Shadowing Practice: How to Talk about a Long Weekend in English! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “How to Talk about a Long Weekend in English!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: weekend, lesson, Monday, Friday, English. This video has 60 sentences and 825 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:04. The speaker talks fast, about 203 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| casual adjective | /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ | Happening by chance. |
| ultra noun | /ˈʌltɹə/ | A political extremist, in particular |
| anyways adverb | /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ | Anyway, anyhow, in any case. |
| lawn noun | /lɔːn/ | Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. |
| upcoming adjective | Happening or appearing in the relatively near future. | |
| spare adjective | /spɛɚ/ | Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous. |
| mow verb | /ˈmoʊ/ | To cut down grass or crops. |
| mower noun | /ˈmoʊ.ɚ/ | A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns. |
| teach verb | /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ | To pass on knowledge to. |
| holiday noun | /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/ | A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed. |
| shower noun | /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ | A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
| take off verb | To remove. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | I've taken · haven't gone |
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | off, which is · day, which is |
| אפשרות עם “might / may” might/may + verb — משהו שיכול לקרות, אך לא בטוח | might be · might have · might create |
| עתיד עם “will” will + verb — החלטה, הבטחה או ניבוי לגבי העתיד | they'll make · will say · will continue |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, shower /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like lesson, relax, phrase.
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