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I am Drew Badger the founder of englishanyone.com  and in this video we're going to talk about how  

to make fluent sentences well let's see we got  somebody uh oh I'm the first nice Phil all right  

everybody is uh starting to starting to funnel in  to file in uh so today this is a big problem for  

Learners it's really the fundamental problem of  communication and that's why I wanted to make a  

video about this specifically so it's great to  learn new vocabulary but if you can't actually  

put everything together uh in your sentences then  you're really you know you're obviously not going  

to get anywhere you'll be wasting your time so  nice to see everybody here uh as usual I will  

get right to the lesson at the beginning and  then I will stay around and answer questions  

if anybody has a name so we're going to talk about  uh brought actually I made something for you guys  

look at this it's a little origami boat hello well  hi from hell somebody somebody's watching this in  

hell oh my goodness I didn't know they had Wi-Fi  down in hell but I guess I guess everybody's uh  

everybody's enjoying themselves all right so we're  going to use this origami boat uh but the basic  

idea of what we're going to talk about today  is that you really have to have uh the actual  

individual pieces uh of communication so these  are like your words and phrases and just like a  

chain we're going to draw a very simple chain  here it's not a very good chain but basically  

maybe you have some similar expression in  your native language where the chain I'll  

write this down so the chain or I'll just say a  chain because it's really any chain so a chain  

does everyone know this expression or maybe you've  heard this before well it's 4am oh my goodness  

so a chain is only as strong

as it's weakest

link a chain is only as strong as its weakest link  a chain is only as strong as its weakest link who  

has heard that before maybe you've heard me talk  about that if you've been following my channel  

for a while this is the same idea that applies  to all of your communication skills so as an  

example maybe you you know a lot of vocabulary  but you feel very shy so if the weak Link in  

your communication chain is shyness then that's  going to be the biggest thing that's stopping  

you from communicating okay so a chain is only  as strong as its weakest link and the idea here  

is for sentences as well so if we've got words  we're connecting different words together in a  

sentence and if the words themselves are not very  strong then the whole sentence will be weak so it  

only takes one word to break the chain okay does  everyone make sense or is that making sense to  

everyone so a chain is only as strong as its  weakest link so what I'm going to show you in  

this video I really want to prove that fluency is  built word by word as you understand vocabulary  

very well I want to make this idea very clear  for people because people think they need to go  

after like the whole language when really they  should be really mastering individual words and  

phrases and grammar is part of this as well but  when you do this you automatically improve your  

grammar your pronunciation your listening  all these all these skills will improve  

all right so let's take a look so I have my  my little boat with me and I thought that  

would be a good way to teach you some very  useful vocabulary so we're going to do that  

first and then we'll talk about putting those  things together in a sentence in just a moment

all right so I made my origami boat this  morning especially for you guys I had to  

learn how to make this and of course uh just  go online and learn how to make a little bit  

a little boat but what I'm going to do is  use this boat to teach you some very useful  

vocabulary so let's get started so the first one  the first vocabulary we're going to practice you  

probably see me use this before it's a common  example I use and this is the phrasal verb to go  

under to go under so imagine you have a boat right  here and this is you can imagine my hand is the  

surface of the water and the boat is moving like  this and oh no something happens maybe it gets  

hit by lightning or something but oh no now the  boat is going under the surface of the water so  

the boat is sinking okay it's pretty pretty easy  a pretty easy concept to understand so right now  

we are above the water now we are going under  to go under when you go under so it's the same  

thing like if you're going underground or you're  going uh under you know like under a blanket or  

something like that to go under to move so if we  have a an object here we're going to go from here  

Down Under that thing to go under all right  so very simple phrasal verb to go under  

now if we take a physical idea like this to go  under we can also use the more figurative idea  

of like a company going under in the  same way so a company you might have  

the profitability of a company let's say a company  is making money so a company is making money and  

then suddenly oh no it's not making money and if  it hits if it passes this line here just like a  

boat oh no it's going under so just like a boat  going under something like that it's actually  

going under this line going into bankruptcy so if  we talk about a company going under so a company

going under what we mean is it's going  really below this line so it's not making  

money anymore and it's actually becoming uh you  know basically it's going to go bankrupt okay  

all right any questions about that I really want  to make sure everybody understands this to go  

under it's pretty simple idea uh and I thought  again this boat would help you understand that  

all right any questions about that I really want  to make sure you understand this because again if  

you don't understand even the basic pieces of a  sentence then of course you're not going to make  

fluent sentences okay so here we have to go under  and then a company is going under in the same way  

doesn't look like any questions about that so  let's move on to a little phrase number two all  

right so this next phrase it's a little bit more  complicated but it's same basic idea all right So  

