Hello my amazing students!
Today,you're going to learn how to understand fast English
and how to speak just like a native speaker.
Welcome back to JForrest English, of course I'm Jennifer
now let's get started!
Here's how this lesson will work I'm going to say a sentence 3 times at a natural
fast pace and you need to write down exactly what you
hear in the comments
and the examples are going to go from beginner A1 to more advanced C2
so let's see if you can complete this whole lesson
our first listening exercise I'll say it three times thanks for your help
you rock thanks for your help you rock thanks for your help
you rock did you get this one I said thanks for your
help you rock very easy right
at a natural pace native speakers we reduce sound so for becomes fur thanks
fur your becomes your thanks for your thanks for your help your help
thanks for your help now let's review
a common mistake that I hear beginner students make
and sometimes even advanced students you can say thank you or thanks
you cannot say thanks you or thank and notice in our example we have thanks for
your help thanks for your help what is your help
this is a noun so we have thanks 4+ noun you can also use thanks 4+ gerrand
because 4 is a preposition so what would thanks for your help be
in the gerrand form do you know thanks for helping me thanks for your help
thanks for helping me and you rock this is a very natural way to say you're great
you're awesome I use this in the comment section to reply to your lovely comments
all the time but don't say you are rock it is not to be rock it is too rock
you rock you rock you're awesome you're really great
you rock put that in the comments you rock you rock
thanks for your help thanks for helping me thanks Billy
you rock you rock thanks honey
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let's try this again a little more difficult I'll say it three times
she's starting to rub off on you she's starting to rub off on you
she's starting to rub off on you did you get this one
I said she's starting to rub off on you she's is our contraction she is
she's she's starting tough so instead of two you can use an unstressed
top she's starting to rub off
because rub off is a phrasal verb they go together
I can take that b sound and connect it to the next word
but I have to combine them together I have to say them as one word
rub off off rub off rub off
I can also take that on and add it together so I'm saying those three words as one
rub off on so here I'm taking the f from off and I'm
adding it on on rub off on
rub off on rub off on you what does this mean
to rub off on someone is when someone's behavior
or personality affects someone else let's take Janice
and let's say Janice loves helping other people now
let's say Fernando spends a week working with Janice
and now Fernando starts helping other people you could say Janice rubbed off on Fernando
here we have it in the past simple rubbed rubbed
rubbed off on Janice rubbed off on Fernando now you could also take the specific personality
trait or characteristic in this case
Janice's helpfulness which is unknown Janice's helpfulness
because the helpfulness belongs to Janice so it's possessive
Janice's helpfulness rubbed off on Fernando so that specific character trait of Janice
transferred to Fernando because they spend time together
Marcus is really rubbing off on you finally I'm rubbing off on you
my deviousness is finally rubbed off on you let's try this again I'll say it three times
he rubs me the wrong way he rubs me the wrong way he rubs me the wrong
way did you get this one I said he rubs me the
wrong way notice this expression uses the verb to rub
and our last expression use the verb to rub but they have completely different meanings
and that's why this is a more advanced listening exercise
because maybe you understood the words but you don't know what this means
to rub someone the wrong way this is to annoy someone but without intending
to remember Janice from our last example
and she was very helpful but maybe for some reason
she just rubs you the wrong way she annoys you
but there's nothing that she does to annoy you
just maybe your personalities clash they don't go together
so if you're planning a social gathering you might say is it okay if we don't invite
Janice she rubs me the wrong way
now an entire person like poor Janice can rub you the wrong way
but it also could be something specific that someone said or did and overall you like
Janice but just that one thing she said or did
rubbed you the wrong way for example your comment just rubbed me the wrong way
so maybe she said something in a meeting
that really annoyed you but you know she did not intend to annoy you
so here your comment this is a noun your comment rubbed the past symbol of the
verb to rub and notice that soft d rubbed
rubbed me rubbed me the wrong way wait wait
is it me like do I rub you the wrong way
not Jay guy rubs me the wrong way she rubs everyone the wrong way
but pop our final listening exercise and the most
advanced I'll say it three times
I had a hunch he'd quit I had a hunch he'd quit I had a hunch he'd
quit did you get this one I said I had a hunch
he'd quit notice for pronunciation I had a
I had a had a so I combine had a together as one word
I had a hunch he'd quit now did you hear that the he'd he'd quit
well that d represents what word would he would quit
he'd quit he'd quit very difficult for students to hear
native speakers understand it based on context and based on grammatical structure
it would sound awkward without it so we know it's there
even though we can't really hear it either when you have a hunch a hunch is the noun
and then the verb that goes with it is have so to have a hunch this is when you think
or predict that something is going to happen but it isn't based on facts
it's based on your intuition your feeling so you could say I have a hunch
she'll accept our invitation now if someone replies back and says why
all you would say is because I have a hunch I have a feeling I have a gut feeling
and notice the grammar here I have a hunch this is the present simple
and then she'll accept she will accept that's the future simple I have a hunch
she'll accept our invitation because you're making a prediction about the
future but you could use this in the past
like our listening exercise I had a hunch last week in the past
so that's the past simple last week I had a hunch that he would quit
so would is the past simple of the verb will I had a hunch that he'd quit
and using that is optional you don't need it you could simply say
I had a hunch he'd quit I had a hunch just a hunch
I had a hunch but I wasn't certain now let's do an imitation exercise
so you can practice speaking fast just like a native
I'll say each sentence again three times and this time
I want you to repeat each sentence out loud here we go thanks for your help
you rock thanks for your help you rock
thanks for your help you rock she's starting to rub off on you
she's starting to rub off on you she's starting to rub off on you
he rubs me the wrong way he rubs me the wrong way
he rubs me the wrong way I had a hunch he'd quit
I had a hunch he'd quit I had a hunch he'd quit
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