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if you feel like you can't speak English if it seems like something impossible Something Out Of Reach something you will never be able to do well then I have good news you clicked on the Right video Welcome Back to all of my incredible students and subscribers this is English is easy the YouTube channel where every week I upload high quality full and free English lessons that are designed to help get you to fluency faster today we have episode 10 of super sentences the best way to exercise your spoken English on YouTube let me give you

a reminder of how it works we are going to begin with a simple sentence something basic something easy and then level by level we are going to stretch this little basic sentence longer and longer yeah adding new words to the sentence making it more challenging more difficult more complex as we go through this video making the sentence longer and longer you can practice speaking with me in two different ways the first way is by shadowing yeah I speak you speak you can can follow along with me as I talk and try to say the things

that I say the same way that I say them you can also pause the video and repeat back what has been said guys by doing this we are training our brains yeah getting more comfortable with speaking at length in other words speaking longer and more complicated sentences click like on this video to support me as your YouTube English teacher make sure you watch all the way till the end to get the most out of this lesson and let's jump in here we are at level one okay we've got a short basic sentence let's do a

slow read of this sentence and remember you can Shadow me or pause and repeat all right let's go Anna gives up social media for a month One More Time medium speed a little bit faster Anna gives up social media for a month okay great so we have our main character for today's lesson her name is Anna she's a girl and what is she doing she's giving up social media you guys know social media right could be a website like YouTube could be an app like Instagram it is a platform where people connect with each other

and yeah engage or interact socially okay so Anna has made a decision to give up social media in other words she's going to quit social media right but she's not going to quit forever no she's only quitting for a month so we can also say that she's taking a break yeah she's just taking a break from social media just for a little while she'll be back later right but for right now she is stepping away she's stepping away we could also say taking a step back or taking a step away from social media right there's

lots of ways to express this idea we could also say she's taking a breather here's a really spoken English expression for you guys yeah if you take a breather from something then that means you are giving yourself a rest you are taking a break from it right imagine that you go to the gym every day for a month yeah at the end of the month you are feeling exhausted and you tell your friend you know what I'm going to take a break from the gym I'm going to step away for a little while take a

step back back for a little while I'm going to take a breather just for a bit maybe it means that you won't go to the gym for one week or something like that right let's read it a couple more times at a quick speed and then we're going to level up ready Anna gives up social media for a month again Anna gives up social media for a month one more time Anna gives up social media for a month fantastic ftic here we are at level two and as you can see some blue text has been

added to our super sentence yeah we've stretched it even bigger we've made it longer and that's what's going to happen every time we level up that way we can push ourselves out of our comfort zones and stop speaking short little baby sentences all the time right okay let's begin with a slow read Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling One More Time medium speed Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling

okay so after after Anna makes this decision this choice to step away from social media for one month she realizes something she has a realization what does she realize she realizes that she used to spend a lot of time scrolling scrolling on her phone right if you are scrolling scrolling scrolling and you feel like you can't stop we can also call this Doom scrolling something that I've talked about several times here on my channel Doom scrolling is when you scroll scroll scroll for hours you feel like you can't stop right so anyway after Anna decides

to quit social media for one month she's left with all of these gaps all of these empty spaces in her day right and she realizes in other words it Dawn on her she has this moment of realization where she realizes oh my God I used to spend so much time scrolling on my phone let's read it once more quick speed and then we'll level up Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend Doom scrolling here we are at level three and as you can see

we have added even more blue text to our super sentence making it even more challenging let's start with a slow read Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time once more medium speed Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time okay wonderful so now that Anna has decided to take a break from social media she's got lots of free

time what is free time free time is a period of time where nothing is planned nothing is scheduled you don't have any obligation s obligations for example I told my friend I would go shopping with her today I made a promise to her that would be an obligation something you made a promise to go and do right as an adult we have lots and lots of obligations lots of responsibilities it's kind of fun to think about what if you had an entire week of time without any obligations what would you do how would you spend

that week would you travel would you just sit around and watch TV would you doom scroll on your phone how about you guys leave me a comment down in the comment section letting me know how you would spend a week without any obligations okay let's read this one more time then we're going to level up again at a quick speed now Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time here we are at level four let's just jump

right in with a slow read ready Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years once more medium speed Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years now we are seeing how Anna is choosing to spend this free time what is

she deciding to do with the free time she now has right what does she start to do she starts reading books what kind of books books that she hasn't touched in years yeah if you haven't touched something in years then it has been sitting idle it has been collecting dust I love this expression collecting dust for example imagine that you buy some weights online and you have this plan to use them to exercise right well maybe you use them once twice and then you set them down in the corner of your house and you don't

touch them for years well slowly they are going to collect dust right if you take your finger and you sort of Trace the top of the weights you will find a layer of dust that has built up on top of them as a result of what as a result of having been left idle yeah you haven't touched them in a long time so they've just been sitting there right so in this situation Anna is returning to books that she hasn't touched in years maybe she's forgotten about some of these books maybe she's forgotten how much

