Bob's Short English Lessons

 Well, hello and welcome to this not a short English lesson with Bob. Don't worry, it's not bad news. I'm not quitting or anything like that. But I did want to make a different sort of video for this channel because I wanted to ask you a few questions.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianI'm also not feeling very well, so I took some Advil. I feel better now. I thought I'd come outside and make a couple videos quick. It's nothing serious, by the way. I'll be fine by tomorrow.But I wanted to ask you a few things about the lessons on this channel. Number one, do you like them? That's a pretty general question. Let me be more specific. Do you like that I teach two phrases? Do you like that I walk around for a minute or two at the end? Do you like that I respond to a comment each week? Do you like the length? Do you wish they were shorter? Do you wish they were longer? I can't promise major changes because it kind of works for me. It's a really easy video to make, an easy lesson to make for you. But I am curious. I would like to know what would you like to see different if I was to add something or remove something.And you won't hurt my feelings In English when you hurt someone's feelings, when you say you hurt their feelings, you make them feel sad. I like being incredibly analytical about the things I make, and I'm not very emotional about it. So if you all overwhelmingly said, "Ah, we don't like it when you reply to a comment," I would maybe think about not doing that or doing it differently. Or if you said, "Two phrases is too many, just teach one and make the video three minutes instead of four." I would think about that. Or if you said, "Make the video 30 minutes long." I probably wouldn't do that. That's too long. I don't have time for that.Part of the beauty of the lessons on this channel is that I do them in one take. They don't need to be edited. So you'll notice even if I make a mistake, I just keep going. I usually correct myself. And four minutes is about the right length, I think. I can teach a couple things, I can respond to a comment, and I can kind of walk around. So anyways, if you have ideas, let me know. If you have things that you don't like, let me know. If you have things where you think if I change something a little bit, let me know, and let me know all of this in the comments below. I'll be happy to read through them.I do wanna apologize that I have not been replying to comments as much as I normally do, but I'll explain all of that towards the end of the month. I've been busy for a number of reasons. One of them, I'll tell you now, my mom is moving. So that's one of the reasons I've been a little extra busy with my life right now because my mom is moving. So my brothers and sisters and I, we've been spending a lot of time helping her get ready to move, so that that takes a bit of time. You should always help parents move when they decide to move. So I've been doing quite a bit of that lately.So anyways, if you have any ideas, let me know. If there's something you don't like, let me know. If you don't like this channel at all, if you're like, "This is a waste of time, stop doing it," then maybe this isn't the channel for you. Maybe there's other things that you could watch, but I think most of you who are here are quite regular viewers. So once again, let me know what you think, and I'll get back to the regular lessons in a little while. You'll have a new one by Friday, like in a couple of days. I'll do the traditional paper one as well.And if there's specific topics you want me to cover, if you're like, "Bob, just do phrasal verbs. Stop doing all these othSupport the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO BOOK IT and TO CLOSE THE BOOK ONIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, to book it. Now, this has nothing to do with books. It's kind of an informal slang phrase that we use to talk about driving quickly or running quickly. Sometimes when I'm late for work, I have to book it in order to make it to work on time. Sometimes when I'm late for class, I have to book it from my work area to my classroom because I want to get to class on time. So anytime you drive fast or anytime you run fast, because you're a little bit late, we sometimes use the English phrase, to book it. It's not good when you're late for work to book it, because there's a good chance you're going to get a speeding ticket. But sometimes I do have to book it to get to work on time.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, to close the book on. When you close the book on something, it means you're no longer talking about it, you're no longer discussing it. Let's say you're having a fight with a friend and you've decided to kind of come to an agreement. You decide that you're going to close the book on your disagreement. When the government is talking to another government, when a country talks to another country, if they disagree, eventually they might come to an agreement, and then they'll close the book on their disagreement. That means they won't talk about the things that they disagree on anymore.So to review, when you have to book it, it means you have to go really fast. Sometimes I do need to book it. There's just no choice. If you're late for work, you gotta drive a little bit faster, not too much over the speed limit though. Just a little bit, a tiny bit. And when you close the book on something, it means you no longer talk about it. It means that everyone has come to an agreement and the discussion is over.But, hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Konstantin. Warming up three times, right you are, winter has hit us a couple times here but has withdrawn now. And my response is it will probably hit you hard in a few weeks.So