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hello everybody it's me Rachel going
live waiting for someone to notice
waiting for someone to join my
livestream I'm gonna count to three and
when I'm done I hope someone will have
joined oh there we go I didn't even have
to start counting hello my - my -
Rachel's English fans who are on my
livestream why don't you let me know who
you are say hello say where you're from
in the comments hey guys I'm Rachel I
live in Philadelphia from Florida born
and raised in Florida moved to
Philadelphia almost three years ago
because of my boyfriend who is now my
husband cuz he lived here okay awesome
hey Holly weren't you first last time -
do you live on Facebook studying to get
some comments hey guys good evening and
Dubai awesome I would love to go to
Dubai it's morning here no it's not it's
afternoon it's 1 p.m. now here in
Philadelphia so I wanted to go live
because I wanted to see you guys see how
you're doing
see where you're from also of course to
talk about some things first thing we're
going to talk about I'm gonna talk a
little bit about the Academy second
thing I'm going to talk about I'm gonna
talk a little bit about a post that I
posted on Facebook earlier today about
food idioms that was kind of fun okay so
first of all I had to write this
backwards in order for it to show up
right on live it kind of messes up the
color doesn't it but anyway I guess I
don't need to hold it up because the
link is actually in the description of
this video in the
this video but anyway I wanted to talk a
little bit about Rachel's English
Academy today is Thursday and I launched
the Academy on Tuesday so it's two days
now and it's been awesome so great so
many people are joining it's so fun
there's a Facebook group associated with
the Rachel's English Academy and so far
a bunch of people are in there we're
sharing videos everyone's saying where
they're from I'm getting to learn a lot
about people it's it's really fun it's
awesome
so if you've thought about it Rachel's
English Academy will have a VIP
membership drive until November 1st so
if you join between now and November 1st
you will be a VIP which means a couple
of things one you get the best price the
brace goes up on November 2nd this is
sort of a an introductory week discount
launch but if you sign up during this
week you get to keep that price as long
as you keep your subscription so if
you're thinking about it it's worth
signing up now it's worth signing up
before November 1 some people have been
asking how long how long is the course
how long do I have to stay how can I
cancel when can I cancel so there's no
minimum enrollment you can cancel at any
time it's up to me to keep making things
that you want to see it's up to me to
make you want to stay in so you're
welcome to leave whenever you need to if
your financial situation changes or you
don't have time to study anymore you can
leave at any time and to cancel you'll
just send me an email and we'll get you
cancelled up someone says what is in the
Academy what is that in the Academy so
the Academy is sort of similar to what
you already see it's similar to what you
already love about Rachel's English in
that there's lots of conversation
analysis Ben Franklin exercises
and then it's different in that there's
a lot of new stuff that supports that so
for example I have a set of exercises
that study conversation and you get a
Ben Franklin video where there's a full
analysis of everything you hear so you
get to understand how things are being
said and then there's a page that's
actually going to be added on November
1st for each one of these videos that
has points out vocabulary uncommon or
tricky words that are being used in
those conversations it points out
phrasal verbs and it points out any
idioms that are being used so the thing
that I love about this additional info
sheet that goes with the videos is that
it takes the real conversation that's
happening and it uses that as a way to
learn vocabulary and phrases because you
can study vocabulary and you can study
phrases sort of in a book isolated but
these are the ones that are actually
being used so I love that you're getting
to study the vocabulary save the phrases
from the actual real conversations that
real Americans are having and then in
addition to that there's a ton of audio
to go with the video so you watch the
video you get how it's all said and then
there's an audio section that breaks it
all down and one of the things that's
very cool is you can actually play the
audio in slow motion so Americans speak
really fast so you can slow it down and
figure out how exactly were they saying
that you can focus it on the vowel or a
flap or something like that so that's
that's what's in the Academy it's
Rachel's English amped-up it's Rachel's
English with even more to love with even
more to work with more variety people
have been saying that it's really fun
and I take that as a huge compliment
because I had fun making it and I also
wanted to make it enjoyable if you're
gonna spend your time doing anything it
should be fun it should be something
that excites
so that's that's the story about
Rachel's English Academy and if you're
just joining I do want to stay again one
more time that now is the time to if
you're just joining the feed I want to
say now is the time to join the school
because until November 1 through
November 1 midnight you can get in for
just $10 a month and you also get a few
extra things one of them is a free extra
class with me which we happening on
November 2nd and that's already been
scheduled I've already planned it really
looking forward to that and then you
also get a couple free bonuses some
videos that you can download but if you
can't join before November 2nd that's ok
after November 2nd it's still gonna be a
great deal and there will still be live
monthly classes that are a free part of
the Academy so if you guys have any
questions about the Academy post them in
the comments I'm gonna try to keep an
eye on that but I'm also going to talk a
little bit now about a post that I
posted about two hours ago did you guys
see it tell me if you saw it it's from
The Simpsons do you guys have you seen
the sympton Simpsons do you like it let
me know in the comments so I am starting
