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Today, we will look at some English words that are very difficult to pronounce.
And with a point-of-view lesson, you will improve your English grammar without memorizing any boring rules.
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Cavalry and Calvary.
People often confuse cavalry, armed forces on horseback, with calvary, an experience of extreme suffering, especially mental suffering.
We call metathesis the change of one or more sounds within a word.
And yes, metathesis is also a hard word to pronounce.
Anyway, let's practice the two words a little bit.
Listen and repeat after me.
Cavalry Cavalry Cavalry Calvary Calvary, Calvary.
Number 2 Comfortable or Comfortable, and Vegetable or Vegetable.
These two words are the most difficult for my students to pronounce.
Most Spanish speakers pronounce comfortable and vegetable as comfortable or vegetable.
And I guess it's because both words end in table.
So let's practice the two words a little bit.
Listen and repeat. comfortable comfortable comfortable comfortable comfortable vegetable vegetable vegetable vegetable vegetable Number 3.
Another word that my students find difficult to pronounce is deteriorate.
Let's practice it for a bit.
Listen and repeat after me.
Number four, explicit.
Don't worry.
Almost everyone sounds a little funny when they pronounce the word explicit.
Let's practice it.
Explicit.
Explicit.
Explicit.
Number five, exponentially or exponentially.
Yes, I understand you perfectly.
Sometimes exponentially gets exponentially harder to say the more you try to say it.
Let's practice this word.
Listen and repeat after me. exponentially or exponentially That's all for today.
I hope you had a good time practicing these complex words.
Next week, we will practice more of these difficult words in English.
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Okay, now it's time for you to learn grammar in context with a point-of-view story.
I'll tell you a short story more than one time.
Every time, I'll change a grammar point.
I can change the tense or the person.
This way, you'll notice the changes in context.
Okay, let's start.
Let's listen to the story in the present tense in the first person.
Hi, I'm Tom, and I'm reflecting on my life in my office.
I am delighted.
I have a comfortable life.
You could even say I am living in a fairy tale.
I have a high salary, few responsibilities, and it seems like nothing wrong ever happens to me.
When I talk to customers, I explain irrelevant details and sometimes even get too explicit.
However, their relationship with customers never seems to deteriorate.
It improves exponentially, and my colleagues are very envious of me.
Besides, I always give everyone advice on how to live, but I never act on any of it.
I think to myself, Rules for thee, but not for me.
While I'm pondering on this, a strange noise sounds.
Oh no, it's the alarm clock.
It was all a dream.
It turns out that I have a normal job, just like everyone else.
I am not living in a fairy tale, but my life seems more like a calvary.
Let's listen to the same story in the past tense, in the third person singular.
Tom was in his office reflecting on his life.
He was delighted.
He lived a comfortable life.
You could even say he was living in a fairy tale.
He had a high salary, few responsibilities, and it seemed like nothing wrong ever happened to him.
When he talked to customers, he explained irrelevant details and sometimes even got too explicit.
However, their relationship with customers never deteriorated.
It improved exponentially, and his colleagues were very envious of Tom.
Besides, he always gave everyone advice on how to live, but he never acted on any of it.
He thought to himself, rules for thee, but not for me.
While he was pondering all this, a strange noise sounded.
Oh no, it's the alarm clock.
It was all a dream.
It turned out that Tom had a normal job, just like everyone else.
He was not living in a fairy tale, but his life seemed more like a calvary.
Okay, let's listen to the same story in the third person plural.
Tom and Alice were in their office, reflecting on their lives.
They were delighted.
They both lived a comfortable life.
You could even say they were living in a fairy tale.
They had a high salary, few responsibilities and it seemed like nothing wrong ever happened to them.
When they talked to customers, they explained irrelevant details and sometimes even got too explicit.
However, their relationship with customers never deteriorated.
It improved exponentially, and their colleagues were very envious of Tom and Alice.
Besides, they always gave everyone advice on how to live, but they never acted on any of it.
They thought to themselves, rules for thee, but not for me.
While they were pondering all this, a strange noise sounded.
Oh no, it's the alarm clock.
It was all a dream.
It turned out that both Tom and Alice had a normal job, just like everyone else.
They were not living in a fairy tale, but their lives seemed more like a calvary.
Okay, it's the end of this short lesson.
As you can see, just by changing the point of view of the story, you can learn grammar in context.
It is one of the techniques that I use in my premium courses.
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Remember to listen to it several times.
It will help you with your English.
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