Subtitles section Play video
-
Hi Bob the Canadian here.
-
Sometimes when you're in a classroom or a when you're with a group of people, you
-
find yourself needing to introduce yourself.
-
Well I'm pretty sure you already know how to say, “My name is….Bob the Canadian,”
-
so in this video I'll look at a few more things you might be needing to share about
-
who you are with a group of people.
-
Hey welcome to this video, if this is your first time here, don't forget to click the
-
subscribe button below, and at some point during the video give me a thumbs up!
-
So, you have to introduce yourself.
-
Maybe you're in a class for the first time and the teacher wants to go around the class
-
and have each person introduce themselves, and say something about themselves.
-
So, again, I'm pretty sure you already know how to say, “My name is…” or “I am…”
-
and if you didn't those are the two ways to tell people what your name is.
-
My name is Bob the Canadian, or, I am Bob the Canadian.
-
But there's a few other pieces of information that people might be interested in.
-
So let's take a few minutes to look at each of those.
-
The first thing they might want to know is where you are from, or where you were born,
-
because they might be different things.
-
For instance you could say, “I was born in Canada, right now I live in a town called
-
Hamilton.”
-
You could say, “I was born, perhaps, in France, but right now I am living in the city
-
of Toronto.”, or, maybe you were born and live in the same city, and you could say,
-
“I was born and raised in the city of Toronto, and I currently still live there.”
-
So that's one more additional piece of information you could give people.
-
You could say, “Hi!
-
My name is Bob the Canadian.
-
I was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario and I still live there.”
-
Another thing you might wanna tell people, this is up to you if you wanna share it, is
-
how old you are.
-
So you could say, “I am 46 years old.”
-
You could tell them how old you are but not everyone wants to share their age the older
-
people get.
-
Sometimes they don't want to say exactly how old they are, so they might say something
-
like, “I'm in my late forties.” or “I am around forty-five years old.”
-
or “I am in my forties.”
-
So going back to the beginning I could say, “Hi!
-
My name is Bob the Canadian.
-
I'm from Hamilton, Ontario and I am in my late 40's.”
-
Because I don't quite wanna say exactly how old I am because I'm starting to feel
-
older every day.
-
So that's another thing, another piece of information you could share with people.
-
You could tell them how old you are, or about how old you are.
-
Another piece of information that you might want to share with people is your marital
-
status, and whether or not you have children.
-
Marital status refers to if you are married or not.
-
So I might also add to my description that I am married and I have five children.
-
Or I could extend on that and say, “I have been happily married for twenty years, and
-
I have five kids."
-
So going back to the beginning, you could say, “Hi!
-
I'm Bob.
-
I'm from Hamilton, Ontario.
-
I'm in my late forties, and I'm happily married and have five children.
-
The other thing you might wanna share with people is what you do for a job.
-
So you might say to them, “I am a currently a high school teacher, I am a construction
-
worker, I am a truck driver, or I currently work in a hotel.”
-
So to put it all together again, “Hi I' m Bob the Canadian.
-
I'm from Hamilton, Ontario.
-
I'm in my late forties.
-
I'm happily married with five children and I currently work as a high school teacher.”
-
So those are five things that you can use yourself to introduce yourself, it's really
-
good to be prepared for this.
-
It's really good just to get a piece of paper and write down five or six things that
-
you're willing to share about yourself, so that when you're in a situation you can
-
actually describe who you are really nicely.
-
The other thing it does, which is very helpful, is it prepares you in case somebody asks you
-
these questions.
-
So if someone was to say, “What's your name?”
-
You could say, “My name is Bob.”
-
If someone was to say, “Where are you from?”
-
You could say, “I'm from Hamilton, Ontario.”
-
If someone was to say, “How old are you?”
-
You could say, “I'm in my late forties.”
-
If someone was to say, “Are you married?”
-
You could say, “I'm married with five children.”
-
If someone was to say, “What do you do for a living?”
-
You could say, “I am a high school teacher.”
-
Well, Bob the Canadian here, I hope you enjoyed this short video.
-
Please give me a thumbs up if you liked it, subscribe below by clicking the red button
-
and the bell icon, and for sure share this video with someone.
-
Bob the Canadian here, learn English with Bob the Canadian.
-
I hope you have a great day!