Today you're going to learn the best way to understand
native English speakers. Do you know what it is?
The best way is to practice listening to native speakers
and to expand your vocabulary with natural expressions
and that's what you'll do today! 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 three times
and you need to write down exactly what you hear
in the comments and I'm going to
talk fast and use natural expressions and this listening task will progress
from beginner to more advanced let's get started I'll say it three times
you're on a roll you're on a roll you're on a roll
did you get this one I said you're on a roll notice that contraction you're
this is you are and native speakers we pronounce this very unstressed
you're you're you're you're on
notice how on a sounds like one word because I use that n from on
I transfer it to ah on nah nah but I have to say it as one word
Anna Anna you're on a roll you're on a roll
and you're on a roll what does this mean this is a great expression
because when you're on a roll it means your experience
a period of continuous success or good fortune so this is a very positive
thing in the sports world if a sports team wins five games in a row
which means consecutively one after the other that team would be on a roll or in the workplace
let's say Muhammad has a sales job and Muhammad made five sales today
he's on a roll because you need
the verb to be he is as a contraction he's he's on a roll he's on a roll
or how about you if you pass this listening test the next one
the next one and the next one in this lesson you can say I pass all four listening test
I'm on a roll I'm on a roll or you could say
I studied English every day this month so that continuous success one after the other
I've studied English every day this month I'm on a roll and notice
that verb tense I've studied I have studied this is the present perfect
and it's being used because it's an unfinished time reference
so if I say this month it means the month is still in progress
maybe it's the 20th or 23rd so put I'm on a roll
I'm on a roll because you're watching this lesson and I'm sure you've watched other English lessons
hopefully mine this week so you can say I'm on
a roll put that in the comments are we on a roll or are we on a roll
our next listening exercise a little more difficult
I'll say it three times I'm not a fan of sports I'm not a fan of sports
I'm not a fan of sports did you get this one I
said I'm not a fan of sports notice that contraction I'm
I am I'm not all can be linked together so said as one word
but notice that t is between two vowels so I'm going to pronounce it as a soft d
nada the nada nada I'm nada fan of
so I can combine fan of together fan of
but I need to take that end and transfer to the next
sound love love fan of
I'm not a fan of sports I'm not a fan of sports this has a very simple meaning
to be a fan of something or someone means you like it
you like that something or you like that someone
what about you are you a fan of American football which in North America we just call football
but to avoid confusion for you are you a fan of American football
the NFL to reply on the negative side you can say I'm not at all a fan
so this means you really dislike sports or American football I'm not at all a fan
a little less negative I'm not a fan I dislike it but not really dislike it
I dislike American football I'm a fan I'm a huge fan
I'm a giant fan if you love American football so which one describes you
put it in the comments for me I would say I'm not at all a fan
I would rather watch football soccer than American football
which we call football now remember
you can use this expression with something or someone
for example I'm a fan of Taylor Swift and of course
that means her music what she does I'm a fan of Taylor Swift
I'm a fan of Elon Musk or sports something I'm a fan of yoga biking
technology is a great something I'm a fan of Google Drive personally
I'm a huge fan of Google Drive I love it I'm a fan of Amazon I'm a fan of Android
whatever you want so you can get a
lot of use out of this expression oh oh oh I just wanted to tell you I'm a huge fan
I'm I'm a huge fan not a sports fan huh are you enjoying this lesson
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our next listing exercise I'll say it 3 times you really hit the Jackpot
you really hit the Jackpot you really hit the Jackpot
did you get this one I said you really hit the Jackpot
now native speakers we often pronounce you as a very unstressed yeah
you're really you're really you're really you're really hit
notice I don't say hit and pronounce that t because it forces me to take a pause
hit the so you don't really hear the t this is called a flop t hit the Jackpot
now when you hit the Jackpot it means you win the lottery
which is an awesome thing Woohoo I hit the Jackpot
but outside of the context of the lottery when you hit the Jackpot
