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Hello everyone and welcome back to English put my name is Marco

my name is Catherine and today we have a wild.

Lesson for you at the elementary level

that's right we are actually going to visit a farm

so yeah it's going to be fun we're going to see a lot of animals.

And not only that but we're going to learn a lot of interesting words and phrases in

English today

but before we get started let's take a look at vocabulary preview.

Vocabulary preview.

Old MacDonald had.

Yeah yeah.

He had a duck

yeah yeah we're not going to be teaching you this song today don't worry you know you

don't have to listen to a thing.

We do have a great word the start us off it's called.

The word is

country

a country okay so you know country has like the United States Mexico China etc

but in this case we are going out out to the country are

not out of the country we're going out to the country

to the country okay

the country or you might hear

the countryside.

Is

is.

A place it's not like a city.

That's the opposite of city

it means there's lots of.

Grass it's very nature overall there are very very few houses and people

it's very quiet so it's the opposite of a busy city and

country and you'd have a lot of animals so usually

farms are found on the countryside or at the countryside in the countryside.

So usually farms are found in the countryside.

That's right and i

personally am a big the fan because it's so quiet and peaceful Saturday good

we can talk about that in a minute

let's listen to today's dialogue first and then we'll be back to talk about some of

the words and phrases.

Isn't this great.

I always wanted to own a farm live out in the country grow my own food.

This is very beautiful

though i have to confess i didn't know the first thing about farming.

That's fine don't worry about it.

What was that

relax

it was just a goat.

And that.

Is just the cows that are grazing over there

we can milk them later.

What was that.

Honey seriously it's just a sheep relax.

Relax that was just the horses and donkeys that are in the stable.

You know what i didn't think i can hack it out here in the countryside

i'm going back to the city.

Alright we're back so obviously some people cannot

go to the countryside.

That's right some people get very very upset

in fact there is a whole TV show in america

there was about

city people.

Living in the countryside and.

Can do it right that's right

alright but before we talk about that

why don't we take a look at for keywords in language takeaway.

Language takeaway.

The first word is the name of an animal

okay so you've all heard of cows

but have you heard of goats a goat a goat.

All right so a goat

is strange looking animal.

It's kind of skinny and what do you get from

a goat you can actually drink goat's milk

and many people like to eat goat's cheese which is is cheese made from goat's milk.

Okay

so a goat can you and we heard that the sound that a goat make so

i think it's pretty clear what a goat is

and they're very common as we say in farms such as sheep and horses cows etc that's

right a normally when they're in the wild they like to live in rocky places like

mountains right that's why they say they're very good climbers because they don't fall

through the mountains.

Alright

and well if you have cows.

Then they're probably going to be grazing.

Okay so to graze as a verb it's something we'd do well we people don't do it

animals do it it's a way for us to describe how animals like cows

eat.

Means to eat grass okay

so if you're cows or horses or grazing that means they're

eating grass.

Somewhere out

that's right they're walking they stop they eat some grass they walk they stop again

it's very slow process.

All right so cows are usually grazing

out in the countryside and

well once they finish grazing and they get off fat than in the mornings you have to

milk them.

Okay so we drink milk milk as a thing

but it's also a verb so to milk something

all right and if you milk a cow

is when you extract.

The

milk the liquid from them.

That right so underneath a cow

there's an utter or their.

Underneath a cow there are others

which you have to squeeze with your hands to make the milk come out

okay okay an interesting word as well utter.

Like that big bag full of milk exactly so to milk a cow

all right

and you have cows out in the fields grazing and probably your horses and donkeys are

going to be in the stable.

The stable is a place okay so this is something that's often found on farms.

Where the horses or the cows live it's a it's a structure it's a building for those

animals okay so that probably separated and different little

rooms or compartments and that's called a stable so as you say usually find

horses and cows and donkeys in there.

That's right so stable is a way to protect animals from the weather.

All right very good so for keywords there as we just saw

why don't we listened to this dialogue again

and we'll be back soon.

Isn't this great.

I always wanted to own a farm live out in the country grow my own food

this is very beautiful though i have to confess

i didn't know the first thing about farming

that's fine don't worry about it.

What was that

relax

it was just a goat.

And that.

Is just the cows that are grazing over there we can milk them later

what was that.

Honey seriously it's just a sheep relax.

Relax that was just the horses and donkeys that are in the stable.

