Welcome to a new episode of English Vocabulary Booster.
My name is Lara and I'm a SALSA-certified English teacher.
Learning new vocabulary usually takes a long time, but we'll do it in a way that's easy, quick and efficient.
In every episode, we'll learn how to use five new English words or expressions, so that you too can start speaking like a native.
So let's get learning!
Welcome, I hope you're doing well.
I'm feeling pretty good today, probably because I slept nine hours, which is something that I don't do very often, although I should do it more often, because that's the amount of sleep that I need to like Be a normal person.
And I am so jealous.
If you're one of those people that needs like five hours, six hours, and you're good to go for the day.
I am so jealous.
I'm so envious because I'm like a newborn.
I need nine or more hours to feel good. good and rested throughout the day.
So yeah, that means that I'm going to have a lot less time today to do everything that I have to do.
But guess what?
I'm feeling a lot better.
So let's take advantage of that.
And let's record this episode.
Today we're going to be talking about powerful emotions.
And that's when I realized that being 30 is not that different from being three.
You've been wonderful, Milwaukee.
Thank you so much.
And then I walk off stage and, well, you know how that works.
So what do you think?
Do you like it?
I... That was amazing.
I, like, it literally gave me goosebumps.
Are you tearing up?
I mean, yeah, I'm...
Probably just a little teary-eyed.
What can I say?
Just, I don't know.
What you said about that poor girl and what you did for her.
You know, that, it was really moving.
I'm sorry.
I just, do you have a Kleenex?
I don't know.
Maybe it's the hormones because I'm pregnant, but I don't know.
I'm just feeling all the feels right now.
No, come on.
Don't cry.
You can't cry.
Why not?
Because those were jokes.
I'm a stand-up comedian.
I shouldn't make you cry.
In fact, I'm pretty sure that's the exact opposite of what I should do.
Then I think you might want to make a few changes.
So definitely not the results that this poor girl was probably expecting from her friend.
Let's talk about today's expressions and let's begin with expression number one, goosebumps.
That was amazing.
It like it literally gave me goosebumps.
What are goosebumps?
Little bumps that appear on your body or in your mouth.
So a goose bump is that small raised spot that you get on your skin.
Usually you get it on your arms, on your legs, sometimes even on your back or on your stomach.
You can also feel them.
You can also get them on your head.
I don't think you can get them on your hands though, now that I think of it, nor on your feet, if I'm not mistaken.
But yeah, they are on your body though, definitely not in your mouth.
If you get goosebumps in your mouth, that is extremely weird.
I would definitely talk to a doctor in that case.
What causes goosebumps?
So there's a couple of different things that can cause goosebumps.
I think the most popular cause for goosebumps would be you feeling cold.
So when you're cold, you're out and about, you got nothing to cover yourself with, then you're going to get goosebumps.
So this is your body's reaction to the cold.
I'm not really sure why it does it, but I'm sure it's like this wonderful.
There's this wonderful explanation about it.
But yeah, it's a reaction of your body when you're cold.
However, In the story, the girl wasn't getting goosebumps because of the cold.
She was getting them because she was feeling some powerful emotions.
She was... feeling a very deep feeling.
And so when you're like watching a very powerful scene from a movie or you're listening to your favorite song or something, you might get goosebumps.
Or maybe somebody says I love you for the first time and that makes you feel this very powerful wave of emotion.
In that case, you might get goosebumps.
So I think these are the two reasons.
And yeah, I think maybe the second one is not as common as the first one, but they both happen.
What was the last time that something gave you goosebumps?
And careful with the collocation to give someone goosebumps.
I think...
I don't really remember.
It doesn't happen to me that often.
Like unless I'm cold, in that case, I will have goosebumps.
But other than that, I think if I'm talking about like an emotion or something that I felt that gave me goosebumps, it must be when I was listening to one of my favorite songs.
It does happen to me from time to time.
If I'm like, if I have no distractions, I'm just listening to one of my favorite songs and I'm like really focusing on the lyrics.
Sometimes the song will give me goosebumps.
I will just have that like, you know, I would just feel it.
It does happen to me from time to time.
Not that often, but it does happen.
Expression number two, tear up.
Are you tearing up?
If you tear up, do you have tears in your eyes or on your cheeks?
So if you're tearing up, that means that you start having tears in your eyes.
So tears are forming in your eyes.
You're not fully crying, but you're starting to.
You might be able to stop yourself.
You're at that point where you might still be able to stop it if you want to.
But you're definitely fighting that emotion.
You're fighting that need to cry in that moment.
And why would you tear up?
Well, it can be from sadness, it can be from even joy, or if something makes you feel any type of way, really you might tear up.
So what made you tear up recently?
Okay, little disclaimer this is gonna be super cheesy, so if you're not a romantic person, I am sorry.
For those of you who are, you're welcome.
So you know that my boyfriend and I have been together for four years now.
And, you know, especially when you're living together, you do tend to see each other a lot.
You tell each other, I love you a lot.
These are the normal things.
And I think there's a tendency to start taking some things for granted.
But the I think a couple of weeks ago, he left to go to Norway on a work trip.
And after he got off the plane he sent me this like very long, very sweet text message.
That was like listing all the things that he likes about me and the reasons why he likes living with me.
And I don't know, it just like, it was totally out of the blue.
