After doing a British Culture Shock video last time, The audience responded enthusiastically Today's episode will introduce to you Taiwan's English textbooks can not learn English usage I only knew after coming to the UK

First of all, hello in daily conversation The common method of handing in English textbooks in Taiwan is how are you? how's it going?

Of course there is nothing wrong with these statements But what I hear more often in the UK is hello, you alright?

americans will sound weird Because Alright in American English means a good mood If you ask someone you alright? Seems like it's because other people don't seem to be in a good mood

but in the UK you alright means to say hello to you how are you

We got Spider-Man to demonstrate I told them when I was watching the movie that I was watching and I was like You do know i'm speaking like with an English accent there They said: True or false, is that a British accent? and they're like really? that's an English accent? I say yes And i'm like yes, I said hello with a British accent How are you? I said hello mate you're right

Taiwan's English textbooks teach how to how are you Say how have you been (how have you been?) Or what have you been doing (what have you been doing recently?)

But what I hear more often in the UK is what have you been up to? (What have you been up to?) Or more succinctly up too much (what have you done recently?)

These mean to ask what you have been doing lately How is it going What have you been doing recently?

How would you respond if someone greeted you? Generally we will say i'm good, i'm fine, how about you

But if the British have a good day today Instead they don't say i'm good Instead, it will say not bad not bad here means very good

'Cause the british presuppose that every day can suck like shit like the weather in england So as long as it's not too bad it's good

Standard English greeting: How are you? the standard greeting in Britain how are you? Not too bad

That's pretty much the case in the UK. that's as good as it gets in old Blighty, not too bad.

Everything sucks things are clearly bad.

But it's not quite as bad as we thought it was but they're not quite as bad as we thought they're gonna be.

But Americans live in a super positive culture So if Americans say not bad It's just that today is really not very good

Also in the UK we don't say friends but mates

Mate means spouse in American English but in british english mate usually means friend

so you have a drink with a friend you can say grab a drink with my mate grab a drink with my mate

There are many words of its own for drinking in the UK. like a glass of wine we say a pint of beer instead of a glass of beer

a pint means a cup

well? what's that? Dude, this is a pint this... my friend, is a pint

Got wine by the glass? it comes in pints? I want a cup i'm getting one.

go for a drink after get off work we'll say a cheeky pint

cheeky means less formal and casual It's also a very common word in the UK.

Because pubs are a very important part of British culture

The source of the word Pub is actually public house (public housing)

Because during the industrial revolution in the 19th century A large number of farmers were driven to work in cities A large working-class population emerged

Then go home after get off work and have nothing to do Why not build a public house Let everyone drink and socialize inside

This public house evolved into today's pub

Like I went to Brighton, a seaport city in the south of England last month The local laborers will sing the song of the boatman in the bar

So the British pub can be said to be an important place to shape the consciousness of the working class

Next, let's introduce some phrases I often hear in the UK

Usually we say I don't know we'll say i don't know

But here I often hear another saying that not that I am aware of

It's just that I didn't know about it i don't know about this mean i don't know

Has any philosopher ever had an idea so big that his head popped? Did a philosopher ever think of an idea so big it split the head open?

I don't know (you are supporting the third primary school) not that i'm aware of.

and when talking to each other Sometimes we have to make sure the other person understands we won't say do you understand because it sounds a little offensive It's an up-down tone

to sound more polite Everyone will say does that make sense? does that make sense? Does that make sense?

That is, to transfer the subject from you to the matter It makes it look like you're not targeting him as a person. like he's so stupid he can't understand

If you are an acquaintance, of course you can directly say Do you know what i mean Do you know what I'm talking about do you understand me

Then if you want to tell the other person please wait a moment please bear with me

Because I have some things to deal with here

When we usually think in Chinese, we think it is please be patient. please wait a second. (please wait a while)

But this kind of imperative sentence will feel like ordering the other party just wait, please wait a little longer

more polite way of saying The same is to transfer the subject from the other party to oneself So you can say please bear with me

like i'm studying in england Often when the projector goes wrong British professors would say We are having some technical problem. Please bear with me please bear with me. please forgive me please wait for me please bear with me a little longer

Oh I'll text back Please wait oh hang on. bear with. please wait bear with please wait bear with I'm back

another one is When giving advice or asking for advice To think in Chinese we usually say should you... or should i...

But if you translate it directly into English, you should or should i Feeling too commanded

here in the UK I've never heard anyone use the word should when suggesting something to someone else

A more polite way of speaking would be would it be better if... would it be better if

Then tell me which suggestion you think is better.

