Understand Fast English!

Vanessa: Congratulations on choosing to finally understand  

fast English so that you can travel easily, get  the job of your dreams and meet friends around the  

world. Today, you'll learn how my proven four-step  listening method will help you to level up your  

listening skills so that you can understand fast  English. Have you ever tried watching an English  

movie or TV show and thought, "Oh my goodness, I  cannot understand what they're saying. It's like  

they're speaking a completely different language  than the one that I learned in school?" Have you  

ever thought that? Well, you know what? You're  right. In school you learned classroom English,  

not real English for daily conversations. But  what if you could understand real English? What  

if you could express yourself completely and  make friends around the world and teach them  

about your culture? Imagine if every time your  boss, clients or coworkers spoke in English,  

you could understand them easily and respond  to them confidently, fluently, and clearly.

Maybe you could make more money and have great  relationships with the people around you. Wouldn't  

that be great? Maybe you're wondering,  "But Vanessa, is that possible?" Well,  

I'm glad you asked. I've created the four-step  listening method to help you quickly level up  

your listening skills so that you can  easily understand fast English movies,  

TV shows, and conversations. After using the  four-step listening method, student Kin said,  

"I'm now confident in listening to English  conversations." So what is the four-step  

listening method? Let's see. Step one, listen  to a clip from a real English conversation  

so that you can train your ears to understand  fast real English. Step two, listen to a slow  

version of that same conversation so that you  can catch all of the words that you didn't hear  

before. Step three, write down exactly what you  hear so that you can test your listening skills.

Step four, review the transcript and compare it  with what you wrote so that you can see how much  

you've improved your listening. So let's practice  with that right now. Here is the conversation  

outline. First you will hear Jonathan's voice,  then my voice, then his voice again. If you have  

a piece of paper, I recommend writing J-V-J, so  that you can prepare yourself for what you're  

going to hear, and you can write it in the  correct place. This lesson is from day 21,  

but today it's a free sample. Now, let's listen to  this fast original clip. We're going to listen to  

it three times. It is very fast. This is a natural  quick conversation. So if it seems too fast,  

don't worry, we're going to listen to the slow  version in just a moment. All right, let's go and  

listen to that original conversation three times.  Let's listen and try to write at the same time.

Jonathan: So men's game went great,  

and I'm sure I aced that one. And the women's  game's coming up, and it's going to be easy.  

So I went out there and it wasn't, it was the  worst game I've ever had up until that point.

Vanessa: No way.

Jonathan: I had, I think five red cards,  

three yellow cards, police were called, and so  I had to terminate the game. I've probably done,  

you know, eight, nine, 10,000 games, and  I've only terminated maybe five of them.

So men's game went great, and I'm sure I aced  that one. And the women's game's coming up,  

and it's going to be easy. So  I went out there and it wasn't,  

it was the worst game I've  ever had up until that point.

Vanessa: No way.

Jonathan: I had, I think, five red cards,  

three yellow cards, police were called, and so  I had to terminate the game. I've probably done,  

you know, eight, nine, 10,000 games, and  I've only terminated maybe five of them.

So men's game went great, and I'm sure I aced  that one. And the women's game's coming up,  

and it's going to be easy. So  I went out there and it wasn't,  

it was the worst game I've  ever had up until that point.

Vanessa: No way.

Jonathan: I had, I think, five red cards,  

three yellow cards, police were called, and so  I had to terminate the game. I've probably done,  

you know, eight, nine, 10,000 games, and  I've only terminated maybe five of them.

Vanessa: Did you feel like that was definitely too fast?  

Well, native English speakers and advanced English  learners can understand him. You're going to hear  

this type of English when you are traveling to  the US, when you're having business meetings,  

having conversations with other people. So I want  to help you take this in and understand it. Let's  

take a deep breath and we're going to listen to  the slow version. You'll hear me and my husband,  

Dan, saying the exact same words that you heard  me and Jonathan say, but slowed down a lot.  

I hope you'll be able to understand each word  more clearly. And this is a great opportunity,  

if you couldn't write down all of the words  before, now you can do that. Of course,  

feel free to pause this video as you need to  so that you can write everything, and really  

take advantage of this material. All right,  let's listen to the slow version three times.

Dan: So men's game went great,  

and I'm sure I aced that one. And the women's  game's coming up and it's going to be easy.  

So I went out there and it wasn't, it was the  worst game I've ever had up until that point.

Vanessa: No way.

Dan: I had, I think, five red Cards,  

three yellow cards, police were called, and so  I had to terminate the game. I've probably done,  

you know eight, nine, 10,000 games and  I've only terminated maybe five of them.

So men's game went great, and I'm sure I aced  that. One and the women's game's coming up,  

and it's going to be easy. So  I went out there and it wasn't,  

it was the worst game I've  ever had up until that point.

Vanessa: No way.

Dan: I had, I think, five  

red cards, three yellow cards, police were  called, and so I had to terminate the game.  

I've probably done, you know, eight, nine, 10,000  games and I've only terminated maybe five of them.

So men's game went great, and I'm sure  I aced that one. And the women's game's  

coming up and it's going to be easy.  So I went out there and it wasn't,  

it was the worst game I've  ever had up until that point.

Vanessa: No way.

Dan: I had, I think, five red cards,  

three yellow cards, police were called, and so  I had to terminate the game. I've probably done,  

you know, eight, nine, 10,000 games, and  I've only terminated maybe five of them.

Vanessa: Did you write  

everything you heard? If you join  the 150-Day Listening Challenge,  

you'll be able to download each of the lessons  each day and go back and review it as many times  

as you want. But for this lesson, you can  just pause the video if you need to go back.

