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Well, hello, all of my students.

I hope you're having a fantastic day.

My name is Jay

and welcome to another English lesson here on the channel where I have the opportunity to help you with your English comprehension,

vocabulary, and your English fluency.

Today, I have a read and repeat lesson.

Now, it is a C1 leveled story, so it's somewhat intermediate.

Of course, if you hang around until the end, I will have a quiz of today's lesson.

Richard was shocked, shocked when he learned that his younger brother,

David, had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Also called MS. OK, before I explain, let's read and repeat.

Richard was shocked. When he learned that.

His younger brother, David. Had been diagnosed with.

Multiple sclerosis.

Okay, so one key word is diagnosed.

So when a person is diagnosed with something, they have usually been examined by someone.

It doesn't necessarily have to just be a doctor.

Okay, you can look at a child, you can look at your spouse or a loved one, and you could diagnose certain things.

You can look at their facial expression and you could diagnose from your observation,

are you feeling okay?

So basically a diagnosis is an examination where someone comes up with an opinion or a conclusion.

Let's continue to find out what happened with Richard and David.

He never he had never heard of the disease disease before

and spent hours reading about how it affects the nervous system.

Let's read and repeat.

He had never heard. Of the disease before. And spent hours reading. About how it affects. About how it affects.

The nervous system.

Excellent job.

So, of course, a disease can be defined as a sickness.

OK, now, sometimes we use the word disease to discuss someone that may have an illness that is serious.

OK, you wouldn't say if a person had a cold that that's a disease, you would just say, hey, you're sick.

OK, but there are certain sicknesses that are considered major or serious.

OK, so we define those as diseases and some sicknesses don't have man made cures.

OK, so they consider it to be an incurable disease or sickness.

All right.

Now, notice the word affects affects.

Now, there's another word called affect.

It's spelled with an E instead of with an A.

They sound the same, but they mean two different things.

OK, so effect and affect sound the same again, but they mean two different things.

So what does affect mean?

All right.

What does the word affect mean?

It simply means how something influences a person, how something works on a person.

Okay.

So they wanted to know how multiple sclerosis affected a person.

Okay.

So the context of effect here has to do with how it works on a person, how it influence,

how it troubles someone's health or someone else.

Okay.

And I'm trying to keep it very basic and simple because I know many of you, you're taking notes, you're listening,

you're writing, and I want to give you the general concept of what something means.

Now, the nervous system, the nervous system,

notice MS or multiple sclerosis affected the nervous system.

Say that with me.

Nervous system.

OK, it's the part of a person's body where how can I describe it?

Matter of fact, let me just read.

I know how to describe it, but let me just read a simple definition.

The nervous system is the body's command center.

That's a great way.

Made up of nerve tissue that sends and receives electrical signals throughout the body.

OK, so.

When I told you guys in one of my lessons a few weeks ago

that I was stung by a yellow jacket right on my head.

OK, the nervous system sent a signal to me to let me know I'm injured right here.

OK, and I knew it was going to hurt because I saw that yellow jacket come in fast.

It was like, bye.

And for the first second, it didn't hurt.

But in just a few moments, oh, it started throbbing on my head.

It affected my nervous system.

When a person gets bitten by a rattlesnake, the poison affects the nervous system.

OK, so it's the part of our body that sends signals to the brain to let us know what's happening,

what's going on.

MS or multiple sclerosis cause muscle weakness,

balance issues and fatigue or tiredness, fatigue.

So Richard knew they had to make changes in their home.

Man, what an awesome brother to not cast his brother away now that he has some challenges.

So let's read and repeat.

MS could cause muscle weakness.

Now, let me say MS also could be an abbreviation for the state of Mississippi.

OK, MS, Mississippi.

But here, MS stands for multiple sclerosis.

Let's continue.

MS could cause muscle weakness, balance issues and fatigue.

So Richard knew they had to make changes in their home.

Balance issues.

So when a person has balance issues, they may can't stand straight.

You may see them do this often.

Muscle weakness.

They may can't pick up simply something like a bottle of water

or they cannot write with a pen because they're having muscle issues.

And so when you see someone battling with that, I think it's important to be empathetic.

And it should also cause us to reflect, to be grateful that we have our health and our strength.

But let's find out what happens.

First, we see that Richard studied and then he decided to make necessary changes in their home.

Um, I had some friends of the family and I told you guys in my last video,

um, how I had a friend who passed on last week and how she had her legs amputated,

uh, probably about a year or so before she passed.

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But when I went back over their house, after she was bound to a wheelchair, they had to make changes in the home.

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They had to put a ramp in the front yard so she could get into the house.

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They moved some of the equipment around or some of the furniture around in the house.