to post a little bit more frequently on
my Facebook page I don't know if you've
noticed that but I have I'm trying to
post many times a day now so if you want
to make sure that you see the posts I
think that you can in your Facebook
settings you can star it and make it
like a top priority Rachel's English the
page and then it will always make sure
that you're seeing the posts but a
couple of hours ago someone's saying
Paul is saying he did see it I posted a
little blurb from The Simpsons where
Milhouse is saying piece of cake huh
Tulisa and I said what other food idioms
do you know well first of all what does
piece of cake mean does anyone
know if you know it put it in the
comments below or actually put it in a
sentence in the comments below so piece
of cake
first of all how am i pronouncing that
is anyone noticing the word of is being
pronounced up just the schwa piece of
cake piece of cake Pizza Pizza Pizza
piece of cake
piece of cake so what does it mean it
means easy
yes Elsayed says it is very easy that's
exactly right
very easy piece of cake exactly so the
meaning of the idiom piece of cake is
easy simple no problem so I might say
hey guys have you tried joining the
Academy it's a piece of cake it just
takes two seconds to sign up and then
there you are
I'm gonna always be talking about the
Academy aren't I but piece of cake easy
nice simple no stress so I had asked in
the comments there if anyone else had
any other food idioms to mention and
some people had some good ones that bad
egg is someone that is just not a great
person not friendly maybe mean maybe
manipulative but if you know someone
like that you can say he's a bad egg I
love that one apple of my eye so that is
a very sweet term that is for someone
who is very precious to you for example
my baby stony is the apple of my eye he
makes me so happy
it generally it's a I think it's a child
that is the apple of of someone's eye
although it could be an adult I could
say David is the apple of my eye he is
but so is stony so someone said use your
loaf I have no idea what that idiom
means I've never I've never heard that
before
bread winner this is cool so there's a
couple that relate to making money for
your family breadwinner
that is one food idiom and then all
so to bring home the bacon is another
food idiom so to bring home the bacon it
means you're the one who's making the
money for the family breadwinner it
means the same thing you are winning the
bread the basic food for your family so
in my family there is not just one
breadwinner David and I are both
bringing home the bacon oh man it's so
fun to spill the beans I think I made a
video on that already you know it's
crazy I have been making videos for
eight years and I have a pretty good
memory so in general I know exactly what
I've made but every once in a while I'll
think of something and I'll say did I
make that video I think I did but maybe
I just had the idea and never did it but
I am I'm 99% sure that I did make a
video on to spill the beans I can't
remember the context but I I'm pretty
sure I made it man
this person I'm not sure how to
pronounce the name jus really came up
with like ten different food idioms
they're so good icing on the cake to go
bananas to spill the beans two peas in a
pod this means two peas in the pod means
two people who are very similar best
friends always together they're two peas
in a pod but you guys should go check
out this this thread on my page it says
is speaking English a piece of cake for
you that's what it starts with and it's
got an image of Milhouse and Lisa from
the Simpsons and you guys the community
you guys are coming up with great great
idioms great food idioms they're really
fun to see cool as a cucumber does
anyone know what this means
cool as a cucumber why aren't cucumbers
cool I guess because we keep them in the
refrigerator but we keep lots of things
in the refrigerator I don't know how
this idiom came to be but if you're cool
as a cucumber it means you're relaxed
you're not nervous you're not stressed
out
example maybe you're preparing for an
important meeting and someone will say
is Rachel stress about the meeting and
hopefully someone else will say nah
she's cool as a cucumber she's gonna do
great yeah okay so this is just a short
mini lesson my idea is that a couple
times a week I'm going to go live and do
a mini lesson based on something that
I've posted on Facebook or maybe
something that you've posted to my page
a question or something like that
I just keep reading them on my computer
and there are so many good ones you guys
go check it out it's so fun but also
check out Rachel's English Academy this
is where there's there's actually a
whole idioms course that is being
developed it's not in the Academy yet
and that's one thing that's special
about the Academy is because it's a
subscription I'm adding new stuff each
month so it's always growing and it's
always expanding and I'm always getting
ideas from you from your requests about
what you want and so you know that was
one thing with writing the book is I had
to at some point decide it was done and
put it out there of course you can't put
everything about a language in any one
resource and the Academy will never have
every single thing about English either
but the Academy gets to grow and change
and that's what I love about it that's
what makes it really truly fun and not
stressful is that I get to keep adding
to it every month when someone asks a
question and they give me a great idea I
get to make that lesson for them for the
next month so check it out Rachel's
English Academy com there's what they're
like four more days or something
that you can register to be a VIP member
after that you can still register it you
should still register I will love to
have you in there but if you register in
the next four days by November 1 then
you get to be a VIP you get some cool
things so that's it guys thank you
so much for watching it's wonderful to
see Osan saying break a leg
that's another idiom it's just it's
great to see so many of you here to see
so many of you live to see the little
emotions going across the screen it's
excellent
so hopefully I'll see you in the Academy
check it out just slide if you want to
be there all right guys see you soon