Hi guys, welcome to the first class
of the three months project
that I will help you improve your English listening
and speaking skills at the same time.
Today I will cover the first five minutes of the episode one
of 100 Humans from Netflix.
I'll teach you some vocabularies
and expressions that Americans use almost every day
including some pronunciation
that you must listen very carefully.
I have lots of things to cover for you today.
So let's get started.
You can find this sentence in the episode.
They will place themselves at the mercy of us.
At the mercy of something or somebody, meaning
to not be able to protect yourself
from someone or somebody that you cannot control.
So for example, we can use that, at the mercy of,
in a sentence like this.
Farmers are often at the mercy of the weather.
Three curious hosts on a mission to answer questions.
On a mission to do something.
This can be used to describe someone being very,
very determined to achieve something.
For example, he is on a mission
to make the department more profitable.
And when you have finished doing something
that you were told to do, you can say,
Mission accomplished.
I got everything you asked for on the list.
They will be taking part in a series of scientific studies.
Take part in something, meaning,
to be actively involved in something with other people.
For example, all the students took part
in the Thanksgiving play.
And let's check out this 'a series of'.
You know what's series means, right?
Series is a number of similar events or things,
one following another.
But when you use this 'series', it always comes
in a form, a series of.
So you can use this, a series of, in a sentence like this.
He gave us a series of lectures
at Stanford University last year on business coaching.
Can you gauge who among you is the best looking?
Check out this verb, gauge.
You can use this 'gauge' to calculate
an amount using a measuring device.
For example, use a thermometer to gauge the temperature
or to make a judgment about something.
For example, it is difficult to gauge how they will react.
Take your red cars, place them on top of your head.
Also, you can find these phrases in the episode.
For those of you holding the card above your head,
hold the card over your head.
So you have on top of her head, over your head,
above your head.
Do you know the differences and when to use them?
We use 'above', not over, to refer
to things that are at higher level.
For example, most of the race is 500 meters above sea level,
but you don't wanna say, most of the race is 500 meters
over sea level.
'Over or on top of' can be used
when one thing touches another, for example,
he puts a blanket over her,
but you don't wanna say, he puts a blanket above her.
And we normally use 'over', not above, with numbers.
For example, I get over 100 emails a day
but you don't wanna say, I get above 100 emails a day.
Please exit the square.
When we hear 'exit',
we usually recall that as a noun, such as emergency exit,
but it is used here as a verb,
to leave a place such as building,
room or theater stage.
So when you go to a movie theater,
you may hear this announcement very often.
Please exit the theater by the side doors, right?
Take a good look at everyone around you.
Take a look at something,
to examine something very carefully.
Especially these days, a lot of bad things happening
with guns, right?
So you can find this kind of sentence
in the news very often.
We need to take a long, hard look
at the way we control gun ownership.
If the humans aren't lying to themselves.
I want you to listen very carefully
to this aren't pronunciation
because they do not pronounce 'are not' or aren't,
but rather very similar are, A-R-E
which has totally opposite meaning to aren't
because are is positive, aren't is negative.
We will explore the deep, dark, cavernous corners
of the power of attraction.
Let's check out this verb, explore.
That means to search and discover about something
or to think or talk about something
in order to find out more about it.
For example, let's explore this issue
or idea more fully.
The power of attraction.
You will find the host says this, power of attraction,
with rich facial expression and hand gestures.
He goes like this, the power of attraction,
something like that.
Why do you think he is doing this?
Because this power of attraction is the keywords
in the sentence.
And he wants to deliver these keywords clearly
to the audience.
I hope you can learn this delivery technique
because it is very powerful and effective
for you to convey your message clearly
to the other person, especially when you have a conversation
with native speakers.
Can good looks keep you out of jail?
Do you think so?
Keep out of something, this is another phrase
that Americans use very frequently,
meaning to avoid becoming involved in something
or to stop someone becoming involved in something.
So for example, you can use this,
keep out of something, in a sentence like this.
I wanna keep out of the arguments about money,
or you can simply say, please keep me out of this.
Okay, this is it for today.
All I want you to do is to study hard
with the four step practice
that I gave you in the previous video.
Do you remember that?
No, okay, I'll give you the summary.
Step one, watch the Episode 1 without subtitle.
Step two, watch this part I covered today for you
without subtitle at least three times.
Step three, with English subtitle,
study all the vocabularies, expression, examples, et cetera
as I did for you today.
Step four, speak while listening.
Please remember to speak aloud
and copy the actors' pronunciation
and then record your voice.
For me, I use the voice memos on my iPhone.
And then compare that with the native speakers'
and then improve your pronunciation,
accent, intonation, et cetera.
I hope you can study hard every day
until you can almost memorize this part I covered today
for you and then see me next week.
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