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  • Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo.

  • I need a drink to take the edge off.

  • Hey, E, how you doing?

  • Seems E is ready to start drinking and wants me to join him.

  • Today's lesson is on drinking.

  • Not...

  • I mean, I did a video on drinking before.

  • Take a sip.

  • This is what happens when people drink too much, past the social stage.

  • Okay?

  • So let's go to the board and take a look.

  • And before I get started, this video is for Elle Williams (Chicklet).

  • She'll know why when I get to "paralytic", and the rest of you will learn a brand new

  • word you'll like a lot.

  • Anyway, so E's saying: "Cheers, mate", so he wants to invite me to a drink.

  • Before I get started on the lesson, I want to kind of do a public service announcement

  • (PSA): "Drinking can be a social activity, but too much is irresponsible.

  • Please drink responsibly."

  • Now I've done my PSA.

  • Okay?

  • So, I'm not advocating drinking too much, but this video is about drinking too much.

  • Let's just face it, what it is.

  • I mean, we're not going to be drinking Perrier, here.

  • Okay?

  • So, you like to drink, you like to party.

  • In some countries I know it's not legal, but if you're coming to a lot of Western countries,

  • you can drink and some people take that to the extreme.

  • And I'm going to go and go through the stages, actually, of drinking and where we start off

  • with.

  • Now, if you have a drink, it probably won't affect you.

  • In fact, for the average person, male or female, one drink every two hours will not really

  • affect your system; it will be in your system, but won't affect you - how you think, cognitively

  • how you think or you physically, your reflexes, depending on weight and everything else before

  • people say: "But James, if it's a small woman..."

  • Just generally speaking, okay?

  • Now, if you are going to go out drinking, I may suggest that you get a "designated driver".

  • In North America, that is a person who is not supposed to drink, so if five people are

  • going out, one of those people will not drink; they will have Coke or water all night and

  • drive the other ones home.

  • Okay?

  • So get one of those.

  • Because if you get stopped by the police or any law enforcement agent, if you have...

  • I believe it's 0.06 or 0.08 - I can't recall what it is...

  • It doesn't matter, but it's about a certain blood level, you will be considered under

  • the influence and you could be in trouble, serious trouble for drinking and driving.

  • Okay?

  • This also goes for marijuana, but in this case, drinking and driving, being under the

  • influence is illegal in most Western countries.

  • Okay?

  • So, now that we've got the business out of the way, let's partay, okay?

  • So, the first stage of drinking, you can see my cup is up.

  • I'm with E.

  • We're having a drink.

  • "Cheers, mate", smashing glasses - a great time.

  • And I want to have a drink.

  • I'm after work; I've had a very busy day, and I'm like: "Oh, man, I had a lot of reports

  • to do.

  • I just need a drink to take the edge off."

  • That means I want a drink, maybe two, but I'm not trying to get drunk.

  • I'm stressed out; I want to relax.

  • The edge - it's when you're...

  • Here's the edge: You're here, and you're about to fall off.

  • You're just there, you go: "I need to take off the edge.

  • I want to relax, so I can take some steps back and relax."

  • Okay?

  • So, hey, the first stage of drinking, you want to take the edge off - you need to relax

  • from a stressful day.

  • Now, "tipsy" is a little different.

  • Once you get a little tipsy, we like to say you're slightly drunk, a little bit.

  • Maybe you've had three drinks, and now you're kind of happy.

  • You know?

  • You just got that kind of walk on, like: "Hey, how ya doin'?

  • I'm pretty good myself."

  • You've got rid of the stress, and now you're happy-guy; like: "Yeah, I'm pretty good.

  • How you doin'?"

  • Next one is "buzzed".

  • You know "bee"?

  • "Buzzzz".

  • When you're buzzed, man, you're just kind of: "Yeah, I'm feeling good now."

  • You've gone past the one, two social to: "I'm just going to let my brain go off for a little

  • while", but you're not falling down drunk.

