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Hello my favorite English language learners.
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Hello my favorite English language learners.
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It is your favorite English teacher here,
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Amy Joy, and in today's video I'm going to share with you some American slang expressions to talk about really negative people.
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So to get started, let's imagine that you have a friend and her name is Nancy.
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We are going to call her Negative Nancy and that is our first two slang expressions.
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One, to be a Negative Nancy and two,
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to be a Debbie Downer.
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So these are expressions that just describe really negative people.
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So imagine that you are with your group of friends and you say,
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hey what should we do this weekend
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and someone suggests hey why don't we go to the beach
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then negative Nancy says oh I hate the beach I hate
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the sand it's too hot I always get sunburned it's too
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much work I don't want to go she is being a negative Nancy
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and you can tell her hey don't be such a negative Nancy or hey don't be such a Debbie Downer.
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So again our first two words to be a negative Nancy or to be a Debbie Downer.
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Now Nancy and Debbie are female names but you can actually call men a negative Nancy or a Debbie Downer too.
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And if you're feeling a little bit negative
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that day you might even say oh I don't mean to be a negative Nancy or oh,
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I don't want to be a Debbie Downer,
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but I don't want to go to the beach.
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And number three is also a name and the phrase is to be a Scrooge.
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And this means to be a negative person,
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but also be cheap or not want to pay for things.
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So for example, again, you're with your friends and you say,
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hey, what should we do this weekend?" and your friend suggests,
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well we could go see that new Marvel movie.
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And then your friend Negative Nancy,
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she says, oh I don't want to go to the movies.
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Tickets are so expensive these days.
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You can say, hey don't be such a Scrooge or stop being a Scrooge.
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We can go to the early showing which is cheaper.
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And Negative Nancy might say fine but I'm not buying any snacks.
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Negative Nancy is now being a Scrooge.
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And this word actually has an interesting history.
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It comes from Charles Dickens' play A Christmas Carol and the main character in that play is Ebenezer Scrooge.
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And he is a really negative man who is very wealthy but doesn't want to spend any money.
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So he is very cheap and now since that is his character.
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We also call people who are cheap scrooges.
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So don't be a scrooge or stop being a scrooge.
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And number four, a whiner.
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A whiner is just a person who whines a lot and to whine means to complain.
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So we can be talking about negative Nancy and say,
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Ugh, Nancy is such a whiner.
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She is always complaining about something.
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And number five is the word rude.
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To be rude is an adjective that means to be impolite.
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So again, let's say that we are out to dinner with negative Nancy
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and we are about to order and Nancy decides to order the salmon
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and the waitress says oh I'm so sorry we don't have any more salmon.
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Nancy gets very upset starts yelling at the waitress and says then why do you have it on the menu?
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Who is your manager? this is ridiculous.
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She is being rude.
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And number six, to be spoiled.
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To be spoiled means to complain when you don't get your way or when you don't get what you want.
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So your friend Nancy grew up as a single child.
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She didn't have any brothers or sisters,
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so her parents always gave her what she wanted and now she complains when she does not get what she wants.
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So she is spoiled.
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Another more academic word for spoiled is entitled
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and again this just means you think you deserve everything probably because you grew up getting everything you wanted.
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Numbers seven, eight, and nine are all synonyms so I'm going to group them together.
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They are to be grumpy,
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to be cranky, and to be in a bad mood.
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These all mean that you are unhappy or that you are annoyed by something.
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So again, thinking about our friend Negative Nancy,
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she hates waking up early in the mornings and whenever she has to wake up early she is grumpy,
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she is cranky, she is in a bad mood until she has her coffee.
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And number 10, to give someone bad vibes.
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This just means to give off bad energy
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so again maybe with your friends
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and you say who should we invite to our trip
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and someone says oh please don't invite Nancy she gives me bad vibes
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and similarly number 11 you can say bad
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or negative energy you might say oh please don't invite Nancy I don't like her bad energy or her negative energy.
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And our last word for today, self-centered.
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And it just means that you are selfish or you only care about yourself and what you want.
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So negative Nancy, she is very spoiled and she only wants to do what she wants to do.
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She doesn't want to go to the beach.
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She doesn't want to go to the movies and she wants everyone to do what she wants to do.
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She is self-centered.
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All right, well there you have it,
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12 slang expressions to talk about negative people.
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I'm sure that I may have forgotten some,
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so if you can think of any other expressions,
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let me know in the comments below.
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And if you found this video helpful,
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make sure you like it,
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subscribe to my channel, and click that notification bell.
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And until next time, don't be a negative Nancy or a Debbie Downer.
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Stay positive, stay happy, and I will see you next time.
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Bye!
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アメリカのスラングを学ぶことは、日常会話をより自然にするための重要なステップです。このビデオでは、ネガティブな人々を表す12のスラングが紹介されています。これらの表現を理解することで、他のネイティブスピーカーとの会話がスムーズになり、文化的なニュアンスを感じ取れるようになります。YouTubeで英語学習をする際、こうしたスラングや表現を学び、実際に使ってみることが重要です。さらに、shadow speakの技術を活用することで、正しい発音やイントネーションを身につけることができます。
文法とコンテキストにおける表現
- ネガティブ・ナンシー（Negative Nancy）やデビー・ダウナー（Debbie Downer）：これらは、ネガティブな態度を持つ人を指す強い表現です。例文を通じて、どう使うかを学べます。
- スクルージ（Scrooge）：この言葉は、ケチな人やお金を使いたがらない人のことを指します。チャールズ・ディケンズの「クリスマスキャロル」に由来しており、文化的背景を理解する手助けとなります。
- ワイナー（whiner）：文句を言う人を指し、日常会話の中でよく使われる表現です。文脈にあった表現を学ぶことで、実際の会話に役立ちます。
一般的な発音の罠
これらのスラングには、一般的にネイティブスピーカーが使う際の独特のアクセントや発音の癖があります。たとえば、「ネガティブ・ナンシー」や「デビー・ダウナー」を発音する際は、それぞれの音節を明確にすることが大切です。また、アメリカのアクセントによって言葉の強調が変わることもあるため、shadow speechを意識しながら練習することで、さらにスムーズな会話ができるようになります。発音を改善し、他の英語学習者と共にスラングを使うことで、より深く文化を理解しましょう。shadowing siteを利用して、自分の発音を確認することもお勧めします。
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