal so  woods Nike deal was reported to be worth.

As much as $20 million a year, CNN.

Previously reported Woods.

Signed multiple deals with  the company over a span of.

Nearly 3 decades.

So a span of means it happens.

Over that.

Period of time.

So you could say I studied.

English over a span of three.

Days so that.

Action of studying English took place.

Over 3 days.

That's a span of, so this is  commonly used with time references.

So over.

A span of.

Nearly three.

Decades.

One decade is 10 years.

So that.

Is 30 years, so I'll write.

One decade is 10 years, so that's.

30 years.

Including a 10 year deal.

So again, this is an adjective to describe the.

Deal A.

10 year deal signed in 2013.

That's worth about.

$200 million.

Woods is still.

One of the best known athletes.

So notice here we have.

One of one is singular, but athletes is.

Plural.

This is a mistake I see a lot of students make.

They see one of and they assume  the noun should be singular.

But in fact, when you have,  one of the noun needs to be.

Plural because.

If you have one of, it means that  there's more than one athlete and you're.

Just taking Tiger Woods, but there.

Are other athletes, so it has to be.

Plural.

So let's review.

These two sentences J Forest English is one of my.

Favorite YouTube?

Channels, so notice channels with an S.

Because we have.

One of thank you.

Thank you very much.

Or you could say J.

Forest English is my favorite YouTube channel.

Now in this case, there's only one.

So.

Channel is singular.

I'm honored either way, and thank you  so much for watching my YouTube channel.

It means the world to me.

So don't.

Forget that ***.

When you use one of.

Woods is still.

One of the best known athletes in the country.

Three times better known by the general  public than the average athlete, according to.

Surveys by Q score.

And that's the end of our 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.

So let's do that now.

Tiger.

Woods and Nike are splitting up.

Tiger Woods has.

Broken up with Nike after a 27  year collaboration with the.

World's largest?

Sportswear company The Golf  Legend announced on Monday.

Over 27 years.

Ago I was.

Fortunate to start a partnership with one  of the most iconic brands in the world.

Woods.

Wrote on X Woods went on to write that  there will certainly be another chapter.

Nike bid adieu to Woods on Instagram saying.

Tiger you.

Challenged your competition,  stereotypes, conventions.

The old school.

Way of thinking, you challenged  the entire institution of golf.

You challenged us and most.

Of all yourself.

Popular Swift sneaker brand  on Runnings CEO Mark Mauer,  

addressing speculation following  Wood's departure at Nike,  

told an audience at a conference on Monday  that Woods was not signing with the brand.

We hope he finds a great new partner.

It's not going to be us, Mauer told the gathering.

Nike has almost been synonymous with Woods,  

from when he first went pro in  1996 to his master's win in 2019,  

his first major tournament win in 11 years,  even though a scandal drove sponsors such as.

Gatorade.

AT&T and Accenture away from Woods,  losing him an estimated $20 million.

His.

Relationship with Nike stayed intact.

Woods signed A5 year endorsement  contract with Nike in 2000.

It was worth an estimated $85 million,  making it the richest endorsement contract.

In sports history.

At the time, at one point, Wood's Nike.

Deal was reported.

To be worth as much as 20 million.

Dollars a year.

CNN.

Previously reported Wood.

Signed multiple deals with the company  over a span of nearly three decades,  

including a 10 year deal signed in 2013.

That's worth about.

$200 million Woods is still one of the  best known athletes in the country,  

three times better known by the general  public than the average athlete, according to.

Surveys by Q score.

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