THIS ENGLISH RULE WILL CHANGE YOUR ENGLISH NOW!

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Hey, in today's English lesson, I'm going to teach you the simple rule of threes.
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This simple rule is going to transform your English.
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Are you ready to speak English fluently?
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Well, then I'm teacher Tiffani.
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Let's jump right in.
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Now, this simple rule of threes.
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I want to explain to you is a rule that each and every person in America learns.
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You see, this rule deals with providing enough support for your
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thoughts, ideas, and opinions by giving three details, three examples.
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Or three reasons, this is a rule I learned when I was in high school and
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continue to learn when I was in college.
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So we're going to start off with the first part of this rule, three details.
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Now, the first part of this rule focuses on the important details of the topic
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subject or person you are discussing.
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In other words, you want to help your listener visualize
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what you are talking about.
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This is the first part of the rule.
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So let's check this out.
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This situation, let's say the topic is plan.
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What is your plan for the next five days?
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Now, remember in our previous lesson, you can watch that previous lesson.
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I taught you the five W's method, but this method, the threes is also
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one that will transform your English.
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So when you have a question like this, what is your plan for the next five years?
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Your general response might be over the next five years, my plan is to focus
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on personal and professional growth.
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Sustainability and adventure.
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This is a good response.
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You've answered the question directly.
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You understood what the question was, but we want to give more information.
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We want you to speak English fluently.
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Here's what we're going to do using the first part of the rule of threes details.
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Detail number one, complete my master's degree in environmental science.
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Detail number two, transition into a career focused on green technology.
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And detail number three.
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Travel to at least three new countries.
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Now, again, I said the first response was a good one, but now
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we're adding three details to make it an even better response.
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So we have the information laid out the question again, what is
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your plan for the next five years?
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So when we include these three details, what were our
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response look and sound like?
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Here's the answer.
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The response over the next five years, my plan is to focus on personal and
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professional growth, sustainability, and adventure specifically.
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I aim to complete my master's degree in environmental science.
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Transition into a green technology career and embark on a journey
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to at least three new countries.
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You see what happened there, right?
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All of a sudden we're able to visualize, we're able to understand even more.
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By hearing this response.
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Why?
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Because we followed the rule of threes part one, which is three details.
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We're giving more information to support our answer.
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Now in this response, there are two specific expressions
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that I want to explain.
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The first one is right here.
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Sustainability.
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Excellent.
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Again, sustainability.
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Great job.
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Now this just refers to an ability to maintain or support a process over time.
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Again, the ability to maintain or support a process over time.
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In English, we say sustainability.
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Excellent job.
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And the next one is.
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Is embark on good again, embark on great job.
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Now this just means to start or begin something once again, to start or
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begin something in English, we say embark on, just like I said, in the
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response at the end, embark on a journey to at least three new countries.
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You got it.
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Excellent.
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So again, we're using this rule of threes and the first part is.
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Three details.
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Now, if we have the same question, same topic, but now we want to
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move on to part two of this rule, part two involves three examples.
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The second part of this rule focuses on examples of the topic, subject,
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or person you are discussing.
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In other words, you want to help your listener understand more by giving
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them real life example situations.
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So going back to our topic and our example question, we have the question again,
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what is your plan for the next five years?
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Our response over the next five years, my plan is to focus on
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personal and professional growth, sustainability, and adventure.
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Same response, same question, same topic.
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But now we're going to look at three examples.
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Example number one, enroll in a prestigious master's program geared
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towards environmental science to gain advanced knowledge in sustainability.
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Example number two, secure a role in a company specializing in
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green technology, contributing to innovative solutions for renewable
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energy and eco friendly products.
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And example, number three, travel to Japan.
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Costa Rica and Norway.
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Now, one thing you'll notice is these examples are quite advanced.
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Why we're trying to get you to speak English fluently, like a native
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English speaker, you have to understand how native English speakers speak.
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And think in order for you to sound like us and think like us
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using this simple rule of three.
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So we have the three examples.
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What will it look like now to put these examples into our response?
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Here we go.
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Listen closely in the next five years, I see myself deeply involved
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in both advancing my career.
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And enriching my personal life for my personal growth.
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I'm planning to enroll in a prestigious master's program geared
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towards environmental science to gain advanced knowledge in sustainability.
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That's example.
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Number one, we've just taken the information we organized and we
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inserted it into our response.
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Continuing then for my career advancement, here comes the example.
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I will secure a role in a company specializing in green technology,
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contributing to innovative solutions for renewable energy
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and eco friendly products.
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Lastly, on a personal level, enter the example.
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I aim to travel to new places such as Japan, Costa Rica and Norway.
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You see what happened, right?
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When you look at it kind of from a, uh, pulling back a little
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bit, you can see, wait a minute.
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It's very simple.
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Three examples.
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Yes.
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When you do this, you will sound more natural.
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Now within this response, there are two things that I want to explain.
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The first one is prestigious.
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Good again, prestigious.
