hickory dickory dock I'm holding one grey sock in the other there are two and
both of them are blue hickory dickory dock did you enjoy my little poem?
welcome everyone to another full English video lesson coming to you from England
which happens to be the birthplace of Cadbury chocolate Bakewell tart
Yorkshire pudding and my favourite... spotted dick and of course the English
language which is the reason we are all here today so take a deep breath open a
few windows make a nice hot beverage because today's full English lesson is
going to start right...
now!
one of the hardest parts of doing something creative is coming up with new
ideas figuring out new ways to do something or finding new angles on which
to focus can really leave you in a spin a clear head and a positive outlook are
both important when it comes to being creative
sometimes those new ideas do not come easily so you have to put your thinking
cap on that's a great expression if you are stuck for an idea then you might
have to put your thinking cap on you will need to come up with a new idea you
will have to wrack your brains to wrack your brains is to think long and hard
about how to do something that seems impossible I've been wracking my brains
all day over how to make some extra money if more than one person is
involved with the new ideas then it might be easier to come up with
something they say that two heads are better than one we need to put our heads
together and try to solve this problem sometimes it is not possible to come up
with any solution or new idea there is nothing in your head we call this a
block for example there is writer's block there are no new ideas in your
mind being creative is fun but it can also be a nightmare when it comes to
creating new ideas
you may have noticed that I love English some of my favorite English words happen
to be the smallest and the most commonly used a good example is the word off it
seems like such a simple word yet it is often used on a daily basis in so many
ways to cancel something can be described as being off sorry girls the
football match is off you can call something off we had to call off the
outdoor concert because of the rain to have a free day away from work can be
described as being off I won't see you tomorrow as it's my off day you are
having the day off another use of Earth Day is when things keep going wrong or
when your mood is not good during a certain period of time sorry for all the
mistakes guys I'm having a bit of an off day to make your way out of a place or
to announce your departure you can say that you are off okay guys it's 5
o'clock see you tomorrow I'm off if something
that is perishable has gone past its best then we can say that it is off
don't drink that milk it's off this salmon smells awful I think it solved if
something has been disconnected from its power source we can say that it is off
the TV isn't broken it's off talking of which I'm off over there it's time to do
the next sequence
it's strange how some words can find themselves together in English phrases a
good example of this is the phrase love hate these words have opposite meanings
however they do go together as a description of a certain type of
relationship I am talking about a love-hate relationship in society a
love-hate relationship describes a partnership that involves both fondness
and hatred a tumultuous or turbulent relationship between two people can be
described as love-hate we had a terrible fight last night but today we made up
and are having a meal together tonight you might feel that this relationship is
based on love/hate especially if the arguments occur often a long-term
relationship might become unstable due to a hopeless feeling of routine and
familiarity the couple might become bitter and resentful which results in
the up-and-down nature of the relationship a love-hate relationship
can exist in other places if you love your job
but it does not pay very well you might have a love-hate relationship with it
you might have a love-hate relationship with your boss there are some good days
and some bad you have mixed feelings you have the feeling of both love and hate
it's now time for another buzzword a buzzword is a word or phrase that is
popular during a certain period of time or is often used generally today's
buzzword is discrimination the word discrimination is a noun that names the
unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people
especially on the grounds of race religion gender sexuality or age
the state of prejudging a person based on their differences to show prejudice
toward someone because of their differences is discrimination you can't
dismiss me because I'm a Muslim that's discrimination to hold bias towards one
or more groups of people around you in everyday life is discrimination you act
on a grudge against someone because they are different from you this is defined
as discrimination the word can also name the ability to define what is
high-quality or good taste your discrimination picks
out what is worthy the verb form of discrimination is discriminate you
discriminate between two or more things by making judgments to discriminate is
to be prejudiced you display prejudgment you are biased you carry out
discrimination
what do you want and what do you need if you want too much can we call this greed
do you have more than you need or is it enough perhaps you have nothing
sometimes life can be tough there is a fine difference between the things you
want and the things you need to want is to desire it is an urge to satisfy that
desire to need is the instinctive response to nature's call for survival
it's the need to survive what is necessary to survive is your need the
obvious things needed for survival are food and water they are your basic needs
without these you will not survive for long of course want can be classified as
need to however we often see want as a more selfish emotion I need food I want
a nice new car to show my neighbor furthermore the dilemma of what many
years creates quite a paradox we need money to buy food but we also want money
to support a comfortable and some might say wasteful lifestyle want is often
seen as a selfish emotion Mead comes from your basic necessities want comes
from the things that will make you feel better as a person need comes from the
basic survival instinct to make it through the day without starving to
death need and want might have similar definitions but they are often seen as
belonging to very different urges
what is a split infinitive? is it painful? will it leave a scar? well first of all
having a split infinitive is not an injury although it does sound like one
in English grammar we name a certain grammar error as a split infinitive an
infinitive in English grammar is the use of the word two with a verb while there
are no grammar rules that prohibit split infinitives many English experts
strongly disapprove of them an example of a split infinitive is the classic to
boldly go where no man has gone before the word boldly and go should be the
other way round it should read to go boldly where no man
has gone before in writing this looks more dramatic but when spoken the split
infinitive sounds better so while the use of a split infinitive is technically
incorrect you might only find the most pedantic English teachers picking you up
on it to pick someone up on something is to correct them by pointing out their mistake
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this is mr. duncan in England saying thanks for joining me today take care
enjoy English and of course
ta ta for now.