Are you ready to work on your English listening, speaking, and comprehension?
Awesome. In this lesson, there are going to be three steps. First, I'm going to play you
a clip. Then I will help you to understand a certain phrase or word within that clip,
and then I'll give you the opportunity to shadow. So if you want to download the free worksheet
that comes with this lesson, then you can do by clicking on the link in the description.
Now today our resource will be episode 63 of the English Like a Native podcast,
and it's called Learn English with ChatGPT but Don't Trust it. I'll leave a link to the
complete episode if you'd like to listen to it in the description below. So let's get started.
It's a very useful tool. This is a huge step forward in the land of technology.
And it's going to make a huge difference to the way we all live our lives. It already
is having an impact on many people and many businesses and workflows and things like that.
Workflow. Workflow is a noun that refers to the sequence in which work or tasks progress.
For example, I offer a pronunciation assessment service, and there is a sequence, a number of
stages that a student's work has to go through before the assessment feedback can be given back
to the students. And as with all things, there are always ways that you can improve the effectiveness
and the efficiency of a process. And so businesses are always looking for ways to improve workflow.
Okay, now it's time for you to shadow. So the same clip will be played four
times. Listen once and then try to say it with me at the same time as me.
It already is having an impact on many people and many businesses and workflows and things
like that. It already is having an impact on many people and many businesses and workflows
and things like that. It already is having an impact on many people and
many businesses and workflows and things like that. It already is having an impact
on many people and many businesses and workflows and things like that.
I initially was a little bit nervous about the technology,
to be honest. I wondered if it would make me redundant.
To be made redundant. This is often used to describe someone
losing their job because the company no longer needs them.
You can also simply describe someone as being redundant. They're not needed.
They are unnecessary. Alright, let's shadow.
I wondered if it would make me redundant. I wondered if it would make me redundant.
I have had a lot of experience with ChatGPT. I've been playing around with it quite a
lot. I've considered whether I should make a video or a podcast about the usefulness of it.
Play around with. To play around with something. This is a term that we use to describe exploring
how to use a new gadget or technology. We even use it to describe exploring an idea. So I could
say I've been playing around with the idea of moving to Canada. You may sometimes hear toying
with the idea of, so I could have said, I've been toying with the idea of moving to Canada.
So when you get a brand new phone or a camera,
many of us cast aside the instructions and dive straight in playing around with the
gadget until we get stuck and then we have to look at the manual. Okay, let's shadow.
I have had a lot of experience with ChatGPT. I've been playing around with it quite a lot.
But the thing that's always stopped me is the fact that every single time I use it,
I find mistakes. Yes, this very smart, fast thinking, fast writing, creative piece of software
is flawed. And there are ways to better prompt ChatGPT to get better results,
you have to train it to do what you want it to do.
Flawed, flawed means imperfect. You can describe a picnic plan as being flawed.
If you don't think about the fact that there have been severe weather warnings,
that would be a flawed picnic plan, wouldn't it? Or you could describe a person as being
flawed if they have undesirable personality traits. For example,
I'm flawed because I often lack the discipline to stick to my healthy lifestyle habits around sleep.
I always intend to go to bed early, but I just have to watch a little bit more of my TV program
or I, I just want to spend a little bit more time relaxing in the evening, but not sleeping.
This very smart, fast thinking fast. Writing, creative piece of software is flawed.
This very smart, fast thinking, fast writing, creative piece of software is flawed.
Maybe ChatGPT doesn't take into account the different variations of English,
so maybe I'm assuming it would go automatically to American English.
To take into account. If you take something into account, this means that you consider or remember
it. For example, if you were planning to throw a dinner party for your friends and some of your
friends had dietary requirements, then you will have to take those requirements into account.
You'll have to remember them. You'll have to think about them and consider them when
you are deciding what to cook. So if I'm making a dessert and I normally make it with peanut butter,
I may actually need to take into account the fact that my friend has a severe nut allergy,
in which case I would not even open the jar of nutty butter.
Maybe ChatGPT doesn't take into account the different variations of English,
so maybe I'm assuming it would go automatically to American English.
Maybe ChatGPT doesn't take into account the different variations of English,
so maybe I'm assuming it would go automatically to American English.
Maybe ChatGPT doesn't take into account the different variations
of English. So maybe I'm assuming it would go automatically to American English. Uh,
maybe ChatGPT doesn't take into account the different variations of English,
so maybe I'm assuming it would go automatically to American English.
Always a double check things especially if you have doubts.
To double check. To double check means to make sure that something is safe or
accurate. So if you've checked it once, then you might want to check it again. For example,
I put my children to bed, and then when I do, I know they're safe and sound,
but a few hours later when I go to bed, I will check them again.
I just want to double check that they are safe before I go to sleep, and while I'm here,
I want to just double check that you are subscribed and that you've clicked
the like button. That small action makes a big difference to me and my channel,
and I would be incredibly grateful for your support. Thank you.