  • You're either...

  • You're more...

  • A little bit more than happy, you're kind of a little bit out of it, but not too much.

  • Once again, at any of these stages you shouldn't be driving.

  • Have a designated driver because you're now under the influence of alcohol, and that's

  • what that means: Under the influence of alcohol - you cannot think as clearly as you should.

  • Now let's go from the happy stage and kind of relaxed, and kind of move into stage B.

  • You will notice our glass is not quite level; we're kind of: "Uhh", because now you're drunk.

  • You're drunk.

  • If somebody says: "Hey, look at James.

  • He's wasted", it means he's pretty drunk.

  • We use the term "wasted" because it probably means not just today...

  • When you waste something, you don't use it properly.

  • Okay?

  • You misuse it or you use it too much.

  • Or think of garbage - it's waste; it's no longer any good.

  • When we say: "You're wasted", we're looking at you, and you're kind of like: "Uh, uh".

  • I go: "Tomorrow morning, he's no good to anybody.

  • That guy will not be able to get out of bed.

  • He's wasted."

  • We can see it now that tomorrow is going to be done.

  • Okay?

  • So that's when we say that's: "You're wasted."

  • Now: "You're hammered" - oo, boy.

  • "Wasted" I could see it, but "hammered" is another stage.

  • If you know what a hammer is, and that's what my little drawing is here, we use it to hit

  • nails.

  • When you're hammered, it's like when someone takes a hammer and hits you upside the head,

  • and you're like: "Oh, yeah."

  • And you see those guys walking like: "Hey, you're my buddy, you're my buddy."

  • You're like: "Get off of me, please.

  • Stop touching me, you cretin."

  • And they think they're being...

  • They're like: "Ah, I love you.

  • I love you, I love you."

  • They love everybody.

  • You're like: "That guy's hammered."

  • It's because we say this is because you are really drunk, you might even be unconscious.

  • When some people are hammered, you're like: "Ahhh", and they're unconscious.

  • They just...

  • It's just like: "One, two, three - you're out!"

  • That guy's hammered.

  • Next, similar to "hammered": "pissed".

  • Okay, I got to stop and give you a couple of things on the word "pissed" here, okay?

  • Number one, "piss", the "p-i-s-s" is for pee-pee; it's going number one; urinating; peeing.

  • You're peeing, you know?

  • "Oh, got to get this out, I'm so...

  • Ooh."

  • So, when we say: "You're pissed", you go: "Well, James, why would they say 'pissed'?"

  • It means you drank...

  • You've had so much to drink that you're probably going to pee your own pants; you'll have a

  • stain on your pants.

  • It's like: "Ew, he pissed himself.

  • He's pissed."

  • That's how drunk you are; you may wet your pants.

  • "Pissed" also means...

  • Another...

  • Another thing is very angry, so you have to look up context.

  • If I say: "I'm pissed at you" it means: "I'm very angry at you."

  • If you say somebody pissed their pants, they've got a wet spot at the front of their pants

  • and it's highly embarrassing if you're over the age of 3.

  • Okay?

  • And then if they're pissed, you're watching them drink, like: "That guy's pissed.

  • He's going to...

  • You know, he'll probably piss himself anytime now."

  • Okay?

  • My final one here is: "Drunk as a skunk".

  • You mean: "What's a 'skunk'?"

  • If you have watched the cartoons, there's PepLe Pew - it's an animal that has a

  • tail that has a bad smell.

  • If you come too close, the animal lets the smell go; it's horrible.

  • In North America, you can always tell when a skunk has been hit because the area for

  • like a mile smells bad, you're like: "Oh, it's sick."

  • When you're drunk as a skunk it's like you've drunken so much alcohol that you can smell

  • the alcohol off the person.

  • You're like: "Oo, that guy's drunk.

  • He's drunk as a skunk.

  • So drunk you can smell it coming off of them."

