REAL-LIFE ENGLISH FLUENCY | LEARNING FROM REAL ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS

in our last lesson I taught you how to practice your English fluency each and every day in this lesson I'm going to literally show you how from real English conversations that's right real life English conversations you can learn so much about English fluency English Expressions English vocabulary and so much more are you ready well then I'm teacher Tiffany let's Jump Right In so we have three different conversations we're going to to dive deeper into and the first one is all about making plans for the weekend here's the first part of the conversation yo what's the game plan for the weekend don't worry don't worry I'm going to explain all of these new Expressions to you so let's go through the conversation here we go yo what's the game plan for the weekend eh I've been on the fence maybe thinking about catching a movie or something what about you I was kind of hoping to take advantage of the weather and hit up a hiking trail if it's nice out you down oh for sure I haven't hit the rails or the trails in Forever Count Me In Sweet let's meet up at the park entrance 9:00 a. m. Saturday cool perfect I'll bring some snacks and water good deal it's a plan see you there now let me be very honest with you this conversation is a conversation that would actually happened between native English speakers in America but there were so many new Expressions so many new words and slang terms that you probably have never heard before this is why this lesson is so important so I want us to dive in to the very first part of the conversation again the topic making plans for the weekend the first thing we heard was game plan person one said yo what's the game plan for the weekend so what does game plan mean it's just referring to a strategy or plan of action a strategy or plan of action so I could say hey what's the plan what are we doing this weekend instead a natural way of saying it again slang term a bit hey what's the game plan what's the strategy what are we doing this weekend I want to show you three example sentences here we go our game plan for the project is to divide the tasks among the team members as you're seeing you can also use this term in a business environment second example sentence the coach discussed the game plan with the players before the match and finally what's your game plan for improving your English English skills you see the connection right what's your game plan what's your strategy for improving your English skills now the next part the next thing that was said was on the fence here we go ah I've been on the fence eh I've been on the fence what does on the fence actually mean on the fence means undecided or unsure about something I I'm kind of going between two options I'm not really sure on the fence undecided or unsure here's the first example sentence she's on the fence about whether to accept the job offer or not she's a bit undecided she's on the fence what about sentence number two I'm on the fence about going to the party tonight not really sure and sentence number three he's been on the fence about which college to attend so you see now how we use this expression in English on the fence but what about the next one the next one was also very key and very important again eh I've been on the fence which you know now maybe thinking about catching a movie or something what about you catch catching a movie what does this mean catching a movie just means going to watch a movie at a theater I'm going to catch a movie remember we're using English conversations to help you start sounding more natural more like a native English speaker and to improve your English fluency catch a movie here's the first sentence we're thinking of catching a movie tonight want to join next I love catching a movie on the weekends and finally after dinner we decided to catch a movie we decided to go watch a movie moving forward now you can say ah I'm just going to catch a movie this weekend and a native English speaker will look at you oh okay your English is good you got it all right let's keep going now again breaking down this conversation to understand the words and expressions here's the next one was kind of hoping to take advantage of the weather again was kind of hoping to take advantage of the weather what does take advantage of mean this just means to make good use of an opportunity again to make good use of an opportunity I want to take advantage of the weather the weather woo absolutely absolutely amazing this weekend the sun is shining the birds are chirping the wind the breeze is blowing I want to take advantage of the weather here's the first example sentence you should take advantage of the free gym membership sentence number two I took advantage of the sale and bought a new phone and sentence number three let's take advantage of the good weather at and go for a picnic you got it excellent all right take advantage of right after take advantage of this is the next expression that was used and hit up a hiking trail if it's nice out you down again and hit up a hiking trail if it's nice out you down so what does hit up hit up a hiking trail what does that mean hit up just means to visit or go to a place yeah I'm going to hit up McDonald's after this yeah I'm going to hit up the trail after this yeah I'm going to visit or go to that place you got it excellent all right here's the first example sentence let's hit up that new restaurant downtown sentence number two we hit up the mall to do some shopping and sentence number three they hit up the beach every summer sidebar I'm planning to hit up the beach very soon too you got it excellent all right here we go so we know hit up what about hit the trails here's the next part of the conversation oh for sure I haven't hit the trails in Forever count me in one more time oh for sure I haven't hit the trails in Forever Count Me In what does hit the trails mean it literally just means to go hiking or walking on Trails again to go hiking or walking on Trails one of my good friends she just said hey Tiff I have a pass to all the national parks let's hit up some Trails let's hit the trails soon let's go hiking or walk on Trails you got it excellent all right here's the first example sentence we love to hit the trails every Saturday morning next she's planning to hit the trails in the national park and finally after work he likes to hit the trails to relax you got it excellent all right now the next thing that I said as I was reading the conversation to you was this sweet let's meet up at the park entrance 9:00 a.

m. Saturday cool again Sweet let's meet up at the park entrance 9:00 a. m.

Saturday cool what does this cool actually mean again we're reviewing these real life English conversations to improve your fluency and to help you sound more natural cool just means an informal way to agree or show approval I use this all the time someone calls me hey Tiff you want toang out yeah cool cool I'm down cool an informal way to agree or show approval here's the first example sentence can we meet at 600 p. m. cool the response cool I agree of course sentence number two I'll bring the drinks cool thanks again first statement and the response and next example three we're going to the concert tonight cool have fun cool I'm down too cool have fun again cool and what about this again part of the conversation good deal it's a plan see you there again good deal it's a plan see you there what does good deal mean I use this one also all the time it literally means an agreement or Arrangement that is favorable yeah yes good deal an agreement or Arrangement that is favorable here's the first example I'll do the dishes if you cook dinner oh good deal that's the response oh good deal I agree with you great plan number two you can have the last piece of cake woo good deal I love cake and example three let's split the cost of the gift oh good deal yes I like that idea I agree let's split the cost of the gift good deal you got it excellent okay now one more time looking at this conversation now that we know the words and expressions here we go again looking at the conversation to understand now exactly what was going on as they were talking about meeting and making plans yo what's the game plan for the weekend ah I've been on the fence maybe thinking about catching a movie or something what about you was kind of hoping to take advantage of the weather and hit up a hiking trail if it's nice out you down oh for sure I haven't hit the trails in Forever Count Me In Sweet let's uh meet up at the park entrance 9:00 a.

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