Bob's Short English Lessons

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases I CAN'T HELP MYSELF and HELP YOURSELF!In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase I can't help myself. This is a phrase that we say when we can't resist doing something, when we just have to do something. Sometimes at work, people will bring yummy snacks to school. Maybe they'll bring cupcakes or some kind of cake or muffins or cookies, and they'll put them in the staff room, and then I just, I can't help myself. I have to take one and I have to eat it. I can't resist sweets sometimes. Usually what I try to do is not go in the room where someone has put yummy treats, because I can't help myself. I can't resist them. I usually take them and I eat them, usually one or two, sometimes three. If they're there all day, sometimes four. It's really bad, isn't it, but I can't help myself.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 help yourself. When you say to someone, "Help yourself," you mean that they can have something, and we use this a lot with food. In my previous example, if someone brings food to the school and puts it in the staff room, they might put a little note on the board in the staff room that says "Help yourself. I made some cookies last night. If you want one, just help yourself." This means that you can simply take a cookie if you want one.So to review, when I see snacks, I can't help myself and I usually eat one or two or three. Usually not four. Well, sometimes four, but I try not to, but I can't help myself. So when you say that you can't help yourself, it means you can't resist doing something. And then if you say to someone, "Help yourself," we almost always use this with food. You can use it with other things as well, but it's most commonly heard when someone puts food out somewhere and says to people, "Hey, if you want some, help yourself." It means that you are permitted to take some food, if you want to have some.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. Let me get it out of my pocket here. This comment is from Gaurav, and Gaurav says, "Hello, teacher. Can you teach me how to play hockey, please, eh?" And Roland responds and says, "Or create a lesson about excuses for bad hockey playing," and my response is this. "I haven't played hockey for many years. I still usually skate two or three times a year, but I haven't picked up a stick or put on hockey equipment for decades. I'm pretty sure I could still play, though, if I tried, but I would certainly be sore the next day."So thank you, Gaurav, for that comment. No, I have not played hockey for a very long time. Sorry, I have to get through the leaves here. It's like I'm in the jungle. When I was younger, when I lived in Quebec City, what I really enjoyed was they had outdoor hockey rinks. So I would go to the outdoor hockey rink, usually during the day, and I would skate a little bit. I worked in a restaurant. I had a night shift job, and so during the day I would skate and practice my hockey, and then with my friends here in Ontario, Canada, as well. By the way, I lived in Quebec for about nine or 10 months. That's what I was talking about. With my friends was around here, we used to play hockey quite a bit, but things have changed, though.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms A TRIPLE THREAT and A DOUBLE WHAMMYIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English term, a triple threat. A triple threat is a term we use to describe someone who's good at three things. If you think about a hockey player, if I was to describe a hockey player as being a triple threat, it would mean that they're probably a good skater, a good passer, and really good at shooting the puck. They're a triple threat. You might describe a celebrity as a triple threat if they are an amazing actor, singer, and dancer. They can do three things at the same time and do them all well. That person, we would describe as a triple threat.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 or the other term is the phrase, a double whammy. A double whammy is when two bad things happen at the same time. If you were driving your car and you got a flat tire and ran out of gas at the same time, we would call that a double whammy, two bad things happening at the same time. I hate it when two bad things happen at the same time. And this did just kind of happen to me the other day. I had the button on the front of my shorts pop off while I was walking, and then I got a hole in my shoe the same time. Or this at the same time. So it was a bit of a double whammy for me.So to review, a triple threat is a term we use to describe a person who's good at three things, like really good at three things. I think my hockey player example was a good one. Someone who can skate really fast, shoot the puck really well on the net, and pass to other players. We would certainly call a triple threat. And a double whammy is any situation where two things go wrong at the same time. Never any fun when you get a flat tire and run out of gas at the same time.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous viewer. This comment is all crumpled up in my front pocket. Look at that. That's not very good. This comment is from Julia. And it's actually a comment from my video on my bigger channel from yesterday. Julia says this, I forgot to mention your smile, and beautiful flower farm, and your brilliant stories. And I love to listen to every, that I love to listen to every Wednesday. And my response was this, I'm bragging a little bit here, I said, I'm a triple threat. You might have to look that one up. Although I did say, maybe I'll do my short English lesson about that phrase today. And that's what I'm doing right now.So thanks Julia for that comment. It's quite crumpled up. I'm putting it back in my back pocket. It doesn't go in very good, there we go. Thank you so much for that comment. I'm trying not to brag. I don't actually think I'm a triple threat. I just try really hard to do a good job whenever I do something. And I think a lot of you are recognizing that, that part of my character, part of what makes me who I am, part of what makes me tick is that I really like doing a good job whenever I do something. So I'm glad that all of you appreciate that I'm putting a lot of hard work in, teaching these English lessons. Jen, as well. You can actually see her in the distance there, is working hard on our flower farm. Both of us just really enjoy what we do.