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Hi, Bob, the Canadian here.
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Welcome to this English lesson
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on how to express hope in English.
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If you look behind me,
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you'll see that the daffodils are blooming.
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Every year, no matter how bad the winter is,
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the daffodils grow and the daffodils bloom,
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and they're beautiful and it gives me hope.
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Hope is this positive feeling about the future.
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Hope is when you want something to happen,
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when you're looking forward to something happening
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and you're just excited about it
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and you just really want it to happen.
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So the daffodils always give me hope
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because I just think they're super resilient.
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So I thought I would do an English lesson for all of you
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on how to express hope in English.
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(soft music)
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Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson
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about how to express hope in English.
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just a little bit more English.
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Hey, we have an expression in English, high hopes.
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I have high hopes that this pandemic will be over this year.
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I have high hopes that this pandemic will end,
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that people will get vaccinated
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and that eventually life will go back to normal.
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So when you say you have high hopes,
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it means that you really want something to happen.
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You are really looking forward to that thing happening.
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I definitely have high hopes
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that this pandemic will be over this year.
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Now some people might say, "Don't get your hopes up."
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When someone says, "Don't get your hopes up,"
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what they're saying is,
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"Don't be excited in a positive way for something."
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Don't get your hopes up means don't smile
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and look forward to something
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because it probably won't happen,
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but I can't see that right now.
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I can't say to people, "Don't get your hopes up."
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I need to stay positive.
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I need to think positive thoughts
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because I think that's the best thing to do.
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Because after, all hope springs eternal.
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When you say that hope springs eternal,
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it means that people are, for the most part,
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always positive about the future.
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I know sometimes we get down a little bit.
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Sometimes we aren't positive,
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but hope always seems to return.
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So we have this really cool little English phrase,
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hope springs eternal.
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I really believe that's true.
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We have two phrases with the word hope
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that we use in English to express our opinion.
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We say things like, I hope not and I hope so.
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Let me use both of them in example sentences.
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If someone said,
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"I think this pandemic is going to go on forever,"
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I would say, "I hope not."
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I'm going to express that I don't want that to happen.
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So "I hope not" means
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that you don't want something to happen.
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If someone said, "I think everyone will get vaccinated
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by the end of this year or sooner,"
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I would say, "I hope so."
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So I'm using the phrase "I hope so"
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to say that I want that to happen.
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So the phrase "I hope not" is used
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when you want to say you don't want something to happen
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and "I hope so" is used when you want to express
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that you do very badly want something to happen.
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So I'll be honest with you.
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Things in Ontario, Canada are not very good right now.
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There are more new COVID cases every day
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than we've had during the whole pandemic.
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We are in a third wave, but there is a glimmer of hope.
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There's a glimmer of hope
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because we have more and more vaccines available every day.
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Every week a new vaccine gets approved
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and more and more people are getting vaccinated.
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So there is a glimmer of hope.
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A glimmer of hope is when in a bad situation,
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you see that there is a way out.
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There is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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So right now there is a glimmer of hope,
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there are more and more people getting vaccinated every day,
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so hopefully that helps a lot.
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So I refuse to believe that things are hopeless.
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I refuse to believe
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that things aren't going to go back to normal.
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When you think things are hopeless,
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you think there is no hope, and I refuse to think that.
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I choose to be hopeful.
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When you are hopeful,
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it means that you have a positive attitude.
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So I am certainly hopeful.
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I think it's important that we look on the bright side.
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Even though many of us are stuck at home,
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we need to look for the things that are cool
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about being at home.
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I know there's not a lot.
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I know we'd all rather be outliving normal lives,
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but right now I think it's important
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to look on the bright side.
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And I think we need to hope for the best.
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When you hope for the best, instead of thinking
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about all the negative parts of something,
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instead of thinking about the bad aspects of something,
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you hope for the best,
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you try to stay positive in the face of adversity.
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So when things are bad,
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I think it's always best to hope for the best.
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Well, hopefully this English lesson helped you learn
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just a little bit more English,
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and I hope that as you continue
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to study the English language, you enjoy it
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and that you're doing well.
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I'm Bob, the Canadian.
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Thank you so much for watching this lesson.
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Remember if you're new here,
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I hope you'll stay and watch another English lesson.
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