thanks, Konstantin, for that comment. At the end of the last video, I said, when you get firewood, it warms you up three times. And what I meant by that is... Good morning. What I meant by that is when you cut firewood, because it's physical activity, it warms you up. The act of actually cutting it warms you up, because when you work hard, it warms you up. And then when you stack it, it warms you up again. And then when you burn it in your stove, it warms you up one more time.By the way, I came out here in the middle of nowhere to make a video, and still somebody walked by. I didn't expect that.Anyways, so when you use firewood to heat your home, it warms you up three times.I brought you out here to show you this field where the crop is harvested. This was a field of soybeans, and then to show you this field where the soybeans were harvested, and then they actually planted winter wheat. We have a crop here in Canada called winter wheat. Instead of planting wheat in the spring, we most often... Let me turn so you can see it again. We most often plant our wheat in the fall. It germinates. It grows a little bit.And when winter comes, it goes dormant. When you say something goes dormant, it means that it stops growing. It goes into a state of rest for a little while. So quite often in Canada, you'll see fields like this where the farmer harvested soybeans and decided not to gSupport the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO GET AROUND TO and TO RUN AROUNDIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, to get around to. When you get around to something it means that you do it usually after doing a bunch of other things. Sometimes I have a lot of things to do during the day and it takes a while before I get around to doing the last thing on my list. Sometimes we use this in the negative and we'll say, I didn't get around to it. If you noticed last Friday, there was no lesson for you, I didn't get around to it. There were too many things on my plate last week, it was an extremely busy week for some reason and I didn't get around to it. So once again, when you get around to something, it means that eventually you do it and when you don't get around to something it means you didn't do it or you didn't get a chance to do it. So sorry about that, but I think that was okay. There's lots of videos for you to watch, isn't there? And I did do my videos on my other channel.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianAnyways, the other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, to run around. Now, sometimes little kids will run around, it means they're excited and instead of walking, they run everywhere. When I was a little kid, I would run around a lot. But we also use this to describe a busy day. You could say, oh, I got a lot of running around to do today. I need to run around and do some errands this afternoon. I'll be home late because I need to run around and get a few things done in town before I come home. So you can use it as an adult as well or you can just use it to describe children who run around, who run all over the place.So to review, when you, to get around to means to eventually do something. And if you use it in the negative, it means that you were going to do it but you didn't, you didn't get around to it. And when you run around, it means you do a whole bunch of things. So, usually on a Saturday I run around a lot. I go to the feed mill, I go to the grocery store, I run around a lot and I do a lot of errands.Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Vítor. Hi Bob. I'm not that busy now so I thought I'd watch and check out some of your videos. I think I missed one or two short lessons. A bit of free time is always good, and spending that time watching your content is really enjoyable. Thank you. And my response is, good to hear you're taking the time to catch up. It's probably good that I took a day off from making lessons on this channel. So hopefully for Vítor that worked out that I didn't do an extra video last week or a video last Friday, it's easier for him to catch up. So thanks for that comment, Vítor, and I'm glad to hear that you have some free time and that you're able to catch up.So I wanted to show you how much of a difference a week makes. So I think it's been about a week since I made a video right here and you'll see that the tree behind me has no leaves left on it. And on the ground, that beautiful carpet of leaves they've all kind of dried out and you can hardly see them. In fact, it's gonna be a little bright, but I'll show you across the river, you'll see that almost all of the leaves in this area have disappeared.What's that sound? Oh, it looks like my neighbor. I'm not sure if you'll be able to see this but it looks like my neighbor is out with his tractor and chainsaw, and it looks like he has a four-wheeler with a little cart behind it. Hopefully I can zoom in and show that to you. It looks like a tree either fell over or died, and it looks like they'rSupport the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases ON A MISSION and MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!In this English lesson I wanted to teach you the English phrase, on a mission. When you say someone is on a mission it means they're working hard at something, they're diligent, they're getting a lot of stuff done, they are on a mission. It kind of comes from like in the Army, people go on missions but we use it to talk about people in real life as well. You could say this, my daughter wanted to get her driver's license and she is on a mission. She is studying for her test, she is getting ready to go and do her driver's test, she is on a mission. She studies like every minute of the day to get ready for that, she's on a mission. So when you wanna talk about someone who's very determined and working very hard on something you could say that they're on a mission.