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Hello.
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This is Jack from tofluency.com.
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Welcome to this English lesson where we're
going to talk about the opening ceremony for
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the Olympics and a phrasal verb that we can
use to talk about it.
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So, I'm going to get straight into it and
give you the first example, okay: The opening
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ceremony for the Olympic games is taking place
tomorrow.
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The opening ceremony for the Olympic games
is taking place tomorrow.
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Now, I'm using the present continuous here
because we're talking about an action in the
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future that has a fixed time, but we can also
use will as well.
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The opening ceremony for the Olympic games
will take place tomorrow - because we're talking
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about a future fact.
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Okay, so, to take place means that something
is going to happen.
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So, we can also say the Olympic games are
happening tomorrow, but for events like this,
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it's better to use the phrasal verb: take
place.
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So, the opening ceremony for the Olympic games
is taking place tomorrow.
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Now, let's use an example in the past now:
the Olympic games took place in London four
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years ago.
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The Olympic games took place in London four
years ago.
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So again, we're talking about an event that
happened four years ago.
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We can also use this to talk about different
types of events too like weddings.
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So, I can say: the wedding will take place
outside so bring an umbrella in case it rains.
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The wedding will take place outside.
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We can also talk about accidents as well.
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The accident took place on Sunday morning.
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The accident took place on Sunday morning.
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Now, tomorrow, I'm going to give a live lesson
where I'm going to talk more about the Olympics.
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More about the vocabulary that you can use
to discuss this event.
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And what I want you to do is to come to that
live lesson and ask me any questions that
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you have.
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So, if you are too late for this, then don't
worry.
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I'll leave the recording in the description.
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But I'm doing this on Friday and I really
want to see you there.
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Now, I also have a question for you as well:
Do you enjoy watching the Olympics?
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Do you enjoy watching the Olympics?
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Please leave your comments below.
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I look forward to reading your response.
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Thank you for watching this video.
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Please share it with anyone who would find
it useful and I'll see you in the live class.
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See you then!
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