Hello everybody and welcome to learning English TV 20
my name is Steve ford and
you're really into it today
(in) this one I don't have to worry about getting my shirt dirty
ah, we're doing phrasal verbs today
and we're going to be doing phrasal verbs to make you happy
so my first phrasal verb for today is "cheer up"
one things that i like to do to cheer myself up is to go for a walk in nature
as you can see: lots of ocean, lots of trees, lots of mountains
so hopefully that 360 (degree) view cheered you up a little bit
and let's go on to our next phrasal verb
my second phrasal verb is "look up"
things are looking up: quite often used when you're going through a bad time
and then suddenly things start to get better
so you're in that valley and then you start to go up the mountain again
and you say, "things are starting to look up"
"things are looking up"
"get back on track" imagine that a train is off the track
it can't go anywhere because it's not on the track
so when you get back on track it means that you are starting to go in the right direction again
and a great example I have of that is the actor, Robert Downey Jr.
I'm sure you know him from Iron Man 1,2,3
and also from Sherlock Holmes
well in the early 90's he was off track
and he was dealing with drug addiction
he also had to deal with being imprisioned, problems with the police
ah, he had to go to rehab, so on and so forth
and slowly but surely after he met his second wife who is a movie producer
he got back on track with his career and now we know that not only is he a great actor, but he's a great performer
give yourself a pat on the back for getting on track Robert Downey Jr.
we need more success stories like you
hang in there: I use this from one of my previous videos
I also posted a little picture of it on facebook yesterday
and all of my fans there loved it
hang in there is something you say to someone when they're going through a difficult time
and they don't know if they're going to make it, they're literally hanging
off a branch or a cliff and you're saying, "hang in there" you're going to make it and pull yourself back up
so if you're going through a difficult time out there
hang in there!
three final phrasal verbs that you can use to cheer yourself up
one very informally is "pig out" on something that you like to eat like some chocolate
a second one is that you can "check out" some cool videos on Youtube to make you laugh
and last but not least you can "get in touch with" your friends
so easily online
and then after maybe you can talk to them on skype or something like that
anyway everybody I hope that my video cheered you up and I look forward to learning English TV 21
Bye for now!