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I was telling you about my neighbor who's elderly and he fell.

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He's considering getting a hospital bed.

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So when he falls on the floor or needs to get in the bed, he can pull himself in.

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So depending on what a person is going through, they often or might have to make changes in their home.

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And that's when the bills start adding up because it costs money to make certain changes.

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Let's find out what happens.

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He immediately, immediately, immediately or quickly or suddenly or without haste immediately started notice rearranging,

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rearranging, say that rearranging or changing furniture to make it easier for David to move around.

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And they even installed handrails on the bathroom.

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You know, before we read and repeat that sentence,

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I can remember my grandparents and I didn't understand as a child why they had a chair in the shower.

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I didn't understand why my mother -in -law and sometimes other elderly people, when you go to use their restroom,

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it's like they have a high chair on the toilet.

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You know, it's sitting way up.

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I didn't understand as a child that as you get older, your body changes.

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And so to help assist yourself in life,

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sometimes you have to purchase certain things or make rearrangements in your home.

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I can remember, you know, taking a bath as a kid, taking a shower.

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You didn't think anything about it.

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Why does my grandmother have this showerhead that's seemingly on a rope that you have to hold.

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It's because when you are going through things in your body or getting older, you don't want to slip and fall.

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So you get these things to make life more comfortable.

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Isn't it amazing how our perspective changes from being young to older and just experiencing life.

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OK.

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All right.

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Let's read and repeat.

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He immediately started rearranging furniture to make

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it easier for David to move around.

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And they even installed handrails in the bathroom.

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Excellent job.

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Let's continue.

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As the days passed,

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Richard became more aware of David's struggles or he became more conscious of some of his brother's challenges.

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You know, sometimes we're not empathetic or we think about what other people go through until we experience it for ourself.

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There's a saying that we have in English.

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We say, put yourself in my shoes or some people will say until you've walked a mile in my shoes.

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And that simply means you don't know what I'm going through until you sit down

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and talk to me or you've been through it yourself.

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And so now we see that Richard is becoming more conscious of what his brother has to deal with.

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But sometimes it's normal for us to be able to open our own door for ourselves

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when we go in a restaurant or a hotel.

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But imagine someone who has multiple sclerosis and they can't open the door.

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Sometimes we take for granted feeding ourselves.

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You know, when I bless my food now, sometimes I get strange looks because I thank God not only for my food.

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I not only ask him to bless my food,

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but I've gotten to the point now to where I realize it's a blessing to be able to feed yourself.

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Oh, I'm telling you, until you have to constantly feed someone else.

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or you see someone just struggling to bring a fork to their mouth just to feed themselves.

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It makes you grateful.

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I don't know about you.

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It just makes me grateful.

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OK.

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And so now that's where Richard is.

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Notice, let me start from the beginning.

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As the days passed, Richard became more aware of David's struggles

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and he found ways to help without making his brother feel helpless.

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Let's read and repeat.

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As the days passed, Richard became more aware of David's struggles.

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And he found ways to help without making his brother feel helpless.

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I've got to pause and tell you guys this story.

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So there's some people that may have different ailments in their body or struggles in their body or pain,

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and they don't want anybody to help them.

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They it may be because of pride or maybe they don't want you to have pity on them.

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It could be a number of reasons.

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And some people will tell you, look, I've got it.

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Leave me alone.

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Don't bother me.

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I got to tell you guys this story.

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So you know that I strive to have three free lessons for you guys every week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

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But I have a life outside of this.

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And I have other things that I do, schools that I visit, kids that I mentor.

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You guys know I do landscaping, you know, to help pay the bills.

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I cut grass.

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And so yesterday.

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My lawnmower broke and well, it didn't break.

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I thought it was broken.

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And so I had to take it to the to the repair shop, which was about 30 minutes away.

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And then I had to figure out how I was going to finish cutting my yard.

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So I called up a friend of mine and he and I asked him, could I use his lawnmower?

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And he said, sure, no thing, no problem.

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So I went over to get it.

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And here here's the story.

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So while we're loading up the lawnmower, he's telling me about a neighbor and it was an elderly woman or an older woman.

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And her grass had grown up to about your knees.

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It was knee high.

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It was thick.

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It was making the neighborhood look bad.

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So what he did was he went over to cut her yard for free.

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I mean, he went over there, knocked on the door and asked if he could cut her yard.

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He wasn't going to charge her.

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She didn't come to the door.

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So he began to cut the yard and he finished cutting the yard, making it look presentable.

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And how about this woman called the police?

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she called the sheriff on him because he gave her a free yard cutting.

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Okay.

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And so he asked the sheriff, what are you going to do?

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Lock me up.

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I'm trying to be a good Samaritan.

