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Hi Bob the Canadian here.
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Let's learn English at the…actually I'm just at home today.
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I thought I would make a video today to help you plan for, to help you to get ready for
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an English conversation.
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I'll go over 5 tips, 5 things that you can prepare so the next time you need to talk
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to someone in English you'll be ready.
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Hey if this is your first time here don't forget to click the subscribe button below,
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and give me a thumbs up at some point during this video if it's helping you learn English.
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And, there's something new today.
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If you go down to the description you'll actually find some extra examples and you'll
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find some things that you can work on to improve the English that you're learning in this
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video.
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That's all down there in the description, you might have to scroll a little bit to see
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it.
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So a while ago I made a video on how to prepare, how to plan to have a good English conversation.
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I really believe that it's a good idea to be ready to talk about certain things before
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you end up having an English conversation with someone.
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I'll put a link to that video up here, but in this video I'll give you 5 more things
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that you can plan on, that you can work on to help you plan for a good English conversation.
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So the first thing that you're going to want to be able to talk about are the things
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that you like.
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So you want to be able to use sentences like, “I like reading.”
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“I like going to the library.”
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“I like reading a book.”
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Maybe no one will ask you this question, but you do want to be able to talk about the things
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that you like doing.
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Tip number 2, you want to be able to talk about the things that you love.
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And hopefully you know the difference in English between “like” and “love”.
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So for instance I like eating, but I love pizza.
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Like is when you enjoy something this much and love is when you enjoy something this
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much.
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So you want to be able to talk about the things that you love.
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So for instance if I was going to a party or if I knew I was going to have an English
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conversation I would want to be ready to say, “I love pizza.”
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“I love eating pizza.”
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“I love taking a nap in the afternoon.”
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So think of two things that you really, really, really love doing and be ready to talk about
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them.
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So that was, “like” and that was, “love”.
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The third thing that you're going to want to be prepared to talk about are the things
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that you want to do, or the things that you want.
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So you're going to want to be able to make sentences and say sentences like, “I want
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to learn to speak English fluently.”
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“I want to graduate from University.”
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You're going to just want to prepare for and be able to say to people the things that
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you want because it's pretty common when people have a conversation for you to hear
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questions like, “What do you want to do in the future?” and to hear answers like,
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“I want to graduate from University.”
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I'm pretty sure you want to become fluent in English which would be awesome.
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So that was, “like” “love” “want”.
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The fourth thing that we're going to talk about is the things that you are able to do,
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the things that you can do.
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So it's nice when you're preparing to have an English conversation to also be prepared
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to talk about the things that you are able to do.
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For instance you might say, “I can drive a car.”
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“I can drive a motorcycle.”
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“I am able to understand English.”
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These are your competencies.
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These are the things that you are good at.
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These are the things that maybe in the past you wanted to do, and you worked really hard
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at it, and now you are able to do them.
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I am able to make videos to help people learn English and put them on Youtube.
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So that was, “like”.
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That was, “love”.
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That was, “want”, and that was “to be able to” or the things you're able to
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do.
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The fifth thing that you are going to want to be ready to talk about are the things that
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you have to do, the things that you must do.
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There are many things in life where we have no choice and we must do them.
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I must go to work every day.
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I have to go to work every day.
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I have to eat every day.
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So you're going to want to be able to talk about some of the things in your life that
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you have to do every day.
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Well that was five things but don't leave yet because down there in the description
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I have put some practice material because all of the five things we talked about can
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also be put into the negative.
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So you're going to want to practice how to talk about things you like, but also the
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things that you don't like.
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The things that you love, but the things you don't love.
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The things that you want, but the things that you don't want.
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The thing that you are able to do, and the things that you aren't able to do.
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And the things that you have to do, and the things that you don't have to do.
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So scroll down to the description and have a look there.
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Bob the Canadian here.
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Learn English with Bob the Canadian.
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