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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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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “How to Talk about a Long Weekend in English!”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: weekend, lesson, Monday, Friday, English. Questo video contiene 60 frasi e 825 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:04. Chi parla va veloce, circa 203 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Il 86% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 11 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| lesson sostantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lezione |
| phrase sostantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | espressione, polirematica |
| casual aggettivo | /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ | occasionale |
| lawn sostantivo | /lɔːn/ | prato |
| upcoming aggettivo | prossimo, imminente | |
| spare aggettivo | /spɛɚ/ | superfluo, ulteriore |
| mow verbo | /ˈmoʊ/ | falciare, tagliare l'erba |
| mower sostantivo | /ˈmoʊ.ɚ/ | falciatore |
| teach verbo | /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ | insegnare |
| holiday sostantivo | /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/ | giorno festivo |
| shower sostantivo | /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ | doccia |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| clean up verbo | ripulire |
| come up verbo | venire fuori, emergere |
| sit down verbo | sedersi, accomodarsi |
| take off verbo | togliere |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | I've taken · haven't gone |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | off, which is · day, which is |
| Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo | might be · might have · might create |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione | they'll make · will say · will continue |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 19 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'll, I'm, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, shower /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/, teach /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come lesson, phrase, casual.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.