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Yeah, sorry. current time on August 2nd 2017 705 in the morning north of Chicago humidity 67 percent temperature 52 degrees Fahrenheit 11 degrees Celsius it's gonna be a nice day it's gonna be a nice nice day outside today on my schedule This is a week in review.
So my schedule is not too bad.
I will be doing EVC EVC is everyone's vocab challenge, it's a vocabulary challenge that my DDM VIP students have also in my yard from the storm which was 11 days ago there is still a tree that that blew over in the yard and the landlord has not cleaned up the tree so today I will be trying to clean up the tree get a saw and cut away lots of work to do outside and then this evening at 6 p .m.
Chicago time 4 p .m.
LA time I will have a week in review class where all of my students from all around the world if they're Wake.
If they have time, they can join me and ask questions about anything.
So that's my date today.
It doesn't sound too bad, right?
Okay, anyway, today's expression is really nice.
Listen carefully. A big plus.
A big plus, ah! The letter A, ah, big, b -i -g -p -l -u -s plus, a big plus.
You know plus like one plus one equals two two plus three equals five plus okay that symbol it's like a tee but not a tee you know it's like an X but on its side something like that right okay so a big plus so the way we use this expression is like this whoo that's Big plus Coach Shane used to drink his coffee from Starbucks Which was about six dollars for every coffee including tax Now coach Shane makes his coffee at home that's a big plus because I can save a lot of money and I still make the same kind of coffee.
So Drinking coffee at Starbucks is convenient.
It's nice. It tastes good, but it's expensive.
I'm not sure of the ingredients.
Starbucks is far, far away from my house.
Now I make my coffee at home and that's a big plus.
A big plus. Actually there are several pluses.
There are several benefits.
Well, number one, I make the coffee, so I know about the beans.
I know about the milk, and I actually make the sugar, the caramel.
So I know how I made the caramel.
That's it. So it's very healthy.
I mean, since I make it, I know what is in there.
I know how much milk, how much sugar, how much caffeine, so that's a big plus.
Also, I can have coffee whenever I want.
So right now, I've got a huge coffee in front of me.
That's a big plus. And another big plus is it's cheaper.
So I can actually buy really good coffee beans and make my own coffee and still it's cheaper than going to Starbucks every day and getting a coffee there.
Every day at a Starbucks, I'm not joking every day, seven days a week, that's $42 a week, which is $160 a month.
And then sometimes I get two coffees a day.
So that's about $200 a month on coffee.
Isn't that crazy? $200 a month, American money, I know.
$200 a month on coffee.
And now, because I make my coffee at home, I guarantee my cost is less than half, at least at the most $100.
And it's not even $100.
I'll bet my coffee cost is maybe $60.
I'm guessing $60 a month at this point.
and yeah, and I can have as much as I want.
So, there are many pluses to making coffee at home.
A big plus is I save money.
Check out the dialogue.
What's the advantage of living in Switzerland?
Well, the flag is a big plus.
No, seriously! The cheese?
Ahh! The food is great!
But the low taxes! That's the best!
Uh huh, so one guy there wants to know what are the advantages?
Are there any benefits to living in Switzerland?
And the guy says, well, the flag is a big plus.
Yeah, have you seen the Switzerland flag?
The flag of Switzerland?
Have you seen it? It's all red and there's a white plus so the flag is a big plus!
Yeah, that's just a joke.
But what are the benefits?
The benefits? Well, the food is delicious, Swiss food, the way they cook their foods, the fondue, The chocolate fondue, the cheese fondue.
Oh, it's lovely, but there are more delicious foods.
Not only the fondue.
The cheese obviously is great, but the low taxes.
Yeah. In Switzerland, they have low taxes.
Also in Switzerland if you want, you can own guns.
Yeah. I like that too.
That's the Switzerland.
That sounds OK. the problem is to immigrate to Switzerland is almost impossible.
Very, very difficult.
I know some people have.
I have students who have actually immigrated to Switzerland.
One from China, one from Russia.
Yeah, so they're very lucky, and it's a beautiful country.
Anyway, every country can be beautiful.
There are beautiful places in every country and And there are pluses to living in every country.
So, I want you guys to use an example.
Something something something is a big plus when living in my country.
Because I live in Chicago, there are many many many many many many many many pizza restaurants.
That is a big plus.
That's a pretty good example.
I want you guys to make your own examples.
That is it everybody.
Oh you know I forgot.
I have another thing happening today, I cannot forget.
My, I have the week in review class.
Which is, I screwed up the time.
The week in review class is at 11, 11 a .m.
LA time. One o 'clock, one p .m.
Chicago time. And also after that at three p .m., I have LME Live.
3 p .m. Chicago LME live where we talk about a news story.
It's gonna be great.
It's on Facebook and Twitter Facebook and Twitter so I want you guys to join me if you can.
Did I say Twitter Facebook and youtube?
But you can follow me on Twitter and get the links www .twitter .com slash coachshane C O A C H S H A N E.
That's it guys! I hope to see you this afternoon and together, lets master English!
What's the advantage of living in Switzerland?
Uh, well... the flag is a big plus.
Ah! No, seriously! The cheese?
Ah! The food is great!
But the low taxes, that's the best.
What's the advantage of living in Switzerland?
Well, the flag is a big plus...
No, seriously, the cheese?
The food is great. But the low taxes, that's the best.
