Hello. My name's Benjamin, and I want to help
you to have a really fun time when you come
into an English-speaking country, like England,
or America, or Scotland, or Wales, or Ireland.
Okay? So we're going to concentrate on words
that help you in social situations. Okay?
Whether that's Facebook, asking someone out
on a date, or how to answer when someone asks
you to join them. Okay? Good.
So, Facebook. Love it or hate it, it's a bit
like Marmite, huh? Now, you know when it comes
to that page and it asks you what you're thinking?
Well, one thing you could say, a phrase that
might be useful: "To catch up with..." So you
could say: "I've been catching up with..."
Okay? Past perfect tense. "To catch a film",
okay? So, I caught a film. I caught a film
with Heath Ledger in it. It was really good.
Okay? So we got two uses, here, of "catch".
One, it refers to seeing a friend, talking,
talking, talking, hearing what they are doing;
and another use of "catch" when we are catching
a film, catching a play. It means "going to".
Okay? So: "catch up", talk or
go to, that's the meaning.
Now, this is an interesting point, because
when you are saying something, when you are
talking normally, you talk about the past
tense: "I saw a film. I caught a film. I did
this. I did that." But when you're on Facebook,
you'll probably use the present if you are
using a picture. Okay? So, I... "Catching
a film with my friend", and I give them a
picture of us at the cinema, outside the movie
theatre. Okay? So that's just a little thought.
When you're using Facebook
and you've got a picture,
you might want to use
the present tense.
Now, another little phrase you
might put on your Facebook posts:
"A night out with Dominic, Jane, Charlotte", and
you got a picture of them all having a great time.
So: "A night out with..." Or,
you could have a fun day.
Okay? So a night or a day. Good.
Now, we've got "chilling" or "relaxing with".
"Chilling", taking it easy. Having a nice
time. Okay? Relaxing. "Chilling/relaxing with..."
and then again, you have the person's name here,
if you want to, if you're
that well inclined.
Or you could have: "Grabbing
a beer with", grab.
You could say: "I'm
grabbing a beer with", or
"Grabbing a quick meal with my
mom." Don't do that, by the way.
"Burning up the dancefloor!" That's when you're
really dancing around, got a little picture
of that. "Burning", fire. You're
fire on the dancefloor, I know.
Now, someone's really been enjoying these
Facebook posts, they've been messaging you,
so you pick up the phone and you're asking
them out on a date. "Come along! We're going
to the disco tonight." Okay? A lot of these
request/invitations, they use "come", okay?
"Come along!"
"Come out, it will be such good fun. We're
going to have a really great time.", "Come
out", "Come along!" Okay? They're
encouraging ways of saying. Okay?
"We're eating at Domino's in-house
pizza place. Come join us." Or:
"We're eating at the Chicago Rib Shack.
Come." Okay? Again: "Join us."
"Do you want to come?" if you're going to ask
a question. So these are sort of demands:
"Do this, do that." If you want to use a question:
"Do you want to come?" Okay? Nice and natural.
A nice, natural question.
Now, imagine someone is asking you, if you
don't like that person, you could say: "No.
I'd like to stay in, actually. I think I'll
just watch the telly, and have a meal. Thanks.
See ya." Okay? You
don't like them.
If you like them, you could say: "Yeah, okay.
You can call in at mine... At my house at
8 o'clock." Okay? "Call in",
you come to me. You call in.
Or, more casual, informal way of saying that,
I would say: "Yeah, okay, swing by at mine
in half an hour/in 30 minutes." Swing by,
come to my house first. I don't want to walk.
You come to me. Okay?
Or you could say: "Sure. Meet me in the town
square at 9 o'clock." So you tell them where
you're going to meet them.
Okay, great. Just a little reminder: You can
meet us by doing the quiz, doing a little
recap, remembering what you've
learnt about your social life.
Do the quiz, it's on the engVid site.
If you want to get a bit me of more...
A bit more of me, even,
my name's Benjamin, do subscribe
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Thanks. Bye.