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, mission accomplished. This is something we sometimes say in a joking way, when we finish a large task. Sometimes we'll say to someone, mission accomplished. Someone might say, hey, did you get that project done at work? You could say, oh, mission accomplished, it's all done and ready to go. Maybe someone says to you, did you get all the groceries and did you get all of your errands done? You could then say, yep, mission accomplished, all of that is done. If you wonder why I'm laughing there's a cat down here, I'll show you for a sec. It's running away now, there's a cat down there and it keeps kind of going around my feet.Anyways, to review, when you are on a mission you are bound and determined to get something done. There's another phrase for you, you're bound and determined to get it done. And when you say mission accomplished it means you've done something, it's all done, and you're kind of celebrating a little bit by saying, mission accomplished. That's what I say, after I'm done, all of my videos for the day, I say mission accomplished.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Noriko, if I'm remembering correctly. It's getting more common here in Japan to wear reflective belts when people go for a walk or jog at night. Please keep wearing your reflective vest when you walk so that you feel more safe and everyone who visits Ontario can find you easily, thanks. My response I might even buy a reflective toque, that's a winter hat in Canadian English, and gloves.Yeah, I'm trying to be as reflective as possible. Thanks for the comment, Noriko. I think it's becoming more and more important to be as reflective as possible. It's cool to hear that in Japan, people have reflective belts, I should look into that. In English, when you look into something, it means you research it a little bit.I just about tripped on a cat here, let me let you have a look here. This is the cat that has been following me around while I make this video. I'm not sure what it wants, there's also a cat over there by the van, by the way and you might even be able to hear one meowing. I think the cats haven't been fed yet today. But anyways, what was I saying? I lost my train of thought there. There's another phrase, but yes, reflective vest. Maybe I should get one of those too. Maybe that would make me highly recognizable on the side of the road.Well, hey, it is a nice Tuesday morning here. I usually make these the day before and I'm having a very pleasant day at home. As I mentioned there was a little break from school last week, there was a convention and all kinds of fun stuff. Yesterday we went back to work and weSupport the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB and STICK WITHIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase stick out like a sore thumb. Now, this is my thumb, and to stick out like a sore thumb doesn't really have anything to do with thumbs. It has to do with things like this orange vest I'm wearing, or dressing in a way that's different than other people. If I was to wear this orange vest and I went to a basketball game and I was in the crowd, I would stick out like a sore thumb, because no one wears a vest like this to that kind of game. By the way, I have this vest for walking along the road when I go for a walk for exercise, because I think it's just a good idea to be... It's a good idea to stick out like a sore thumb when you're walking along the road, so I wear this vest.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase stick with, and in particular, to stick with someone. Jen and I decided long ago when we got married that we were going to stick with each other. That means that we are going to stay together. In fact, often when people get married, it's one of the promises that they make to each other, that they will stick with each other, no matter what happens. If life gets rough, if life gets bad, they will stick with each other, they will stay together. If life is good, they'll also stick with each other, because it's fun to stick with someone when life is good. You could also use this to talk about something like where you bring your car to get fixed. I brought my car to a mechanic years ago, and I liked him, so I'm going to stick with him as my mechanic. I'm not going to take my car somewhere else.So to review, when you stick out like a sore thumb, it simply means to be different than all of the other people around you. If I wore this vest to school as a teacher, I would stick out like a sore thumb. And to stick with someone simply means to stay with them, to not leave them.I forgot the comment in the house. I'm going to run in and grab it. I'll be right back. Okay, I got it. This comment is from Abdullrahman, and it says, "You speak quickly, teacher. Slow down, please." And my response. "You can always try slowing the video down a bit. If you slow it by 10%, it will still sound clear, but you'll be able to understand a bit better."So I do sometimes get comments from viewers that they would like me to speak more slowly, and I think one of the things that I usually say, which you just heard me say, is that if you slow down the video in the YouTube player, if you slow it down to 90% or 85%, it still sounds the same, but it's a little bit easier to understand. I think it's better to do that than for me to start speaking more slowly, because I do speak a tiny bit more slowly in these videos, but I speak pretty close to my normal speed, and I think that's good for a lot of viewers. They do actually enjoy the practice of listening to an English speaker who's speaking almost at their normal speed. So anyways, thanks for the comment. What