Undercover yes it's the same way again like when  you talk about being Undercover the same idea  

all right so going under we'll put that phrase up  here I'll leave that in the next phrase is to be

in the same boat

to be in the same boat so we got one person  sitting over here another person sitting over  

here on the same boat what do you suppose that  means what does it mean to be in the same boat  

to be in the same boat all right now we could  use uh you know there could be an expression  

like a car to be in the same car to be on the  same train or something but the reason we use  

to be on the same boat is because a boat is really  just floating by itself out in the water like this  

and whatever happens to one person is going to  happen to the other person all right or it could  

be many people on the same boat yeah so Mohammed  says to be in the same situation but I really want  

to make so very good that's correct and I want  to make sure people understand why that is all  

right the goal is not just to learn the the folk  like the vocabulary and then the definition of  

it is to understand why we use this okay so the  history the origin of the word why do we have  

this so you can imagine you know two guys or two  women or whatever or two people sitting on a boat  

and now there's a hole in the boat oh no so they  are in the same situation it doesn't matter who  

the person is they are both in the same situation  they are in the same boat so this is why we don't  

use uh to be in the same car like I don't see  how I'm in the same car as you because we just  

get out of the car and walk away but with a boat  you're surrounded by water there's nowhere to go  

you're stuck you're in the same boat you're in the  same situation so you all have to work together to  

do something all right so whatever happens to the  boat will happen to everyone if the boat is going  

under everybody okay yes the same character guys  that's right we'll put a put some hair on this  

guy over here all right so they're in the same  situation and this is the physical idea of where  

this comes from but I want to make it clear why  we say you're in the same boat and not on the same  

train or on the same whatever all right it makes  sense all right glad to hear it now we begin again  

just like going under we have a physical idea of  the origin of this something is physically going  

under something else and then we start using  more figurative uses and we start coming up  

with different ways to use the vocabulary in  a more figurative way so we have to go under  

then to be in the same boat so what times  might we use this expression it's not just  

for physically being in a boat when else might you  be in the same boat as someone else all right so  

remember we're thinking about it not just from  a physical okay here are two people or three  

people or ten people in an actual boat we're  talking about a situation so when else might  

we have a group of people working together  to do something just give me a comment let  

me know what other situations might we use this  phrase in to be in the same boat all right I'll  

give you a few hopefully you can come up with  a few more you might be on a team together

you might be in a class

can you think of any more love your pronunciation  glad to hear it yes I am being intentionally clear  

and smooth so people can understand what I  say so you could be on a team together so  

everyone on the team wins or loses at the same  time everyone in the class maybe they all have  

to do something together a family a business  excellent family we'll just put biz for short

financial situation yeah for sure  so if you have a group of some kind

and it might even just be two people a project  are you speaking about a company that closes  

for financial reasons for example yep to  be in the same boat yes again it doesn't  

mean it's not necessarily negative it just  means that you're in the same situation  

so let's say my daughter is going to college next  year and I meet another guy just like out at a  

grocery store and we start talking about our kids  and he says oh my daughter is going to college I  

say oh we are in the same boat we're in the same  boat it just means we we have the same situation  

okay so it's nothing about being negative or  money specifically or business it just means  

you have the same situation as someone else all  right so it's not only negative things often we  

will talk about as like again as I just said when  I'm doing something similar to someone else and  

this is a great phrase maybe you discover this  when you're meeting somebody and like oh like  

I'm also moving to a new city I'm in the same boat  or we are in the same boat or you can be talking  

about someone else so maybe I'm talking about  my kids my younger daughter just started school  

and she's maybe feeling a little bit nervous oh  you also know someone else who is uh you know  

starting starting school and maybe they feel a  little bit nervous too uh they are in the same  

boat they are in the same boat okay everyone  getting all these should be pretty clear let's  

see what we got with uh with the chat over here  like a movie scene yep a political decision yep  

very good so in workplaces family business  yeah so all those are great examples  

and the point is again it could be a team it  could be a group of people or it could be just  

you know two people that meet and they happen  to be doing the same thing okay I really want  

to make it clear that we're all in the same boat  here so you are trying to improve your language  

skills that's very good I'm trying to improve  my language skills too we are in the same boat  

we are in the same boat yes another good example  another similar thing is to be on the saying page  

now as you begin getting more and more  fluent and learning things you will hear  

other again we have a situation so  the situation is at least two people  

are doing the same thing and look at that we  have many different ways of expressing that  

so the situation is I'm doing something oh you're  doing the same thing well we are on the same page  

we are in the same boat now typically uh on the  same or in the same boat this is really talking  

about a situation to be on the same page is is is  almost more specifically about do we agree about  

something or are we understanding each other about  something so let's say right now I'm explaining  

something about vocabulary and I want to make  sure you're listening and paying attention and  

understanding what I'm saying so oh are we are we  on the same page are we on the same page so just  

like a page in the book or a page in a book so we  are both reading a book I want to make sure we are  

reading from the same page reading from the same  page or reading the same page of the book okay  

so it's very similar a little bit different  again uh on the same page again similar to  

being in the same boat but you'll hear both  of these quite frequently there is another  

example uh like reading and this is another  similar one about people having the same idea

and you will probably hear variations  of this as well this is to read

from the same

to read from the same hymn sheet does  anyone know what that is what is a hem sheet  

to read from the same hymn sheet to read  from the same hymn sheet it's basically  

the same meaning as to be on the same page  it's just a more specific usage from like  

leading of reading hymns so these are songs  that you would sing in church A Hymn A Hymn