hey Lindsay how are you I'm doing excellent Michelle how's everything
in your world everything is good over here so an episode just a few episodes
uh go 2008 we talked a lot about bike riding didn't weylands we did we did we talked about
riding a bike and how to say something is easy so guys go check out episode
2008 for sure yes but what are we talking about today well so my son is uh four and
um he's starting to he wrote like one of the do you know what a balance bike is no I is it like a
tricycle where they have the wheels on the side or the extra Wheels no it's actually not it's it's a
um it's basically like a regular bike but there are no pedals and that's like this like new trend
um it might be more popular in other countries but here it's like kind of like I think just
starting to be the trendy thing as a way to teach your kids to ride a bike without training wheels
um because what you do is basically um they don't don't have any pedals so they're using their feet
and it looks hilarious and then but then they kind of like start to not use their feet so they get
used to this feeling of balancing um and the idea is to avoid um to avoid having training wheels
um okay are they uh I don't I'm sure there's nothing you know it's one of those things where
then like you know as a parent you're like well if I use training wheels I must be a horrible
parent so I guess I got to do this I'm sure it's fine um so what's wrong I don't know I
think they say like you know that it teaches the kids to not really ride in the correct way I've
also yeah like I so I don't know also innovation has to continue right or we're in such a market
economy the capitalistic economy I'm not an anti-capitalist don't worry but I'm saying
we have to kind of like things have to always innovate to sell more things right new things
have to be invented right so so but because of this he got really good at the balance bike
um and so he started saying I want a bike with pedals I want a pedal bike so we did
eventually get them uh well we got like get off of uh Facebook Marketplace or something on bike and
so you know we would start to teach him and we're going around town and you know it's not going that
well and Dan is uh he keeps on saying oh no I just want to like oh I just wanna walk and then Dan has
to carry this heavy bike around oh my God so he's getting tired and it's just like it's tough so
um eventually Noah said I'm tired and dancing um well I've got news for you I'm not carrying
this I love that way to put your foot down Dan right yes exactly exactly so
um we're gonna talk about this expression when somebody says well I've got news for you because
that's that's kind of a fun one so I love it um that's that's the plan for today but what do we
want to tell our listeners Lindsay well guys I want to remind you that this episode and pretty
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can see us what do you think yes it's fun if my internet is good and that's your internet is good
yeah the idea that's the idea but um so yes please hit follow um on our YouTube channel so guys we
have other uh episodes for you listen to We have episode 1916 was get out of here how to respond
appropriately when someone shares news in English so this idea of using like an expression um with
a lot of personality so that's what this one is it's so fun and I'm so excited for our listeners
to learn these Expressions this is what brings you to that near native level right that C1 C2
level this pushes you up to that point so why did Dan say that Michelle let's hear into it let's get
into our case study for today yeah why did he say well I've got news for you well I was kind of like
uh oh this is like it's almost like oh this is a I'm sharing the harsh reality of something sharing
the harsh reality with a little personality right with a little personality it's a little sarcastic
um it's it's so it's it's kind of fun but he's saying like you know to my son oh well
I've got news for you like this is like this is the reality I'm not carrying this so you better
write it or we're not taking it out right because and I couldn't imagine that can be
a frustration for parents when kids get tired but it's physically hard right it's yes the other day
he had his scooter and we were with friends and he didn't want to ride the scooter at that time
and so then I was dragging the scooter around and then we get back after the long walk back to the
apartment and there was no scooter because I forgot it out and then I didn't know which
location to go to first or if it was anywhere we had to go it was just so it was it was late in
the day it was a whole mess so yes that that kind of thing happens a lot yeah for sure for sure so
it kind of conveys the feeling of giving a harsh reality to someone not just to kids but to adults
as fine friends anyone but also with a hint of sarcasm and playfulness I would say right right
exactly I love that I mean how really what about the tone of voice so you know I was saying well
I've got news for you or well I've got news for you I mean either one of those you have to kind
of make it a little bit Punchy you can't just say well I've got news for you right I've got news for
you right for you yeah that's emphasizing you the other person or if you want to emphasize news well
I've got news for you right you could do either really depends on the meaning you want to convey
guys okay right right so um yes it's used in a in a kind of a sarcastic way like we said I mean
Lindsay can it be genuine could you say like oh well I've got news for you yes but I would if it
were genuine like something exciting like I just got engaged for example I think it would be more
like hey I have great news hey I have some news it wouldn't maybe I've got news for you because when
you add in this view you're giving that person a kind of a special warning something is not right
usually it's more on the negative side right so it's a little different so I would not say just
hey I have news right hey I have news right true true true um so you know you can use it that way
oh we've got news for you like Jamie is moving to England right whatever it is yeah I wouldn't say
news right because I've got you know is it really that the for you unless that person's like really
really close I don't know I think it's just like that for you is more directed to one person that
news about Jamie moving to England is Broad it's about everyone it's news for everyone