  • Okay?

  • You're going to yourself probably, like: "James, these seem horrible", but the glass is still

  • not over.

  • No, we're not finished because there's another stage you can go to.

  • Exhibit C: When the glass is completely fallen and everything is empty.

  • When you are "dead to the world".

  • Usually at this point of drinking, you're no longer standing; you're on the floor - dead.

  • You're not dead.

  • It looks like you're dead.

  • They can kick you: "Hey, hey.

  • Get up."

  • You're not moving.

  • Go: "Ugh.

  • Ugh."

  • That's how drunk you are.

  • Okay?

  • "Pass out" is another one, you can...

  • You see someone: "Blah."

  • You go: -"What happened to James?"

  • -"He passed out."

  • I drank so much I just fall asleep on the...

  • Right there.

  • He crawls out; I'll be on the floor.

  • You'll be like: -"What happened to him?"

  • -"He passed out."

  • So much alcohol is in his system, he fell asleep while standing up, and - boom.

  • Okay?

  • "Black out".

  • It's not dark.

  • You go: "It's 'black out'.

  • I got it."

  • No, no.

  • When you black out, you're actually walking around talking to people, but you have no

  • idea you're doing this.

  • In the morning people will say: -"You told me you were going to give me a ride to Jamaica

  • on your airplane."

  • -"What?

  • I don't remember that."

  • -"Yeah, yeah, yeah.

  • Then you were dancing the Flamingo and the Ferengi, and you were doing all sorts of things."

  • It's like: "Must have blacked out.

  • I don't recall."

  • Literally your memory is gone.

  • You were there, but you're not.

  • Please do not...

  • Once again, drink responsibly.

  • Okay?

  • This is irresponsible to your body.

  • And final, this is my favourite one, this is for Elle Williams: "You're paralytic.

  • You're paralytic" Now, even Americans are now going or anyone who's English, goes: "He

  • just made that word up."

  • I didn't.

  • You're not from England.

  • This is a special one.

  • When you're paralytic, it's like you're paralyzed.

  • You are so drunk: "I can't move.

  • I drank too much.

  • I'm stuck like this forever."

  • Okay?

  • That's if you're paralytic.

  • You don't want to get that stage, but some people do.

  • Scottish people.

  • I mean some people do - they get paralytic.

  • They drink so much they cannot move.

  • Similar to being "dead to the world", okay?

  • And that's why that face is there.

  • So, we've gone through stages A, B, and C, and then I put a sun here for the next day.

  • What is this for?

  • This is the result of drinking too much.

  • If you drink too much, the next day you will be "hung over".

  • Remember I talked about "wasted"?

  • Where's my "wasted" one?

  • Usually no good.

  • You will have a headache, probably stomach problems, maybe even diarrhea, and you will

  • wish you were dead.

  • You will wish you were dead to the world.

  • You're like: "Oh, what did I do?

  • Why do I do that every weekend?

  • Oh!"

  • Hung over.

  • You would wish somebody: "Just kill me, please.

  • Kill me."

  • Now, I've mentioned all these stages and the stage D, and I've got a red box here.

  • This is when I'm a bit serious.

  • If people say: "You drink like a fish", they are probably saying not for that evening,

  • because all of this can happen in one evening, and maybe you do it once every three years.

  • I did it in Cuba once.

  • Oh, did I do it in Cuba once.

  • I wasn't paralytic, but I wished I was dead.

  • I tell you.

  • But I wasn't an "alcoholic".

  • In fact, I stopped drinking for ten years after that.

  • I was just like: Oh... she'll attest to that.

  • Now, when you drink like a fish it means you drink all the time.

  • Fish are in water; that's all they do.

  • They drink.

  • Always surrounded.

  • It means you're always drinking.

  • If someone starts saying you drink like a fish or you're an alcoholic, you might want

  • to seek some help.

