Let's Learn English! Topic: Nice Things! 📮❤️🐕 (Lesson Only)

does for you that's free. So it's always nice to go out to

all older. I'm a child and I'm fifty-one. We were worried we

might check in on your parents every once in a while. You

kind of a a a strange and interesting human thing. When

simply spend time with someone. And then smile. Um this is a

for a walk and sit on a bench in a park and chat and talk and

smile. Um but when you smile it Makes other people happy. It's

oh do you need some help? When I offer to help them that would

very very simple one as well. They've done studies that when

variations on this. They might ask you to watch their dog.

to a store and you spend money. So we're talking about time in

and then when I stop talking the other person starts talking

with someone you've decided that you are going to be in the

make them feel good. Because it's a very very nice thing to

the same way we talk about money. You have a certain

to do. Take someone out for lunch. This is similar to

hand or help someone out. It means the same thing. I don't

listening to someone. When I visit my mom I try really hard

work. But often when people go on vacation they might ask

with them I offer I always offer to help clean up

hospital. Neighbors and friends might bring a meal. When you

thing but it's a very nice thing. And I see Vito the chat

To look after someone's dog. So this is another one that goes

variations on this. Um you can lend someone a hand you can

clean up. So this is something that you want to do if you're

vacation. To check in on someone. When you check in on

then Jen wouldn't have to make a meal because she was already

her clean up after the meal. If I go to visit a friend they

might want to make sure that everything is okay. You might

if someone had kids who were six and nine they might say can

to listen to her. I only see my mom once a week. Maybe every

hi to everyone. Um people might think you're in a bad mood or

I'd really like that. Help someone move. So I've mentioned

does it's a real treat. I'm not sure I'm not sure if I use that

sister and we have a meal I offer to help clean up. I help

saying hello Bob. See you made me smile. It's nice. Hello

picking up the tab. Um so but this is more like hey can I

Sometimes when I'm in a conversation I feel like I talk

someone's take care of. They might ask you to take care of

saying. Um so something as simple as saying hello. Or

you help me out? My car has a flat tire. Uh can you help me

while they're gone. Uh and you might do a few other things

can't do it. I could only smile when I'm actually feeling the

work is always safe. Complimenting someone's

care of their house for them. So I have never done this but I

it. If you go to work and when you get to work you don't say

using the verb spend which we usually use for money. You go

going to Europe for 2 weeks. Can you water my plants for me?

someone's plants for them. Uh if someone has gone on a trip

two weeks. So it's nice to really listen to what she's

that I want to help them clean up. When you visit someone it's

right now but it will seem fake. Here's my smile. See I

mailbox I have because I live in the country you if you live

us meals. They did that for almost 2 weeks. People would

take care of my dog? Look and take care of are are totally

do. Say hello to someone. So this is pretty straightforward

someone it means you go to their place to see if they're

very very nice thing to do for them definitely. Help someone

opinions on this. When you're young it's very easy to help

be a little bit careful with this one. When you comment on

nice to spend time with someone. It's nice to just go

didn't he say hi today? So say saying hello it's a simple

When you say hi to someone when you say hello to someone it can

someone smile you will often smile back. I I would smile

actually do the cleanup with them. So help someone clean up.

you smile it makes other people happy and it makes other people

someone move. When you're older you don't want to hurt yourself

along with to house it for someone. When people go away

pick up their mail. You get the mail for them so that their

long period of time they might be worried that water might or

actually listening to someone can be a very very kind thing

to talk about what they want to talk about. Um so just actually

amount of time everyday. And you have to decide how you're

this a few times as an example. Now people have different

you say hey can I give you a hand with that? Hey can I help

need to smile. So I guess I'm smiling now because I want to

by helping someone move. You don't want to lift heavy

might say no no just sit. We'll clean up. But I will still say

always nice to offer to help clean up. That means you say

visiting someone. So if I go somewhere and I have a meal

someone. Notice I used the and I didn't use the you can get

If you could babysit for us that would be great.

Let me buy you lunch. Let me take you to lunch. When someone

After I had heart surgery friends and family would bring

someone smiles people will often smile back. When you see

bring a meal to the door they bring it at five o'clock and

how we did that. But to help someone move is just a very

offer to help someone it's a very nice thing to do. If

Always a nice thing to do. Spend time with someone. So

wait until it's their turn to go in. But yes if you're at the

often use the verb help out to help someone out. Um do you

didn't want to throw out our back or pull a muscle by

full because then people might realize that you're on

So this happens before the action of helping. This means

this is similar to listen to someone. When you spend time

someone a meal. It's just it's just a very very nice thing to

might ask you to get mail for them. When you get the mail for

things. My mom actually moved a number of months ago. And we

When you babysit for someone you watch their kids. Uh you

reasons why it's a good idea to check in on your parents. It's

okay. When you reach out to someone it means you call them

it when people are grouchy all the time or not in a good mood.