Then this concept is also to transfer the subject to this matter Wouldn't it be better to just do this?

So I'm not advising you on what you should do but to offer you a suggestion Then tell you this thing is also good would it be better if you do this

Do you have colleagues? Why would anyone want to be your colleague? a colleague? how do you get a colleague? Did he follow you home? did he follow you home? Or should I wait beside me? Would it be better if i just waited...

This last one is what I hear a lot in England too.

when we were chatting When it comes to the end when we want to sum up we'll say anyway The conclusion is that... In English we can say anyway...then talk about the conclusion

In English we can say anyway...then talk about the conclusion either in the end or eventually

But in fact, there is a more reasonable way to say that at the end of the day at the end of the day

That is, after all the previous things have been said Then you have to conclude and say okay anyway

At this time you can say at the end of the day

Don't you think your friend is annoying? Usually doesn't it bother you? no, most of it wouldn't.

and then they would do some stuff that's a bit over the line That would of course annoy me and that would bother me obviously.

but but... No matter what they are my friends of course you may not think so they're my friends at the end of the day. it's different for you.

Finally, I will teach you three Words unique to British English

The first one is banter (dry talk) Banter means Chong Kang and ridicule

Banter means Chong Kang and ridicule

The British way of socializing is basically banter

To them This is a chance to show you have a good sense of humor

listen i'm like a king of banter. The tone is very arrogant bold statement what i'll tell you...

Do you like talking? Do you like banter? Of course I love dry talk yeh I love banter. Dry talk is great, right? It's sick, innit?

well the second word is banger what is banger

what is banger

Once I played Taiwanese aboriginal music to my European friends My friend said this one is a banger

A very dick song, a very powerful song is called banger

The last word is skint Skint is also often heard in the UK

Skint means eating dirt

So you are at the end of the month When your friend has no money to go out to dinner with you They'll say i'm a bit skint I have eaten dirt I can't go out with you

If you really want to understand the usage of British English more clearly The best way, of course, is to have a conversation with a native speaker

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Hi

hello buddy

hello mate

How are you?

How are you?

Very good

i'm good.

The hairstyle is very nice

nice haircut.

Your glasses are also nice

nice glasses.

So you have been teaching English for many years right?

So you have been teaching English for many years right? Yes .

What is the most common mistake made by people learning English?

What's like the most common mistake people usually make? i've found that the most common mistake i've found that the most common mistake Especially those who just learn English especially with very beginner learners Is they try to overcomplicate things.

So when you're answering so sometimes when you're giving an answer, especially when you 're just learning the language, The best thing is just almost keep it simple Just focus on the question and focus on the question.

Some people are too eager to show how much English they can sometimes some people are a little bit too eager to show How much English they know by adding some different words .

And the more words you add, the more complicated the grammar will get The more likely your sentence will be wrong and the more lost you get in your own sentence.

That's right

yeah fair enough. exactly.

This is quite common .

so keeping things simple can be very important

like i love long sentences

like i love long sentences. my friends when they are doing proofreading for me, They would say this sentence is too long. You better cut it into four different sentences.

I was taught that way too

so i was the same and what i was taught I learned the PEE method i was taught the PEE method.

Means Point, Evidence , Explain

So you use this method so you have this kind of point evidence explain Just keep your sentence a lot easier and it keeps your sentence a lot easier.

Simple and clear, cut to the point

yeah, nice and shorts, and straight to the points. I'm a big fan of the bullet point explanations. keeps things simple.

I found that no matter what language people make common mistakes when learning English,

common mistakes across all languages ​​actually that I've noticed.

One example would be using the wrong tense .

When talking about daily routines or jobs for example, A common mistake is to use the present continuous instead of the present perfect. A common mistake is to use the present continuous instead of the present perfect.

The correct way to say it is that my job is an engineer so instead of saying i work as an engineer,

But someone might say i'm working as an engineer.

That's a really common mistake across the board.

Just use the wrong tense so using the wrong tense.

I think this is quite difficult for Mandarin speakers

i this this is quite difficult for Mandarin speakers because i would say Mandarin is a timeless language.

There's no tense in Mandarin.

If we want to be very specific about the temporality, if we want to be very specific about the temporality, We will just add today tomorrow or at what time in the sentence.

So we don't have to change the verb in Chinese so we don't have to change the verb.

yeah yeah yeah

You just add an extra thing to the end of the sentence.

So learning the concept of tense will be a bit difficult for Chinese speakers so that would be kinda difficult for Mandarin speakers to learn the concept of tense.

That's right

absolutely.