it means you achieve a highly desirable or fortunate outcome and it's by chance
just like when you win the lottery when you hit the Jackpot it's by chance
they just pull a number and by chance it's your number
you hit the Jackpot so when you use this
expression outside of the lottery it's also by chance so I can say
I love fashion and my boss just assigned me to the Vogue account
Vogue is a fashion brand and I get to go to fashion week for free
I hit the Jackpot but this suggest that it was just by chance
that I was given the Vogue account it's not because I spent weeks
preparing a presentation to try to get the account it was just randomly assigned to me
I hit the Jackpot and just remember those conjugations of hit
it's hit hit hit so very easy to remember so in the past
simple last week I hit the Jackpot
when my boss assigned me to the Vogue account
or I could say I've hit the Jackpot the present perfect
I have I've hit the Jackpot with this new account in this case the present perfect is for an action
a completed past action that has a result in the present
and here's a true example my students are absolutely amazing
all of you are so amazing I truly feel like I've hit the Jackpot
with such amazing students especially when I read the comments
and everyone is so positive and supportive I truly feel like I've hit the Jackpot
so thank you all our final listening exercise and the most challenging listening exercise
I'll say it 3 times she really pushes my buttons she really pushes my buttons
she really pushes my buttons did you get this one
I said she really pushes my buttons and this is the most difficult one
because maybe you heard the individual words but do you know what it means
if someone said this to you would you be able to reply back
would you be able to have a conversation because this is an advanced idiom
that native speakers use for pronunciation maybe the word buttons wasn't clear
because native speakers we don't pronounce those t's
I don't say buttons buttons that sounds very awkward for me to pronounce
I never ever say it like that I always say buttons buttons
buttons buttons so those TS become flat TS
we don't push out the air now you can absolutely say buttons
you can pronounce the t but it's important that you know how
native speakers pronounce it so you can understand us and not be confused
when we say buttons and you can hear that
unstressed buttons in this clip let's listen now button button
who's got the button so now that you know how to hear buttons
let's learn about this expression to push ones buttons
and notice buttons is always plural this is when you annoy someone on purpose
now why would you annoy someone on purpose well you have maybe a sister
a brother a best friend a husband a wife
a mom and dad and you probably know how to push their buttons
you know how to get a reaction out of them and let's be honest
sometimes you do it on purpose right so let's say you have a sibling
your mom could say to you why do you always push your sister's buttons
so notice your sister's buttons the buttons belong to your sister
so you need the possessive there and your mom is saying
why do you always purposely annoy your sister and maybe you push her buttons by
talking about her ex boyfriend and you know
just the mention of his name really irritates her but you do it on purpose to get that reaction
let's be honest we've all done something like this there are always little rivalries in the workplace
as well so someone could say she's just trying to push my buttons
but it won't work so she's saying someone else is trying to annoy her on purpose
but she's going to ignore it it won't work
and maybe this other coworker is doing this by talking about the Vogue account that she lost
remember she hit the Jackpot with the Vogue account
but then she forgot to do something and they fired her from the account
so she's not going to Fashion Week and she's not working on the Vogue account
so just talking about the Vogue account really creates a reaction in her
this happens a lot let's say you have two friends one of them supports this sports team
and the other friends supports this sports team and their rivals
and simply talking about the other sports team gets that person really upset and annoyed
so you can say I know how to push Alexander's buttons
just mention how France lost the World Cup he pushes my buttons this
kid is pushing my buttons really knows how to push buttons
now let's do an imitation exercise so you can practice
all these natural pronunciation changes I'll say each sentence again three times
but this time after I say it I want you to repeat it out loud
here we go you're on a roll you're on a roll
you're on a roll I'm not a fan of sports
I'm not a fan of sports I'm not a fan of sports
you really hit the Jackpot you really hit the Jackpot
you really hit the Jackpot she really pushes my buttons
she really pushes my buttons she really pushes my buttons
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