right now there's so much information
and news being shared around the world
on Facebook on Instagram on whatsapp
messages in the news in newspapers to be
honest it's almost a little bit too much
well today I'm going to give you some
great phrases to help you to share this
information in English with the people
around you this is going to be super
useful guys let's get going okay so
you've seen a report that the government
are going to close all the schools and
you want to share this with the people
around you how do you do that guys
apparently the government they're going
to close all the schools until September
apparently is a great phrase to
introduce information that were not 100%
sure about we're not certain it's a fact
but we think it's probably true and it's
worth sharing this information so
apparently is a great way to do that
I've read the government they're going
to close the schools into a September
I've heard the government are going to
open the schools at all now these two
are similar too apparently but they are
based on a source that we have either
read or heard so I've read or I've heard
probably we were really a newspaper
article or we were listening to the
radio and we've got some information and
this is a great way to share that
information with people that we know so
I've read that blah blah blah
I've heard that blah blah blah again
maybe we're not 100% sure but at least
there is some source for this
information now if you want to directly
tell people where you got the source
from you can use this phrase well
according to the BBC there are
scientists in America who are close to
finding a vaccine according to is the
perfect phrase to use if you want to
give the source of the information so it
could be according to the BBC or to the
Guardian or the South China Morning Post
it could be according to a person so
according to my dad blah blah blah
according to my sister who's a nurse
blah blah blah so it's completely up to
you now if you want to share information
that you are not 100% sure about in fact
you might not know if it's true or not
you can use these phrases and let
John his personal trainer rumors have it
a John Perry affair with his personal
trainer now what these phrases do
brilliantly is they help distance you
from the information so you're not
presenting them as facts these aren't
truths to you but you're using these
phrases to say well you know something
that maybe I heard or I read somewhere
or someone said or but I don't know if
it's true or not you know just don't
blame me if it's not true it's just
something that I heard so allegedly or
rumor has it now in my whatsapp groups a
lots of people are sharing different
news articles and stories and they use
these phrases to do so has anyone seen
this did any of you read this these are
great little phrases to share
information I particularly like using
them in whatsapp groups but of course
you could use it in a group situation in
spoken English as well another great one
to help distance you from the fact is to
use this phrase I've just spoken to a
friend who works for the NHS and they
said that they're running out masks so
this is perfect for showing that you
know the source of the information and
that you're not presenting it as fact
yourself this is someone else's fact and
you're just sharing the information now
of course it can get a bit ridiculous
the further removed from the source you
are sometimes it can sound like this I
was speaking to my sisters hairdressers
ex-boyfriends moms can she was meowing
about all the cats in South London not
being able to carry on yeah hmm so there
is a bunch of phrases to help you share
information and use with the people
around you I know that's a really
important skill right now in English so
I hope you find that really useful
alright guys until next time this is Tom
the chief dreamer saying stay safe stay
positive I love you