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And he said, no, don't worry about it.

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We understand.

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And he just left.

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So a few weeks later, the neighbor on the other side of the house started smelling something.

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And so they came and got my friend and said, do you smell that? And he said, yeah.

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So they were concerned.

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He had worked at a funeral home before.

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So he figured something was dead at that house, a pet, an animal or something.

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So they go to knock on the door and the smell got stronger.

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And come to find out, they called the police.

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The sheriff came over, knocked down the door.

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And that same woman was in the house, laid on the floor dead after about three weeks or so.

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And just a sad story.

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But I told that story because it made me think of this story that I have here.

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Some people, no matter their condition, they don't want your help.

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You can try to help them be nice, be courteous.

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And for whatever reason, they're just mean.

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Look, don't let that stop you from being nice and realize there are just some mean folk in this world.

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And what's amazing is, I mean, we all are going to die one day,

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but who wants to be remembered as being that person that died?

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It was just mean to your own neighbors.

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Wow.

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OK, I've extended today's lesson by sharing that story.

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Let's continue.

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The diagnosis, although challenging.

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gave them more time together as Richard became more involved in David's daycare.

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Let's read and repeat the diagnosis,

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although challenging, gave them more time together as Richard became more involved in David's daily care.

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They began spending their evenings talking more.

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So now they're cherishing their time, sharing stories and even planning small trips.

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That David could enjoy without over exerting himself.

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So when you talk about over exerting.

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it simply means you're not going to use too much energy to do something.

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Have you ever tried to lift something and you knew it was heavy,

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but you tried to lift it anyway and you ended up hurting your back or straining yourself?

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You overexerted yourself.

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Okay.

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It being just me and my wife, sometimes I try to get her to move stuff with me.

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Help me move this.

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And she's like, I can.

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I'm like, Yes, you can.

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I get her sometimes to over exert herself.

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Let's read and repeat.

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They began spending their evenings.

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Talking more.

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Sharing stories.

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And even planning small trips. That David could enjoy.

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Without over exerting himself.

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Excellent job.

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OK, one more sentence.

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The changes in their living arrangements were difficult at first.

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But they brought the but they bought the brothers closer than ever before.

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Let's read and repeat the changes in their living arrangements.

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living arrangements arrangements were difficult at first but they brought the brothers closer than ever before

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excellent job now look i'm sorry guys sometimes i get

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so into these videos and i made this one a little bit longer than I usually do,

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but consider that bonus time together since I didn't give you three videos this week.

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Okay, let's read through today's story at a faster pace without stopping,

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and let's see if you can keep up as well as understand what I'm reading.

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Richard was shocked when he learned that his younger brother David had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis or MS.

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He had never heard of the disease before and spent hours reading about it, about how it affects the nervous system.

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MS could cause muscle weakness, balance issues and fatigue.

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So Richard knew they had to make changes in their home.

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He immediately started rearranging furniture to make it easier for David to move around.

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and they even installed handrails in the bathroom.

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As the days passed, Richard became more aware of David's struggles

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and he found ways to help without making his brother feel helpless.

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The diagnosis, although challenging, gave them more time together as Richard became more involved in David's daily health care.

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They began spending their evenings talking more,

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sharing stories, and even planning small trips that David could enjoy without overexerting himself.

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The changes in their living arrangements were difficult at first, but they brought the brothers closer than ever before.

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All right, let's look at a few quiz questions and then I'm going to let you go.

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Number one, answer these in the comments section.

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What does diagnosed mean?

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Number two, what does fatigued mean or fatigue?

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And number three, what is, I forgot, the nervous system?

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What is the nervous system?

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Well, I hope you have enjoyed today's lesson.

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Wow, I had a great time talking about something.

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and teaching you something that you may not have known about.

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Now, if you want my lessons on PDF form, be sure to join my Patreon.

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The link is in the description.

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And as I always say, thank you so much for hanging out with me.

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And if you have a friend that's also trying to improve their English, be sure to share today's lesson with them.

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I'm about to go make another video English lesson for my Parlay with Jay channel.

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So make sure you check that out where you can get some English listening lessons to help strengthen your English listening.

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All right.

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Until next time, enjoy your day.

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And I hope you join me on my next English lesson.

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Thank you.

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Лексика и советы по произношению к этому уроку

Этот урок разговорной практики построен на видео «Read and Repeat English Story (Intermediate) – Lesson 94: Connected Reading, Shadowing». Чаще всего повторяются слова: Richard, nervous, lesson, brother, changes. В этом видео 290 предложений и 2988 слов для шедоуинга. Речь длится 25:54. Говорящий держит ровный темп — около 115 слов в минуту, удобный для шедоуинга. 86% слов входят в 3000 самых частых слов английского языка; остальные стоит разобрать перед занятием.

