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hi i'm vanessa from speak english with

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vanessa calm

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let's talk together today you're gonna

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have a chance to speak with me kind of a

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couple weeks ago i had some friends over

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to my house to carve pumpkins for

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Halloween and i hadn't seen those

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friends in a couple weeks so we caught

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up this phrasal verb caught up or catch

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up means to talk about things that

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happened since the last time that you

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saw those other people today i want to

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pretend that you and i are catching up

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if you want to have a friend who is an

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english speaker this is a necessary

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skill first i'm gonna ask you some

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questions and i want you to speak out

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loud in the blank then after that quick

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conversation is finished we're gonna go

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back and look at some possible responses

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so that if you didn't know what to say

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now you have some ideas let's get

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started imagine that you knock on my

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front door and I open it and say hey

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thanks for coming this is the blank I

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want you to respond in that blank I'm

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gonna be saying a couple other sentences

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so I want you to try to respond in

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whatever way you feel is best just for a

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couple seconds all right let's start one

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more time hey thanks for coming in it

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how's your day been going let me take

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your coat can I get you something to

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drink

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we have water you know crisp excellent

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straight from the top we have some

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pumpkin beer and some mulled wine that I

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made for the party alrighty here you go

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how was your day at work today oh me oh

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just making some new videos for YouTube

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and trying to stay warm I know and it's

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only November I'm so glad that we don't

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live in Canada

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okay how did you do I know there are a

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lot of different ways to answer that

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conversation so what I want to do is

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show you a quick sample with my husband

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Dan for some ideas about how you could

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have responded in that conversation and

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then we'll go back to the original

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conversation so that you can have a

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chance again to fill in the blank and

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try to respond and speak with me okay

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thanks for coming no problem of course

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how's your day been going pretty good

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let me take your coat can I get you

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something to drink what do you have

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we have water fresh crisp but you know

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if right from the tap we have a pumpkin

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beer and some mulled wine that I made

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just for the party mmm I'll have some

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pumpkin beer that sounds good all right

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here you go

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how was your day at work today Oh kind

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of busy not too bad

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what have you been up to lately Oh me oh

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you know just making some new videos for

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YouTube and trying to stay warm yeah

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it's been really cold I know and it's

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only November I'm so glad we don't live

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in Canada for sure I heard they got snow

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a month ago I hope at that sample

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conversation with Dan was useful to you

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now I want to give you a second chance

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so let's imagine again that you're

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knocking on my front door you have your

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pumpkin you have your carving tools

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you're ready to go to my pumpkin carving

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party for Halloween and I open the door

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let's try this one more time hey thanks

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for coming in it how's your day been

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going let me take your coat can I get

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you something to drink

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we have water you know crisp excellent

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straight from the tap we have some

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pumpkin beer and some mulled wine that I

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made for the party already here you go

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how was your day at work today oh me oh

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just making some new videos for YouTube

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and trying to stay warm I know and it's

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only November I'm so glad that we don't

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live in Canada

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how did you do that second time you used

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greetings you got a drink you chatted

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about the weather

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congratulations these are all key

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elements to just having a natural

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conversation catching up with a friend

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if you enjoyed this type of organized

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speaking conversation practice we do

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something like this every month in the

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fearless fluency Club I made a sample of

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this type of lesson for YouTube so you

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can check out the free sample up here I

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hope that you'll be able to practice

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speaking and then feel confident when it

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comes time to have a real conversation

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and now I have a question for you if you

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came over to my house for this Halloween

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pumpkin carving party

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what would you drink water pumpkin beer

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or mulled wine that I made myself let me

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know in the comments below and thank you

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so much for learning English with me

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I'll see you again next Friday for a new

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lesson here on my youtube channel bye

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the next step is to download my free

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English speaker you'll learn what you

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thanks so much

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bye