she used to enjoy them but now she has an opportunity now she has a chance to ReDiscover or discover again right ReDiscover her love her passion her interest in these books one more time quick speed then we'll level up Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years here we are at level five halfway through and if you've made it even this far as your YouTube English teacher I'm

very proud of you so take your hand give yourself a pat on the back you're doing great this is also a wonderful opportunity to quickly click that like button it really supports me so much if you guys could click the like button leave me a comment make sure you are subscribed these are your ways to support me as your YouTube English teacher now that we're halfway through I think we can get rid of the slow read let's Jump Right In to the medium read here we go Anna gives up social media for a month which

makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly relaxing as we can see with the blue text we've added we learn about Anna's reaction to rediscovering reading right we know that she has started reading these old books that she hasn't touched in years they've been sitting around collecting dust sitting around idly not being used right but she goes back and she's reading them and she finds it to be surprisingly relaxing what is surprisingly relaxing

it just means she hadn't expected she had not expected it to be this relaxing it's really nice it's nicer than she had thought right it's really relaxing axing so she is rekindling her love for reading what is Kindle if you Kindle a fire then you are tending to a fire making sure it does not burn out you are keeping it going so if you go back and you rekindle your love for reading then that just means you are making sure the fire that is your love for reading does not die does not burn out all

right quick read here we go Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly relaxing Full Speed Ahead level six let's Jump Right In with a medium paced read here we go Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in

years finding it surprisingly relaxing and her stress levels start to drop okay so this is the next thing that happens after Anna makes the decision to quit social media right number one the first thing that happens is she starts reading books that she hasn't touched in years number two is she starts to get really relaxed she's finding all of this to be really relaxing number three the third thing that happens is her stress levels start to drop her stress levels yeah the degree to which she feels stressed out maybe there's a lot going on in

your life and you feel overwhelmed like everything is really difficult and your stress levels are high in other words you just feel stressed out all the time right maybe your stress levels are very low and you almost never feel stressed out well it sounds like Anna was pretty stressed out before she made the decision to take a break from social media and she didn't even even realize it yeah sometimes that happens in life right we're really stressed out we're really overwhelmed and we don't even realize it so her stress levels they start to drop drop

just means go down let's read it one more time quick speed don't give up now keep going here we go Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly relaxing and her stress levels start to drop level seven here we go medium speed Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has

more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly relaxing and her stress levels start to drop plus she notices she's sleeping better without the constant notifications as you can see we've added quite a lot this level right this is a lot of blue text so let's dissect this let's analyze it let's take a close look at it okay plus so we're talking about an additional benefit in other words another good thing that happens after she makes the decision to quit social media or at least take a break away

from social media right so plus she notices something what does she notice she notices that she's sleeping better why is she sleeping better because she is now without the constant notifications m what is a notification we could also say a popup message a popup message on your phone pinging somebody's trying to contact you somebody liked your picture on Instagram somebody left a comment someone's giving you a phone call these are all notifications right and it sounds like in Anna's case her notification were really constant constant in other words they were going on constantly they were

happening all the time every minute she was getting a notification and she was constantly dealing with these notifications but maybe she never realized the extent to which she was dealing with them in other words maybe she never fully understood how bad the situation was that she was constantly doing this constantly distracted by these notifications right especially at nighttime and you know when you're trying to go to sleeping the constant notifications could be a really big deterrent deterrent to good sleep in other words the constant notification could definitely stand in the way of good sleep or

stop you from getting good sleep right so now that these notifications are gone of course she's sleeping better this is a terrific benefit to taking a step away from your phone taking a break from social media again quick read here we go Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly relaxing and her stress levels start to drop plus she notices she's sleeping better without the

constant notifications this is starting to be a real mouthful this is starting to get really difficult even I'm getting a little tired but guys push don't give up you are going to be so glad that you did this down the road when your English speaking skills are way more developed level eight mediump speed read here we go Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly

relaxing and her stress levels start to drop plus she notices she's sleeping better without the constant notifications and she realizes she's turning over a new Leaf by focusing on real life interactions you guys know that I love idioms I love expressions and turning over a new Leaf is the idiom that I decided to include in today's video what does it mean to turn over a new Leaf basically means that you are starting a new chapter in your life yeah you are moving on to a new and better way of living or lifestyle so yeah Anna

realizes that hey she's really turned a page that's another way we could say this she's really turned a page in the book of her life right and she's feeling better about her lifestyle she's feeling healthier she's enjoying her life more now she realizes she's turning over a new Leaf by focusing on real life interactions so she's not focusing on or paying attention to social media so much anymore now she is paying attention to here's someone paying attention to something notice ing something oo noticing something she's focusing on real life interactions what is an interaction that

is how you engage with someone or something for example I interact with you guys with my subscribers in the comment section you guys leave me comments giving me feedback on my videos and I respond to your comments as best I I can that's my way of engaging with you of interacting with you one more time quick read here we go Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years

