Aubry uh it looks like you have a new mic isn't it beautiful yes we got new mics and
you too Jessica you also have a new mic if you're watching on YouTube you guys can see our fancy new
mics it's so cool you guys definitely check this episode out on YouTube IELTS energy TV
um we it's like so professional now we got these France bacon new mics that are attached to these
booms and I feel like one of those you know podcasters on YouTube with like a million
followers yes I want to feel like one of those podcasters on YouTube I know they always have
the boom mic and it's like kind of in their face in the shot yeah yeah they're just owning it right
we kind of got it in our face it's hopefully the sound sounds a lot better to you guys let us know
on social media does it sound better totally leave a comment on the YouTube video if you are watching
this on YouTube um and let us know how it sounds if you can tell the difference and I I think you
can and I hope you can um so in honor of our new amazing podcasting equipment guys we are going
to talk about three idioms that all have the word new in them so you can use these on IELTS
um are these just for speaking these idioms oh let me look at them oh no we have one here that
is formal for sure maybe two that you could use on writing so we'll be sure to let you guys know
when which ones you can use on speaking and which ones are formal enough for writing exactly exactly
because we know that it's tough to find idioms for writing you don't know if it's formal enough
or you know is it slang is it something people don't say anymore all of these things could
affect how the examiner would score well there's a really loud car going without loud I thought it
might not pick up in your fancy new mic but it must have been no I realized I could hear that
um so guys yeah we're we have some idioms that you can definitely use on writing today as well
um and we'll give you some examples of how you can use these on IELTS okay first I want to remind you
of new oh I'm gonna cut you off because I was gonna say we're new right don't forget guys we
have a brand new ebook it's free and it's amazing so make sure to get it go to allyersenglish.com
new IELTS Jessica wrote it she contacted her friends who are currently examiners to get all
of the updates all of the inside info about what has changed with the IELTS exam there have been
some changes and you need to know about them so that you're ready on test day yes exactly so go
to all earsenglish.com new IELTS and get that free ebook guys okay let's get into the vocab
so again we have three idioms for you today and I want to let you guys know that we have an amazing
vocab episode tomorrow as well this week is crazy awesome for vocab for IELTS students um so the
first it's one that I used in our conversation when I was highlighting our amazing new equipment
um I said this is a brand spanking new mic um Aubry can you sort that out for us that's a
long idiom I love this idiom so much I use it a lot to say something's brand spanking new it's
a way to emphasize how new something is you would never use this for something you've had
like a year this means like really brand new and the word spanking is funny I mostly use
it if like if I give my kids a little love tap on the bum they like give you a little
spanking or like birthday spanking jeans it's like a little pat on the bum right yeah we have
it in this idiom too I don't know why I don't know what that has to do with things being new
maybe okay I have an idea I don't know if this is correct but I have a theory on why spanking
is included in this idiom so here's my theory um in like old cartoons and old movies and stuff when
babies are born the doctor like holds the baby by the feet and like gives it a little spanking
maybe to like get it to cry and test its lungs I don't know and I don't even know if this is a
thing people did but maybe that's where this idiom comes from because right that makes sense right I
think they would spank new babies okay this is this is getting this is going away this will
help you guys remember though right brand spanking new baby true I've just created an image for you
guys and you'll never forget this idiom so again guys it is informal though don't use it on writing
unless it's like an informal General training task one letter then yes use all the informal slaying
and idioms in that letter okay the question for you about that so if our listeners are going to
use it in their letter would you recommend they write it brand spanking new or spanking with like
enough because I always say spanking I never say it with the G and that's how I hear it too
totally we often um in spoken English when we're being informal the the G is alighted
um it disappears at the end of ing words right um instead of going we say going right so that
happens a lot in spoken English guys we drop the G in this idiom as well but when you're writing you
can't do that it has to be spelled correctly the grammar has to be correct so when you're writing
you have to include that g brand spanking new I think that's such a good point because when
you're writing the informal General one task one letter you might be you're thinking all informal
vocabulary throwing and slang and you might start thinking oh I can also write this very informally
leaving off letters so keep that in mind even for informal letters you still have to write all of
the words you have to use proper grammar still exactly exactly um yeah because we give students
that advice a lot for General training informal letters write like you speak like that's the best
way to hit the appropriate tone to be informal but yes your grammar cannot be informal okay let's get
to the next idiom Aubry what's the next one so this is for something to give you a new lease on
life this is really funny if you think about a lease for like a car or a home it's like you're
renting it you're signing a new lease you have something new so if you think of that for life
right you've got your life and then suddenly you're going to have a new lease it's like
you're starting something fresh you're starting something anew yeah it's like you suddenly have
complete motivation to do something or to be something right and it's it's this idea of like
this is a new chapter in my life there's another idiom right you're starting a new phase of life
