hello my Rockstar students today you're going to learn how to speak fast
and how to understand fast speaking native speakers
welcome back to JForrest English of course I'm Jennifer
now let's get started today you're going to
practice your listening skills here's how this lesson will work
I'm going to say a sentence three times at a natural pace
and you need to write down exactly what you hear in the comments
and this test will progress from beginner A1 to more advanced C1
let's get started are you all set
are you all set are you all set
I said are you all set notice that the you becomes more of an unstressed
yeah or yeah so it's a very subtle difference ah
ah yeah yeah native speakers will use both Aria Aria
are you all set and notice I don't push out that t
so set all set now what does this mean to be all set
this simply means to be ready so you can use this all the time
in your daily speech so I can ask you
are you ready for your presentation tomorrow and you can reply back with those two words
all set all set the full form would be I am all set
and then you can just reduce that to all set which means I'm ready
I'm ready for my presentation tomorrow we commonly
use this to confirm that someone is ready to leave
leave a house leave a restaurant
leave any location are you ready to go
and you can reply back with those two words all set
which means I'm ready to go all set all set all set
let's try this again a little more challenging
I'll say it three times my weeks off to a rocky start
my weeks off to a rocky start my weeks off to a rocky start
did you get this one I said my weeks off to a rocky start
notice that contraction weeks that is week is my week
is my weeks my weeks off
and instead of saying to all I can combine those together with a to
so I use that to glide to to my weeks off to a rocky start
the reason why this is more difficult is because you may not know the expression
the expression is to be off to a and an adjective start
and in this example my adjective is rocky
my weeks off to a rocky start Rocky means difficult or uncertain
he and I got off to a rocky start alright sure
tonight got off to a weird rocky start we often use this adjective rocky
to describe relationships it could be a romantic relationship
a relationship with family or friends or a relationship with your boss or coworker
your friend might come to you upset and say our relationship is a little rocky right now
and she wants your advice but remember
you can use any adjective with this expression so hopefully you'll use a positive one
my weeks off to an amazing start and notice because my adjective
starts with a vowel my article becomes an
an amazing start off to a great start
so we're off to a good start and you can use this expression as a reply to
how's your week going so why don't you practice this right now
how's your week going and I want you to put in the comments
my weeks off to a adjective start
and you choose the adjective put that in the comments
and hopefully it's a positive adjective let's try this again
I'll say it three times what do you have on the go today
what do you have on the go today what do you have on the go today
did you get this one I said what do you have on the go today
have you heard that native speakers pronounce what do you as
what do you what do you
we combine all those sounds together what do you
an alternative is whatcha whatcha and I use both of them equally
so it's important that you know both of them as well
and this question is how a native speaker will commonly ask
what are you doing today so the expression is
have on the go what do you have on the go today
what are you doing today now instead of have on the go
native speakers will also say what do you have going on
so on the go is one option going on is another option
what do you have going on today hey girl what you got going on today
so to answer maybe you could say
today I'm studying J Forest English lessons is that what you have going on today
let's try this one more time I'll say it 3 times
did you not off in the presentation too did you not off in the presentation too
did you not off in the presentation too did you get this one
I said did you nod off in the presentation two native speakers will combine
did you and say did you did you
so you hear a just sound did you or we can reduce that to
did ya or did ya so that uh or ah
so all three options are common nod off is a phrasal verb
so we'll pronounce it as one word nod off so notice I'll take that d
sound and I'll connect it on the off but I have to combine it together
nod off nod off nod off to nod off
this means that you fall asleep
accidentally when you're not supposed to like during a presentation
so hopefully you're not nodding off during this lesson right now
or maybe you nodded off on the bus I nodded off on the bus and missed my stop
has that ever happened to you or maybe you see one of your co workers
nodding off I think Sarah nodded off
someone should wake her up before her boss sees her
you just nod off I nodded off
so I nodded off a little nodded off Ross
you were snoring now let's do an imitation exercise
so you can practice your pronunciation
I'm going to say each sentence again and I want you to repeat the sentence aloud
and imitate my pronunciation are you all set
are you all set are you all set
my weeks off to a rocky start my weeks off to a rocky start
my weeks off to a rocky start what do you have on the go today
what do you have on the go today what do you have on the go today
did you not off in the presentation 2 did you not off in the presentation 2
did you not off in the presentation two amazing job
now you're ready to speak fast and understand fast
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