I do suggest a good way to understand me a bit better if you think I'm speaking too fast is to simply slow the video down.Hey, I'm out here watching. Watching? I'm out here walking. You can probably hear the leaves crunching under my feet. I wanted to show you that this piece of ground over here actually has tiny little plants coming up in it. I showed this to you a few weeks ago. I'm not sure if you'll be able to see this, but we put in what's called winter wheat. That is a crop of wheat that will grow in the fall, and Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND and TO COVER A LOT OF GROUNDIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase both feet on the ground. Now we usually use this phrase with the verb to have or to keep. We say it's good to have both feet on the ground or it's good to keep both feet on the ground, and this means to stay calm, to think clearly in any kind of situation. Maybe you've just lost your job. It's important to keep both feet on the ground as you think about what you're going to do next. You don't want to all of a sudden do things in a crazy way. You don't want to become really emotional and make bad decisions. You want to keep both feet on the ground. You want to think logically. You want to plan in a good way, and you want to get through that situation with everything the way it should be. So you want to keep both feet on the ground.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other phrase I wanted to teach you today is to cover a lot of ground. So this can literally mean to start hiking and try to hike 10 or 20 kilometers in one day. You want to cover a lot of ground, but we also use this when we talk about when we're doing work. Sometimes when I start my class, I'll say to my students, "Hey, get in your seats. Get your books open. We need to cover a lot of ground today." That means that I have a lot of stuff that I need to teach. It means that during our 70 minute class, we need to work for every single minute of the 70 minutes. We need to cover a lot of ground. So it's important when you have a lot of stuff to do that you make sure you plan to cover a lot of ground.So to review, when you keep both feet on the ground or when you have both feet on the ground, it means that you are grounded. That's another term we use in English. It means that you're going to stay calm and think logically and plan well. And when you say that you need to cover a lot of ground, it means whatever you're doing that day, you need to get a lot of it done. You need to work hard to get it finished.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Doaa. "I had a conversation with a native tutor on Cambly the other day, and it was a breeze. That was the first time I felt comfortable having a conversation in English. To be honest, I was over the moon. Hard work pays off. Thank you so much, Bob, for making these videos. They're really beneficial." And my response, "That is great news. It makes me happy to hear a success story like this. Awesome."So Doaa, that's awesome. Good work. I'm glad to hear that you did well in your conversation. That is just awesome. I always am happy when I hear people do well, especially after watching my videos, although that's not the important part. I just like hearing when people study and they work hard and they do well.I was going to show you this tree today, because just a few minutes ago, the leaves were falling off in droves. Did I teach that phrase yet? In droves. Man, it is really sunny today. I'm going to move over this way, so I could show you a different angle. But it stopped. Maybe if you go back in the video at the beginning of this lesson, you'll be able to see the leaves falling off like crazy. And I joked the other day, let me spin you around. I joked the other day that we don't rake our leaves, but I think there might be too many leaves here. I think, now the leaves are falling off. I think I might have to rake these leaves up. I think there might just be too many of them on the ground.Anyways, I was also curious to know if any of you live somewhere wherSupport the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English term A BREEZE and the phrase TAKE THE EASY WAY OUTIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English term "a breeze." When we say something is a breeze, or something we did in the past was a breeze, we mean it was really, really easy. A few days ago, I did some work around the farm, and it was a breeze because I used the tractor. I had to move some dirt and instead of using a shovel, which would've made it really, really hard, I used the tractor and that made it a breeze. So when you say something's a breeze, it means it's really, really easy. I hope the next time you have an English conversation, I hope it's a breeze for you. I hope the next time you take an English test, I hope it's a breeze. I hope it's really, really easy and you just enjoy it while you're doing it, because it's so simple and easy to do. I hope it's a breeze.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase "take the easy way out." So I know the two phrases aren't really related today. I mean, when you say something's a breeze, it means it's easy so it's kind of related, but when you take the easy way out, it means you do the easiest way possible when you're doing something. I could have moved the dirt with a shovel, but I took the easy way out and used the tractor instead. That was just a lot simpler, and I wasn't as tired as I would have been if I had used the shovel. Maybe when you're studying English and you don't understand what you're reading, you take the easy way out and you copy and paste everything into Google Translate to see what it is in your own language. You take the easy way out. It's not always good to take the easy way out. Sometimes it's a good idea, but sometimes it's better to do it the hard way.Anyways, to review, when you say something is a breeze, it means that it is easy. It's a breeze for me to make these videos usually. Today, it's a little cold though. I'll talk about that in a while, in just a little bit. And when you take the easy way out, it means you decide to do something in the easiest way possible. It's good to do that sometimes.I don't think I- I did bring the comment out. Once again, I'm losing track of where I put the comment. Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This is from write Winter. "I like the view behind you. Fall is the proof that change may be beautiful." And my response, that's a great quote. And it is, the last video was a lot of fun. I was able to walk around in the town where I work and give you a little bit of a view of what fall looks like.Fall on the farm continues as well, and I would agree with that quote. I mean, the change that I see around me right now, if you think about it, is beautiful, but it's also a little bit sad because we're looking at things that are actually going to sleep and disappearing for the winter. So as much as it's beautiful, the change is easier to take I guess, because it is beautiful.You can actually see there's a carpet of leaves behind me. I'm gonna take the easy way out with these leaves. I'm just just gonna let them blow away instead of raking them up. I'm just gonna take the easy way out. We don't often rake our leaves, by the way, because yeah, there's no need to. They just blow away eventually.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO FALL INTO YOUR LAP and A FALLING OUTIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, "To fall into your lap." When something falls into your lab it means you get it or it happens to you suddenly, and it's usually a good thing. Someone might say something like this to you, "Oh, I hear you got a job at the new factory. Did that just fall into your lap?" That would mean you didn't apply for the job, you weren't looking for the job. They just called you and asked if you wanted to work there. The job just kind of fell into your lap. So again, when something falls into your lap it means you get it for free or unexpectedly. This sometimes happens with things as well. You might get a car because your aunt all of the sudden didn't need it anymore, and she just gives it to you. And you would say, "Well, the car just kind of fell into my lap."WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianAnd the other term I wanted to teach you today is the term, "A falling out." When you have a falling out with someone it means you no longer get along. Sometimes in a family, two brothers might not enjoy talking to each other anymore. They might have a big fight, and then we say that they had a falling out. When you have a falling out, it's not a nice thing. It's not nice when two people, two friends, or two members of a family have a falling out because it just makes things very uncomfortable for everyone else in the family, and I think family should get along.So to review, when something, when you say that something fell into your lap or when you say something is going to fall into your lab, it means you're going to get it unexpectedly or for free. And when you have a falling out with someone it means that you had a big argument, you had a big fight, and now you no longer talk to each other. I guess you could say you don't see eye to eye anymore. It's just not a nice situation.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Judit. "Come to think of it, I may not have heard this phrase before." And my reply, "Well, I'm glad I could teach it to you then."So thanks for that comment, Judit. Yeah, sometimes I do find phrases that people have not heard before. That's always an exciting time for me. I'm always happy when I find things, and in the comments people let me know that it was somewhat of a new phrase for them. Because some of the phrases I teach are rather familiar. So thanks for that comment, Judit.Well I'm out here walking on a path, we've been out on this path before on these lessons, but I thought I would come out here today because you can now see the fall colors are in full display or on full display. A little mistake there, on full display. As we go into the middle of October you can see that the leaves have turned from green to some yellows, some nice dark, burnt red, we would probably call this. It's just a beautiful time of year out here. And you can also see that when you walk along the paths, there's nice leaves on the ground. It's a nice, beautiful display as well. It's just a really cool time here in Ontario, Canada.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT... and COME TO THINK OF ITIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase who would've thought. In English, we use this phrase when we're about to mention something that surprised us. Maybe you went to school with someone named Jim and they didn't do a very good job in school and they became a scientist. You might say to a friend who would've thought that Jim would become a scientist. He didn't even do his homework in high school. Maybe you had a tree and it's a very solid looking tree and then during a windstorm it blew over. You might say, who would've thought that that really big tree would blow over in the windstorm? That's something that surprised me. So when you talk about something that's kind of a surprise something that you didn't expect to happen you might use the English phrase who would've thought to start the sentence.