I think grammar is very important

i think grammar is very important.

But I also feel that students put too much emphasis on grammar

but i also think that there is too much focus on grammar by students.

It makes them afraid to speak

it almost makes them too timid to speak,

Because they're worried about saying it in the wrong way

because they're worried about saying it in the wrong way.

It's better to be able to speak, learn and have a good experience. It's better to be able to speak, learn and feel that learning English is a good thing .

So you can really learn how to communicate in English so that you can really learn to communicate.

it's interesting

ah it's interesting you say that

Because I was just talking to another British tutor

because I was just talking to another British tutor and he told me exactly the same thing you just said.

So what do you think about learning pronunciation? And also, how about the pronunciation?

so i've thought about this a lot.

because i'm from the Northwestern United States , I pronounce things differently than people in Boston and i pronounce things differently than, for example, Boston.

The east side and west side are so different.

Very different it's very different.

So i would say, for example, just try to pronounce things the best you can.

i really believe it's going to be impossible or almost It is nearly impossible for anyone to have a complete native accent. unless you want to be a method actor Completely change your personality and where you're from.

I speak English i speak English, But I bring my accent and my past with me.

yeah

It's like a part of your cultural identity.

It's very funny because in Taiwan People would be very obsessed with the idea of ​​speaking a standard British accent .

yeah

But this idea just simply doesn't exist in Britain.

yeah

You live in London so you also know

and as you know you know you live in London.

Even in London alone there are many different accents you know.

There's not one single accent that people speak here.

You can travel like 30 minutes in England alone, You'll find very different accents and you'll experience a drastically different accent.

Even from Manchester to Liverpool for example, That's a pretty pretty unique difference in accents there .

here is a thing. so our government , The Taiwan government is pushing a policy called Taiwan's government is pushing for a new policy called 2030 bilingual nation bilingual nation 2030.

That is to say which means, Taiwan wants to make itself a bilingual nation by 2030 which means Taiwan wants to make itself like a bilingual nation by 2030.

So we only got seven years left,

so we only got seven years left,

But we don't even have any English-speaking environment in Taiwan.

There are a lot of things that can change that means a lot can change though.

Because I know they're doing the same thing in Saudi Arabia.

true or false

really?

Lots of people are focusing on that.

I think it's achievable so i think it's achievable.

I don't 100% know the background of it, But the 2030 bilingual Taiwan policy you talked about is very interesting but that's interesting that you told me that you have that 2030 Because Saudi Arabia also wants to achieve it in 2030 because the vision 2030's the same in Saudi Arabia.

How did they do that?

In the workplace it's now very important if you're getting a job It is very important to be able to speak English that you can speak English as well.

Knowing English is a job requirement that's been a requirement.

i think in schools Lots of stuff are now taught in English.

Interesting .

Are they recruiting foreign teachers to their country?

Are they hiring many foreigners, like foreign English teachers to their country? i assume so. but i don't really know.

So I don't know much either

so i can't really say much on it.

I do know teachers that have gone out to the Middle East to go teach English.

But the problem in Taiwan is but the problem is that in Taiwan, English teachers don't teach you how to use in a specific context. English teachers don't teach you how to use in a specific context.

so for example, if i want to disagree with someone , The teacher will teach you to use the word "disagree". people would just say okay you can use this word disagree, Or say "I don't agree with what you said" or i don't agree with you.

But in real life if you talk to someone who you just met in this way, It's kinda rude .

I wonder how to express objection in English

I wonder how would you say to someone who you want to disagree with "I don't think so" You can also say that i don't see it that way, works as well

I don't see it from your angle so i don't really see it from that angle.

i see it from a different point of view .

so one person seeing it from here i'm seeing it this way.

So it's more like you're just adding another point.

if someone's got the opinion as well, You can say well i agree with this,

but i also believe this...

not every confrontation is i completely disagree with everything you're saying.

i agree with part of what you're saying , But there is another part of me that thinks differently but this bit i feel a little bit differently.

For example, we might say: For example, we might say "Sorry, I don't think so" i'm sorry. i don't think that's quite right,

But what I'm thinking is I totally disagree, you idiot wehn really i mean i completely disagree with you and you're an idiot.

Or even less targeted to make it even less personal, Don't say it: sorry I think you're quite right instead of saying i'm sorry, but i don't think you're quite right

Change it to say: I don’t think “that” is quite right. I would say: i don’t think “that” is quite right.

This shifts the burden from that person to the thing and it takes the sort of responsibility away from the other person.

it's not as accusational . you see what i mean?

Speaking of the difference between American English and British English.