  • I mean, I made fun here and it is funny, and you want to learn these things because in

  • your...

  • If you're in a social setting, people will say these things and you should know when

  • a guy goes: "Hey, that dude's wasted."

  • Instead of going: "What do you mean, 'waste'?

  • Is he not spending his money correctly?"

  • That's incorrect.

  • He's saying he's drunk, right?

  • And if you say: "Hey, I'm going to pass out if I have another drink."

  • It's like: "Hey, okay, don't have one.

  • I'll take you home.

  • We've got a designated driver."

  • It's good to be able to use all of this vocabulary and have fun in a new culture, new environment.

  • But do be careful.

  • If people start mentioning: "I think you're an alcoholic" or "You drink like a fish",

  • they're making a statement that your drinking is taking on a...

  • Is becoming a problem.

  • Anyway.

  • I don't want to waste any more of your time.

  • See?

  • I didn't say "wasted", because it's not wasted time.

  • We have to go into...

  • Do our quiz, and I got a little bonus section for you, you might find interesting.

  • You ready?

  • Let's go.

  • [Snaps].

  • Okay, we're back.

  • Listen, I mentioned: "Hung over", all right?

  • You are hung over, but when you want to say the noun, when you have something, we have

  • to say: "A hangover".

  • Right?

  • This is the noun.

  • So, you can be "hung over" - descriptive, but a "hangover" is what you have personally,

  • like you have a headache.

  • Right?

  • So, we're going to go to the board and take a look at this story, and you're going to

  • help me figure out how we can make this true story a better story.

  • So:

  • "Mr. E and I went to a party last week.

  • Mr. E didn't want to drink and drive, so I was the person who didn't drink, and drove

  • instead.

  • Mr. E is a worm who loves to drink.

  • He love..."

  • Sorry.

  • "He says it relaxes his after stressful work.

  • Last week he got so drunk he couldn't move.

  • He fell asleep on the toilet.

  • He had a headache and felt bad for three days!"

  • That's actually not bad, but it's a little boring, and we can put a little umph in there,

  • and use some of the new vocabulary and phrases that we've learned to punch it up; make it

  • interesting.

  • But first we have to identify what we have to change.

  • Okay?

  • So, let's go to the board and take a look.

  • The first thing is: "Mr. E and I went to a party last week."

  • Nothing to change.

  • "Mr. E didn't want to drink and drive" - I'm going to say we should look here.

  • Okay?

  • So we'll just...

  • Yeah, we'll go here.

  • "...so I was the person who didn't drink, and drove instead."

  • Okay?

  • So, I'm going to say we're going to look at that again, and we're going to look...

  • If you want to take that whole sentence here, like that, and we're just going to take this

  • whole sentence I think.

  • Okay?

  • I think that might be something we can change.

  • "Mr. E is a worm who loves to drink."

  • That's funny; he's a worm, he has no hands, but he loves to drink.

  • What can we change?

  • I think we'll be looking at this section, here.

  • "He says it relaxes him after a stressful work" or "a stressful day at work".

  • Go here, I think.

  • "Last week he got so drunk he couldn't move."

  • I'm going to go here.

  • "He fell asleep on the toilet."

  • A worm on the toilet; he doesn't even have ass cheeks.

  • Doesn't have a bum.

  • Okay?

  • And: "He had a headache and felt bad for three days!"

  • Now, I've gone ahead and outlined which ones I think should change.

  • I'm going to wait a second or two, because what I want from you is to do...

  • I want you to sit there and I want you to figure out why I outlined those particular

  • things, and I'm going to give you a second to go through it, if you made notes, or to

  • go back over the video to think about the things I've talked about and why I picked

  • those ones.

  • Okay?

  • I'll give you a second or two.

  • Some of you already know, so you don't need a second - you can just go ahead in the video;

  • and others, just wait a second, take a look.

  • Okay, so let's go up here.

