REAL LIFE ENGLISH | Speak English Like A Native Speaker Episode 5

Hey today, I'm going to teach you real life English.

That's right.

The English that native English speakers actually use in real

life, not just book English.

This lesson is going to help you so much.

Now this is episode five of our real life English series.

Are you ready?

Well, then I am teacher.

Tiffani, let's jump right in.

Now what I'm going to show you right now is a very beautiful image, but I want to

show you the right portion of this image.

Look up top in the right when I see this, I immediately

think magnificent, magnificent.

Now I want you to repeat after me magnificent.

Excellent last time after me magnificent.

Excellent.

Now this word magnificent just means very good, beautiful,

or deserving to be admired.

Something that is extremely beautiful.

Like the image I just showed you now let's see an example sentence using this word.

Here we go.

They live in an absolutely magnificent home.

One more time.

They live in an absolutely magnificent home.

What are we saying?

We're saying that their home is extremely beautiful.

So whenever you want to say something is beautiful or worthy of being

admired, you can now say magnificent.

Excellent.

Now, let me give you a sentence pattern for this word.

Here's the pattern you can use.

The view from.dot.dot.dot is magnificent.

Again, the view from.dot.dot.dot is magnificent.

Now here's an example sentence using this pattern, the view from my new apartment.

Is magnificent.

Again, the view from my new apartment is magnificent.

Now I want to show you the view from my new office.

It is also magnificent.

That is the view I see every day.

So I can say, Whoo!

The view from my new office is magnificent.

Now I want you to try to use this pattern, make your own sentence,

put it in the comments section.

All right.

So again, we have magnificent.

Now I want us to jump back to this image because we see the magnificent

sky, but what about the other portion?

The larger portion.

In English, I would say expansive, expansive again after me expansive.

There you go again.

One last time.

Expansive.

Excellent.

Very good.

Now this word expansive just means covering a large area, covering a large

area, just like we saw in the image.

A large area, a large portion of the sky.

Right?

So here's an example sentence.

I want you to look at.

We saw the expensive view from the window.

Wow.

We saw the expansive view from the window.

Makes sense right now, let me show you a sentence pattern

you can use with this word.

Here we go.

The sentence pattern you can use is the.dot.dot.dot is or was expansive.

Again, we're using a simple pattern so that you can get used

to using this word again, the.dot.dot.dot is or was expensive.

Now here's a sentence using this pattern.

The grand canyon is expansive, right?

The grand canyon is huge.

It's very big.

It is expansive.

Makes sense.

Right.

So one more time after me expansive.

Good job.

Very good.

Now, before we go to the next word, I want to.

I want to see if you're ready for this quiz.

So we have our first quiz.

All right.

Here's the first question.

All right.

Now you are going to have five seconds for this quiz.

So I want you to look at this first question.

Here's the question I want you to fill in the blank.

The woman likes.dot dot houses instead of tiny houses, five seconds.

To one time.

What's the answer?

Yes, you got it.

Excellent.

The woman likes expansive, very large houses instead of tiny houses.

Very, very good.

All right.

Let me reset the timer and I'm going to ask you question number two.

The food she made was absolutely dot, dot, dot 5 seconds two one time.

What's the answer.

Very good.

The food she made was absolutely magnificent.

It was really good.

This is a really good compliment.

So if you have some good food from a native English, Tell

them your food was magnificent.

They'll really be pleased.

All right.

So very good.

Those two we've learned so far magnificent and expansive.

Now I want us to go back to the image.

I want us to look at a different portion of the image.

Let's move closer to where the rocks are.

This looks very serene, serene.

Again, look at me.

Serene.

Excellent.

Last time after me.

Serene.

Good.

Now the word serene just means peaceful and calm marked

by utter calm or quietness.

Very peaceful.

Think about walking through the woods and there's a very quiet stream.

You can hear the leaves rustling.

That is a very serene environment.

All right, now let's look at an example sentence.

Here we go.

We enjoyed the serene landscape at the top of the mountain.

We enjoyed the calm and the peacefulness at the top of the mountain.

So one more time we enjoyed the serene landscape at the top of the mountain.

Now, let me give you a pattern, a sentence pattern you can use.

Here's the pattern, the dot.dot looked so serene.

It looked so calm again.

The dot.dot looked so serene.

Now here's a sentence using this.

Man, the sleeping baby looked so serene.

You know what it feels like to look at a baby sleeping, just peaceful and calm.

It makes us feel good.

The sleeping baby looked so serene.

So again, last time after me serene.

Excellent.

All right, now let's look at another part of this image.

If we move our eyes to the right a bit, we see this a reflection.

Reflection again after me reflection.

Good.

Last time reflection.

Good.

Now this word reflection just means the image of something in a

mirror or any reflective surface.

Now let me show you the image one more time.

What is being reflected?

The sun, you can see the sun's rays on the water.

So again, we have the word reflection.

Good.

Now let me give you an example sentence.

Here we go.

They were looking at their reflection in the mirror.

One more time.

They were looking at their reflection in the mirror.

Makes sense, looking at themselves, making sure everything was okay,

checking their hair, their makeup, making sure everything was okay.

They were looking at their reflection.

Now, what if you want to use this real life English vocabulary

word, here's a pattern for you.

He could see his reflection in the.dot dot dot.