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Excellent.
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Now this just means.
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Well known and respected.
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Good job.
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Well known and respected.
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Very prestigious, right?
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Extremely intelligent, extremely good at what he or she does.
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Prestigious or a prestigious school.
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Wow.
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Everyone knows about the Ivy league schools, right?
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Yeah.
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Makes sense.
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Excellent.
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All right.
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And then this one geared towards
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excellent again, geared towards.
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Great job.
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This just means designed or intended for designed or intended for again, in
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the example, master's program geared towards environmental science, master's
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program designed intended for those focusing on environmental science.
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You got it.
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Excellent.
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All right, so again, we've participated in this part of the
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lesson while you've participated.
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I appreciate that.
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Step two or part two of the rule is again, giving three examples, but what about
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the third part of this rule of threes?
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Here's the third part again, three.
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Reasons.
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The third part of this rule focuses on giving specific reasons for
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your ideas on the topic, subject, or person you are discussing.
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In other words, you want to help your listener understand your thought
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process and how you developed your idea.
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This is very key.
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So we're going to go back now.
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Same topic, same question, question again, what is your plan for the next five years?
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Response over the next five years, my plan is to focus on personal and professional
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growth, sustainability, and adventure.
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Great same response.
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However, using the rule of threes, now we're going to add three reasons.
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Here we go.
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Reason number one, pursuing a master's in environmental science will enrich
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my expertise, which is crucial for me.
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Or important for addressing complex climate issues.
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Remember, we're helping you sound more like an advanced English speaker.
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We're helping you speak English with more confidence.
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So the responses, the information we're organizing is going to be a bit more.
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Second reason transitioning into green technology will align my career with my
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commitment to ecological sustainability, which will allow me to make a direct
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impact on environmental concerns.
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And finally exploring reason, number three, exploring new cultures and
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ecosystems firsthand will broaden my perspective, which will also facilitate
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a better understanding of how various communities approach sustainability
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and integrated into their lives.
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Once again.
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This last one is literally going to be a response that a native English
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speaker would give, and now you are also going to be able to give it.
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So let's put all of these pieces together.
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The three reasons and the main response, connect them and see what it sounds like.
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Here we go.
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Follow along.
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My plan for the next five years is rooted in the desire for growth,
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contribution and exploration.
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Firstly, pursuing a master's in environmental science will enrich my
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expertise, which is crucial or important for addressing complex climate issues.
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Secondly, transitioning into green technology will align my career with my
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commitment to ecological sustainability, which will allow me to make a direct
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impact on environmental concerns.
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Lastly, exploring new cultures and ecosystems firsthand will broaden my
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perspective, which will also facilitate a better understanding of how various
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communities approach sustainability and integrate it into their lives.
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Remember I said, this final one was going to be an advanced English response, but it
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included the three reasons we wrote down.
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Check out these two words.
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I want to break down facilitate good.
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This word facilitate just means make an action or process easier
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facilitates better learning.
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Facilitates makes it better or easier.
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And finally, this word integrate.
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Excellent.
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Again, after me integrate, great job.
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This just means to combine one thing with another to become a whole.
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Integrate, you got it.
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Excellent.
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So we have this simple rule of threes that will help you again,
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speak English like a native.
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Now, the next lesson you see pop on this screen, I want you to watch that next.
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This lesson is also going to help you improve your English fluency.
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You'll see it pop up on the screen.
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And remember this lesson is going to really change your English as well.
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I'll talk to you in the next video.
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Thanks again for studying English so diligently.
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You still there?
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You know what time it is.
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It's story time.
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Hey, I said it's story time.
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So.
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Today, I actually want to tell you something special
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about one of my students.
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This is something that happened last week.
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I received a message letting me know that one of our family members, which is what
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I call my students that are in my Academy speak English with Tiffani Academy.
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Had gotten a special job.
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So I opened my messages and I looked at the video clip.
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I pushed play and yeah, Lisa, this is about you.
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Yeah.
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Lisa, let us all know that she had become an English teacher.
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This is her first time being English teacher, and she's going
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to be helping some children.
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The way my heart smiled.
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The biggest smile came on my face.
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Why?
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Because I remember when you Lisa joined our family, I remember her goals.
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I remember how hard she worked and now she's still a member of
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our family, but yeah, Lisa is now sharing what she's learned.
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She's improved so much and now she's giving back.
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Now she has the opportunity to teach English to someone else.
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And this is what makes my heart smile.
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It's all about giving.
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It's all about helping other people, which is why I do what I do.
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I'm honored to be your English teacher because I am able to
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help you on your English journey.
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And it makes me happy to know that you're going to achieve your English goals.
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So yeah, Lisa, thank you so much for letting us know myself and our
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other family members in the Academy about your amazing accomplishment.
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so much.
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And I know you're going to be an awesome English teacher.
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I hope you all have a wonderful day.
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Don't forget again to check out the other English video lesson
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coming up right after this one.
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And I'll talk to you in the next lesson.
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