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Практика английского по видео: ENGLISH STUDENTS MUST STOP SAYING THIS!

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  1. Today I'll explain why English is so weird.0:00
  2. For example, your friend says this, I'm so ugly and you, you're a good friend.0:03
  3. You say, no, you're so beautiful.0:09
  4. In this conversation are both using contracted forms.0:14
  5. What's a contracted form?0:19
  6. I'm is contracted.0:21
  7. I am is uncontracted.0:23
  8. You're contracted.0:26
  9. You are uncontracted.0:28
  10. That's easy, right?0:30
  11. That's obvious.0:31
  12. In spoken casual English, it sounds really weird if you don't use contractions.0:32
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  1. And in my classes, this is something I correct a lot.0:38
  2. But there are times when not contracting sounds better.0:41
  3. Not contracting is the right thing to do.0:48
  4. When?0:52
  5. Well, maybe you want to emphasize your point to your friend.0:52
  6. No, it's a fact.0:59
  7. I am ugly.1:00
  8. No, no, no, no, listen to me.1:01
  9. You are beautiful.1:03
  10. You want to emphasize the opposite of what they're saying, right?1:04
  11. So in this case, it's much better, much more natural to not contract.1:09
  12. Not just for I am, you are.1:14
  13. Also with verbs.1:16
  14. For example, your friend comes home from work and says, today, today was hard.1:18
  15. And you want to ask, how was your day?1:27
  16. Your friend says, you don't want to know, but you are a good friend.1:30
  17. And you say, no, no, no, I do want to know.1:35
  18. I do want to know.1:38
  19. Again, you're emphasizing the opposite.1:40
  20. So this is very useful in disagreements.1:43
  21. No, no, no, no, I will start crying.1:47
  22. You don't want this.1:49
  23. But again, you want to emphasize the opposite of you don't want this.1:51
  24. So what should you say in natural spoken English?1:57
  25. No, no, no, no, no, I do want this.2:02
  26. This is not just for disagreeing with someone.2:05
  27. More generally, you're just emphasizing your point, you're stressing what you want to say.2:10
  28. So it can sound stronger or maybe even more formal, like I do enjoy the complexity of an aged Pinot Noir.2:16
  29. In modern English, this sounds very old fashioned.2:22
  30. So be careful when you use it.2:25
  31. Okay, so in modern English, when can you use it?2:27
  32. Well, let's imagine you want to admit something.2:31
  33. Then you need this.2:36
  34. For example, you say to your boyfriend or girlfriend, why do you hate my cat?2:37
  35. You are crazy.2:43
  36. I don't hate your cat.2:45
  37. Okay, then later, they want to admit they were wrong.2:47
  38. Then they say, okay, I do hate your cat.2:53
  39. And that's only because it's stupid and ugly.2:58
  40. I hate you.3:00
  41. Perfect example using both forms, right?3:02
  42. I hate you.3:05
  43. Normal sentence.3:06
  44. I do hate your cat.3:07
  45. In this case, she's admitting something.3:09
  46. So yeah, we use this to emphasize a point to make it stronger.3:13
  47. I do want to go to India or to contrast something.3:17
  48. You don't.3:22
  49. I do.3:23
  50. Or to admit something.3:24
  51. I guess I do go a little overboard.3:27
  52. Or how else could you contrast something?3:30
  53. For example, a normal sentence, I like chocolate.3:32
  54. That's normal.3:35
  55. But if I want to contrast two ideas, like if you've been subscribed to me for a while, you'll know that I did not like coriander before.3:37
  56. But now I do like coriander.3:50
  57. That really needs to be in something.3:56
  58. But my point is, I'm contrasting the past to now.4:00
  59. I didn't like it.4:04
  60. But now I do like it.4:06
  61. See?4:08
  62. Or in this example, I do go to temple.4:09
  63. I just, I don't talk about it.4:11
  64. How else do we use this?4:13
  65. I know.4:15
  66. We also use this to give warnings.4:16
  67. Don't eat my dinner.4:19
  68. If you do, I'll fart on your pillow.4:21
  69. Notice I didn't use the verb.4:23
  70. Don't eat my dinner.4:27
  71. If you do, I'll fart on your pillow.4:29
  72. I didn't say if you do eat my dinner.4:32
  73. You can, but you don't need to.4:34
  74. This example, if you do touch each other, you will get chlamydia and die.4:37
  75. Or this one, don't drink and drive.4:43
  76. But if you do, call me.4:45
  77. Again, like I said at the beginning, this is something I correct my students on a lot.4:47
  78. You need to practice it as much as possible because the contractions in general are more common.4:52
  79. They're more natural.5:00
  80. That's what you should use.5:01
  81. So in my classes, a really common correction is like, I do not like fish.5:03
  82. No, no, no, no.5:09
  83. Use the contraction.5:10
  84. I don't like fish.5:12
  85. To talk about your preferences, your likes, dislikes, use the contraction.5:13
  86. Because if you don't, it sounds really stressed.5:18
  87. So maybe you mean, I do not like fish.5:23
  88. But it sounds like I do not like fish.5:26
  89. And now you understand why.5:32
  90. Okay, we've done B.5:35
  91. I am ugly.5:37
  92. You are beautiful.5:38
  93. We've done D.5:39
  94. I do want to know.5:39
  95. I do.5:41
  96. Buffy, I'm not anxious to go into a dark place full of monsters, but I do want to help.5:42
  97. Any auxiliary or modal verb, it's the same thing.5:48
  98. So have, for example, yeah, I've tried yoga.5:51
  99. I don't like it.5:55
  100. You haven't tried yoga.5:56
  101. I have tried yoga five times.5:58
  102. We're emphasizing the opposite.6:02
  103. I have tried yoga.6:04
  104. So that's when you want to contract and not contract.6:06
  105. I hope this makes English a little bit more clear for you.6:10
  106. If not, you can practice with this and hundreds of other lessons in my ultimate English ebook.6:14
  107. My problem with self -study materials is they're rubbish.6:20
  108. If you don't have people to study with, you don't have a class to go to, you're just studying by yourself, this is what you need.6:23
  109. You can get it at pappatietjme .com or there should be a link under this video.6:30
  110. What would you like to study in the next video?6:35
  111. Let me know in the comments below.6:37
  112. And also let me know if you have any questions.6:38
  113. I'll see you in the next class.6:41
  114. Bye.6:42

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168 слов в минуту — быстрее, чем 33% каталога
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B1
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subscribed, coriander, disagreeing, verbs, contracting, chlamydia
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