Read An Article From The BBC With Me To Improve Your FLUENCY

Today we're going to review a news article  

from the BBC together to help you  improve all areas of your English.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

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I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

Let's review the headline together.

7 year old, you see him right here in the picture.

7 year old gets job offer from Russian IT firm.

Now, this is a headline, so articles and  auxiliary verbs are omitted to make the  

headline as short as possible, and this  is accepted even in formal situations.

However, if you were to write this as a sentence,  

a regular sentence, there  are three articles missing.

Do you know where the articles  need to go grammatically?

Well, let's review this together.

7 year old.

Notice how there are dashes between this and  you might notice that there's no S on year.

So this is because it's an  adjective and it describes the boy.

Technically the word boy is  missing, or you could say boy,  

child, 7 year old, boy, 7  year old child, for example.

But because boy is your noun, child is your noun,  

7 year old is the adjective  that describes the boy.

We need an article at the very beginning and you  

would say A7 year old, A7 year  old boy or a 7 year old child.

So that is one article.

Do you know where the next article is needed?

A 7 year old boy gets well, job offer is a noun.

It's a something and as the general rule,  we need an article in front of nouns,  

singular nouns, unless it's an  exception and an uncountable noun.

But in this case, it is not a job offer  because it's not a specific job offer.

It's just any job offer.

Now our final article  missing from Russian IT firm.

We'll hear firm which is another way of saying  

company is our noun Russian and  IT describe what type of company.

But if we got rid of Russian and IT  

gets a job offer from firm from a firm, now we're  also using AW because it's not a specific firm.

It's just awe firm, all Russian IT firm.

If we said the Russian IT firm, it would  mean we were specifying a specific one.

But at this point in the article, we are not.

So these are the three articles  that are missing grammatically.

If you were to write this as a full  sentence, but remember as a headline,  

it is acceptable to omit the articles and  auxiliary verbs, which we don't have here.

To make it as short as possible,  

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Let's continue and learn about this job offer.

A Russian software company.

Ah, so notice how because  we're in the full article now,  

we need to add those articles  and auxiliary verbs as well.

So a 7 year old, A7 year old,  a Russian software company.

And notice here they're using the word company,  which we already learned is a replacement to firm.

Often firm is used when  consulting services are provided.

For example, you hear this a lot with law firm.

Law firm, they offer their consulting as  a service, but you could say law company,  

although in North America that is not common,  is almost exclusively called a law firm.

Outside of a law firm, most of the time  you could say firm or company like we  

have here and there is no difference in  meaning and they both sound commonly used.

A Russian software company has  invited A7 year old coding prodigy.

So remember this is an adjective that  describes in this case coding prodigy.

But you could replace this with the word boy, boy  who is a coding prodigy, boy who is 7 years old.

So you would add that as if you  were using it to describe his age.

A boy who is 7 years old.

But in this case, it's an adjective.

So we don't add that.

S let's continue to join its management team.

All right, Seven years old and he has  a job offer for a management position  

as soon as he is old enough  to take up paid employment.

In this case, if you take up paid  employment, it means you accept it.

You accept it, but we also use  the phrasal verb to take up with  

hobbies and activities to mean you  start doing that hobby or activity.

So in this case, you could think  of it as to start doing that job.

So if you take up coding as a hobby,  you Start learning or doing coding.

And of course, remember, take is your verb.

So you need to conjugate that.

If you say I took up coding,  of course, that's in the past.

Simple, you started coding  as a new hobby or activity.

Sergey from the Russian city of Saint  Petersburg has built a name for himself.

Often we replace built a name with  maid, has made a name for himself  

uploading videos that explain how  to write software since he was five.

And if you build or make a name for yourself,  

you would need to change this  depending on who the subject is.

It means you become well known for  something so you're regarded as an expert.

So hopefully I could say Jennifer has built  has made remember both verbs are possible.

This is conjugated in the present perfect.

So that's why you have the third form of the verb.

You could put this in the past simple as well.

Jennifer has built a name for  herself as a great teacher.

Do you agree with that?

If you do put that's right,  that's right in the comments.

Now I could put this in the present continuous  to say an action in progress Jennifer is making.

Jennifer is building a name  for herself as a great teacher.

So again, put that's right, that's right.

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Now let's continue with our lesson  on the strength of those videos.

Remember, the videos are the ones he  posted on YouTube of himself coding.

Notice this phrase here on the strength  of and then something those videos.

Another way of saying this would be because  those videos were successful or well done,  

well regarded, influential because those videos  were were because those videos is plural.

So you could say on the strength of of something,  this is the more everyday way of saying it.

And this sounds a little more formal  on the strength of those videos,  

the information security firm.

So here again, they're using the  word firm instead of company,  

but it means the same thing, Firm Pro 32.

So this is the name of the company.

Send him the seven-year old coding  prodigy, the seven-year old boy.

A written job offer for the post  of head of corporate training.

Wow.

A management position as seven-year years old.

