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the first clips features some funny
interviews of Ed Sheeran on The Ellen
Show pay special attention to all of the
useful vocabulary for how to speak about
habits and routines in English let's
jump in I talked to scooter about this
and he said that you were just going off
the grid for like a year you were not
going to be on your phone I got I got
rid of my phone as my new year's
resolution you don't have a phone
anymore I got I bought an iPad and then
I just work off off email so and it's so
much less stress I don't wake up in the
morning and have to answer 50 messages
of people asking for stuff it's just
like I wake up and wow that's amazing
well good for you so you went to Iceland
yeah right
because you wanted to celebrate your
birthday there yeah yeah I well I went
travelling for the year I found myself I
always get really I come from the
countryside in England in such a
beautiful place and I get really annoyed
when everyone from all over the world
can they be I wouldn't came to England
it was amazing London was amazing I was
like did you go anywhere else and I'm
like no but London was amazing and like
I found that I'd done that in every
country I'd been to like I been to
Germany and only really been to the
cities or being said like gone to Japan
and just being like it's amazing so
being able to travel and actually like
go outside of the cities was my goal for
last year and actually see a country for
what it is rather than just the capital
city I talked to scooter about this and
he said that you were just going off the
grid for like a year you were not gonna
be on your phone informally speaking to
go off the grid is to make yourself
impossible to be contacted or seen by
other people via specific means of
communication in this case ed went off
the grid by not having a mobile phone
anymore
example John is really trying to get off
the grid he just deleted his Facebook
and Instagram accounts as with many
expressions you may hear go switched
forget example we're gonna go camping
and get off the grid this weekend I said
I haven't I got I got rid of my phone as
my new year's resolution you don't have
a phone anymore to get rid of something
means to throw away or destroy something
you do not want anymore you can also use
this collocation with people meaning to
make somebody leave or go away because
you do not like them or because they are
causing problems hey princess
I brought diseases God what is my father
doing here I don't know but maybe we
should let him in and find out you know
I don't want to see him get rid of him
I got I bought an iPad and then I just
work off off emails over and is so much
less stress here Edie means that he now
only works using email to communicate
with people so you went to Iceland Yeah
right
cuz you wanted to celebrate your
birthday there yeah yeah I well I went
traveling for the year I found myself I
always get really I come from the
countryside in England is such a
beautiful place the countryside is how
you define an area which is away from
larger towns and cities example that
family owns a house in the countryside
ed Sheeran is saying that he is from the
countryside in England many English
learners mistakenly used the word
interior which in English just means the
inside of something you cannot use
interior to mean countryside hey there
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it really annoyed when everyone from all
over the world can their bank came to
England it was amazing London was
amazing I was like did you go anywhere
else and they're like no but London was
amazing and like I found that I'd done
that in every country I'd been to like
I've been to Germany and only really
been to the cities or being said like
gone to Japan and just being like it's
amazing so if you say you have been to a
place that means that you have visited
that place being able to travel and
actually like go outside of go outside
of go outside of the cities was my goal
for last year and actually see a country
for what it is rather than just the
capital system edie is saying that he
has been to different countries but only
stayed in the capital city and never
visiting other more authentic places
such as smaller towns or the countryside
he says by actually leaving the capital
and doing this he'd be able to see and
get to know each country more intimately
what do you think when you travel is it
better to visit famous cities or do
agree with IDI that it is better to see
the traditional life in the countryside
comment below
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told me today you quit smoking
congratulations you can't smoke that's
really good now how did you do it - just
willpower or yeah it was cold it was
cold turkey I realized that I'd been
smoking for ten years and that's bad
mm-hmm no it's like because always like
I started smoking when I was younger and
I'd always say like I'm gonna quit I'm
gonna quit and then like I do it
abandoned him smoking but that longest
thing for like four years like that so
well then when it got to ten years I was
like I'm probably getting to the point
of no return here so yeah oh yeah how
long has it been a week and a half
that's yeah I know come on that's tough
again after like three or four days I
feel like if you make it past the week
threshold you could well the fact that
you're talking about it now it'll be
embarrassing if people see you smoking
because you've said this and I've given
up before I gave up for a year before
and then I started again see it's
usually so there's certain you just said
if you get it past a week you're okay
and now you said you stopped for a year
I stopped I were stop drinking and
smoking for a year in 2011 yeah the
reason I kind of like smoked so much is
like it was just a.m. it was it was like
a routine like I do do a sound check
have a cigarette do a gig have a
cigarette at food have a cigarette and
now like I'm not really gonna be touring
for a while all working sorry but I
don't need to it sounds like now is the
time to smoke there's nothing going on
you told me today you quit smoking
congratulations you can't smoke as you
probably know to quit smoking is to stop
smoking to decide not to smoke anymore
now did you know that the verb to quit
or to stop has different meanings
depending on the way you collocate it
with the following verb for example as
seen before if I'm going to stop smoking
I have decided not to smoke anymore
another example is we've stopped using
plastic bags in supermarkets we don't
use them anymore they're terrible for
the environment now if I'm going to stop
to smoke that means that I will stop
what I am doing right now so I can go
smoke in this case to stop relates to my
current activity and the following verb
refers to that activity which I will be
starting example I've been working since
7 so I think I'll stop to go eat
something in about 30 minutes this means
that the person intends to take a break
from work so they can go have something
to eat
now how did you do it - just willpower
or to have willpower is to have control
over your own impulses and actions to
have the determination to do something
here
Ellen appear to try using willpower as a
verb which would be an informal use of
this word in this case - willpower
something would mean to achieve
something by having the willpower to do
it if we want to be more correct in fact
we could just use the verb to will with