When I first was there, everyone would say to me: when i first was there, everyone would say Are you OK? how are you? are you alright?

How are you? Are you alright?

so i freaked out and so i had a little panic

Because in American English that way of speaking seems to be someone bleeding because are you alright in American English is like your bleeding, Should be called the ambulance.

This is also the example i used in my video.

In America if you say are you alright, in America if you say are you alright, Sounds like you are sick or something it will be like you are sick or something.

How to seduce people in English? What would you say if you want to flirt with someone?

Everyone knows that the Brits are quite known for using innuendo quite a lot.

for example?

for example? If you 're flirting with someone, and you're a boy. You can ask that person to feel a bit of your clothing, you can ask that person to feel a bit of your clothing, and then they would touch it, and then they would touch it, Then you ask them if they like it and then you ask them if you like that?

Like the feel of that fiber? you like that kind of fabric?

And they say yeah it's nice. and then you would say: That's boyfriend material that's boyfriend material.

Boyfriend material.

That 's a good one.

You can have that one for free , SuperY.

What do you think is the key to learning a language well?

what do you think is the key to learn a new language? The key if possible is obviously spend some time in the country.

I have another trick to learn and i have this one trick, which is try and describe stuff that you can see.

for example like try and describe everything about this pen

Don't just say it's a white pen.

Don't just say it's a white pen. To be more specific, say it's a white ballpoint pen be more specific and say it's a white ballpoint pen.

Explain how to use this pen explain how it works.

Push the end of this pen and the tip of the pen comes out.

Just use English to describe what you see and you just start describing these things in English You'll find that there are things that you can't describe.

What do you call that thing in English what do you say that in English. i don't know.

Something that bounces? a bouncer?

彈簧

spring

This is called spring

so this is called the spring.

You need to keep describing these little things so you just have to try and find all these little things You will know which English words you don't know to find out what you don't know.

you will encounter something you couldn't describe And that's the moment you would learn something new.

This method is called?

and what's this method called? Describe something describing stuff.

I thought there would be a more academic title

i thought there would be a more academic ... oh no it's just describing. oh no it's just describing.

I think the key to learning English is i think the key to learning English is Cut into learning from several different angles attacking the learning from multiple different angles.

You know not only speaking to tutors on cambly but also reading in your spare time Watching things on YouTube or Netflix or a streaming platform.

Watching videos in a productive way with a learning effect .

If your English is not good enough so if your level is not there yet, You can watch the movie with Chinese subtitles then watching with subtitles either in your native language.

Change to English subtitles and then when you get a little bit better in English.

And then when you get better still you can turn the subtitles off.

It's a little bit challenging for especially Mandarin speakers Because everyone relies on subtitles because you know people are just so reliant on subtitles.

I'm Youtuber, because I'm Youtuber right.

I always need to add subtitle on all of my YouTube videos so i always need to add subtitle on all of my YouTube videos

My British friend told me that your audience can understand Chinese and my friend told me your audience can understand Mandarin.

Why do you still need to add Chinese subtitle ?

I really don't know how to answer him i don't know.

We just need subtitles because we are just so dependent on subtitle.

very interesting interesting.

I think the key to learn English well is to learn to communicate. I would say definitely communication is a key.

To be able to speak English so more ability to speak.

Most of my students from Asia have been taught grammar very well. but their biggest concern was that They had little chance to speak English they never were given the opportunity to speak.

So I would suggest learning to communicate first so that would be my first thing that i would suggest.

So we need to change the teaching environment okay so we need to change the teaching environment to encourage the students to speak more, to encourage the students to speak more, Instead of just taking more exams.

right yeah yeah

ok

all right.

good night

have a good evening.

You too, bye bye

you too, have a good day. cheers.

okay

Nice to meet you and have a great chat

it's really nice to meet you and very nice to talk to you

and if you want to learn some new English vocabulary, remember describe things. describe stuff.

Take care super Y. nice to meet you.

Finished chatting with the three Cambly foreign teachers Actually, I think I learned a lot

It turns out that Taiwan is not the only one who is trying to become a bilingual country by 2030 Saudi Arabia is now working on this plan

Then finally there is the vastness of the United States There are all kinds of accents

Taiwanese are afraid to speak when learning English I'm just afraid that my accent is not standard or pure

This concept itself is not healthy

You don't need to because your accent seems to have a Taiwanese accent or an Asian accent dare not speak English

This is actually when foreigners are chatting I don't care about things that much

That's all I want to share with you today English usage, phrases and words that I only knew after I came to the UK Phrases and words in English that I only know

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