In North America, the standard term would be  position instead of post for the position of, but  

post is understood is just the choice in British  English for the position for the post of in.

In either case, you need this of and then you  state the position or post in British English  

for the position of head of corporate training  under Russian law, Sergey, the name of the boy,  

the seven-year old boy Sergey would not be  able to take up any paid role until he is 14.

So notice here, this is our adjective phrase.

So the age describes him as a phrase.

Now if you were to write the full form,  

you would say years old and then years  would have the S because it's more than one.

But it's completely acceptable  and extremely common to just  

use the number to describe age  rather than saying years old.

If you say years, you must also say the word old.

It is not optional.

You must use both words or you  can just use the number now.

Notice here we have until now.

This is in the future, but notice  we use the present simple and I see  

a lot of mistakes with this, so  let's just quickly review this.

You could say I can't get a  promotion until I improve.

So the present simple for your verb improve,  even though that is a future action,  

we use it in the present simple after  Intel until I improve my English.

You could also use your English  as the subject after until I  

can't get a promotion until my English is better.

So this is your present simple is better.

You could also say until my English improves  and then you would add that S because again,  

it's in the present simple with until when  you're using it in a future reference.

But Pro 32, remember this is the name of the, the  company, the firm, the IT company, the IT firm.

But Pro 32's chief executive.

So this is possessive, possessive.

The chief executive belongs to Pro 32.

But Pro 32's chief executive Igor Mandik  told the BBC World Service he had spoken  

to Sergey's parents about finding  ways to collaborate in the meantime.

OK, So what time is the mean time is between now  

when he is 7 years old and in the  future when he is 14 years old.

So that period of time is  in the meantime until he is  

legally allowed to work and they're  going to find ways to collaborate.

So collaborate means work together.

Now it can't be in an official paid capacity  because that is illegal under Russian law.

So notice that preposition  illegal under Russian law.

And if you want to replace collaborate with  another word, remember that it's work together.

The preposition that you need is together and  then in the belongs to the phrase meantime in  

the meantime, So all three of these would still  be together, work together in the meantime.

His father Kirill was surprised and  said that they were really happy  

and looking forward to when Sergey  would be able to join the company.

Mr.

Mandic said OK, so notice here and looking  forward to this preposition to belongs  

to the phrase to look forward to something.

Now in this case, the something is when  Sergey would be able to join the company.

This is the something.

If you have a verb that follows, you  need your verb in the ING because this  

preposition belongs to the phrase to and we use  the verb in ING the gerund after prepositions.

So with a verb, you could say I'm looking  forward to joining the company when I'm 14,  

So when in a future context also  requires the present simple when I am 14.

And then remember you could add years old.

It's optional.

And if you do, you have to add that S on years.

And you must also use the word old.

I'm looking forward to joining the company.

I'm looking forward to meeting you.

I'm looking forward to watching, seeing,  hearing, listening, whatever your verb is.

Now, you could also look forward  to something and have a noun.

I'm looking forward to your  next video, your next video.

Or you could put the action,  which would be watching.

I'm looking forward to watching your next video.

So hopefully you're thinking this right now.

Wow, this is such a great way to learn English.

I'm looking forward to watching your  nanks learn English with the news video.

So if that describes you put that's  right put that's right, that's right.

In the comments on his video,  Sergey appears fresh face.

So fresh faced is an adjective  that could mean youthful or it  

could also mean just very energetic or fresh.

For example, at the end of the day,  I probably will not look fresh faced.

My makeup will be a little smeared.

Maybe my eyes will have some bags  under them, my hair won't be as nice.

But right in the morning, right after  I do my makeup, I look fresh faced.

So hopefully I look youthful, but if not,  it could still mean just fresh for the day.

So he appears fresh faced  and smiling enthusiastically.

Speaking in Russian and sometimes in  English as a 7 year old, very talented.

Sometimes in English.

He goes through coding challenges  step by step, step by step.

This is a great binomial pair,  

which A binomial pair is 2 words that  are joined together by a preposition.

In this case, the preposition is by.

So if you do something step by step,  it means gradually or incrementally.

So right now we're going through  this article step by step.

We're going through it  gradually and incrementally.

His YouTube channel has more than 3500.

You could say 3500 or 3500.

There's absolutely no difference.

I change between them for no reason at all.

Both are accepted and it  does not matter what you use.

So whatever is easiest for you, 3000 500 there's  no need to vocalize, and 3500 you don't need that.

And 3535 100 because 2 zeros represents 100.

So I wrote down how you would say them.

And notice nothing is plural here.

There's no S on 100, for example, because  the S is on the noun which is subscribers.

So this is where you find  your S not on the number.

His YouTube channel has more than 30  five 3500 subscribers interested in.

So this is another expression where in is a  

preposition that belongs to the  expression to be interested in.

The auxiliary verb is not  needed because the subject  

is not identified here interested in learning.

So This is why our verb is an ING because  this preposition belongs to the phrase.

