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Hi friends!
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Welcome back to Daily English Talk.
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Hey everyone!
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I'm Tom and this is Lily and we are your English learning friends.
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If you are new here, welcome to the family!
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We are so happy you found us.
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Every single day we help you speak English with more confidence.
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Every single day, we make a new English lesson every day.
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Not once a week, every single day.
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So if you want to get better at English, just come back tomorrow and the day after.
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We will be here.
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And before we start today's lesson, I have to share some amazing news.
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It is the number.
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Tom, this
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so happy proud we started this channel not very long ago
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and now 7 500 of you are here that is not small
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that is a big beautiful community so
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if you are one of our 7 500 friends thank you from the bottom of our hearts thank you
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and if you are brand new today welcome you picked a good day to join us because is something everyone needs.
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Are you ready?
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Today we are talking about what to do when you feel tired.
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When you want to stop, when you want to give up.
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This lesson is for you.
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And we promise by the end of this video you will feel motivated.
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You will feel strong.
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Let's go!
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Okay, before we jump into the lesson, I have a question for you.
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A real question about something that happened to me this week.
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Is this the study session story?
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It is the study session story.
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Okay, so listen carefully.
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This week, I had a really hard day.
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I was completely exhausted.
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And I sat down to study Spanish in the evening, and I thought, I cannot do this.
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I need to stop.
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I want to give up.
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specific thing that helped me keep going.
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And here is your question: what do you think Tom did?
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What helped him keep going when he felt tired and wanted to quit?
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Write your answer in the comments right now.
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We will tell you the answer at the very end of the video.
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But first, watch the whole lesson.
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No skipping to the end.
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Watch everything.
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Your English will thank you later.
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Okay, Tom.
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Tell me about this week.
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What happened?
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Why were you so tired?
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Ah, Lily, it was a lot.
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Like, a lot, a lot.
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Monday morning, I woke up at 6 :00 a .m.
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I went to the gym for one hour.
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Six o 'clock gym?
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That is serious.
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I know, I know.
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But I'm trying to build a habit.
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So, gym at 6 :00.
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Then I came home, made breakfast, showered, and started work at 9 :00.
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I worked until 6 :00 in the evening.
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Nine hours.
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Nine hours of work?
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Tom!
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It was a big project week.
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Then I came home, cooked dinner, cleaned the kitchen, and then I thought, okay, now I study Spanish.
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Wait, you are learning Spanish now on top of everything else?
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I have a problem.
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I know I have a problem.
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I like learning languages.
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It makes me happy.
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Spanish yourself?
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You are crazy.
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A little bit crazy, yes.
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But the point is, by Tuesday evening I sat down at my desk
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and I opened my Spanish book and my brain just said, "No." It said, "Not tonight.
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We are done." Oh, I know that feeling.
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When your brain just refuses.
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Completely refuses.
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I stared at the page for five minutes and the words looked like Shapes.
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Just shapes.
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No meaning.
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I was so tired.
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Ugh, I had the same experience last month, actually.
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I was preparing a big presentation for work.
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I practiced every night for two weeks, but one Wednesday night, I sat down and I fell asleep at my desk.
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At your desk?
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Like just fell asleep sitting up?
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Face on the keyboard.
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I woke up and the screen had about 500 letter Z's on it.
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My face had pressed the Z key the whole time.
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I thought about quitting.
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I thought, "This is too hard.
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I am too tired.
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Maybe I just cannot do this." And what did you do?
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I got up, I splashed cold water on my face, I made a cup of tea, I sat back down, and I said to myself,
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10 more minutes, just 10 more minutes.
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And those 10 minutes turned into 40.
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40 minutes from wanting to quit to 40 minutes.
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That's incredible.
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And the presentation was great.
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My boss said it was my best one ever.
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But if I had given up that Wednesday night, it would not have happened.
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So the tiredness is not the end.
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It's just a moment.
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You push through the moment and the other side is beautiful.
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Exactly.
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And that is exactly what today's lesson is about.
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So let's learn some vocabulary, shall we?
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Let's do it!
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Okay everyone, before our vocabulary, let's talk about a grammar structure we will use a lot today.
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It is simple and very, very useful.
