In this English lesson I wanted to help you
learn the English phrase, keep up.
When you tell someone to keep up
it means you want them to go the same speed as you.
Often times when I'm walking somewhere
my children walk a little bit more slowly
than I do, and I'm often saying to them,
try to keep up.
Try to walk the same speed as dad.
Most times I slow down a bit.
I'm not a mean dad, but sometimes
they just walk a little too slowly.
They dawdle a little bit.
There's a new word for you probably.
So, when you tell someone to keep up
it means you want them to go the same speed as you.
Maybe you're driving somewhere
in two separate cars and you might tell your friend
who is driving in the other car,
try to keep up with me.
I don't want to get separated when we're on the highway.
So, when you try to keep up with someone
it means that you're trying to go the same speed as them.
The other phrase I wanted to teach you today
is the phrase, keep out.
You will often see this phrase on signs
and it means that you should not enter
whatever has this sign on it.
If a building has a sign that says keep out
don't go in that building.
If a place that you are visiting
has a sign that says keep out,
don't enter that property.
It's just a place where you are not supposed to go.
Sometimes the sign will say, do not enter.
Sometimes the sign will say, keep out.
Sometimes the sign will say, no trespassing.
But, they all mean the same thing.
It's a place that you are not supposed
to go into or visit.
So, if you were to come to my farm,
if I had a sign that said keep out,
it means that you shouldn't come on my property.
I don't have a sign like that though.
Maybe I should get a sign like that someday.
Not a lotta people visit way out here in the country,
so it's not a problem right now.
Anyways, to review.
If you tell someone you want them to keep up
it means you want them to go the same speed
that you are going.
And if you tell someone to keep out
or if you see a sign that says keep out,
it means that you should not enter.
Let's look at a comment from a previous video.
This comes from Vladimir and Vladimir says,
how is it going, Mr. Bob?
Tell me please what's your favorite exercise
for learning French and why.
Thanks.
And my response was this.
My favorite thing is to watch French TV.
I usually watch a good series every month.
Right now I'm finishing up Dix Pour Cent
which is a French show, by the way,
which is really funny.
After that I would say having a conversation
each week with my French friend.
We talk for 30 minutes in French on Zoom
and then for 30 minutes in English.
So Vladimir, thank you so much for that comment.
I think this is actually a comment
from a couple of days ago.
But, thank you for that comment.
It's a good one.
I think it's always good to know what people's
favorite thing to do is when they're studying a language.
It was cool to see the results
of the survey that I did a little while ago
on my other channel.
It was cool to see that a lotta people
liked certain things and other people
liked other things.
And yeah, I think listening is my favorite thing to do.
Certainly watching French television shows
and listening to French music
are two of my favorite things.
But, I really like talking
to my French friend every week.
We've been talking since last spring.
It's a great exchange.
If any of you can find a language exchange partner,
it's just a wonderful way to practice
your English while you're teaching
someone else your native language.
So, it works really well.
I will admit I'm a little nervous each week.
It's kind of funny, if my French friend is watching,
I'm not sure if you knew that, but it is
a little bit nerve racking we would say
when you know that you have to speak
a different language with someone
for a little bit.
But, it is wonderful practice.
Like I've mentioned so many times before,
knowing that I'm going to be talking French
once a week makes me study French
a lot harder the rest of the week.
You'll have the same thing.
If you know you're going to have
an English conversation with someone
you'll just work a lot harder at it.
So anyways, keep up the good work.
I'm sure all of you are working hard
as you continue to learn this fun language
we call English.
I hope that you are enjoying it and I hope
you have a favorite thing that you do
when you're studying it.