Do you want to improve your listening skills
of fast English so you can understand native English speakers the first time?
Well, that's exactly what we'll do today.
And we'll do this by testing your listening skills.
Welcome back to JForrest English.
I'm Jennifer now.
Let's get started.
Here's how this lesson will work.
I'm going to say a sentence three times, and you need to write down exactly what you hear.
In the comments after I'll explain.
What I said and You'll learn the pronunciation changes that take place
in fast English, and you'll learn the advanced expressions that native speakers use.
Are you ready?
So let's start with the first listening exercise.
I'll say it.
Three times.
The party got a little.
Out of hand.
The party got a little.
Out of hand.
The party got a little.
Out of hand, I said the.
Party got a.
Little out of hand, Let's talk about a.
Little notice there are those two T's in the middle.
A native speaker is just going to drop them and it will sound like.
Lil, Lil A.
Little, a low or a native speaker will pronounce them as D's, a very soft D because they're.
Between 2 vowels, little dull.
Little.
Little, and then you connect.
Ah.
A little, a little, a little.
The party got a little out of this is.
Combined to sound like outta outta.
The party got a little outta The party got a little out of.
Out of hand, What does that mean to?
Get or to become.
Out of hand?
Well, out of hand means out of control, which means that you no longer.
Have control over.
The party.
The party got a little.
Out of hand, so this is not a good.
Thing in a more.
Everyday context, you might say.
My shopping has.
Gotten a little out of hand A.
Little out of.
Hand a little out of hand, which means you no longer have.
Control over your shopping.
So you're probably.
Buying a lot of purses or jewelry or watches when you don't need to?
My shopping.
Has gotten a little out of hand.
Let's try this.
Again, I'll say.
It three times.
His e-mail?
Really.
Caught me off guard.
His e-mail?
Really.
Caught me off guard.
His e-mail.
Really caught me off guard, I said.
His e-mail?
Really.
Caught me off guard.
Let's talk about his.
E-mail his, although the spelling is an.
S it's a a voiced.
Sound.
So it's a Zed, so we can use that to link to the.
Next word because the next.
Word starts in a vowel, so it will sound like his.
E-mail, e-mail.
You'll hear the on the.
Word e-mail.
But then you cannot.
Have a pause between his.
And e-mail.
You need to pronounce them together.
His e-mail, His e-mail, His e-mail, his e-mail really caught notice here.
The spelling and the pronunciation.
Are very different caught, caught.
His e-mail?
Really caught me.
Off guard when you catch someone.
Off guard, this is an expression that means you surprise.
Someone and you surprise.
Someone generally with information or news or something, they.
Weren't expecting.
There are two options.
With our sentence?
His e-mail?
Really.
Caught me off guard.
Either a I wasn't expecting.
Him to e-mail me.
So the fact that the e-mail even exists.
Surprised me.
Caught me off.
Guard or option?
BI was expecting his e-mail, but I wasn't expecting the e-mail to.
Contain the information or the news.
That it contained so it was the.
Content of the e-mail that surprised.
That caught me off guard.
We don't have enough information based on this one sentence to know it would be.
The overall context that would let you know.
If it's option A or option B, one final note that this expression to catch.
Someone off guard is commonly used.
In the passive, so you could say.
I was caught off guard by his e-mail.
That's the passive voice, and it's very commonly.
Used with this.
Let's try this again.
Thanks for sticking up for me.
I'll say it 3.
Thanks for sticking up for me.
Thanks for sticking up for me, I said.
Thanks for sticking.
Up for me.
Notice that the word.
For sounds like fur Fur.
This is because it's unstressed.
Thanks for thanks for sticking up for me For me.
So in both places.
In this sentence, thanks for thanks for sticking up for me.
Thanks for sticking up for me.
What does this mean when you stick up?
For someone, it means that.
You support someone or you defend someone, especially when.
They're being criticized, so it's a positive thing to.
Stick up for someone else now.
I have seen you, my students, my amazing students stick up for me.
In the comments section, sometimes I'll be reviewing the comments and I'll see there's a.
Negative comment like this video was.
Really boring.
But then you, one of my awesome students, sticks up for me and you reply.
To that comment and you say something like no way.
This video is awesome and Jennifer's.
The best I have seen this happen.
And then so I could reply and say, oh,
thanks for sticking up for me because you defended me, you supported me.