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The structure is when + subject + simple present verb, subject + simple present verb.
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Let me say that again slowly.
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When I feel tired, I take a break.
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When she feels tired, she drinks water.
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Did you notice?
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After when we use simple present.
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We say feel not will feel.
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This is very important.
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Let's look at some wrong and correct examples.
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Wrong.
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When I will feel tired, I will rest.
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Don't say this.
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Please don't say this.
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Correct.
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When I feel tired, I rest much better.
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Wrong.
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When she will be exhausted, she will stop.
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No, no, no. Correct.
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When she is exhausted, she stops.
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Yes.
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Now, we also use this with "don't" and "doesn't".
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For example, "When I feel tired, I don't give up." Oh, I love that sentence: "When I feel tired,
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I don't give up." Say it with me right now: "When I feel tired,
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I don't give up." When she feels exhausted, She takes a break.
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When they feel like quitting,
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they keep going Let's also look at how we can use "but" to connect two ideas: I feel tired,
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But, I keep going.
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This "but" shows contrast.
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It shows strength.
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"But" is a very powerful word.
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I am tired, but I believe in myself.
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It's hard, but I push through.
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I want to stop, but I don't give up.
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Each sentence shows a fight, a small victory.
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Every time you say, "But I keep going," that is a victory sentence.
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That is the sentence of a champion.
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One more grammar note.
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We can also use "even when" for extra emphasis.
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"Even when I feel tired, I keep going." "Even when" makes the sentence stronger.
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It says, "Yes, the situation is hard,
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and I still do it." Even when it is difficult, I make progress.
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Even when the chapter is long, I push through.
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Even when I feel tired, I keep going.
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Even when it is hard, I believe in myself.
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I feel tired, But I don't give up.
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Excellent!
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You are doing so well!
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Now let's put this grammar into action with today's vocabulary words.
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Word number one.
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Exhausted.
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Let's spell it together e x h A -U -S -T -E -D.
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Exhausted.
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Exhausted means very, very, very tired.
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Not just a little tired.
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Completely empty.
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Like your phone battery at 1%.
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1 % battery.
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That's the perfect picture.
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You know that feeling when your phone shows that little red bar and it says, please charge me.
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That's exhausted.
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Marco was moving to a new apartment.
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He asked me to help.
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I said, "Sure, no problem.
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I'm strong." famous last words.
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Oh no, what happened?
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Lily, Marco had so many boxes.
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Big boxes, heavy boxes, books, kitchen stuff, a television, furniture.
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We carried boxes from the ground floor all the way to the fourth floor, no elevator.
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No elevator?
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Four floors with heavy boxes?
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30 trips up the stairs, and we did this for six hours.
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By the end, I sat on the floor of Marco's new living room and I could not move.
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I was completely and totally exhausted.
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Oh, you poor thing.
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Could you even drive home?
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I ordered a taxi.
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I was not driving anywhere.
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My arms could not even hold the steering wheel.
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I was exhausted.
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Okay, everyone.
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Let's use the grammar structure word.
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Ready?
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"When I feel exhausted, I rest." She was completely exhausted after work.
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When you feel exhausted, it's okay to stop and breathe.
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Excellent.
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Say exhausted one more time.
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Exhausted.
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Great job!
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Word number two.
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This is a phrasal verb.
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Give up.
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Two words: give, give up give up Give up means to stop trying,
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to quit, to say, "I cannot do this anymore.
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I am done." Now, this is important: giving up is different from taking a break.
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When you take a break, you plan to come back.
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When you give up, you stop completely.
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A break is "I'll be back in 10 minutes." Giving up is "I'm never coming back." Very different.
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Tom, did you ever give up at something and later regret it?
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Yes, when I was 12, my dad tried to teach me to ride a bicycle.
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I fell.
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A lot.
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I mean, I fell so many times my knees were always dirty.
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Dirty knees from falling.
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Always.
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One afternoon, I fell for maybe the 15th time.
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I landed on the street and I said, "That's it.
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I give up.
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I will walk everywhere for the rest of my life.
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Bicycles are dangerous and I don't need them." You said you would walk everywhere forever?
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Forever!
