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0:00Hey everyone and welcome back to your
0:02English fluency lesson. Now today we are
0:05working all on talking about our past
0:08habits. These can be things that are
0:10finished or things that we've become
0:14finished with. H let's see how that
0:17works out. Ready? Let's take a look at
0:19our first sentence which is I used to go
0:24swimming every weekend. I used to go
0:28swimming every weekend. I think you
0:31heard it in my second time saying it,
0:33but let's let's break this down, okay? I
0:37to. See, we have used. It's got a e d on
0:41it, right? I used and then we have to.
0:44Well, we can't have a d and a t
0:49sounds rough, right? So, we're going to
0:51throw the d away. The first hard sound,
0:54we throw it away and blend it to the
0:57next hard sound, which is the t. I used
1:00to. There it is. I used to what? Go
1:05swimming. I used to go swimming. I used
1:10to go to go to not to to right to blends
1:14easier than to. I used to go swimming
1:18when I used to go swimming every
1:24Now with time we stretch it out. We make
1:25it very clear and we stretched it out. I
1:29used to go swimming every weekend. Every
1:32weekend. I used to go swimming every
1:36weekend. Same time. Same time. Exactly.
1:40You see, it's getting so much easier for
1:42you now that you've been doing this for
1:44the last almost 50 lessons if you've
1:48been here since the very first one. So,
1:50let's put this all together. Repeat
1:52after me. I used to go swimming every
2:00I used to go swimming every weekend.
2:05Now, we can say this with a different
2:06tone, right? Are we sad about this,
2:09right? Or are we thinking fondly of a
2:13memory? Let's say it's sadly. I used to
2:16go swimming every weekend.
2:20Some of our fluency that we just built
2:23goes away, right? The sadness, that sad
2:26tone takes over. I used to go swimming
2:28every weekend. I'm sad about it. I miss
2:32it. Or we could say it with a fond
2:35memory. You know, maybe I'm an old man
2:37and I can't swim anymore and I I'm
2:40telling my grandchildren, I say, "I used
2:43to go swimming every weekend."
2:46See, there's a tone up quality to
2:48everything I said. It's done. I don't do
2:51it anymore, but I'm happy about having
2:54done it. Cool. Tone changes the meaning.
2:58Let's pop on over to our second
3:00sentence, which is he used to live in
3:05New York. Well, we already know what to
3:08do with used to. Let's blend that
3:11together, right? We He used to T is
3:15easier to blend than to. He used to
3:18what? He used to live He used to live
3:23where? He used to live in New York. He
3:27used to live in New York. New York.
3:30We're keeping it clear. New York. He
3:33used to live in New York. Huh? That New
3:37York is important, right? He used to
3:41means something different, doesn't it?
3:43So, he used to live in New York. Repeat
3:46after me. He used to live in New York.
3:53He used to live in New York.
3:56Now maybe he's not happy about that,
3:59right? So we can say it to mean that he
4:02used to live in New York.
4:05He's sad. He regrets leaving New York,
4:07right? He used to live in New York. Or
4:10maybe he's happy about leaving New York,
4:14right? So when you tell your friend
4:15about him leaving New York and you know
4:17he's happy that he left New York, you
4:20say he used to live in New York,
4:23you know? But then you could follow that
4:24up with and now he's happier here.
4:28Let's take a look at our third sentence.
4:31Boy, we are moving quickly today.
4:35Sorry, I'm very thirsty today. I don't
4:37know why. Our third sentence is we
4:40always went to the park after school.
4:44Oh, this could be another fond memory,
4:46right? It doesn't sound like something
4:49that would be a sad thing to say, but
4:51let's blend it first, right? We all We
4:54always We always That's turning into a Z
4:58now, right? It's a Z. We always
5:02zen zwen. We always went We always went
5:08We always went to We always went to the
5:13We always went to the park. That's it.
5:16We always went to the park when
5:21after school. After school. We're giving
5:24it time. So, it's got to be clear. And
5:26we also get that breath to say that. We
5:29said that whole big piece of a sentence
5:31really quickly, right? And then we take
5:34a breath and say the time. We say it
5:36nice and clear, right? I forgot what it
5:39was. We always went to the park after
5:42school. Yeah. It's a positive thing,
5:46right? It's a happy memory. No one's sad
5:48about going to the park unless you know
5:50people used to beat you up at the park
5:54Very rare we would say something sad.
5:56How about that? So, repeat after me. We
6:00always went to the park after school.
6:05We always went to the park after school.
6:10See, it sounds happy, doesn't it? It's a
6:12happy memory. It's a happy memory of
6:15something that's finished probably.
6:17Maybe we're graduated. We have
6:19graduated, right? We don't have time for
6:22the park. We have jobs. So, we think
6:25back on our younger years and say, "Ah,
6:28we used to go to the park after school."