  • "He didn't want to drink and drive because he didn't want to be doing something illegal"

  • - that should give you a hint.

  • "I was the person who didn't drink, and I drove instead.

  • I became a certain person", you should remember that one.

  • When somebody loves to drink and we say "a lot" or "too much", there are two phrases,

  • or there's a word and a phrase you could probably use instead.

  • Okay?

  • "Something relaxes him after stressful work."

  • There was one phrase I used for that one.

  • "He couldn't move".

  • My sweater should help you with that one.

  • And: "I just recently helped"...

  • Oh, sorry.

  • "He fell asleep on the toilet."

  • Okay?

  • Remember we talked about falling asleep?

  • That it just suddenly happens?

  • Okay.

  • On the toilet.

  • So, we've got "fall asleep on the toilet", just like that one.

  • And finally: "He had a headache and felt bad".

  • I told you there was a noun, as well as we talked about...

  • I won't say what.

  • If I tell you, you will know.

  • Okay?

  • I taught you the noun for that.

  • So, are you ready to help me?

  • Let's go to the board and fix it.

  • First things first: "Mr. E didn't want to drink and drive."

  • Okay?

  • What didn't he want to be?

  • He didn't want to be "under the influence".

  • Remember that?

  • When we said "influence", we said he didn't want to be drinking and driving because that's

  • illegal; didn't want to be under the influence of alcohol.

  • So, I was the person who drove instead - what was I?

  • "I was the designated driver".

  • Right?

  • And look how many words I got rid of.

  • That's why we use it; it saves on speech.

  • We don't have to say all of these words; you can just cut it out because it's understood:

  • "Designated driver" is the person who drove instead, and they didn't drink and drive.

  • Or: "designated driver".

  • "Mr. E is a worm who loves to drink."

  • Okay?

  • "He drinks like a fish".

  • Okay?

  • I didn't say "alcoholic", here.

  • You could possibly put: "Mr. E is an alcoholic", but I said: "He loves to drink", so "drinks

  • like a fish" is better.

  • I think that's a better fit for this, this statement.

  • Next: "He says it relaxes him after a stressful day"...

  • Sorry.

  • "...stressful work".

  • You could say: "a stressful day at work".

  • Once again, look at all the words that are going away.

  • Okay?

  • So I'm going to put this here, and I'm going to put: "it takes the edge off".

  • Remember we talked about stress?

  • When you're stressed out, you have a drink to take the edge off to relax you.

  • Okay?

  • So it takes the edge off.

  • "Last week he got so drunk he couldn't move."

  • Remember I told you the British word?

  • I know it's going to be a new favourite among Canadians and Americans pretty soon; they're

  • going to be like: "I'm going to get paralytic tonight."

  • He got paralytic.

  • Okay?

  • Now, he fell asleep...

  • He fell asleep on the toilet.

  • What did we say when somebody falls asleep on the toilet?

  • We're not going to say "dead to the world", but I probably would say...

  • I probably would say: "He...

  • He passed out".

  • Oh, sorry.

  • "Last week he got so drunk"...

  • Sorry, guys.

  • I made a mistake, here.

  • Just take a look.

  • "...he was"...

  • I might teach you a new word, but I still got to do it in a proper English way.

  • So: "He got so drunk he was paralytic.

  • He passed out on the toilet.

  • And he had a headache and felt bad for three days!"

  • Yeah, but I'm going to be honest, I would not say that.

  • I would say...

  • I would even get rid of "had" and say: "He was"...

  • Give me a second; I'm going to be in your way for a second.

  • "...hung over for three days".

  • So let's read this story now; the new story.

  • "Mr. E and I went to a party last week.

  • Mr. E didn't want to be under the influence, so I was the designated driver."

  • All right?

  • Okay?

  • So: "I was the designated driver.

  • Mr. E drinks like a fish.

  • He says it takes the edge off."

  • Right?

  • The alcohol.