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I walked inside the house, sat on the sofa, and crossed my arms.
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Very dramatic.
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But my dad came in, sat next to me, and said, "Tom, do you want to know something?
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Every person who can ride a bike today fell.
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Every single one.
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The difference is, they got back up.
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And then he took me back outside." Aw, your dad sounds wonderful.
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He is.
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And I got back on the bike.
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I fell two more times.
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And then I rode.
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And I still ride my bike today.
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I love it.
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But if I had given up that day, I never would have felt that feeling.
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Don't give up!
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Okay, drills time.
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Don't give up.
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You can do it.
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When I feel like giving up, I remember why I started.
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She never gave up, and now she speaks English beautifully.
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That last sentence, "She never gave up and now she speaks English beautifully." That sentence could be you.
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Say it again.
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"I never give up and now I speak English beautifully." Yes, that's you.
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That is your sentence.
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Word number three, also a phrasal verb.
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Keep going.
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Keep going.
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Keep going.
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Keep going.
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Keep going means continue.
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Don't stop.
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Move forward.
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Even when it's hard, Keep going.
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Keep going is the opposite of give up.
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When you want to give up, what should you do?
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Keep going.
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I have a story about keeping going.
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When I first started cooking, it was a complete disaster.
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I mean, really bad.
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How bad?
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I burned rice three times.
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Rice!
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You just add water and wait, but somehow I burned it.
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Twice from the bottom, once from forgetting it on the stove for an hour.
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An hour?
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Lily!
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I forgot!
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I started watching a show and completely forgot.
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The kitchen smelled terrible, my neighbors knocked on my door.
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It was a real situation.
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The neighbors came.
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It was an emergency.
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But I didn't give up.
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Every day I tried one new recipe.
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Some were okay, some were not okay.
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One soup tasted like warm disappointment.
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Warm disappointment.
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That is a very specific flavor.
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Very specific.
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But I kept going.
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And now I can cook ten meals well.
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Real meals.
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Good meals.
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Meals I'm proud of.
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And it all happened because I kept going even when it was embarrassing and bad.
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Some days your vocabulary is bad.
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Some days your pronunciation is off.
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But if you keep going...
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One day you wake up and it feels easy.
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And you think, when did this happen?
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It happened because you kept going.
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Drill.
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Keep going, you're doing great.
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Drill.
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When it gets hard, I keep going.
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Drill.
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I kept going every day and now I am better.
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I kept going every day and now I am better.
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Say that one more time, everyone.
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I kept going every day and now I am better.
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Word number four, take a break.
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Take a break.
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Tom, do you take breaks during work?
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I have to.
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If I don't take breaks, I start making mistakes.
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This morning I was writing emails for two hours straight, no break.
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And then I sent one email to the wrong person.
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Oh no! To who?
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I sent it to my boss.
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I meant to send it to a friend.
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It was a message that said, Are we still watching the football game tonight?
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My boss replied and said, me but yes, I am watching the game.
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Your boss said he's watching the game.
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That's actually kind of sweet.
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He was very kind about it, but I learned my lesson.
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After that, I closed my laptop, went to the kitchen, made a cup of tea, looked out the window for five minutes, and came back fresh.
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I made zero mistakes the rest of the morning.
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Five minutes.
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That's all it takes sometimes.
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A short walk, a glass of water, some fresh air.
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Your brain is not a machine.
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It needs small breaks to stay strong.
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for three hours without a break, your brain stops absorbing information.
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Study for 30 minutes, take a five -minute break, then come back.
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You will learn more.
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The science agrees.
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Short breaks actually help memory, so taking a break is not lazy, it is smart studying.
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When I feel tired, I take a break.
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Let's take a short break and come back refreshed.
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Taking a break is not giving up, it's being smart.
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Perfect.
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Say that every time you feel guilty about resting.
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Word number five.
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Okay, this one is my favorite.
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Believe in yourself.
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Believe in yourself means to have confidence in yourself, to trust your own ability, to say, "I can do this.
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I am capable." And this is maybe the most important thing on this whole list.
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Because when you are exhausted, when you want to give up, when you can barely keep going, the voice inside your head matters so much.
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You know what negative self -talk sounds like.