6:32Cool. I miss that. I miss that. How
6:35about this one? Our fourth sentence is,
6:37"She often played tennis when she was
6:42younger." Oh, okay. Let's blend this one
6:46together and then maybe we'll get a feel
6:48for that tone. Okay. She often She often
6:53play. She often played
6:56She often played tennis. See, if we say
7:00she often played and stop there, it's a
7:03d, right? It's a hard D sound, but
7:06played tennis. That's a D and a T. Ah,
7:10we can't really do that, right? We need
7:13to have something there to show its past
7:16tense. Can we reduce that D sound
7:20without throwing it away? Let's try. She
7:23often played tennis. It's there. Listen.
7:27She often played My tongue came up,
7:31right? My tongue came all the way up.
7:33She often played tennis.
7:37Played tennis. We go up for that D and
7:40then we don't do it. We switch right
7:42into a T. Hey, that's how we have to do
7:46it, right? She often played tennis when
7:51When she was when she was when she was
7:57She often played tennis when she was
7:59younger. Hey, it balances, right? It
8:02balanced out really nice. So, repeat
8:04after me. She often played tennis when
8:12Nobody's sad here, right? This is a fond
8:14memory. So, we have an upbeat tone. She
8:17often played tennis when she was
8:26So thirsty, I don't know what's wrong
8:27with me. Hm. I could say I often played
8:31baseball when I was younger and I did. I
8:34often played football, American
8:35football. I'm not the running type.
8:39I'm the smash into people type. So,
8:42yeah, soccer or uh football isn't really
8:46my sport. I think it's cool, but I'm not
8:51sport, you know. Anyways, uh just
8:54joking. Our fifth sentence is, I don't
8:58go hiking as much as I used to.
9:02There it is again. You heard it. You
9:04heard it. I dropped that D. Let's blend
9:06this all together. Okay. I don't go. I
9:10didn't say that T, did I? TG.
9:13T and G is hard to do. So, we're going
9:15to throw away that T because we know
9:17that I don't is already don't. We don't
9:21really need to say the T. Yeah. I don't
9:25go where? I don't go hiking. Ah, I don't
9:29go hiking as much. I don't go hiking as
9:35We need more, right? We need something.
9:37I don't go hiking as much as. As much
9:40as. Ah. How much do you want? As much as
9:43you can give me. It's kind of a phrase,
9:45right? So, it all goes together. I don't
9:47go hiking as much as I used to. I don't
9:51go hiking as much as I used to. Da da da
9:54da da da da da da da da. Just like a
9:56wave, right? It's a repeating,
9:58repeating, repeating pattern. I don't go
10:00hiking as much as I used to. So, repeat
10:04after me. I don't go hiking as much as I
10:10Kind of like a song. I don't go hiking
10:13as much as I used to.
10:17And it is. It it really is like a song.
10:19If you listen to a fluent speaker
10:22speaking well, you'll notice that they
10:25have a rhythm, a repeating rhythm, this
10:27flow like waves. And that's what I keep
10:30trying to show you with my finger or
10:32with the timing part. It's all a wave.
10:35It's all a soundwave. And we're trying
10:37to keep everything nice and balanced.
10:39Let's look at our sixth sentence, which
10:41is, "We used to have dinner together
10:49this could be happy or sad, but I would
10:51say this as a sad thing. Like, I miss
10:54that. So, let's just smooth it out
10:56first. We used to We used to We used to
11:02have We used to have dinner We used to
11:06have dinner together.
11:08It's kind of It is sad, right? I
11:12remember my family thinking about this,
11:13right? We used to have dinner together
11:16every night. Every night. It's time. So,
11:19we we make a point of saying the time,
11:22right? Every night. We used to have
11:24dinner together every night.
11:28It does sound sad, right? So, we're
11:29going to have a little bit of that
11:30sadness to it cuz we miss it. You should
11:33miss it. I I think you should miss it.
11:35Unless you had a terrible childhood,
11:37then hey, feel free not to miss it,
11:39right? You could have a an upton tone,
11:41but people will say, "Hey, why do you
11:44sound happy about that?" And it might
11:46lead to an awkward conversation. So, if
11:48you don't want it, feel free to lie.
11:50Right? Anyways, repeat after me. We used
11:54to have dinner together every night.
12:01We used to have dinner together every
12:07I miss that. We used to have dinner
12:09together every night. I do. I miss that.
12:12And I think it should have a slight sad
12:16tone to that because that is a memory
12:19that while great, right, for most
12:23people, is something we strongly miss,
12:26especially as we get older. Oo, sad. We
12:29shouldn't have ended on a sad sentence.
12:31But here's some good news. In the next
12:33lesson, we are going to talk about
12:35describing changes over time. And that
12:38should be good, right? Maybe we're
12:40getting bigger and faster and stronger
12:42and smarter and hey, changes over time.
12:45Who knows? You'll know if you come to
12:48the next lesson. And I'll know cuz I'm
12:50going to film the next lesson. And I'll
12:51see you there. Goodbye.