um and it it isn't just like oh I started running again and now I have a new habit where I'm running
like that's not it it's really like maybe you started running again but that infected your
whole way of being in the world and now you have this like power and energy in almost all of the
things you do that you didn't have before so any like enormous life change that really just
gave you this new Fresh Start in the world it's a new lease on life what sort of IELTS questions
could our students use this to answer oh man so many it's going to be so useful questions about
your job or your work or your hobbies anytime you start something new but be careful with the
intonation you don't want to say in a monotone it gave me a new lease on life absolutely not
you're going to be excited about this right say I started a new job and everything changed I'm
excited to go to work it gave me a new lease on life totally yeah um and I'm also thinking let me
see I'm curious if you think this this would work what if in part two you're asked to describe your
best friend right because that happens you have to describe people that are important
to you sometimes in uh speaking part two so what if I say here's an example that is actually true
for me I could say about five years ago my best friend from high school Megan moved to Portland
and to be honest it kind of gave me a new lease on life having my such a good friend close by that
I could depend on that could support me it just really helped me move forward in my life in ways
that I couldn't have before Oh yes it's so good or anything new that they introduced you I could say
my neighbor loves going to brunch I had never gone to brunch before meeting her and now we go all
the time and it has given me a new lease on life Sunday I look forward to Sunday mornings all week
okay I love that example because that's a great example of Taking Liberties maybe being a bit
flexible with this idiom and using it as an extreme right to really highlight how great
something is and it's not like going to brunch on Sundays changed your whole life right but still
like this is a new exciting thing that you're happy about all week like you can look forward
to it all week so if you want to really Express something new that you're really excited about
then you could totally use this and exaggerate right we exaggerate all the time this is a great
way to exaggerate but again be careful with the intonation because if you are exaggerating it
needs to come across in your pronunciation in your intonation if you say that with a monotone
it's going to be really weird and not just the intonation the pace slow down when you
are saying this right so remember guys when you are emphasizing things like fantastic idioms
slow down so don't don't do this don't be like it gave me a new lease on life because I love my best
friend like the examiner will just miss what you just said you know like milk this idiom for every
score great vocab great pronunciation right gave me a new lease on life like that's quite a slow
way to say that but that's natural that's how we would say it right and then you're feeling
10 seconds instead of half a second I know right it's strategic all right I think these mics have
given us a new lease on life we're like having so much fun talking today I do feel like I can
laugh without feeling like I have to back up so again leave a comment if you're like nope you
still need to back up when you laugh I don't know I'm still throwing my head back when I
laugh I I have to stop that because these mics are amazing I don't have to do that anymore all right
here's the next phrase guys oh by the way gate to give someone a new lease on life that is great for
problem solution essays writing task two right to talk about completely solving something for
a portion of society or something right um like welfare programs Health Care would give
the elderly a new lease on life would give the economically um let me see uh the economically
disadvantaged a new lease on life all great phrases okay so this next phrase is super
super formal uh so great for writing but you could also use it in speaking not very common
but I think it's beautiful a new dawn this is like a huge meaning this makes me think of um
apocalypse books yes like how the world restarts after an apocalypse yes but we also hear it like
if a new politician is elected and it's going to be quite a different regime you would definitely
say like okay it's a new dawn it just means things are changing it's going to be different
ly different right like a stark oh yeah small different good points yes you're like I'm gonna
dye my hair it's gonna be a new dawn like that won't work you guys right I wouldn't say I'm
going to brunch now it's a new dawn no no it needs to be bigger than my little life so if
you're asked questions about the environment about solutions for huge problems um that are connected
to society or the environment like I said politics right these are all massive changes right that you
can use this to describe so for example um I remember a weird question in IELTS part three
um there's some odd questions about like do you think um we should let me see should air travel be
um more strictly prohibited to protect the environment and like nobody's thought about
that but I remember this question uh being on IELTS so you could say well I don't believe that
anybody will stop wanting to travel that's impossible so instead the companies have to
um meet our need for travel with Innovations to protect the environment in fact I believe
once we establish proper solar energy panels on a large scale it will be a new dawn for all forms
of travel yes that's a perfect way to use it if you're talking about a hypothetical something
in the future that would change like if you're asked about technology or education there's so
many topics where if you say if we would change this one thing it could be a new dawn for society
yeah I think this is um roughly synonymous with revolutionize as a verb right so I I
hope that lets you guys know how big a change this is describing
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55 page ebook awesome so fun I feel like uh this Brand's making new mic has inspired us
and I'm very excited so I'll see you tomorrow thank you for using that okay see you tomorrow
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