Improve your Listening Skills with Exercises - Basic Practice English Conversation - en

foreign I'm Jessica and welcome to learning

English with Jessica in this video we're going to listen and

practice our English through many different conversations

you can play it again repeatedly while engaging in other activities to help

your brain memorize the language be patient and you will swiftly improve

your speaking and listening skills now let's jump right into the video

hi guys are you ready to improve your listening skills

I have many fill in the blank exercises for you to practice in today's lesson

also there will be a lot of new words today

pay attention to these conversations yes let's go

conversation one in the kitchen [Music]

hi honey I'm home welcome home honey how are you feeling

today oh it's been a long day for me

my co-worker and I didn't see eye tie in the summer project

that sucks tell me more honey Jake made up his mind about using the

boat however I'm in favor of the train

well did you all figure out the way [Music]

of course honey we decided to vote for the better ideas

what a relief what are you cooking it smells so tasty

to me I'm making roasted fish and cream of

onion soup wow do you need me to give you a hand

leave the cooking to me honey we all know that cooking is not your

strong suit cooking is not a competition not a

so what is it then it's a piece of cake

oh no my cake my pineapple cake it's burning up switch off the oven

OMG my fish wow sorry your cake I tried my best

it's not your fault honey at least we still have the fish and

onion soup for dinner well I overdid the fish and the soup is

cold in that case let's eat out and get pizza

honey let's go

[Music] well did you get all the quizzes right

now we will have some time to learn more about new phrases in the previous

conversation yeah c eye to eye seeing eye to eye with

somebody on something means agreeing completely on something

made up his mind to make up one's mind is to make a decision to decide

something in favor of when someone is in favor of

something or someone they support or approve

figure out when you can figure out a problem you can solve it or discover the

answer strong suit

the meaning of strong suit is something in which one person is good at

if learning English is your strong suit you are doing excellent in learning

switch off switch off means to stop or turn off something for example a stove

or a light what a relief this phrase describes the

feeling of cheerfulness that follows the removal of anxiety

give her a hand to give somebody a hand means to help assist someone to do

something eat out to eat in a restaurant

overdid to overdo something is to do use or carry to access

conversation too in the bus hey Millies how are you doing

I'm good Thomas thanks for asking how about you

I'm doing pretty well I'm just glad to be on this bus heading

out of town for a bit yeah me too

it's nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city

[Music] agreed

I'm looking forward to just kicking back for a few days

we should take advantage of our time definitely

we can take in all the local attractions sounds like a plan

we won't miss out on anything important sure kids you are talking too loud

sorry we will mind our voices Millie's we should try some of the local

Cuisines such as croissants and hot chocolate

that's a great idea I'm always up for trying new things

especially food same here

we should explore all the hidden gems absolutely

we are so ready to go the extra mile aren't we

true true this will be a long but wonderful Journey

get off the bus kids this is the final stop

but we've just got on the bus now let's review all of the keywords and

phrases and conversation too the hustle and bustle the hustle and

bustle is a lot of activity and work usually in noisy surroundings

miss out on to miss out on something is to lose a chance for or fail to achieve

something for example I don't want to miss out on

any English lessons go the extra mile

going the extra mile means doing more than one is required to

take advantage of when you take advantage of something you make good use

of it take in to take something in means to

include use or have something hidden gems a Hidden Gem is a secret

spot a secret place get off to leave a place

to be up for something means to be ready to try it

to head out of somewhere is to leave somewhere begin a journey

conversation 3 in the supermarket [Music]

alright let's start getting what we need I'm going to grab some milk and bread

anyone want to help I'll come with you

we can buy some eggs too our family kills two birds with one

stone can I go check out the snack aisle

I want to eat some chips sure but don't take too long son we

can't be here all day can we also get some fruits and veggies

I want to eat healthier good idea let's head over to the produce

section wait mom can we also get some soda I'm

dying of thirst no way

we're not buying any junk food today we're trying to eat better as a family

speaking of which we should also grab some chicken and veggies for dinner

tonight I'm thinking of making a stir fry

yum sounds great mommy some soy sauce and ginger will spice it

up honey definitely and let's not forget the rice

too all right let's split up and meet back

here in 10 minutes wait before we go can we grab some ice

cream for dessert tonight all right but only if you promise to eat

your veggies first deal

deal [Music]

kills two birds with one stone to kill two birds with one stone is to

achieve two things by doing a single action

spice it up to spice something up means adding flavor to that thing

check out the meaning of check out is to find out the truth to see something

split up the meaning of to split up is breaking apart dividing

deal when you say deal that means you have accepted an agreement or

arrangement headed over in common usage head to or

head over to means go to somewhere I'm dying of thirst dying of thirst is

an expression to show that you are very thirsty

speaking of which is used to introduce extra information to an existing

conversation or a new idea to the last topic that someone has discussed

which story did you like the most comment in the section below that's the

end of our lesson today remember to spice things up with our

English lessons every day until next time

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