If you were to say this as a sentence,  

you could say his subscribers are  because it's to be interested in.

So you would add that auxiliary verb are because  subscribers is plural, are interested in learning  

programming languages and then the two  programming languages Python And Unity  

or who want to hear more about neural networks,  which underlie many artificial intelligence tools.

Let's review underlie.

This is a verb to underlie, and if you say  something underlies something else, you're saying  

it's the foundation of that something or the  basis of you can think of it as a core part of.

So let's look at learning English.

You could say understanding grammar rules.

This is your subject using a gerund  verb, understanding grammar rules.

Now this is conjugated as it or this.

This your ability to understand  grammar rules underlies.

That's why we have it in the S,  because the subject as the gerund  

is it third person singular underlies  the ability to speak English fluently.

And that's why in addition to learning vocabulary,  you're learning it in context and you're learning  

the grammar of how to use it or else you  won't be able to speak the language fluently.

So there's a practical example of  how to use use the verb to underline.

Sergey's father told the BBC  that his son got into coding.

So if you get into something, it means that  you, it's when you start your interest in  

that subject, because we use the  verb get as a transitional verb.

So when you get into something,  it's that transition from not  

being into in the sense of not having an  interest in to being into interested in.

So that's that verb get from not to.

So someone I might ask me,  how did you get into teaching?

How did you get into teaching?

This is the same as how did you  first become interested in teaching?

How did you get into teaching?

Sergey's father told the BBC that  his son got into coding first,  

became interested in coding when observing  his older sister learning about programming.

At first we studied the material  together with the children.

OK, so this is the parent.

We as the parents, we studied  the material together with the  

children to explain the basic principles to them.

After a month, our help was no longer needed.

And after 2, so after two months,  it's obvious that what our time  

period is, so you don't have to repeat it.

And after two, Sergey was so carried  away that he overtook everyone.

He said, first let's take a look at carried away.

Notice here the auxiliary verb is to be.

Sergey was so carried away.

This is also commonly used with the verb get again  

as that transition from not  carried away to carried away.

What does that this mean?

If you get carried away by something,  it means you're so overly enthusiastic,  

overly passionate, overly interested that  you do more than needed, wanted, or expected.

So if you're If you get carried away  with learning phrasal verbs instead  

of studying for one hour, you might  study for 12 hours but then neglect  

all your other responsibilities  because you got so carried away.

So it's actually a negative thing.

It means 2 enthusiastic or too  absorbed where all your interest,  

attention, time, energy goes into this one thing.

This is funny because my friend  just used this example with me.

She told me that she took up jewelry making.

So she started a new activity hobby, which  is jewelry making, making her own jewelry.

And then she said, but I  got a little carried away.

So she became too passionate,  too absorbed by this hot hobby.

And she told me that she bought over 2000  beads which can make hundreds of bracelets.

She's making bracelets so that  could make hundreds of bracelets,  

which she does not need to  make hundreds of bracelets.

So she got a little carried away.

OK, so Sergey was so carried  away that he overtook everyone.

Let's take a look at the verb to overtake.

And then this is conjugated.

In the past, simple overtook.

This means to surpass.

So remember Sergey and his  sister or the parents as well.

We're at the same level of  knowledge or skill with coding.

But then Sergey got carried away.

He spent all of his time learning  and coding and then he overtook.

So he surpassed, he moved ahead of the others in  terms of skill, knowledge or results or all three.

So this is commonly used in  a competitive atmosphere.

A business might say we overtook the competition,  

we surpassed the competition, and  most likely this could be in results.

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.

7 year old gets job offer from Russian IT firm A  Russian software company has invited A7 year old  

coding prodigy to join its management team as soon  as he is old enough to take up paid employment.

Sergey, from the Russian city of Saint  Petersburg, has built a name for himself  

uploading videos that explain how  to write software since he was 5.

On the strength of those videos,  the information security firm  

Pro 32 sent him a written job offer for  the post of head of corporate training.

Under Russian law, Sergey would not be able  to take up any paid role until he is 14.

But Pro 32's chief executive Igor Mandik  told the BBC World Service he has spoken  

to Sergey's parents about finding  ways to collaborate in the meantime.

His father, Kirill, was surprised  and said that they were really  

happy and looking forward to when Sergey  would be able to join the company, Mr.

Mandik said.

On his video, Sergey appears fresh  faced and smiling enthusiastically,  

speaking in Russian and sometimes in English.

He goes through coding challenges step by step.

His YouTube channel has more than 3500  subscribers interested in learning  

programming languages Python And Unity,  or who want to hear more about neural  

networks, which underline many  artificial intelligence tools.

Sergey's father told the BBC that his son got  

into coding when observing his older  sister learning about programming.

At first, we studied the material together with  

the children to explain the  basic principles to them.

After a month, our help was no  longer needed and after two,  

Sergey was so carried away  that he overtook everyone.

He said, Do you want me to make another  lesson where we read the news together?

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