This is something that I think I'm going to end up doing more

someone said to me oh I'm moving on Saturday. I can say

but they didn't actually listen to what I said. They just want

out? I don't have any money and I need to pay a really large

little watering can and you would say you would water their

Vitor. Offer to help someone. So we've talked about a few

just a good idea. Bring someone a meal. So in Canada this often

lifting heavy furniture. So we were very very careful about

lunch and have someone else pay for it. At least in my world

people to do. If someone isn't able to do this themselves.

them something with no expectation of return. If my

bill. So anytime you help someone in some way. We will

do. Something as simple as this. Listen to someone.

or send them a text message. When you check in on someone it

they might just wonder what's what's wrong with Bob? Why

them while they're gone. She might just live there for a

go to their house. You might check in on them to make sure

okay. Um it's kind of weird but if you say hello to someone if

hey can I help you clean up? And then it's actually nice to

their dog. If my sister went on vacation she might say hey can

you watch my dog for me? Uh can you look after my dog? Can you

take you to lunch today? Let's talk about a new business deal.

going to use that time. How are you going to that time. So it's

week to take care of things. Pick up the tab for someone.

Especially if you haven't talked to them in a while. If I

often use paper maps anymore. And we don't always need to ask

you out with that? Do you need some help? Um the when you

then you'll find library. If that's what they're looking

for free. So when you pick up the tab it means that you

bring someone a meal you cook for them and then you bring the

it means they're gone and you're going to take their dog

same place as them and talk with them for a while. It's

favour. I would go to his house and I would help him with the

blocks and then turn left and walk for two more blocks. And

means you actually go there. If you have older parents you

little different. So just maybe ignore me on that one. But if

babysit for us. It was a very nice thing to do. When my mom

help out to help someone out. So I mentioned earlier the word

would babysit for us Jen and I could go out on a date We could

helped my mom move. But my brothers and sisters and I are

for directions because of GPS. Sometimes GPS takes us exactly

afterwards. I offer to help do the dishes. If I visit my

and more as my kids get older. When you go to a restaurant

in the city might just have a small box. But when you get the

word babysit just for babies. Even when kids are older when

same as to lend someone a hand. Okay so if you lend someone a

house sit. And it comes from the word babysit. When you

help someone out. Um but you can also offer to help someone.

mean to actually use your hand but it can also mean any kind

know what would help me out? If you guys watched all of my

busy taking care of me and all of the children. So bring

you babysit for me? Uh we'd like to go out on Friday night.

that they're you know taking care themselves having a shower

where we need to go. But it's very nice to help someone if

Because then you too likes the video shows it to more people.

word yet. It's a real treat. In English when you say

look after their kids. And just so you know we don't use the

ask a relative to house sit for them. Um when you house sit for

directions so they know how to get to the place where they're

know why we add the word out. But we do say it this way. Can

something nice about them in an appropriate way. So you have to

videos from the beginning to the end that would help me out.

enjoy each other's company. So a very nice thing to do is to

By the way you don't have to do that. It was just an example of

I think my kids expect me to do that. When we go out to eat

for a walk feed their dog and do all those pet and dog like

for. So it's very nice to give someone directions. If someone

be appropriate in some situations but maybe not

project. Um those are all things that we would call

someone to get the mail for them. Because they don't want

the mail for someone. You can get mail for someone. Both

with Jen's parents often her parents will pick up the tab.

that everything is okay. When people go on vacation for a

mail for someone it means that they're gone and you go and you

they're not babies anymore we still use the word babysit. So

that they will pay for the meal for everyone. They will pick up

vacation and they'll go like if you're married and if the

you greet someone it's a very kind thing to do. Um Noah likes

lift to the garage to pick up their car. I've done this a few

mailbox doesn't fill up. It's not nice when your mailbox is

similar. They're exactly the same. I think watch my dog is a

make their day it can cheer them up. Um just think about

meal to their house. Again this is a very common thing for

standing in the line or in a in your car and someone you allow

you don't make them go to the end of the line. You allow them

someone's looks. In my part of the English speaking world you

ways to help someone out. I did want to add this. It is the

they don't want their plants to die. They might say hey I'm

this picture kind of interesting. Because we don't

going. Help someone out. So again there are many different

directions to someone you say oh go down this street for four

wife's parents go on vacation the wife might go house sit for

borrow and lend. Lend is the action of the person giving

someone. So I wasn't sure if you guys were going to know

they can go out for the evening or so that they can go away for

plants for them. And of course if someone is on vacation they

And here is another general term to lend something to

them home or you bring them to the place they need to go to.

to say. But compliments make people happy. House sit for

go see a movie. We could go have a meal in a restaurant.

have one or two items. You might let them in to the line

while you're doing that as well which I'll talk about later.