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases ALL KINDS OF and KIND OFIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, all kinds of. When we say all kinds of in English, we simply mean that there were a lot of something. If I say I went to the grocery store, and there were all kinds of people there, it means that there were a lot of people at the grocery store. If I say there were all kinds of cars in the parking lot, it means there were a lot of cars in the parking lot. If I say I have all kinds of time today to make this English lesson, it means that I have lots of time to make this English lesson. But if I add the word different to the end, if I say there were all kinds of different cars in the parking lot, it means that there were big cars and little cars and old cars and new cars. It means that there were a variety of cars in the parking lot. So if you say all kinds of, it means a lot of something. If you add the word different, it means that there is a variety.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH FOR, "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 kind of, and this is kind of an interesting phrase. I just used it there, I don't know if you noticed that. But we use this when we are feeling a little bit of something. If I say I'm kind of hungry, it means I'm not starving but I certainly am not full. I could certainly eat something. If you are kind of hungry, you could eat a snack or a small meal. If you say to someone that you are kind of happy, it means that you're not super happy, but you're not sad. You're somewhere in the middle, more towards being happy than sad. So when you use kind of, it kind of, I just used it again there, when you use kind of, it means a little bit of something. So I'm kind of happy with my new camera, I think I'll be a lot more happy once I learn to use it better. And then we also use it just to fill in, in sentences. You know, it's kind of a word that we use every once in a while. It's kind of something that we like to use in everyday speech. It's kind of something that just makes a sentence go better than it would if you didn't have kind of in there. I hope you understood what I just said.So to review, when you have all kinds of something, it means you have a lot of it. If you add the word different, it means you have a variety. And if you are feeling kind of happy, it means you're more happy than sad, but you're not super happy, you're kind of happy. And I do wanna point out, as I was saying this, the word of often comes out with the ah, sound. So all kinds of, there were all kinds of cars in the parking lot. And, I'm feeling kind of hungry right now. Notice how of, kind of sounds like a.But hey let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment, I almost thought I lost it again. Sometimes the comments try to blow away. This comment is from Linda. Happy for you that you got the new camera. Well, if it's heavy to hold, you kill two birds with one stone, bulk up your arm muscles while recording spectacular videos. And my response to Linda was, that's true, I won't have to lift weights anymore, I'll just carry my camera around.So thanks for that comment, Linda. Yes, I do have this new camera, and so far, I am quite happy with it. I bought a wider angle lens, so you can see a lot more behind me when I'm making these videos. And today I wanted to show you, if you noticed in the last video, there were white, fluffy things blowing past me while I was making the English lesson. This tree is a Willow tree behind me, and it has these little fuzzy things on it right now. I'll take one off and show yoSupport the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases WHAT MAKES SOMEONE TICK and TO TICK SOMEONE OFF In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, "what makes someone tick." When we talk about what makes someone tick, in English, we talk about what makes them do the things they do or what makes them want to do the things that they do. Sometimes it's interesting to try and figure out what makes someone tick. Sometimes when you see people in public at the mall or somewhere else, and they're doing strange things, you wonder to yourself, what makes that person tick? I think this might come from a clock, like a clock ticks. And we know that a clock ticks because it has a mechanism inside. And I think when people do strange or odd things, we sometimes wonder what makes them tick.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 tick someone off." When you tick someone off, it means you make them angry. Sometimes when I come home late, I'm really loud and it can tick Jen off. Sometimes my kids go out at night and they come home really late. And they're really loud when they come in. And then when I'm laying in bed trying to sleep, I wake up and then I'm ticked off. So when you tick someone off, it means you do something that makes them annoyed or makes them angry. Sometimes people do the strangest things, and sometimes it can tick other people off.So to review. When you talk about what makes someone tick, you're talking about what makes them do what they do. It means you're trying to understand what they're thinking about when they decide to do certain things. And when you tick someone off, it simply means that you are making them angry or annoyed. I try really hard with my English lessons to not tick people off. I don't ever want to tick people off on this channel. I think the best way to teach English is to be happy, don't do anything controversial, and make sure that people are enjoying learning the language.