the same meaning example I willed myself
to get up at 5 a.m. and exercise every
day this month hey would you like to
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up yeah it's cold cold turkey I realized
that I've been smoking for 10 years and
that's bad in the context of habits or
addictions cold turkey refers to
quitting abruptly and completely from
doing something in this case that is
saying that he quit smoking without
slowing down first
he just abruptly stopped he quit it cold
turkey example I realized I was too
addicted to social media so I quit cold
turkey by closing all of my accounts I'm
sorry I'm sorry I try to stop it's
partly my fault
because I made you quit cold turkey no
it's like because always like I started
smoking when I was younger and I'd
always say like I'm gonna quit quit quit
did you notice how frequently I'd use
the word like here like other than
meaning that something is pleasing to
you has many uses in English as we see
it here of how it's like it simply means
to say example he was like I've never
listened to an Ed Sheeran song and I was
like what how is that possible however
you'll notice that Ed uses this word
many other times as a discourse marker
which is basically a way to fill a
moment of silence or to give himself
more time to think and continue with the
rest of the sentence
we explained a lot more about how to use
like and other discourse markers in
English in this lesson with Emma Watson
you may want to watch it after you
finish this lesson spoken when I was
younger I'd always say like I'm gonna
quit I'm gonna quit and then like I do
it abandoning spoken but that longest
thing for like four years like that so
well then when it got to ten years I was
like I'm probably getting to the point
of no-return here the point of no-return
is an expression that originally comes
from aviation referring to the point
during a flight of an airplane when the
remaining fuel will be insufficient for
a return to the airport from which it
came resulting that the plane now must
proceed to its destination however it's
very common in everyday use what ed
meant here is that he was getting close
to being so far into the habit of
smoking that would he never be able to
quit it would be too late example
scientists say that we need to address
the issues with global warming since
we're approaching the point of no return
in case we don't do anything about it
you are coming dangerously close to the
point of no return how long has it been
how long has it been how long has it
been a week and a half movie start again
after like three or four days I feel
like if you make it past the week
thruster I would be good figuratively a
threshold is the level or point at which
you start to experience something or at
which something starts to happen a
example his secretary earns 1400 euros a
month well below the threshold for
having to pay taxes we are on the
threshold of a new era in this country
in this case he means that after
reaching the point of one week after
quitting smoking it becomes easier to
resist going back to smoking well the
fact that you're talking about it now
it'll be embarrassing if people see you
smoking because you've said this and
I've given up before I gave up for you
before in this case to give up is the
same as to quit or to stop doing
something that you do regularly in
similar context to give up can also mean
to stop trying to do something because
it is too difficult well I've tried
everything I give up I guess I'm not
gonna be the mom who makes the world's
best chocolate chip cookies if you're
giving up an object or even a person
that means you are letting it go and
allowing somebody else to have it no
it's just that he gave me 3 tickets and
there are six of us don't give up my
ticket me too yeah
the reason I kind of like smoked so much
is like it was just a.m. it was it was
like a routine like I do do a soundcheck
have a cigarette I do a gig have a
cigarette I figured have a cigarette and
now like I'm not really gonna be touring
for a while a soundcheck is a test of
sound equipment before a musical
performance or recording to check the
quality of the sound being produced a
gig is a single performance by a
musician or group of musicians like a
concert especially playing more modern
or pop music a gig is usually smaller
and more intimate than a concert to be
touring is to be on tour that is to be
travelling and going to several places
in an area to perform at different
moments for example an artist might
become famous enough to have a world
tour where they go to cities all across
the globe
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I talked to scooter about this and he
said that you were just going off the
grid for like a year you were not gonna
be on your phone I said I got I got rid
of my phone as my new year's resolution
you don't have a phone anymore I got I
bought an iPad and then I just work off
off email so and is so much less stress
I don't wake up in the morning and have
to answer 50 messages of people asking
for stuff it's just like I wake up and
wow that's amazing well good for you
so you went to Iceland yeah right
because you wanted to celebrate your
birthday there yeah yeah I well I went
traveling for the year I found myself I
always get really I come from the
countryside in England is such a
beautiful place and I get really annoyed
when everyone from all over the world
can they went came to England it was
amazing London was amazing I was like
did you go anywhere else and they're
like no but London was amazing and like
I found that I'd done that in every
country I'd been to like I've been to
Germany and only really been to the
cities or being said like gone to Japan
and just being like it's amazing so
being able to travel and actually like
go outside of the cities was my goal for
last year and actually see a country for
what it is rather than just the capital
city you told me today you quit smoking
congratulations you can't smoke that's
really good
now how did you do it did just willpower
or yeah it was cold it was cold turkey I
realized that I'd been smoking for ten
years and that's bad mm-hmm no it's like
because always like I started smoking
when I was younger and I'd always say
like I'm gonna quit I'm gonna quit and
then like I haven't him spoken for that
long spring for like four years like
that snow well then when it got to ten
years I was like I'm probably getting to
the point of no return here so yeah oh
yeah how long has it been a week and a
half but that's great that's yeah I know
come on that's tough I usually start
again after like three or four days I
feel like if you make it past the week
dress royalty good well the fact that
you're talking about it now it'll be
embarrassing if people see you smoking
because you've said this and I've given
up before I gave up for a year before
and then I started against it it's
usually so there's certain you just said
if you get it past a week you're okay
and now now you said you stopped for a
year that's it I stopped I stopped
drinking and smoking for a year in 2011
yeah the reason I kind of like smoked so
much is like it was just a.m. it was it
was like a routine like I do do a sound
check have a cigarette at do a gig have
a cigarette at food have a cigarette and
now like I'm not really gonna be touring
for a while all working so I don't need
to sounds like now is the time to smoke
there's nothing going on alright I hope
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