I was not expecting it.
And it made me tear up.
I was alone sitting on the couch and I don't know.
I just I thought it was really sweet and, And like I said, totally unexpected.
So I definitely teared up.
I didn't full on cried, but it was it was pretty powerful.
Expression number three, teary eyed.
I'm probably just a little teary eyed.
If you're teary eyed, are your eyes wet or not yet?
Yes, if you're teary-eyed, that means that your eyes are starting to look wet.
So you're starting kind of like you know, when you're tearing up, although tearing up is a verb and teary-eyed is an adjective.
So when you're teary-eyed, that means that you that tears are forming in your eyes and that you're about to cry.
Not necessarily that you will cry, but Maybe it's just the moment and you know the happiness or the joy or the sadness that's causing this reaction is going to go away.
But as of right now, yes, your eyes are definitely wet because you have tears in them.
What was a time when you were teary eyed and why?
OK, this is going to be embarrassing, but I am a hopeless romantic.
I think you know this by now.
And recently I've been binge watching the show 90 Day Fiance.
And it's about these people that come from other countries and they go to the States to meet up with what they think is the love of their life.
And, you know, a lot of times they meet at the airport and they're both super excited.
Maybe they haven't seen each other in months or maybe they have never even seen each other.
And I don't know, I just love that part.
And then there's also the part when they get married.
Sometimes they do get married, sometimes not.
And I don't.
I know, I know some of these relationships, by the way, are so unhealthy and, like these, people should not get married, but sometimes they do.
And I can't help it.
I get teary eyed whenever I see a wedding.
I shouldn't say whenever I see a wedding, but when I sense that the feeling is genuine.
I do get teary-eyed when watching those scenes.
What can I tell you?
I can't help it.
Expression number four, moving.
What you said about that poor girl and what you did for her, you know, that it was really moving.
If something is moving, does it affect you or not?
Yes.
If something is moving, and I'm not talking about the verb, I'm talking about the adjective.
If a situation, a phrase, a quote, a song, a poem is moving, that means that it affects you.
It can cause some sort of reaction within you.
And if something is moving, what type of feeling will it make you feel?
A strong emotion or a mild one?
No, it's going to be a strong emotion.
If something is moving, it stirs you up inside.
It does something within you and that can only be caused by a strong emotion.
What are you likely to feel if something is moving?
Sadness and sympathy or happiness and excitement?
Well, really anything can be moving.
It can be a good story.
It can be a sad story.
But usually when something is moving, that means that it inspires you.
There's something that really touches you deeply.
A lot of times it has to do with sadness.
So maybe a sad story that turned out well.
Or when...
You feel sympathy for the people involved as well.
So maybe somebody rescued someone or an animal.
They saved someone's life or an animal's life.
And then you feel like, wow, what a story.
It was really moving.
And a lot of times if something is moving, it might make you tear up.
Not necessarily.
But yeah, it just causes you to feel a very strong emotion, right?
Can you think of any speeches you found moving?
Okay, this is going to be really weird.
But when I thought about how to answer this question immediately, the first thing that I thought of was the speech from the movie Braveheart.
And if you haven't watched that movie, it's pretty old, but so, so good.
I used to watch it when I was little.
And there's this part within the movie.
There's a speech that the main character gives to, And they're about to go to war.
They're about to start a battle.
I don't want to spoil anything for you guys, but I don't know.
And I don't relate to that at all, because what do I know about starting a battle or starting a fight?
These are just a bunch of warriors with their faces painted and all of that.
But there's just something about the way that the actor delivers the speech and something about the words and the whole.
I don't know.
I guess the director was also very smart when it came to like shooting the scene.
But I've always found it very moving, even to this day.
And, if you want you know what I'm going to do, something that I don't often do, but I'm going to post the link to the speech in the description.
Expression number five, feel all the feels.
I'm just feeling all the feels right now.
I think this is an expression that has only recently become very popular.
I'm hearing it a lot these days.
So if someone is feeling all the feels, does that mean they're experiencing one strong emotion or a wide range of emotions?
If you're feeling all the feels, that means that you're experiencing a wide range of emotions.
So you go from feeling like sad and maybe like something that is sad to you makes you feel happy.
It just.
What it really means is, like a funny expression, to say that you're in that moment, you're feeling very sensitive.
You're feeling very emotional.
And so anything that happens can cause a reaction within you.
So maybe if you're feeling all the feels and they show you like the um uh cat that was abandoned or something, then you're much more likely to start crying, as opposed if they showed it to you, you know, at any other time.
So yeah, it just means, if you're feeling all the feels, it just means that you're feeling very sensitive and anything will cause you to feel a very strong emotion.
When are you more likely to feel all the feels?
I am a very sensitive person.
I don't know.
Everything that happens affects me very deeply.
That's both a good thing and a bad thing, I think.
But I think a lot of times at night is when I think okay, I realize I am feeling all the feels in that moment.
Whether, I don't know, maybe it's because I'm tired.
Maybe there's just something about not there being the sunlight, but I definitely feel all the feels and anything that happens to me.
If I have a fight with my boyfriend or if I'm watching like a sad movie or something, I'm much more likely to have a big reaction, to start crying or something like that, because I'm feeling all the feels, because I'm much more sensitive, if you will.
And that is it for today.
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