- Hi, Bob, the Canadian here.
I have to be honest with you.
I almost didn't make an English lesson for you this week.
I'm really busy right now.
So I thought I should make an English lesson
where I also just tell you about my life for a little bit.
So I'll try to explain my current life situation
and why that makes me busy
and why I almost didn't make a video for you today.
So the first thing is,
I don't have a lot of spare time this week.
In English, when you have spare time,
it means you have extra time where you can do fun things
or make English lessons for people like you.
I don't have a lot of spare time.
I don't have a lot of time on my hands.
That's another expression that we use sometimes.
If you say, "Oh, I have a lot of time on my hands,"
it means that you don't have to work a lot
and you don't have a lot of other obligations.
So I don't have a lot of spare time this week
and I don't have a lot of extra time on my hands
because I work in a school where we have a semester system,
and semester one just ended last week
and semester two is beginning this week.
So I thought I should teach you some English phrases
about how I'm feeling this week
in the sense of how I feel about time.
So the first two phrases I want to teach you are this.
I'm in a hurry a lot and I'm in a rush a lot.
So this morning I got up early
and I've been in a rush all morning.
I've been in a hurry all morning.
When you're in a rush or when you're in a hurry,
you do a lot of things very quickly
and you do them one after each other.
So this morning, I got up, I had breakfast,
I did some editing on my computer.
I made some lesson plans for my classes later today.
I've just been doing one thing after another all morning
and I've been in a rush.
So I've been in a hurry, I've been in a rush.
I will probably be in a hurry
and be in a rush all day today and all week as well.
Those are the first two phrases.
The other phrases I want to teach you are things like this.
I'm at home right now and I'm running late.
So that means I need to be at work soon
but I'm going to be late for work, okay?
So I'm running late.
In English, when you say you're running late,
it means that whatever you're doing right now,
you should have been doing about half an hour ago
or five minutes ago.
So right now, I'm running a little bit late, not really late
but I'm running a little bit late.
So towards the end of this video,
I'll probably say something like, "I need to get going,"
or, "I got to get going," or, "I got to go."
Those are phrases you can sometimes use
when you're talking to someone and when you're in a hurry
and when you're really busy or when you're in a rush.
So yes, that's my situation right now.
I am definitely feeling a little bit overwhelmed.
I definitely have a lot on my plate.
I have a lot on the go right now.
So there are some more phrases you can use
to talk about being busy, but it's not too much.
It will be busy for a few days,
but eventually, I will settle back into a nice routine.
When you get into a routine
or when you settle into a routine,
it means that everything is doable,
everything is manageable again.
So it's just a little change in my life.
It happens every year, of course.
I've taught at this school for a very long time,
but this week in particular, it feels extra busy
because we were teaching remotely
and we're actually starting to teach in-person again.
So that makes things a little different as well.
I was teaching from home for all of December and January
and now I do need to actually go to school today
and I actually need to teach students in the classroom.
So I'll be wearing my mask.
We'll be social distancing.
We'll be following all of the proper protocols,
but I think it does make me
just a little bit nervous as well.
And that also makes it hard to get things done.
So when you're really busy and you're a little nervous,
nervous because it's the start of a new semester
but also nervous about things like COVID
and the fact that we're in a pandemic,
I think it makes it hard to think with a clear mind,
but overall, I think things should be fine.
Anyways, Bob, the Canadian here.
Just some rambling thoughts for me about my life
and kind of a little explanation why you're not getting
a polished, awesome, entertaining,
funny English lesson today,
but instead you're just hearing me talk for a little bit
about my life, but anyways, that's it for now.
I hope you're having a good day.
I hope that you are not too busy.
I hope you're not in a rush, I hope you're not in a hurry.
I hope you're not running late.
I hope that you don't have to get going, but I certainly do.
I got to get going, I got to get to work.
Anyway, see you later, have a great week.
I'll see you next week with another English lesson,
a good one next week for sure, absolutely.
100% guaranteed.
See you later.