So how was this? Was it too fast? Did the  slow version help you? We're going to go on  

to the next step, which is taking a look at  the transcript and trying to learn some new  

words with this. There are three new words that  you're going to learn in each lesson every day,  

but we're also going to be taking a look at some  trouble sections that might have been difficult  

for you. Let's take a look at the transcript. So  here you have the transcript of our conversation.  

I'm going to read it slowly and then go through  different things that you can learn from this  

short clip. First, Jonathan says, "So men's  game went great, and I'm sure I aced that one."

You can see at the bottom, there are three  vocabulary words that I want you to learn  

with each lesson, and this is one of them, to ace  something. That means that you did a great job.  

You might say, "I aced my test," or "I aced my  first day on the job because I did really well."  

So you're talking about doing well. So he did  a great job being a referee for the men's game,  

but then something bad is going to happen. Let's  go onto his next sentence. "And the women's games  

coming up, and it's going to be easy." He  uses another great expression to come up.

This is talking about something that's  happening soon. My birthday is coming up,  

or Christmas is coming up, the New Year is coming  up, it's going to be happening soon. It's coming  

up and it's going to be easy. Let's take a moment  to look at the grammar of this sentence. He says,  

"The women's game is coming up. It is going to  be easy." Is he being a referee right then as  

I'm having that conversation with him? You  can imagine, probably not. This is talking  

about something that happened in the past.  But why does he use the present tense? The  

game is coming up. It is going to be easy.  Well, this is a storytelling technique in  

English that sometimes we use the present tense  to talk about something that happened in the  

past to make the listener feel like they're  right there in the action as it's happening.

So we go back and forth between the present  and the past tense when telling a story. And  

that's what he does in his next sentence,  he uses the past tense. Let's move on.  

"So I went out there and it wasn't." He  went out to the soccer or football field,  

and it wasn't easy. "It was the worst  game I've ever had up until that point."  

So he's contrasting the men and the women's game.  The men's game went great, but the women's game  

was the worst game he had ever had. I put  a little star here beside the word "I've"  

because this is actually incorrect grammar.  He should have said it was the worst game I  

had ever had up until that point. But I wanted to  highlight this, because native speakers sometimes  

make mistakes when they're speaking, but  they're still understandable, especially  

when you're speaking quickly or using a complex  verb tense like have, ever had, or had ever had.

That can be a little complex, and when you're  speaking quickly, sometimes you're not thinking  

about it. So I hope this gives you some peace of  mind that sometimes we make mistakes as well. All  

right, let's go on to the short phrase that I say.  In response to his explanation about the worst  

game, I said, "No way." Am I disagreeing with  him. No, I wasn't there for that game. I'm not  

disagreeing with him. I'm just expressing shock.  So we often use this expression to just say, "I'm  

shocked." For example, if you are walking down the  street, like down here in the vocabulary section,  

and you find $20 on the sidewalk, you might tell  your friend, "I found $20 on the sidewalk," and  

your friend would say, "No way." They're not  disagreeing with you, they're just saying,  

"That's shocking. That's amazing." So  they're being shocked at what you said.

All right, let's go on to the last part of the  conversation. Jonathan says, "I had, I think,  

five red cards, three yellow cards, police were  called, and so I had to terminate the game.  

I've probably done eight, nine, 10,000 games and  I've only terminated maybe five of them." Here,  

he uses some interesting filler words. He says, I  think, five red cards, and then later on he says,  

I've probably done, you know, eight,  nine, 10,000 games. This is quite common  

for conversation that we add into our speech  these filler expressions. It's very casual,  

it's very comfortable, and it's quite normal. So  if you didn't understand everything that Jonathan  

said during the fast version or even during the  slow version, it's possible that it's because he  

used some new vocabulary for you. So I hope that  today you're able to learn that new vocabulary.

What we're going to do now is we are going to  go back, listen to that original fast version,  

but this time we're going to be looking at the  transcript that we just studied. I want you to  

listen for his words and also read them at the  same time. I think you'll be pretty amazed that  

you're actually understanding more than the first  time, because you've studied the fast version,  

the slow version, you've analyzed that clip  with me, so some of the different things that  

are happening, and now you can finally listen  to it, and your ears are opened. So let's  

listen to that fast clip a couple times  and I want you to be amazed. Let's watch.

Jonathan: So men's game went great,  

and I'm sure I aced that one. And the women's  game's coming up, and it's going to be easy.  

So I went out there and it wasn't, it was the  worst game I've ever had up until that point.

Vanessa: No way.

Jonathan: I had, I think, five red cards,  

three yellow cards, police were called, and so  I had to terminate the game. I've probably done,  

you know, eight, nine, 10,000 games, and  I've only terminated maybe five of them.

So men's game went great, and I'm sure I aced  that one. And the women's game's coming up,  

and it's going to be easy. So  I went out there and it wasn't,  

it was the worst game I've  ever had up until that point.

Vanessa: No way.

Jonathan: I had, I think, five red cards,  

three yellow cards, police were called, and so  I had to terminate the game. I've probably done,  

you know, eight, nine, 10,000 games, and  I've only terminated maybe five of them.

So men's game went great, and I'm sure I aced  that one. And the women's game's coming up,  

and it's going to be easy. I  went out there and it wasn't,  

it was the worst game I've  ever had up until that point.

Vanessa: No way.

Jonathan: I had, I think, five red cards,  

three yellow cards, police were called, and so  I had to terminate the game. I've probably done,  

you know, eight, nine, 10,000 games, and  I've only terminated maybe five of them.

Vanessa: Thousands of English learners  

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you hear, and then you will check your work with  the transcript to level up your listening skills,  

day by day listening challenge. Student  Mazyar said, "When I started day one,  

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