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe second phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase come to think of it. This is a phrase we use when we've suddenly thought of something. You could say something like this. Come to think of it, that tree didn't look very healthy. So it doesn't surprise me that it blew over in the windstorm, you could say come to think of it, Jim didn't do any homework in school but he always got high marks or high grades on all of his tests. So whenever you think of something, when a thought comes to mind during a conversation, you can introduce it by starting the phrase with come to think of it.So to review, when you say who would've thought it means that something has surprised you. Who would've thought that these videos would come out two days every week? Who would've thought that? Well, I thought that, but anyways that shouldn't be a surprise. And if you say come to think of it you introduce something that you just thought of.So come to think of it. I should probably read a comment from a previous video. Let me find that for a second. It's in my pocket somewhere. I know that I remember putting it in there. This comment is from Tan. Good morning, Dear Professor Bob, the Canadian, you know you teach not only English but also teach us to love this life. Make us love this life, enjoy this life, love our work. I do get a lot of positive energy from your videos. And my response, I'm glad to hear that, Tan. I think life has a lot to offer. I do most days love life and always have. I'm glad to hear that comes across in my lessons sometimes.So that's very touching Tan. I'm glad that as I'm teaching English, that people do feel kind of a bit of a connection, that they kind of sense that I do enjoy life and I think it's important to enjoy life. I will say though, that I wasn't always this way. I think I have been much more positive since I had heart surgery a few years ago. I think when you have, I've talked about this before when you have a major medical problem and you have a surgery and you come through the surgery and you feel a lot better and you are just in way better shape, you think about life in a different way. So my goals in life are to try to be happy each day to think about the things that are good in my life and to give in some way. That's why it's nice for Jen and I to sell flowers.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases "to have a ways to go" and "Way to go!"In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to have a ways to go. When you say someone has a ways to go, it means it's going to be a long time before they get somewhere or before they finish something. Maybe you're on a long trip, and someone says, "How much further before we get there?" You can say, "Oh, we have a ways to go. It's going to be another three or four hours." Maybe you're working on a big project at work, and your boss says, "Will you have that project done soon," you could say, "No, sorry, boss. We have a ways to go. It will still be another two or three days before we done it." Before we done it? Before we're done it. Please ignore that mistake there. That was not proper English. So anyways, to have a ways to go means you have a long ways to travel. You have to go a long way before you get somewhere, or you need more time to get something done.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianBut this phrase, way to go, looks very similar, but it means something completely different. This is something I would yell when someone does something really well. If I was watching a sports game and my team scored, I would be like, "Yeah, way to go! Way to go!" because I would be happy that they did something good. Maybe you're watching someone from your family run a race or do something athletic, and they win or they do really well. You would yell, "Way to go!"So to review, to have a ways to go means you need to travel for a while or you need more time to either get somewhere or finish something, and if you yell, "Way to go!" to someone, it means that they've done something and you think it's really cool that they've done something well. Way to go. I could say this about all of you with your English learning. Every time you have a little bit of success, I could say, "Way to go. Good job."But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Maria. "I hope you and Jen have good luck harvesting and selling the flowers, and that everything goes well. We'll miss you, but that's okay. We'll wait until October 12th. Greetings from Venezuela." And my response is a simple, "See you soon."Yeah, it is good to see all of you again. It's good to be out here making videos. We did have a very nice end to our flower season. It's still going a little bit, but the main thing is that the farmer's market is done and we did get quite a bit of frost. So we are doing things like this. This used to all be flowers. The frost killed the flowers, so we tilled this up so that those flowers are in the ground now. They can decompose and this bed can rest for the winter, and we can grow something else there next year. The farmer's market is done, but we still have a few sales here and there. There were a couple of things that actually survived the frost. Some of the dahlias, we put irrigation on them in the night, so that they would stay a little warmer than the ambient temperature outside. We also covered some things, but market's done.But we do save a few things, and we sell 'em to people here and there. But as you can tell, I think I'm just quite excited that the season, the growing season is mostly over. We don't have to work crazy hours. I once again have lots of time to make YouTube videos, which is obviously something I like doing, because I keep coming back to this. So once again, thank you for watching. Thank you above all for being patient, for allowing me to take a couple weeks off. I know all of you posted really nice, positive comments about me taking a breSupport the show