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Xavier, and Xavier says, "Definitely learning English can be exasperating, especially when you don't know a word; and trying to carry on with the conversation, you end up making up a kind of new English, Spanglish in my case." And my response is this. "I do this quite a bit when I'm speaking French. Sometimes my speaking partner gives me a funny look and says, 'That's not a word.'"I think everyone who is learning to speak a language has done this in the past. They have made up words as they're trying to speak the language. They kind of mixed together a word from their own language and they make it sound kind of English. Or in my case, I make it sound as French as possible. And then hopefully you get away with it. Sometimes the person you're talking to will understand, but sometimes, like I said, with my speaking partner, they will just look at you and smile and kind of let you know that you've made a mistake.Sorry that I am so close to the camera today. I don't if you've realized this, but I have bought a new camera and I'm waiting for a better lens to come. The camera's also a little heavier than my last camera.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO MAKE UP and TO MAKE OUTIn this English lesson I wanted to help you understand three meanings of the phrase, to make up. There's probably more, but we should get started if I have to explain three in less than a minute, the first meaning of this verb is to tell a story that isn't true. Often kids will make up a story when you ask them about something. They might not always tell you the truth. The other way we use this phrase is to talk about catching up on work or something that you missed. Maybe you usually work eight hours a day and one day you only worked six, you will need to make up those hours later in the week. So you might have to work for 10 hours a day later, or a couple days later. And then the other way we use this phrase is when two people who are romantically involved with each other have a fight and after the fight they will make up. When you make up with someone, it means that you were having a disagreement but you still like each other or love each other. And you decide that you're going to make up.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 wanna teach you today is the phrase to make out. Now, I'm going to teach you two meanings of this phrase. The first is when you ask someone how something went. You can say, you can ask this question. "How did you make out?" So let's say my son is going to go do some work for me on the farm. When he's done the work, I could say to him, "How did you make out with that work?" And basically I'm just asking them how things went. And the other one is a little more I might blush as I'm talking about this but to make out means to kiss someone. So if you know a couple who are dating, they probably, sometimes park on the side of the road somewhere and make out. That means that they kiss each other. I just don't know how to explain that any differently. I'm starting to get embarrassed. I don't know why love and romance is all around us. And sometimes people want to kiss. Sometimes they want to make out.So to review, to make up can mean to create a story that isn't true. It can mean to catch up on work that you missed. And it can mean, Oh, I forgot the third meaning, it can mean when you have a fight with someone who you are in a relationship with you might make up later. And then to make out can mean to kiss someone. Maybe if you have ever dated someone in your life you're familiar with the phrase to make out. And it can also be used in a question when you say, "How did you make out?" When you're asking someone how something went.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video as we do that I should say I shouldn't try to explain phrases that have two or three meanings. It takes a long time, but let's keep going. Alexi has this comment, "Luckily, after years of learning English, I know the meaning of the word exasperate. Well, it's about time. Thank you for the lesson, Bob. It was interesting to know about the silos as well." My response was this, "Learning English can be exasperating." So thank you Alexi for that comment. Yes. Learning the English language can be extremely exasperating. I'm glad that you were able to learn that word a long time ago and I'm glad that you were able to use the phrase, it's about time while you were making your comment. Good work all around.I'm walking this way because in my video on my bigger channel yesterday, I was showing you that the farmer across the river was baling hay and they are now done. Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases IT'S ABOUT TIME! and AHEAD OF TIMEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, "It's about time." This is a phrase that we say to someone when they finally arrive somewhere, or when they finally do something that they should have done. Let's imagine that you're waiting for your brother at the mall, and he said he was gonna be there at one o'clock and it's already 1:30. When your brother arrives, you would probably say, "Oh, it's about time you got here. It's about time that you got to the mall. You said you were gonna be here earlier." So it's definitely not a happy phrase when we say it's about time. We also use this to talk about when someone does something in life that they should have done a long time ago. You could say maybe your cousin never went to high school and finally got their high school diploma, you could say, "Oh, it's about time that they got to their high school diploma."WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH FOR, "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, "Ahead of time." When you do something ahead of time, it means you do it earlier