Lesson #17
1. Congratulations! To Me and Myself! At last I Do Know Who Am I - Glory to Dictionary.com - I am a FREEGAN - a person rejecting consumerism and striving to help environment staying clean and safe! Bravo! Perfect word - and the best of the notions!
Oh, yes! Vocabulary is really huge! Nevertheless do remember:
- You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
OK, it was a new word not only for me - but for many users of Dictionary.com
And I would like to propose some useful colloquial expressions - just to know them... Just in case...
Get it? (do you understand?)
So what?
Are you nuts? (Are you crazy?)
How's that? (Could you explain it?)
Make yourself clear.
What the use of? (what for?)
Why worry him?
What if I refuse?
Are you kidding? (Is it a joke?)
Coming along? (are we going together?)
2. Repeat! Repeat! Repeat!
Are you fed up? Oops... I wanted to say - Aren't you tired?
3. Pa-dam! Grammar Time!
Site Perfect English Grammar was so kind to share with all of us, usual users, this info on the Second Conditional
The second conditional uses the past simple after 'if', then 'would' and the infinitive:
- if + past simple, ...would + infinitive
(We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'. This is mostly done in formal writing).
It has two uses.
First, we can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true. Maybe I'm imagining some dream for example.
- If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.(I probably won't win the lottery)
- If I met the Queen of England, I would say hello.
- She would travel all over the world if she were rich.
- She would pass the exam if she ever studied.(She never studies, so this won't happen)
Second, we can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true. Is that clear? Have a look at the examples:
- If I had his number, I would call him. (I don't have his number now, so it's impossible for me to call him).
- If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man.
How is this different from the first conditional?
This kind of conditional sentence is different from the first conditional because this is a lot more unlikely.
For example (second conditional): If I had enough money I would buy a house with twenty bedrooms and a swimming pool (I'm probably not going to have this much money, it's just a dream, not very real)
But (first conditional): If I have enough money, I'll buy some new shoes (It's much more likely that I'll have enough money to buy some shoes)
And now we can sum up all the Conditionals in one vlog: you won't wander around the topic - it's so easy ... Is it?
4. Coldplay has got a beautiful poem and melody for you today - and more than that - I've decided to use them for our Conditional Mood Lesson!
Cold Play -and Conditional mood!
5. My dear friends!
Imagine for a moment that you have to give a presentation on a new method of learning any language, as A.J. Hoge does in his beautiful presentation!
Here's a text. All you have to do is: learn it by heart - train it before your mirror - write down your first vlog (its a video recording of you and your speech) - analize your missing points. And congratulate you for your strengths (if there are!) Good luck to you! Cheerio!
( by the way: analise - a noun;
analize - a verb!
Keep it in your mind!)
By combining physical movement with English listening, you push the English deep into your brain. You remember vocabulary faster and you never forget it. You remember correct grammar as well - even though you never study grammar rules. Physical movement and gestures are the key to fast learning and a long memory. So when you listen to English lessons, identify the difficult sentences. Create a movement or gesture that reminds you of the meaning. Then, every time you hear that sentence, do the movement or gesture. When you do the movement, do it powerfully. Use all of your body and use a lot of energy. Posture is another important part of body and emotional mastery. Here is an interesting fact-- you learn faster and remember more when you have good posture. In other words, you learn faster when you hold your head high, your shoulders are back, your chest is up, and your body is strong and balanced. On the other hand, when you put your head down your energy decreases-- and you learn more slowly. When you let your shoulders drop forward you lose energy-- and you learn more slowly. So always keep your chest up, your shoulders back, and your head up while you listen to English lessons. This is simple, but very important. Finally, there is one super-simple secret to increasing your emotional energy while learning: SMILE. Did you know that your learning ability increases when you smile?
Finished? Then we all can smile! Cheese!