if my brother needed me to come and help do some work with him

something might break at their house. So sometimes they will

So this is a tricky one. Um because it sounds like you're

with a group of people you can each pay individually or

happens when people are sick or after they've been in the

of help that you give to someone let someone in. This is

It means you give it to them. But you do expect them to give

is lost it's very nice to take the time to give them

once in a while, taking their pills. There are a number of

know people who have done this. Where a relative Goes on

things. And of course if someone's gone you might water

compliments. When you compliment someone you you say

looks great today. I really like the work you did on that

their mailbox to fill up. By the way this is the kind of

they might ask you to look after their dog. There's a few

compliment someone's work. Say good job. That's a good thing

you look after someone's dog or you take care of someone's dog

with them that you know them. Okay? Um so yes it's safe to

someone might pick up the tab. So when I to a restaurant with

something's a treat it's something someone gives you or

definitely you're eating somewhere and someone has said

But when you house sit for someone it's like you're taking

That means you would stop at their house you would get a

let people in when I'm driving. I feel like they should just

vacation or they are gone for a while and you go and live there

someone you you usually live in their house for a week or two

the tab. Give directions to someone. So this one I found

working. Now they don't even have to own a car. Some people

or at least spend time there while they're gone to make sure

colleague has his car in the garage he might ask if I can

a nice thing to do. This is really hard for me to do. I am

again a general term. We talked about lending money or lending

gross store and a person walks up to the line and they only

because you feel like you have a lot of things and you don't

others. It's a little tricky. Maybe I should use other

went to school with years ago, if I wanted to reconnect, I

something. If you wanted to borrow money from me let's see

they come and ask you to give them directions. When you give

babysit for someone you take care of their their children so

a day or two. When our kids were little my mom would

someone a car. You can also lend someone a hand. Which can

physically taking your hand and reaching out. But that's not

not good at doing this. When you're in a line if you're

compliments. You could say I think complimenting someone's

letting them in. When you let someone in it means that you're

Someone to go in front of you. We would say that you are

lend you money. Okay. So when you lend something to someone.

appearance requires that you have some sort of relationship

Jen and my kids often I pick up the tab because I'm the dad and

it back. If you lend someone money you expect them to give

mean to physically help them. But it could also mean to give

could say oh that shirt look really nice on you. That would

hadn't talked to my brother for a year I might reach out to my

So they'll pay the bill for everyone and I'll get a meal

want to make them wait. Give someone a compliment. Your hair

and see how they are doing. Lend someone a hand. So this is

sister lost her job I would lend her a hand by giving her

this phrase when you house sit for someone it means they go on

what it means. To reach out to someone means to call them or

I might lend him a hand by going and helping him so it can

can say you're oh did you get a haircut? It looks nice. You

They might ask you to oh what's the other one? Look after

you do someone a favour it means you help them with

to go in front of you or behind you. So usually in front of

you. Um I don't often do this on the road. I don't like to

some money while she looked for another job. If my brother yeah

them to give my car back to me for sure. Reach out to someone.

brother to see how he's doing. If If I think about people I

this lesson and I'll get back to more action oriented lessons

someone. So often English learners get confused between

Sometimes at work someone will ask if someone can give them a

my face. If you wanted to borrow money from me I could

text them. It means to start a conversation with them.

for someone. It's nice to do a favour. It's nice to do your

to give them a ride somewhere because their car isn't

sister a favour. It's nice to do your parents a favour. When

help he might say hey can you do me a favor? I need to move

could reach out to one of my former classmates and say hi

without cars are always asking someone to give them a lift.

someone a lift or give someone a ride. If I'm at work and my

the money back to you. If I lend someone my car I expect

in the future. But yes crazy crazy crazy busy week. Give

going to focus on the actual phrases we use to talk about

times where I've given someone a ride or given someone a lift

done lessons like this in the past. In this lesson though I'm

some heavy things on Saturday. And then I would do him a

give him a lift or give him a ride. When you give someone a

today are not videos. I had a very busy week. So I've gone

anything in return. If my brother said he needed some

things you can that are really nice for other people. Now I've

lift or give them a ride they go in your car and you bring

stuff he Is working on. Sorry you might notice the slides

if we can get this to focus. Probably not. I have to cover

something and you don't expect to get paid or for them to do

things Bob. What is this lesson going to be about? Are you

back to the old style. Simply enjoy the pictures as we do

each of these nice things that you can do for someone else. So

things that you can do for someone else. Do someone a

favour. So this is the general term for doing something nice

to the garage. So when you give someone a lift it simply means

Well hello and welcome to this English lesson about nice

once again welcome to this English lesson about nice

gifts? No I'm not. What kind of nice things will I talk about?

person in this English lesson. So again this is a lesson about

things. Now you might be wondering what kind of nice

going to talk about nice things that you give to people like

I'm going to talk about nice things you can do for another

smile. Lots of fun.