When I was being criticized.
Thanks for sticking up for me.
It's so hard sticking to this diet.
Let's try this again.
I'll say it 3.
It's so hard sticking to this diet.
It's so hard sticking to this diet, I said.
It's so hard sticking to this.
Diet.
Notice how I.
Use a contraction.
It's.
This is it.
Is it is so.
It's It's so hard now, one thing that native speakers do with the word.
So is we elongate?
It we make it longer to emphasize how hard it is or to emphasize?
Whatever adjective it is, it's so hard and the longer we say the word.
The more.
We believe that adjective is for example.
I'm so tired now.
Obviously, I'm exaggerating.
A little bit, but native speakers.
Can be quite dramatic and we can.
Hold out that.
So now let's talk about what this means.
Notice in here.
We have this diet.
It's so.
It's so hard sticking to.
This diet in this case.
Diet is a noun, a diet.
I simply used a possessive this diet and it represents.
An eating plan.
So a plan that tells you what you're going to eat, what you're not going to eat, and.
How much of something you're going to eat?
As well.
That is a diet.
The purpose is generally.
To lose weight and usually.
A diet is temporary.
You temporarily.
Do this until you reach your goal, which is to lose a certain.
Number of pounds or percentage?
Body fat, but the exact same.
Word a diet can also be used.
As a general term to refer to the food and drink.
That someone or a group of people consumes.
So you could say.
Overall, I have a very healthy diet.
This is a way of saying.
Overall, the food and.
Drink I consume on a regular.
Basis is healthy overall.
I have a very healthy diet, but I'm going on a diet to lose £5.
Before my vacation.
Notice here the expression is to.
Go on a diet.
This is how we say to start.
A diet which is your.
Eating plan So we use.
The verb go and you go.
On a diet?
So now you know what?
A diet is, and in this case it's.
An eating plan.
So let's talk about sticking to.
A diet?
It's so hard sticking to this.
When you stick to something, it means you continue doing that thing even though it's difficult.
Or challenging and that's why the example is it's.
So hard.
Sticking to this diet, continuing this diet, let's try this one more.
Time, I'll say it.
Three times.
Do you think you're gonna stick it out?
I said.
Do you think?
You're going to stick it out here, you commonly.
Like, yeah, do ya do you think?
Do you think?
Your will sound like your do you think you're you're gonna going
to will sound like gonna these are all unstressed sounds and.
Reduced sound Do you think you're gonna?
Do you think you're gonna?
Stick it out.
Let's talk about the combination of stick it.
Out so we have it the T.
Is actually between 2 vowels, so if we connect those sounds together, we'll pronounce the T.
Like a soft D and then on the stick I'll take that K sound and I'll transfer it to.
The next sound to help smooth those out.
Stick it.
Out.
But you have to say it all together.
Stick kid doubt.
Stick it out.
Do you think you're gonna stick it out now?
What does this mean?
When you stick something out, it means you continue doing something until.
The end until it's finished.
Until it's complete, you stick it out.
So let's.
Go back to our last example.
It's so hard sticking to this diet, sticking to.
This diet, which means continuing with
something that is difficult or challenging And then I ask, do you think you're?
Going to stick it out.
Do you think you're going to continue?
With this diet.
Until the end of this diet.
So maybe this?
Eating plan was designed for 90 days, so if you.
Stick it out.
It means you complete.
The Eating Plan You follow the eating plan for 90 days until the.
End of the eating plan.
These two expressions are.
Very similar.
Just remember when you stick to.
Something it means that you're focused on fulfilling.
A commitment You're dedicated.
You're going to fulfill a promise because you.
Said You're going to do it, so that's stick to something.
Now when you stick it out, it simply means you complete something.
To the end.
Now let's do an imitation exercise so you can.
Practice your pronunciation and try to match.
It directly to mine, so I will say a sentence and then you.
Are going to repeat the sentence.
Out loud, and then we'll repeat each sentence.
Three times.
So let's start.
With the first sentence.
The party got a little.
Out of hand.
The party got a little.
Out of hand.
The party got a little.
Out of hand.
His e-mail really caught me off guard.
Thanks for sticking up for me.
It's so hard sticking to this diet.
Do you think you're going to stick it out?
Do you think you're gonna stick it out?
Amazing job.
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