You know what i didn't think i can hack it out here in the countryside

i'm going back to the city.

All right we're back so now let's take a look at fluency builder.

Fluency builder.

You know Marco i have to confess

i love fluency build their.

All right and that's our first phrase for today

i have to confess

okay so to confess his to tell someone something that's a secret.

Okay so we can confess with a priest.

Know

so we can confess to a priest.

We can confess a secret to a friend okay

but i have to confess as a very common phrase it's a way for us to start a sentence

i have to confess right so you're saying i have to be honest with you i have to tell

you the truth exactly so i have to confess i'm not a huge fan

of that sweater.

Okay so

i have to be honest i really don't like your sweater this is a way for us to be more

polite when we're saying something that's great of

and in this case it was the girl who was confessing and

what she confessed his or second key phrase.

I don't know the first thing about farming.

Okay so.

I don't know anything about farming is another way we can say this or.

I don't know

a thing

about farming but i dunno the first thing about farming means.

I don't even understand what a farm is.

The first thing is what is a farm

i don't even understand

what a farmers for this is a way for us to say i don't know

anything at all about this

and if we change the noun

right

and we can save for example i don't know no the first thing about cars so i have no

idea

what models they are or

what type of engine they have i dunno the first thing about

all i know is how to turn them on.

Right er i dunno the first thing about winds i'd love to learn about wine

but

i dunno the first thing about it

okay

so it's a phrase that you can use with many many different nouns right i dunno the

first thing about architecture i don't know the first thing about English.

All right well.

We do alone that's how we're here to help you but this is a really great phrase to

describe not understanding anything at all about something

right

so this is a really great way to the describe

not knowing anything at all about something

okay

and well obviously since she didn't know the first thing about farming.

She ended up leaving and she said you know what

i don't think i can hack it out here in the countryside.

Okay so i can hack it he can't hack it

we use this with the verb to be able to.

And it means.

I don't think i can do this i think this is too hard.

Or maybe if somebody quit

right after a week at at the office and

the you can

and you can say he couldn't hack it

he couldn't hack the pressure and he left exactly so that means to handle or to be

able to handle or to.

Do with.

Stand so.

I just don't think i can hack the cold.

Right i can't handle the cold it's too cold here i'm moving somewhere warm.

All right so i'm sure you guys will be able to hack our dialogue one last time so

let's listen to it and we'll be back.

Isn't this great.

I always wanted to own a farm live out in the country grow my own food.

This is very beautiful

though i have to confess i didn't know the first thing about farming.

That's fine don't worry about it.

What was that

relax

it was just a goat.

And that.

Is just the cows that are grazing over there

we can milk them later.

What was that.

Honey seriously it's just a sheep relax.

Relax that was just the horses and donkeys that are in the stable.

You know what i didn't think i can hack it out here in the countryside

i'm going back to the city.

Alright we're back so as you said you're a fan

of the countryside and about farming right.

That's right well i wish i knew more about farming i don't know the first thing about

milking a cow

but i do come from a part of the world in Illinois near Chicago

where we have lot of farms and i appreciate the quiet

and.

It's nice

having animals around than

being able to go on long walks without.

Cars and horns and

bicycles

and it is actually a little bit refreshing to be out in the countryside sometimes and.

Not even have an Internet or cell phone coverage or anything so it's just basically.

You can do anything else but relax read a book.

Talk to people exact really

now an interesting thing about this is a lot of people take for granted the

countryside because.

I've met many people

who live in the city who grew up in the city and have never

seen for example of life chicken

and when they see if you just freak out and take pictures with the chicken or

are you a cow or something it's it's amazing.

That's really funny well i think it's

it's very valuable skip.

I think there are very valuable skills that

you learn being out in the countryside like.

How to cook for yourself

there's no one else who can cook for you or how to get.

Food from animal or maybe you can even use a microwave so how do you.

Cook without a microwave or something that's right and i think the biggest problem

for city people when they come to the countryside is that it's dirtier.

You know you get mud and there are bugs and

i imagined some of our coworkers here having a very hard time at the countryside yes

indeed

so why don't you guys that come to our website English pod that come

let us know what you think about this maybe you're very familiar with the countryside

or have a relative who's the farmer it's it's great so.

Visit us English pub dot com and if you have any questions or comments you can leave

them there as well.

Can't wait to hear from you

happy studies by right.