EPISODE · Nov 21, 2023 · 9 MIN
💰 SPEAK ENGLISH AT AN AMERICAN GARAGE SALE
from American English With Brent · host Brent
The goal of today's English lesson is to help you feel more comfortable when you're speaking English. To help you do that, we are going to visit an American garage sale. 🟨 To become a member and get special videos, join the Discord server, and special member chats, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCakDTg9dhhAsr3WmHyJDa-g/join The first thing we should talk about is what is a garage sale? You might also hear rummage sale, lawn sale, yard sale, garage sale. We have a bunch of names for it. But basically what that means is somebody has a lot of stuff they want to get rid of, so they put it outside of their house, they advertise it maybe in a newspaper, and other people come to buy the stuff that these people don't want. We'll talk to the homeowner, Christy, in just a little bit. But let's take a look at some of the items you could buy at a garage sale. Let's talk about the verb rummage. A lot of Americans have something called a junk drawer. That's just probably a place in the kitchen, a drawer, where they put a bunch of stuff, odds and ends. And if you rummage through that, that means you are looking for something, and you might have to move other items as you rummage. Garage, you probably know that term. Across the street, right there, that person has a garage. A lot of times you can store a car in the garage, but a lot of Americans just keep buying stuff, and they don't have room in their garage for a car. Now, this is grass, but you could also call it a lawn or a front lawn. Or maybe like a front yard. That's where we get all of those terms. Rummage sale, yard sale, lawn sale, garage sale. Let's talk about some of these items that are for sale. I don't know. I don't... Actually, I don't think this is for sale. I think this is... Yeah, that looks like somebody's using that. I don't think we can buy that. But maybe we could buy this dresser. We'd probably call this a dresser. Maybe a bureau. We would definitely call these board games. They look like they're on a blue tarp. Oh, this thing, Pie Face. This was super popular a couple years ago. To play Pie Face, you ask a bunch of questions, and I think if you get it wrong, you get a pie in the face. That could be fun. That could be messy. Let's talk about the verb outgrow. Here, there are a lot of clothes for sale. And it probably means that the children in this house are too big for these clothes now. They've outgrown them. They're selling them for pretty cheap. Two bucks for a pair of jeans?
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The goal of today's English lesson is to help you feel more comfortable when you're speaking English. To help you do that, we are going to visit an American garage sale. 🟨 To become a member and get special videos, join the Discord server, and special member chats, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCakDTg9dhhAsr3WmHyJDa-g/join The first thing we should talk about is what is a garage sale? You might also hear rummage sale, lawn sale, yard sale, garage sale. We have a bunch of names for it. But basically what that means is somebody has a lot of stuff they want to get rid of, so they put it outside of their house, they advertise it maybe in a newspaper, and other people come to buy the stuff that these people don't want. We'll talk to the homeowner, Christy, in just a little bit. But let's take a look at some of the items you could buy at a garage sale. Let's talk about the verb rummage. A lot of Americans have something called a junk drawer. That's just probably a place in the kitchen, a drawer, where they put a bunch of stuff, odds and ends. And if you rummage through that, that means you are looking for something, and you might have to move other items as you rummage. Garage, you probably know that term. Across the street, right there, that person has a garage. A lot of times you can store a car in the garage, but a lot of Americans just keep buying stuff, and they don't have room in their garage for a car. Now, this is grass, but you could also call it a lawn or a front lawn. Or maybe like a front yard. That's where we get all of those terms. Rummage sale, yard sale, lawn sale, garage sale. Let's talk about some of these items that are for sale. I don't know. I don't... Actually, I don't think this is for sale. I think this is... Yeah, that looks like somebody's using that. I don't think we can buy that. But maybe we could buy this dresser. We'd probably call this a dresser. Maybe a bureau. We would definitely call these board games. They look like they're on a blue tarp. Oh, this thing, Pie Face. This was super popular a couple years ago. To play Pie Face, you ask a bunch of questions, and I think if you get it wrong, you get a pie in the face. That could be fun. That could be messy. Let's talk about the verb outgrow. Here, there are a lot of clothes for sale. And it probably means that the children in this house are too big for these clothes now. They've outgrown them. They're selling them for pretty cheap. Two bucks for a pair of jeans?
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