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Hello everybody welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, check out the website www .letsmasterenglish .com, today's expression is a word, it's such a good word, mental M -e -n -t -a -l And this is how we use this word. This word has many usages, but today, we're going to learn this.
To achieve something, to be successful at something, to be a winner, you need to have the proper thinking.
thinking. If your thinking is positive, the chances that you will be successful are much higher.
Sometimes we get lucky, you know, sometimes we get lucky, we weren't thinking, we were not positive, we were negative, but somehow we're successful.
But I'll tell ya, people who are successful a lot, people who achieve many things, yes of course it's because of their ability, because of their skill, in some cases they might be gifted, but a lot of it is mental.
It's how they think.
Thinking is so important, even in physical things thinking is very important.
It's not the most important thing however some people think it is, what do you think?
Do you think your mental state, do you think your mental attitude, do you think being very concentrated in your thing, Being very positive in your sport in your studies.
Do you think that's important?
Let's check out the dialogue and see how we use this word Where are you going?
I'm gonna go play golf Golf is so mental.
Oh, no, it's not but it is a very mental game.
Ooh I gave you another definition of mental Sometimes, we say something is mental.
You know, politics is mental.
Football is mental.
Sports is mental. In that situation, it means stupid.
Politics is stupid.
Sports is stupid. So in this conversation, golf is so mental.
Golf is so stupid. Many people think golf, G -O -L -F, the sport.
Many people think it's a stupid game.
But this guy says, no it's not.
No, it's not mental, it's not stupid.
And then he says, but it is, but it is, golf is a very mental game.
In this case, he's changing the meaning of mental and he's making it into that thoughtful.
Golf is a game that requires physical strength, but it also requires mental concentration.
it requires your mind it requires positive thinking it requires visualization it requires concentration it requires your mind to be very focused.
Now let me tell you many of you or all of you are studying English and many of you have a problem with pronunciation.
So pronunciation the problem is your tongue or maybe your teeth but believe me, a big problem in pronunciation is mental.
It's your mind. You need to train your mind in order to improve, in order to perfect your English.
You can do it. Pronunciation is physical, but it's also mental.
Can you think of other things that are mental?
Not stupid, but that require your mind, your concentration, your focus, your visualization, your positive thinking.
Leave me some examples.
Let's check that dialogue out two more times and together let's master English.
where are you going I'm gonna go play Gulf Gulf is so mental no it's not but it is a very mental game where are you going I'm gonna go play golf Gulf is so mental.
Oh no, it's not. But it is a very mental game.