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Well, hello and welcome to this ultra casual, super relaxed English lesson.
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And if you're wondering why it's ultra relaxed, super casual, it's because today is a holiday.
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So in this English lesson, I want to teach you some words and phrases we use when we're talking about a holiday or a day off.
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The first phrase I want to teach you is long weekend.
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Right now it is a long weekend in my part of Canada, and it is a long weekend because instead of Saturday and Sunday off, I actually have three days off from work.
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Now a long weekend can apply to school or work, it doesn't matter which.
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But it's definitely a long weekend here in my part of Canada.
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So a long weekend, three days instead of two for the weekend.
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But you might be wondering, does a long weekend include the Friday off or the Monday off?
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When we use the word off after a day, it means you don't have to go to work and, and you don't have to go to school.
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So this particular long weekend I had Monday off, I have today off.
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By the way, I'm recording this on Monday.
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You're probably watching this on a Tuesday where, I'm back at work on Tuesday.
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Anyways, so when someone has a long weekend, you can ask them, do you have Friday off or do you have Monday off?
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And you could even put the in front.
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You could say, do you have the Friday off or the Monday off for your upcoming long weekend?
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So in my case I had the Monday off, which is today, and it was wonderful.
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I spent most of the day relaxing and half of the day mowing lawn, which for me is a little bit more fun than work because I get to drive my riding mower when I do it.
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So it's a long weekend.
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Three days off.
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I had Monday off.
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There are other weekends, long weekends where you have Friday off.
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And again with a normal weekend, you just have Saturday or Sunday.
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But every once in a while during the school year or during the work year, for some people, there's a really special weekend called the four day weekend.
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And a four day weekend, as you might have guessed, you get the Friday off and you get the Monday off.
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They are rare.
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For me, I think I only get one or two a year where I have a four day weekend.
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And they are wonderful.
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Some people might create their own four day weekend if they know there's a long weekend coming up.
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They might ask for a personal day or they might ask for a day off on the Monday or Friday.
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So if they get the Friday off, they might ask the boss if they can have the Monday off as well.
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And they'll make their very own four day weekend.
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So they can ask for a personal day, which is a day where you can take off work and do whatever you want.
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Or they might just ask for a day off and if the boss is nice, they will say yes.
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So four day weekends, either you get one for real or sometimes you can make your own.
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So why am I doing this short lesson today?
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I'm doing this short lesson because I felt like taking the week off and not doing a lesson.
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But when I looked back over the year, I realized that I've taken some time off this year already and it was a nice day.
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I got all my work done early on my day off.
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I had a few extra minutes to spare.
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I thought, why don't I just go sit outside?
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I, I just mowed lawn, had a shower.
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I'm all cleaned up and relaxed.
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It's a beautiful day out here.
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I thought I would sit down and make an English lesson for you.
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So a few words and phrases that you can use to talk about the weekend, the long weekend, days off, personal days, asking for a day off and all of those things.
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Anyways, thanks for watching.
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You guys are awesome.
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Thank you so much for helping make this channel very successful.
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And I will continue to help with the success of by continuing to make English lessons for you.
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Bye. Have a good week.
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I'll see you Friday with a live lesson.
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If you haven't gone to one of those, you should.
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I'll see you Wednesday with a Wednesdays with Bob if you're a member.
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I'll also see you Wednesday on my other channel if you watch Bob's Short English lessons, because there's a video there.
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And what else?
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I think that's everything.
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And then I'll see you next week with another English lesson like this. Again, you guys are all awesome.
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Have a great week.
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Bye. Sa.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “How to Talk about a Long Weekend in English!”. Las palabras que más se repiten: weekend, lesson, Monday, Friday, English. Este vídeo tiene 60 frases y 825 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:04. El hablante habla rápido, unas 203 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 10 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| relax verbo | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | relajar, aflojar |
| phrase sustantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | frase |
| casual adjetivo | /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ | casual |
| lawn sustantivo | /lɔːn/ | césped, grama |
| spare adjetivo | /spɛɚ/ | de reserva, de repuesto |
| mow verbo | /ˈmoʊ/ | podar, segar |
| teach verbo | /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ | enseñar |
| holiday sustantivo | /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/ | festividad, fiesta |
| shower sustantivo | /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ | chubasco |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| clean up verbo | limpiar |
| come up verbo | salir a relucir |
| sit down verbo | sentarse |
| take off verbo | quitarse |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've taken · haven't gone |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | off, which is · day, which is |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might be · might have · might create |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | they'll make · will say · will continue |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'll, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, shower /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como lesson, relax, phrase.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.