don't you think right well unless you have a very special relationship like Jamie right like there's
something there's why something some reason why it would be specifically interesting to you exactly
so that's how you have to think about that oh yes that is interesting should we give some examples
for our listeners yes all right so um okay um Lindsay I just had three cups of coffee I'm wired
you just add three cups of coffee I don't know where you are in our script Michelle I can't find
where you are oh oh you're right I'm wrong okay let's go oh whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa yeah I was
way way down let's go back let's try another one here we go Michelle boom I'm gonna buy a
three-bedroom apartment in New York City oh that would be awesome but I've got news for you it's
not cheap okay so that's good because I'm the only one interested in buying an apartment in New
York so you know instead of saying I've got news I've got news for you because you are considering
buying the apartment right it's very specific yes yes yes yes yes and this reminds me we I can't
remember which episode it was but where it's like you know a similar idea where you kind of
it's this this would be a little bit irritating to say I think like uh I don't know just kind of like
pushing someone down a notch like oh boy back to Earth you know so we have we not done an episode
on naysayers I absolutely can't stand naysayers I hate it when someone that was something that
always triggered me when I was a kid is when I said I want to go do this I had these Big
Dreams and then if a kid another kid would say you can't do that you won't be able to do that
right I think we've done an episode about Debbie Downer Debbie downers naysayers okay so yeah yeah
yeah yeah so yeah it is irritating so this is I I feel like you should be like well thanks Michelle
like yeah it's true and there there are adults who are naysayers too and it means that they
haven't allowed themselves to dream they're too afraid to dream themselves so they have to push
everyone else down and say you won't be able to do that I just walk away from those people and
I like to dream right yeah so that's good Lindsay I love it so um but yeah you can you don't always
have to say a well all right I've got news for you right you can just say I've got news for
you and then you know we've we've you know talked about here well let's do this little role play so
Lindsay okay what's up well I've got news for you I'm getting a dog oh that's a good piece of news
right that's good yeah so right so but we talked about this if it's good news but maybe I'm saying
that specifically because I've been talking about it with you and yes you know like so I
so it is specifically interesting to you because if I just said well I've got news but let's say
we've been you know I've been sharing with you my dreams of getting a dog for years and you
know yeah it's kind of a really interesting way for listeners to build connection right here by
adding that you especially if you've been having maybe you've been my coach of getting I'm doing
this for my dad right now he really wants to get a dog actually uh and I'm giving him all like here's
the book to read here's the cage to get here's you know here's what you need um and so he could
come to me say hey I've got news for you right that would make sense to us yeah yeah I agree
um okay so now we are back snarky yes okay so here's so this is where we were guys
um so Lindsay I just had three cups of coffee I'm wired well I've got news for you Michelle
you're gonna be up all night okay I think you already know that physically in your body that
you're gonna be up all night you don't need to hear that from me it's kind of snarky yeah right
it's a little bit snarky a little bit annoying a little Annoying yeah and here's the next one
Tracy isn't coming wow well I've got news for her if she flakes one more time I'm not making
any more plans that's interesting so now we're saying I've got news for her um yeah so someone
else right so yeah what about that just it's again you're it's you've got a little attitude in here
right because you're a little annoyed that you're a little annoyed right right I'm I'm definitely a
little annoyed she's flaked out multiple times and you know that I I'm I'm just tired of it so
I'm saying you know that kind of I've come to this new realization or this is my new plan or
like I'm changing something like I'm not taking this anymore right I've got news for her things
are going to change Around Here Right Things Are Gonna Change around here I feel like that
should be a movie quote or something I don't know maybe the office yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
um so yeah I think that we've gone through a lot of the uses here but the basic ideas that you're
using it in a potentially snarky way right alerting some one that something will change
like also Dan with the bike it's like maybe he was carrying the bike before and now he's like no no
I've got news for you like I'm done with this great one we're not we're not doing this anymore
yeah that's where I got the idea for this episode that's one of those natural it just came out of
nowhere and I said sometimes I'll just it'll just come up and I'll just make a note on my phone and
then I save it because it's real real English yeah and then there's the other piece that I want to
pull out that we mentioned this is a way to come full circle with someone right if you know with my
dad and me we're talking about getting him getting a dog and he's getting all this advice from me and
then if you know I come back from Egypt next month and he says oh I've got news for you
I've got news for you I'm getting a dog that news is for me more than anything right so you and he
could say I've got news yes but it makes it more personal and more connection worthy if he says
we've gotten I've got news for you because he's referring to all the times we talked about what
he needs to prepare to have that dog so that's a connection skill that's good that's good yeah
I love that well I hope you I hope your dad it's an adorable dog I know I'm a little worried he's
never had a dog before so he doesn't know how to train a dog so he'll be okay yeah he'll be
okay dogs are great so fun fun they are yeah they are all right Michelle all right thanks
for hanging out today thank you and guys we'll see you on the next episode take care bye bye
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