ENGLISH FLUENCY SECRETS | 9 CONFUSING THINGS AMERICANS SAY

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Merry Christmas.
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That's right.
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It is Christmas and I hope you are having an awesome time
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with your family and friends.
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Now, very quickly today I wanna tell you about five classic American Christmas
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movies that most Americans have seen, and I hope you get an opportunity to
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see each and every one of these movies.
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Are you ready?
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Well then
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I'm teacher Tiffani, let's jump
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right.
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The very first movie is, it's a Wonderful Life.
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Now, this is a movie all the way from 1946, but I've seen it
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multiple times, and it's a movie that many Americans have seen.
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Now, this movie is about a man named George Bailey had many problems and
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he was thinking about ending it all.
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He said, you know what?
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I don't even know why I'm here.
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Why am I living?
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And throughout the movie, you see George realize how important his family is and
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his life is, and the movie is just a reminder to appreciate the things that
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you have and the people that you love.
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Now, I'm not gonna give you too many spoilers.
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I want you to check out the movie.
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So, The first classic American English Christmas movie is It's A
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Wonderful Life, a wonderful movie, reminding you to appreciate those
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around you and the things you have.
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Now, the second movie is White Christmas, another movie from 1954.
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Again, I've seen this movie multiple times.
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I actually watched it about two weeks.
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From the time of this recording, actually during the Thanksgiving holiday,
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I watched this movie again, again.
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It's called White Christmas.
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I love this movie.
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It's a classic movie and it's about, uh, these individuals that sing very
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well and they want to help this other individual during the Christmas holiday.
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And you watch and you listen to the music and you see them dancing,
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and you also see how friends come together for a very good purpose.
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Trust me, you are going to enjoy this movie.
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Kids can watch it, adults can watch it.
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It's a very good Christmas movie and I think you will enjoy it again, my family
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and I, we watch it every single year.
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Now the second Christmas movie, the second classic Christmas movie, Christmas
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movie, is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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Now you're seeing these are all classics.
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This one was from 1964.
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That's when this movie came out.
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And I remember growing up watching this movie every single year during the
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Christmas holiday, and I loved this movie.
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Now it's up to Santa, you see right here.
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It's up to Santa's.
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Famous reindeer Rudolph to save the day when this evil queen comes up
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with a plan to storm on Christmas.
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It's a great movie you and your kids will enjoy and again, When you watch these
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classic Christmas movies, not only will you improve your English, but you'll
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also understand a little bit more about American culture because movies really
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reveal a lot about culture, and when you're able to enter a conversation and
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say, oh yeah, I've seen that movie too.
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Americans will be impressed and the conversations you have with them will
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continue to go deeper and deeper.
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So don't forget to check out this movie, Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer.
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Now, the next classic Christmas movie is a Charlie Brown Christmas.
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Now this is from 1965, and you know I told you that I loved
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Rudolph the Red Nose reindeer, but this one right here, it was also.
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Honestly, a movie that every single Christmas I watched, it's a cartoon,
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but you see the kids coming together trying to work things out on
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Christmas, and it's a great movie.
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Again, the entire family can watch it together.
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Classic Christmas movies, American Christmas movies, so that you can
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understand more about our culture and the things that we enjoy as well.
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Now, this last one, again, a classic, an older movie, but it's a classic.
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Home alone.
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This movie was produced and released in 1990 when I was younger, and it's about
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this kid and he doesn't want his family to be with them anymore, and he learns
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the value of family during Christmas time.
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It's a great movie as well, and it's a classic.
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Many people say this is one of the best Christmas movies
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for families and for kids.
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Again, this movie, home Alone, I honestly have.
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More than 20 times.
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We watched it a lot when I was growing up, even at school.
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So again, these five classic Christmas movies that most Americans have seen.
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Now, every year we have new Christmas movies on Netflix.
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Now you can see tons of Christmas movies, so you can watch many different
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Christmas movies to improve your English and to learn more about American.
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But if you want to watch some classic Christmas movies, movies from back
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in the day that many Americans literally watched when we were kids,
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we watched them and we even still watch them now as a sense of nostalgia.
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Don't forget to check out these movies again, I wanna say Merry Christmas.
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I hope you enjoy today.
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I'm going to enjoy today with my family, eating good food, opening presents,
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watching movies, listening to great music.
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We love Christmas music, so I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and I
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can't wait to see you in the new year.
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I love you all.
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