Always a double check things, especially if you have doubts.
Always double check things, especially if you have doubts.
Word association is a really fun game. It always makes me think
of this old children's Saturday morning program
and it was like a, a mishmash of sketches and different things going on in the host.
Mishmash. Mishmash. This means a confusing mixture of things. So this makes me think of
my cooking sometimes. I have no plans for dinner and I have some random ingredients in the kitchen,
so I put together a mixed. A mixture of things, a mishmash of things to create some form of meal,
probably the kind of thing that no one would ever dream of eating,
but food is food. Food is fuel, even if it's a mishmash.
And it was like a, a mishmash. And it was like a, a mishmash. It was like a, a mishmash.
And it was like a, a mishmash.
And it would go back and forth, back and forth until one of them
said a word that wasn't associated with the previous word, or that was dubious.
Dubious, dubious means, suspect, or not to be relied upon.
I looked at the weather report today, and the weather is supposed to be nice,
but it looks a bit dubious to me. I don't think looking at the rain clouds above our head,
we can rely upon that forecast for nice weather.
One of them said a word that wasn't associated with the previous word, or that was dubious.
One of them said a word that wasn't associated with the previous word,
or that was dubious that he had this huge mallet,
so like a big hammer. It was soft, of course, but he would like bonk them on the head.
Bonk. A bonk on the head. So in this context, bonk means to hit or to strike something. It's
a little bit onamatopoeic, isn't it? Bonk, bonk. Bonk, bonk. So yes, to hit something
or strike something. So a bonk on the head is a hit on the head. I laughed because bonk can
also have a bit of a rude meaning, although it's rarely ever used 'cause it sounds a bit silly,
but to bonk. If two people are bonking, then they are having sex. But it's like
a funny word. It's a silly word. Not many people use that for that meaning.
It was soft of course, but he would like bonk them on the head.
It was soft, of course, but he would like bonk them on the head.
But it was very silly. All a bit slapstick.
Slapstick.
Slapstick refers to a type of comedy, like a style of comedy that is very physical. Think
about Charlie Chaplin. Think about someone falling over on a banana skin or getting a
pie in the face that is slapstick. These very physical jokes. That make us laugh,
but it was very silly. All a bit slapstick. But it was very silly. All a bit slapstick.
But it was very silly. All a bit slapstick. But it was very silly. All a bit slapstick.
And what would I associate with innovation? I'm gonna say startup as in a startup company.
Startup. A startup refers to a company or a business that is newly established. So if today
I decide I want to open up a juice bar in the centre of my town, or I want to create a new,
I don't know, the next Uber, something completely revolutionary and different and useful,
then that would be a startup. It's a brand new, newly established company.
What would I associate with innovation? I'm gonna say startup, as in a startup
company. What would I associate with innovation? I'm gonna say startup, as in a startup company.
What would I associate with innovation? I'm gonna say startup, as in a startup company.
What would I associate with innovation? I'm gonna say startup as in a startup company.
But do not expect ChatGPT to pick you up on your deviations in the game. So you can play...
you can play in a way that gives you maybe new vocabulary.
To pick up on something or to pick someone up on
something is to criticise them for doing something. So, for example,
if I am being unkind to my partner, on a regular basis, he would pick me up on it.
He would say, excuse me, Anna, you haven't been very kind to me. You've been speaking
to me in a very unpleasant way, and I don't appreciate it. In which case, he has picked
me up on being unkind and rude in the way that I spoke to him. In this example as well,
we have the word deviation. Or deviations. A deviation is a change from the set plan
or to go off in a different direction to what is expected or what is usual.
So to do something different to the norm or the expectation,
it's like going off track. If we have been driving down the road,
we've planned a route to get to our destination, and then suddenly I pull off the road and I
start to go off in a different direction. You say, Anna, why did you, why did you deviate?
Or if we make a plan to throw us a surprise party and do everything in a certain way,
but I change everything at the last minute, you'd say, Anna,
why did you deviate from the plan? What's going on?
But do not expect ChatGPT to pick you up on your deviations. Do not expect ChatGPT to pick
you up on your deviations, but do not expect ChatGPT to pick you up on your deviations,
but do not expect ChatGPT to pick you up on your deviations.
So it's a good way to gauge. If your descriptions are good or not.
To gauge.
To gauge simply means to measure or to calculate something. So we have a weather
gauge and guess what a weather gauge does. It gauges measures and calculates the weather.
So it's a good way to gauge. So it's a good way to gaug.
So it's a good way to gauge. So it's a good way to gauge.
Okay, guys, here's a complete list of the vocabulary that we have worked on today.
I do hope you found today useful. Remember the link for the free worksheet and a link
to the complete podcast episode if you haven't already listened to it,
are down in the description below. Until next time, take very good care and goodbye.