Easy english expression rehashed.
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Coach Shane here.
E-Cube number 353.
Our community, school.com slash LME, S-K-O-O-L dot com slash LME, is only a year old.
Yeah, I've been with my students for over 10 years.
We've been together for almost 15 years.
But our new community is a baby.
And I want you to join it.
It's so much fun.
It's amazing.
It is today's expression.
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Let's go back in time.
Today's expression is to be in its infancy.
So something is in its infancy.
In its infancy.
Infancy.
I-N-F-A-N-C-Y.
Infancy.
That means the period of time when you were a baby.
So I was born in Texas in the United States and I lived there for three months and then I moved.
Well, my mom obviously moved to Wisconsin and I grew up in Wisconsin.
So I spent part of my infancy in Texas and then the rest of my infancy with mom and dad in Wisconsin.
So did you grow up in the same town, in the same state, in the same country?
Did you spend your infancy in the same place?
Where?
Think about it.
Where did you spend your infancy?
If it's the same town, maybe you can think about the neighborhood or the city.
Yeah.
But this expression, we don't usually think about babies.
We think about businesses or science projects, something like that.
So I have a plan to be the Internet's most famous English teacher.
But my plan is in its infancy.
It's just a baby plan.
It's not really doing anything.
It's still growing.
The plan is still growing.
This is a great expression.
Check out the dialogue.
How's your new company going?
Nicely.
We're still in our infancy.
Have you broke even?
Eh, not yet.
Maybe in six months.
Yes, especially when talking about companies.
My company is still in its infancy.
It's still a baby.
It's still growing.
It still has a lot to learn.
They haven't even broke even.
Oh, we studied that expression yesterday to break even.
Maybe in six months.
So right now, as all of you know, I have I'm teaching online.
So it's a business.
And believe me, my online business is still in its infancy.
But who knows?
I'm hoping.
Let's see.
This is 2000.
Is it 2015 already?
My goodness.
So maybe by 2017.
Maybe 2018.
Two, three years later.
Hopefully then my company will be solid, strong, and doing well.
I hope.
How is your English?
Well...
If you ask me, if you are listening to this podcast, your English is no longer in its infancy.
It's growing quickly.
It's doing very well.
It's successful.
Congratulations.
But are you studying something else?
Maybe a different language?
Something like that?
Me.
I'm studying a new software video editing software and uh, it's still in its infancy.
I'm still really basic.
There's so much to learn.
It's not easy.
It is not easy, that's for sure, to be in its infancy, to be just a baby still growing.
This is a great expression for a plan, for a company, for an idea.
How can you use this expression?
Check out the dialogue two more times.
Have you broke even?
Eh, not yet.
Maybe in six months.
Have you broke even?
Eh, not yet.
Maybe in six months.
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