  • "Last week he got so drunk he was paralytic.

  • He passed out on the toilet.

  • He was hung over for three days!"

  • Doesn't that sound a lot better than: "drink", "drink", "drive", "drove", "drink", "drink",

  • "drink", "drink", "drink", "drink", "drink"?

  • This is when you start to master the language and you get to be like a native - you'll notice

  • that we take out words that are very clear, and we put in idioms, or phrases, or phrasal

  • verbs to shorten what we have to say, give it more of an interesting flavour.

  • And it makes us much of a social group because we know the special words and you don't.

  • So, today, I'm giving you a hand up and teaching you the special words.

  • Even some of my American brothers and sisters: "paralytic".

  • Okay?

  • So, I've not...

  • I've done my job for the day.

  • I hope you do go out and have a social drink, and don't go too far when you...

  • Oh, but before I go...

  • I almost forgot.

  • I almost forgot.

  • How can I forget?

  • The bonus!

  • Dunh-dunh-dunh-dunh.

  • Dunh-dunh-dunh-dunh.

  • So, with the bonus what we want to talk about are some words to invite people to drink with

  • you.

  • Remember I talked about drinking being a social thing?

  • Well, because it's a social thing, you want to do it with...

  • I hope you don't drink by yourself at home, buy yourself a case or two of beer - it's

  • not good; you'll be drinking like a fish.

  • I'm going to teach you some drinking words.

  • Some of you might know; you might know one of them, but one...

  • One thing we say is: "Bottoms up".

  • "Bottoms up" - it means take the bottle you have and you got to finish it.

  • When they say: "Bottoms up"...

  • We're at a bar, I say: "Hey, we got to go to dinner at someplace.

  • We got to go right now.

  • Bottoms up."

  • You go like this: "Got it."

  • [Gulps].

  • Go, go, go, go.

  • "All right, let's go, let's go, let's go".

  • "Bottoms up" - the bottom must go in the air; you finish your drink.

  • No time for sippy, sippy; you got to bottoms up - it means finish that drink.

  • Next: "Cheers" - an invitation to drink.

  • If someone goes: "Hey, cheers, mate", it means: "Pick up your glass; we're going to drink."

  • It's not an obligation, but it's an invitation.

  • "Come join us.

  • Drink with us.

  • Share."

  • "A toast".

  • Now, this is when we get formal.

  • I wish I was wearing a tie.

  • "A toast to Mr. E and Mrs. E on this fantastic day of their marriage."

  • It's a celebration, and you're saying: "We want to celebrate something."

  • Or: "Here, here, Mr. E has graduated from Worm School.

  • He's a great little digger."

  • Okay?

  • So we celebrate; we raise our glasses up, and sometimes people: "Ching, ching, ching"

  • - they touch glasses.

  • So, a toast to.

  • Usually it's followed by a speech or someone will say: "He was always a little worm that

  • we knew would go many places."

  • All right?

  • So, different than "Cheers" where you just clink your glasses and drink.

  • Cool?

  • So I've given you a little bit of a bonus.

  • Not to forget about homework: Tell me a funny story about your drinking.

  • I'm sure there's a first time, and the first time you ever were drinking - what it was

  • like, maybe.

  • Or tell me about a time at a party with some friends when you guys were drinking a lot

  • and what happened.

  • I want you to do that.

  • I want you to share it on engVid, or you can share it with YouTube.

  • Just tell a story.

  • I'm sure other students will go: "Oh my gosh, when I was 16, I did this.

  • It was so much fun."

  • Share.

  • We've got a community, and I like to see it grow.

  • In saying that, I want to say thank you, once again, for watching this video and watching

  • all the videos you've watched thus far.

  • Okay?

  • Anyway, I got to get going.

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  • Cool.

  • Well, I've enjoyed my time with you, and I'll see you later; maybe at a party.

  • I could be your designated driver.

  • Yeah?

  • Have a good one.

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