VIDEO TRANSCRIPT WITH NOTES! Just for you! MUAH!
Hey, What’s up? I’m Jesi Ojeda, your online English teacher. Welcome to this English Listening Lesson.
I’m a gardener.
Remember to include the ARTICLE A when talking about profession with the verb BE. In other words, say, “I’m A gardener.” Don’t say, “I’m gardener.”
I have an herb garden right out back of my house.
A much better way to have worded would have been, “I have an herb garden in my backyard.” Or even, “I have an herb garden behind my house.”
And I have a few perennials mixed in and one bed of annuals back here around this tree next to the hammock.
Perennials are plants that come back year after year. Annuals are plants that seed and die in one year.
But for the most most, it’s an herb garden.
“For the most part” means “mostly”. Herbs are parts of plants used for adding flavor in food.
How’ve things been going for you, Jesi?
Was this me or mama??? We even have a difficult time telling our voices apart. This question is something like, “Como te va?” in Spanish.
So far, so good.
Bien hasta ahora.
But yesterday I saw evidence of a cutworm.
Cutworm = Gusano Cortador
Baby, do you know anything about cutworms?
My boyfriend makes an appearance. He wasn’t aware I was recording him…but he had big suspicions about it.
About what?
De que?
Cutworms. Cutworms?
Listen to the different ways we say CUTWORMS. I make a statement. Jerry asks a question.
I got a cutworm problem.
Oh my goodness! Southern American English at its finest!
“I got” means “I received”. However, I’m not telling Jerry I received a problem. I’m telling him I have a problem now. There are three correct ways to say this:
1 – I have a problem.
2 – I’ve got a problem.
3 – I have got a problem.
But I said, “I got a problem.” Southern Americans often drop “have” altogether. This does create a problem since “I got” is used in everyday speech to mean both “I have” and “I received.” Listeners sometimes feel it’s necessary to ask, “What do you mean? You have one? Or you got one?” Ok, that’s enough native mumbo jumbo!
What are cutworms?
A simple question.
Hey mam’, what’s a cutworm?
The singular form of a simple question.
I don’t really know, I don’t really know, I don’t really know what a cutworm is, but I’ve heard of ’em.
Practice saying “I don’t really know” with my mama. 🙂
Notice how mama reduced THEM to ‘EM. This is very common in normal speech.
And I’ve seen their evidence. Evidence being?
More talk about their EVIDENCE.
That’s good. Haha It’s real.
We really have a good time putting these video lessons together for you!!!
Jesi, Jesi, I’ve been thanking how to keep your feet from stanking.
Do you know the rest of this beautiful poem?
Here’s all of it.
Jesi, Jesi, I’ve been thanking
how to keep your feet from stanking.
Soap and suds’ll never do.
Kerosene’s the thing for you.
So, Jesi, what’d you do about the cutworms?
“What’d” is “What did” contracted. Listen closely to how I say “what’d you” in the video.
I didn’t do anything other than monitor my plants, besides monitor my plants, except for monitor my plants.
ADEMAS DE = other than, besides, except for
And I didn’t see anymore cutworm evidence.
Horray!
However, an action plan has been developed.
I could have said, “I created an action plan.” But since it doesn’t matter who created it, passive tense was used. It sounds professional and a bit out of place in this down-to-earth video.
Cutworm action plan: Upon seeing new cutworm evidence, plant and surrounding young plants will be encircled in a ring of foil.
Upon seeing, upon filing, upon watching, upon + -ing 🙂
In Spanish, “AL + INFINITIVO”.
What’s the foil do? Well, what does the foil do?
How do you like the repetition in this video? Has it been helpful for your comprehension and learning? Let me know!
It keeps the worms out. Well, won’t they just crawl over? I guess not. Haha.
I guess not. – Supongo que no.
Thank you for watching this English Listening Video with me, Jessica Ojeda, your online English teacher from SELVAingles.com. Thank you all very much. Please share this video and subscribe. See y’all later! Muah!
And watch out for the cutworm!
My silly mama! 😀
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Extra Bonus: My “private” handwritten notes for this lesson.
