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Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.
Thank you so much for listening and downloading to today's podcast. Today's expression is a verb.
To home. H -O -N -E. What does it mean to home?
To hone means to improve, to perfect, to make something better.
This is the idea. So what do we hone?
We hone our skills.
That's the idea. So what are you guys doing right now by listening to this podcast. You are honing your listening skills.
Now, if you repeat after me, then you are honing your pronunciation skills.
If you try to mimic the way I am speaking, you are honing your intonation, hallucination skills and maybe even your pronunciation skills Which is a good thing.
It's possible to do all of that with this podcast to hone and We almost always say to hone a certain skill.
Let's check out a dialogue How will you start your speech well, um, okay Yo, what's up ladies and gentlemen?
Yo, what's up? Ah, I think you need to hone your communication skills.
Oh, how about... And check this out, ladies and gentlemen!
C'mon! This is your grandmother's seventieth birthday party speech. Not a rap concert.
Yes. Yes. If you are at a rap concert, yo what's up ladies and gentlemen.
Check it out ladies and gentlemen that is possible.
But at your grandmother's 70th birthday party?
No. That's not a good way to start the speech. This guy needs to work on his communication skills.
He needs to improve his communication skills.
He needs to hone his communication skills So what about you?
Yes, I know English.
You are honing you are honing your English skills But what about something else?
Is there something else some other skill that you are trying to?
me I'm trying to hone my business skills.
I'll be honest you guys, when it comes to business, I'm terrible.
I'm okay at making classes and producing lessons, but marketing and advertising and, ah, I'm just horrible, I'm horrible.
I'm also working at honing my editing skills.
My audio editing is not too bad, but my video editing it's boring I know I mean it works, but it's just boring so I have many Skills that I need to hone so once again Tell me the skills you need to hone leave me a message on Twitter my handle is coach Shane or on Facebook it's ESL coach Shane and once again on Google Plus, it is Let's Master English.
That's our community.
Let's listen to the dialog two more times.
How will you start your speech?
Well, I'm... okay. Yo, what's up ladies and gentlemen?
Yo, what's up? I think you need to hone your communication skills.
Oh, how about... Check this out ladies and gentlemen!
Aah man! This is your grandmother's 70th birthday party speech, not a rap concert.
How will you start your speech?
Well, um, okay. Yo!
What's up, ladies and gentlemen?
Yo? What's up? I think you need to hone your communication skills.
Oh, how about... Check this out ladies and gentlemen.
Come on. This is your grandmother's 70th birthday party speech not a rap concert Wow, can you believe this is lesson 60 already?
Oh that's really cool I'm really happy.
So how was it? Have you listened to all 60?
lessons all 60 podcasts podcasts.
Remember, these podcasts will be on iTunes and wherever they'll be there forever.
So if you listen, you can delete it.
And later on if you want, you can download it again, they're not going to disappear.
So keep that in mind.
And if you miss a day or if you miss two days, don't worry about it.
But it's really important to develop the habit of at least listening to this podcast at least once a day.
And if you have a partner who you can practice the dialogue with, that will help you even more, so much more.
So use these podcasts as your personal short, short lesson every day.
You guys have a fantastic day, and I'll see you tomorrow.
Oh, and don't forget, together, let's master English!