finding it surprisingly relaxing and her stress levels start to drop plus she notices she's sleeping better without the constant notifications and she realizes she's turning over a new Leaf by focusing on real life interactions level 9 this is getting really serious really tough really tricky really hairy yeah this is getting really challenging but don't give up guys let's just do it let's bite the bullet and just do it with a mediump speeed read here we go Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling

and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly relaxing and her stress levels start to drop plus she notices she's sleeping better without without the constant notifications and she realizes she's turning over a new Leaf by focusing on real life interactions so she starts spending more time with her friends taking a look at the blue text here we can see specifically how she is focusing on her real life interactions right how is she doing that she's spending more time with her friends now you know

maybe she would contact her friends in the past when she was using social media more maybe they were connected maybe they were even talking every day but it felt a little bit Hollow it felt like it was lacking substance in other words it didn't feel that meaningful right when you talk to someone online when you interact with one of your friends online it just doesn't feel as real as meaningful as when you do it in person right face to face personto person out in the real world okay so that's what she's doing now again quick

read here we go Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she started s reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly relaxing and her stress levels start to drop plus she notices she's sleeping better without the constant notifications and she realizes she's turning over a new Leaf by focusing on real life interactions so she starts spending more time with her friends okay guys level 10 we've made it to the final boss of this

video yeah we've made it to the big bad guy right this is the toughest level of course and you know what I'd be willing to bet that for a lot of you this might be the longest sentence that you've ever spoken in your entire life right if I'm correct and this is the longest sentence you ever spoken in your life leave me a comment down in the comment section saying new record new record and if that's the case if that's true then congratulations that is a huge accomplishment on your English-speaking Journey okay let's do a

slow read here we go don't give up now guys we're so close to Victory Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly relaxing and her stress levels start to drop plus she notices she's sleeping better without the constant notifications and she realizes she's turning over a new Leaf by focusing on real life interactions so she starts spending more time with her friends who comment on

how much more present and engaged she seems what does it mean to be present if you are present then that basically means you are living in the present you are not distracted by remembering things that happened in the past or imag IM ining things that could happen in the future right you're not thinking about the past you are not thinking about the future your brain and your attention is right here in the present moment so her friends are commenting on this in other words they are mentioning it to her they are bringing it up yeah

they are bringing it up they are making a point to talk about it with her right they're saying hey Anna I'm noticing something about you it seems like you've really changed you are so much more present now than you used to be you are so much more engaged and other words you are not distracted you are focused than you used to be right you're doing a really good job this seems like a healthy change for you all right guys if you are ready to defeat this final boss then let's say this super sentence one last

time at a quick speed are you ready Anna gives up social media for a month which makes her realize how much time she used to spend scrolling and suddenly she has more free time so she starts reading books she hasn't touched in years finding it surprisingly relaxing and her stress levels start to drop plus she notices she's sleeping better without the constant notifications and she realizes she's turning over a new Leaf by focusing on real life interactions so she starts spending more time with her friends who comment on how much more present and engaged she

seems if you made it all the way through this video it's very important that you take a second to congratulate yourself as your YouTube English teacher I'm so so proud of my students who take my videos seriously and really apply themselves really make an effort to go all the way through and finish the lesson so take your hand one more time give yourself a pat on the back because you deserve it my friend but don't go anywhere yet because with any good workout a cool down is really important so that's what we're going to do

now no more Super sentence but we are going to have a speaking cool down Okay so let's return to the idiom the saying the expression that we talked about today turn over a new Leaf what does it mean it means to make a fresh start or begin to behave in a better way yeah you are improving your life or your lifestyle right in the story today we saw that by giving up social media Anna feels like she's turning over a new leaf and focusing more on the present moment okay so here is a discussion question

for us to respond to together as our cool down is there something in your life holding you back how could you turn over a new leaf and live a better life yeah what is something you could could do to just like Anna turn over a new leaf and start to live a better life is there something holding you back a bad habit something negative in your life that you could let go of that you could get rid of and move on to a better lifestyle what I want you guys to do is push yourself to

speak for the full 30 seconds I'm going to give you and just respond to this question it doesn't have to be perfect the point is to try and fill up that full 30 seconds I'm going to go first and give you a demonstration or an example of what I would like you to try and do when it's your turn here I go you know recently as a matter of fact I actually do feel like I've turned over a new Leaf that's because I haven't had any coffee in the last two weeks now normally I'm someone

who really really loves coffee really enjoys a morning cup of coffee sometimes an afternoon cup of coffee but it was interfering with my sleep and my mood so I gave it up and I really feel like I've turned over a new Leaf I feel much better now that was my response now it's your turn take that full 30 seconds push all the way through and respond to this question as our cool down go ahead head guys my videos here on YouTube will always always be free for my subscribers but I would like to take a

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