Remember, it's not just.

He could see his reflection in the.dot dot.

This is a pattern you can use so we could say, he could see his reflection

or she could see her reflection in the mirror at the end of the hall.

Now we're saying where it's located.

So we made the sentence longer.

Right?

So again, he could see his reflection in the mirror at the end of the

hall, we use this word reflection.

So last time after.

Reflection.

Excellent.

All right.

Now what about this next word?

So again, we have reflection, but our eyes kind of zoom out and we see the

man looking and we have in, or into the distance again in or into the distance.

One more time after me for pronunciation practice, I'll do both.

In the distance.

Good second into the distance.

Excellent.

We use both of these patterns, these expressions.

So this just means to look at, or to look to a place that is very, very

far from where you are, although you can still see or hear things.

We can see the sun, but it's very far away, right?

Just like the man was looking very far into the distance.

So let's look at an example sentence using this.

This man, excuse me, the man, was looking off into the distance again.

The man was looking off into the distance.

Now, what, if you want to use this in a sentence?

Let me give you this.

The dot.dot could be seen in the distance.

The dot.dot could be seen in the distance.

A very simple pattern.

Now using this pattern, here's an example sentence.

The large boat could be seen in the distance right now.

We could also say again, looking at the image, we could also say.

The sun could be seen in the distance the clouds could be seen in the distance,

a very simple pattern for you to use.

Now we have our second quiz.

I need to make sure you understood all of the words and expressions.

So here we go.

Our second quiz, first question.

Now again, remember you have a five second timer.

Here's the first sentence.

The view from the top of the mountain was truly five seconds time.

What's the answer.

Come on.

You got it was truly excellent.

Magnificent.

Very good.

Excellent job.

Now, second question.

Let's restart the timer.

The seals formed small groups on the.dot.dot.dot Beaches

where they breed five seconds.

Start time.

What's the answer.

Come on.

I know you have it.

What's the answer.

Exactly.

Expensive beaches.

Very, very large.

All right, here we go.

Question number three.

Let me restart the.

He enjoyed writing in his journal next to the small and.dot.dot.dot lake.

Here we go.

Time starts.

What time what's the answer?

Come on.

You know it?

Yes.

The serene calm and peaceful lake.

Excellent job.

All right.

Question number four.

Let's see if you can find the answer before she left the house,

she looked at her.dot.dot.dot.

In the mirror.

What's the answer.

Five seconds.

Time.

What's the answer.

Excellent reflection in the mirror.

Very good.

All right.

Number five.

Here's question number five, the youngest student stared off.dot dot dot.

Instead of focusing on the lesson, five seconds starts now

time.

What's the.

Excellent.

The young student stared off into the distance instead

of focusing on the lesson.

Excellent job.

I am so proud of.

You learned so many real life, English, words, and expressions today.

I want you to use them in real life so that you can sound more

like a native English speaker.

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All right, guys, I hope you enjoyed today's lesson.

Remember, I'll see you next week, but as always remember to speak English to.

Doo doo doo...

You still there?

You know what time it is?

It's story time.

Hey, I said it's story time.

All right.

So this story that I want to tell you came to mind because last

week, so I moved to a new office.

Remember earlier I showed you all the view from my office, right?

The view from my office.

Remember we talked about that a little.

Beautiful office.

Beautiful apartment, beautiful area.

It's wonderful.

But I got home late one night last week.

I think I got home maybe around 10 30 or 11:00 PM.

It was dark outside.

It was very calm and serene.

Right.

So I got out of my car and I have an automatic lock, so I just hit the

button and it locks my car on my key.

So I hit the button and it went "Doot doot".

So I stepped out my car again, locked it to "Doot doot".

And I was about to walk on the sidewalk toward my apartment.

When all of a sudden I heard footsteps behind me.

And I remember it was late at night.

It was dark.

It was very calm, but all of a sudden I heard footsteps behind me now immediately.

I thought that someone was following me.

So I turned around quickly and there was a man standing there.

He had a hood on and he was walking towards me and I looked at him

and he said, Hey, how are you?

I said, dude, you can't just walk up on me like that.

It was actually my neighbor.

He said, oh, I'm sorry.

And I think he was cold.

So he was walking kind of quickly.

And he was kind of leaned over like.

And I thought about, man.

If I had been in South Korea, it would have been totally different.

You see, I was scared at that moment because I thought

someone was coming to attack me.

But when I lived in South Korea, again, this situation reminded me of

South Korea because living in south.

Even at midnight as a single female living alone, I could go

outside at midnight, walk to a park by myself where it was dark.

They had a few lights there and I could walk and not worry

about anyone attacking me.

That's how safe Korea was and the situation that happened last week reminded

me of how much I miss Korea and walking around at night without worrying about any

one attacking me now, my neighbor's great.

He didn't do anything of course, but that fear that someone may

have been walking up on me,

that fear went away.

When I was in South Korea, it's a very safe country.

Maybe your country is just like Korea, very safe, or maybe your

country is similar to more of a dangerous company company, country,

but I'm glad everything worked out.

Of course, and my neighbor, he's a cool guy, but it reminded me

that sometimes you can be in an area that's safe and sometimes

you can be in an area that's not.

All right, guys.

I hope you enjoyed this short story today.

Have an awesome week and I will see you all next time.