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I'm not smart enough.
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My English is too bad.
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Other people are better.
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I should just stop.
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Has anyone said these things to themselves?
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I have.
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I definitely have.
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Many times.
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But believing in yourself means changing that voice.
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Instead of "I can't," you say "I'm learning." Instead of "I'm
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too slow," you say "I'm making progress." Instead of "I should give up," you say "I will keep going."
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I have a story about this.
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When I was in school, I had a math teacher who told me I was not good at math.
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She said, "Tom, math is not your subject." And I believed her for years.
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A teacher told you that?
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Yes, and for years I said I'm not a math person.
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I avoided it, I told everyone the same thing.
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Then, in university, I had a different professor, and one day he looked at my work and said, Tom, you are actually quite good at this.
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You just need to believe you can do it.
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What happened?
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I started believing HIM instead of my old teacher, and I ended up loving statistics.
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I wasn't amazing, but I was good, and the only thing that changed was what I believed about myself.
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And this is so important for everyone learning English right now.
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Some of you maybe had a teacher who made you feel bad, or someone laughed at your accent, or you failed a test, and now you have a voice in your head that says,
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"I can't do this." We want you to replace that voice with a new one.
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Right now.
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Repeat after us.
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I believe in myself.
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I am learning English every day.
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I can do this, I believe in myself.
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I got chills!
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Did you feel that?
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That is what believing in yourself feels like, loud and clear and true.
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I got chills too.
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That was powerful.
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Before we go, if this video helped you today, please press the like button.
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It helps more people find our channel.
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Ring the notification bell too so YouTube tells you
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when we go live and share this video with one friend who is learning English.
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Maybe they need to hear this message today.
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Maybe they are tired.
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Maybe they want to give up.
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This video could change their day.
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All right, everyone, that is everything for today.
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Thank you so much for spending time with us.
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Remember, you are not alone.
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We are here every day just for you.
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Keep going.
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Believe in yourself.
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Make progress every single day.
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We'll see you tomorrow.
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Bye.
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Don't give up.
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We love you.
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We love you.
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Bye -bye.
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Context & Background
In the latest episode of the podcast "When You Feel Tired, Don't Give Up," hosts Tom and Lily engage listeners in a conversation about perseverance, especially when faced with fatigue and the temptation to quit. They highlight the importance of continuing to learn and improve one's English skills, providing motivation and encouragement to their audience. The dialogue is informal and friendly, ideal for English learners at levels A1 to B1, aiming to foster a sense of community among listeners as they strive to enhance their language abilities.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- “Don’t give up!” - A phrase to motivate oneself or others.
- “I need to stop.” - Expressing fatigue or the desire to take a break.
- “You picked a good day to join us.” - Welcoming newcomers and making them feel included.
- “What helped him keep going?” - Posing questions to engage the audience and encourage interaction.
- “Your English will thank you later.” - An encouraging reminder that efforts today will lead to improvement in the future.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
To effectively use the content from this video to improve English pronunciation, follow this easy shadowing technique:
- Careful Listening: Start by listening to the entire video without distractions. Focus on how Tom and Lily express their thoughts and emotions.
- Repeat and Imitate: Play short segments of the dialogue. After each section, pause and repeat what you heard, mimicking their pronunciation, intonation, and rhythm. This is your chance to practice shadow speech.
- Engagement: As you shadow, try to engage emotionally with the content. For example, when discussing feeling tired, think of a personal moment that resonates with this feeling to deepen your connection.
- Feedback: Record yourself while shadowing the dialogue and playback to assess your pronunciation. Focus on the clarity of your speech, aiming for natural rhythms and expressions.
- Practice Regularly: Make this a part of your routine—daily practice can significantly enhance your skills, especially in preparation for tasks like IELTS speaking practice. The more you use this technique, the more confident you will become!
By implementing these steps consistently, you will not only improve your English pronunciation but also build the stamina to persevere in your learning journey, just as Tom did during his tiring study session. Remember, persistence is key!
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | person who can · teacher who told · teacher who made |
| Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd | stop trying · started cooking · started watching |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was preparing · was moving · was not driving |
| Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee is | should you do · should just stop · should give |
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.