Ключевая лексика этого видео

15 слов из видео, которые стоит выучить, с произношением и значением:

Слово	Произношение	Значение
lesson существительное	/ˈlɛs.ən/	уро́к, ле́кция
muscle существительное	/ˈmʌs.əl/	мы́шца, му́скул
fatigue существительное	/fəˈtiːɡ/	уста́лость, утомле́ние
arrangement существительное	/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/	приведе́ние в поря́док, расстано́вка
weakness существительное	/ˈwik.nɪs/	сла́бость
shock существительное	/ʃɔk/	уда́р
furniture существительное	/ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/	ме́бель, предме́т ме́бели
diagnosis существительное	/daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/	диа́гноз, диагно́стика
sickness существительное	/ˈsɪknɪs/	боле́знь
grateful прилагательное	/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/	благода́рный, призна́тельный
knock глагол	/nɑk/	стуча́ть, сту́кнуть
sheriff существительное	/ˈʃɛɹɪf/	шери́ф
elderly прилагательное	/ˈɛldɚli/	ста́рый, пожило́й
helpless прилагательное	/ˈhɛlplɪs/	беспо́мощный, бесси́льный
neighbour существительное	/ˈneɪbɚ/	сосе́д, сосе́дка

Фразовые глаголы, которые вы услышите

Слово	Значение
find out глагол	узнава́ть, узна́ть
come over глагол	подскочить, подъехать
come up with глагол	придумывать, приходить в голову
end up глагол	зака́нчиваться, зако́нчиться
figure out глагол	разбира́ться, разобра́ться
go over глагол	хорошо́ принима́ться
hang around глагол	шля́ться, слоня́ться
keep up глагол	сохранять, поддерживать

Фразы, которые стоит повторять

Короткие законченные фразы из видео, которые пригодятся в повседневном разговоре:

I hope you're having a fantastic day.
Let's find out what happens.
You know, it's sitting way up.
You didn't think anything about it.
I don't know about you.

Грамматика в этом видео

Конструкции, которые говорящий использует чаще всего, с точными словами из видео:

Конструкция	В видео
Пассивный залог be + причастие прошедшего времени — важно, что происходит, а не кто это делает	had been diagnosed · is diagnosed · can be defined
Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчас	have usually been examined · you've walked · you've been
Придаточные определительные who / which + предложение — уточнение о человеке или предмете	friend who passed · someone who has · shop, which was

Произношение, на которое стоит обратить внимание

Говорящий использует 52 сокращённых и редуцированных форм, например don't, I'm, didn't. Произносите их коротко, так, как слышите.

Звуки «th»: thick /θɪk/, bath /bɑːθ/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
Звуки «sh» и «zh»: shock /ʃɔk/, sheriff /ˈʃɛɹɪf/, shoe /ˈʃu/, conscious /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/
Длинные слова — следите за ударением: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, electrical /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, intermediate /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

Звуки, трудные для русскоязычных:

/w/ — губы округлены, это не /v/: weakness /ˈwik.nɪs/, quiz /kwɪz/, wheelchair /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/
/h/ — лёгкий выдох, а не русское «х»: helpless /ˈhɛlplɪs/, wheelchair /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, handrail /ˈhændˌɹeɪl/, haste /heɪst/
Звонкие согласные в конце слова — не оглушайте их: fatigue /fəˈtiːɡ/, installed /ɪnˈstɔːld/, quiz /kwɪz/, extend /ɛkˈstɛnd/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/

Как заниматься с этим видео

Прослушайте всё видео один раз молча и выпишите незнакомые слова.
Повторяйте предложение за предложением на обычной скорости, пока ваш ритм не совпадёт с ритмом говорящего.
Запишите себя и сравните с оригиналом, обращая внимание на такие слова, как lesson, muscle, fatigue.

Что такое техника Shadowing?

Shadowing — это научно обоснованная техника изучения языка, изначально разработанная для подготовки профессиональных переводчиков и популяризированная полиглотом доктором Александром Аргуэльесом. Метод прост, но эффективен: вы слушаете аудио на английском от носителей языка и немедленно повторяете вслух — как тень, следующая за говорящим с задержкой в 1–2 секунды. В отличие от пассивного прослушивания или грамматических упражнений, Shadowing заставляет мозг и мышцы рта одновременно обрабатывать и воспроизводить реальные речевые паттерны. Исследования показывают, что это значительно улучшает точность произношения, интонацию, ритм, связную речь, понимание на слух и беглость речи — что делает его одним из самых эффективных методов для подготовки к IELTS Speaking и реального общения на английском.

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