than when it needs to be done. When I get up and get ready to go to work, I like to get a lot of things ready ahead of time. I make sure my keys, and wallet, and phone are by my computer, ready to go. I don't look for them the very moment I need to leave. I like to have them ready ahead of time. When Jen is preparing to go to market, she doesn't make all of the bouquets just in the few minutes before she needs to leave. She makes sure she has all of them ready ahead of time. She makes sure that they're all ready to go well before she needs to have them ready.So to review, when you say to someone, "It's about time," you say it in a kind of a spirit of exasperation, you're exasperated. I'm not sure if you know that word, you should look it up, but you say, "Oh, it's about time you got here." It's about time you started learning English every day, instead of every other day. I'm not sure if that's what you're doing, but it might be a good idea. And the second phrase is the phrase ahead of time. When you do something ahead of time, you do it before the time that it is needed. It's always good to pay your bills ahead of time. It's always good to arrive ahead of time when you go somewhere. It's just a good idea. It's better than being late, for sure.But, hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Francisco. And Francisco, in French, says, in French. And this is the French equivalent of the English phrase, "Rain or shine." So thanks, Francisco, for that. By the way, Francisco, from time to time, will tell me what the French version is of the phrase and I really appreciate that, Francisco, thank you. My reply was this, we also have another phrase. that means the same thing, almost, but it has a swear word in it, and the phrase is, "Come hell or high water."So sometimes people will say they're going to do something, come hell or high water. Now again, the word hell is considered a swear word in English, so be careful. But if someone says they're going to do something, come hell or high water, kicking my tripod here, it means they're definitely going to do it, okay? If someone says, "I'm going to get," ah, let me see, I'm having trouble thinking of an example right now, "I'm going to drive this car for 10 years, come hell or high water," it means that you're going to do that, no matter what happens. It means you're very determined to do it.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms RAIN OR SHINE and MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINESIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, rain or shine. In English, if you say that something is going to happen rain or shine, it means it's going to happen if it rains, it's going to happen if it's sunny. It doesn't matter what the weather ends up being, that event is going to happen. Right now, Jen is at the farmer's market selling flowers. And on Facebook, it said that the market was going to be open today, rain or shine. So that basically means that if it started raining, the market is still going to be open. Luckily, it's actually a very nice, sunny day right now. So the shine part is what's happening. It's not raining. Although when I look way that way to the north where the market is, there are some dark clouds. I hope it's not raining. You just don't sell as many flowers at the market when it rains.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/bobthecanadianHey, the other phrase I wanted to teach you today is a farmer phrase. You may hear this phrase occasionally in English, but farmers say this the most often. And it's the phrase make hay while the sun shines. So when you have to make hay, you need to do it when the sun is shining and when the weather is nice. Rain actually ruins hay. And if you're wondering what hay is, there's a big field of hay right here. In a few days, I will need to cut that hay and it will need to lay in the sun for about three days before I can bale it with my baler. And so often in English, when you say you gotta make hay when the sun shines, you're not just talking about farmers making hay, you're talking about any kind of opportunity where the time is right to do it. So you'll even hear this in regular, everyday English once in a while. Although I must say the phrase is pretty rare. Me and the other farmers jokingly say this once in a while. We'll say, "Well, you know what they say, you gotta make hay while the sun shines."So to review, when an event is planned to be outside, and if it says it is going to happen rain or shine, it means it's going to happen if it's raining and it's going to happen if it's sunny. It doesn't matter what the weather is, the event's gonna happen. And when you say make hay while the sun shines, you're basically saying, do something when the time is right to do it.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Guillaume. And Guillaume says, "Hey, Bob, yes, it'd be interesting if you showed us more of your work on your farm. Thanks for the video. Have a good day." And my response is this. I'll try to remember to do that. The problem is that when I go out to do work, I don't always remember to bring my camera. And I'm afraid of breaking it by accident. Maybe I should get a durable action camera. Let me think about it.So I've thought about that a little bit. I thought about maybe getting a GoPro or some other type of action camera, something that's a little more durable, something that I can clamp onto a part of my tractor when I'm doing tractor work. I might get one. I've looked at a few. Jen is interested as well, because it would be kind of cool when we're trying to show people parts of our farm. Or if I was out here in a few days, cutting this hay, it would be nice to have an action camera so that you could see me doing that. So I'll look into it. I do think it's important to buy new equipment every once in a while so that the videos that you're making on YouTube are even cooler. You can't just use the same equipment all the time. Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases I'M TORN UP and I'M TORNIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, I'm torn up. If you say in English, I'm torn up or I'm torn up about something, it means that you are emotionally sad. That you're upset that you're just feeling really, really bad about something. If someone was to say to me I just broke up with my boyfriend and I'm really torn up. If they said I'm torn up, it means that they're sad about it. They're not sure what to think about it. They might even be crying a little bit because they're just emotionally not feeling very happy. So when you say I'm torn up it means that you're sad and just not feeling very happy about something that's happened in your life. Usually we use this phrase when two people break up, sometimes the one person wanted to break up and the other person didn't and the person who didn't might be a little bit torn up about it.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 I'm torn. So when we remove the up from the end of this verb. If I say I'm torn, it means I'm having trouble deciding what I think. And I'll tell you what I'm torn about right now. They might open schools, they might not. And some people have said to me, Bob, do you want schools to open again? And I'm torn. I'm torn about it because there's only two or three weeks, I think two and a half weeks left in the school year. So I feel like going back to in-person learning for about nine or 10 days doesn't make a lot of sense. But at the same time I feel like it might be good for the students. So I'm torn. I don't have an opinion one way or the other.So to review, if you say to someone I'm torn up, if you say, oh, I'm really torn up about this. It means that you're feeling sad and emotional about it. And if you say I'm torn, it's simply means you're having trouble deciding how you feel about something. So yes, I'm very much torn about whether schools should go back to in-person learning just for a couple of weeks, we'll see.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Paolo and Paolo says, would it be possible to say, where are you at? This is from the lesson the other day on the slang phrase where you at. And my response was, yes, for sure. This is also very common. People might say, where you at, where are you at, where you're at, I made a little contraction out of it there. All of those are correct in informal speech. Great question Paolo. So again, I do wanna remind you that those were examples of phrases we use that are very informal. They are almost slang, they would be considered slang. So just be a little bit careful when you use those in written English, you wouldn't use those. You wouldn't say where you at unless you're writing a story or something very interesting that someone could read. And you wanted the character in your story to use a little bit of English slang.Anyways, I'm walking out here and I'm showing you this piece of ground right here. We just recently worked this up with the rototiller. So I drove on this with the tractor with the rototiller behind. I should have probably made a little video of it. That would have been quite interesting but this is where we will probably be growing dahlias next year. We're currently growing the dahlias way over there. I'll show you that later. Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases WHERE YOU AT? and WHERE IT'S ATIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, were you at? This is a slang phrase of asking the question are you. Let's imagine my brother is out driving his car and it breaks down on the side of the road. He might phone me and say, hey can you come pick me up, my car has broken down. And I might respond by saying, where you at? Basically, what I'm asking him is, where are you? I don't know why we use this phrase, it doesn't save you any time to say where you at instead of where are you, but I would probably say that. I'd probably say, yeah no problem, where you at bro? I don't always call my brother, bro, but it sounded cool there, didn't it? So anyways, when you say, where you at, it means where are you? You could also use this with other nouns, you can say, where is he at or where is she at, as well. All of those work perfectly well.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH FOR, "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, where it's at. When you say something is where it's at, it means that it is cool. If someone was to say, where did you get those flowers? And if someone responded and said, I got them from Jen's flower farm, that's where it's at, if you want to by flowers. So when you say something is where it's at, it means it's the cool place or the awesome place or the neat place to be if you want to do a certain thing. Right now in Canada, nowhere is where it's at because you can't go anywhere. But if you do ever visit this area, Niagara Falls is where it's at. That is a very cool place to visit.So to review, when you say to someone, where you at, you're simply asking, where are you, what is your location? We don't ever say that by the way, we say, where are you or where you at? We don't ever say, what is your location, that sounds very formal. And if you say to someone that something is where it's at, it means that that's the cool place. In a school, the students might say, what's the best place to be at lunch time, and someone might say, oh, the gym is where it's at. That means that that's the fun place, the cool place to be at lunch time.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video, this comment is from Anna, and Anna says, those store-bought cakes are very convenient, I like to bake from scratch as I can get a sense of fulfillment out of it. And cakes made by myself are healthier I guess. And my response is this and you're right, store-bought are convenient. Back when we had guests come over, like before COVID when you were allowed to have guests over, we'd sometimes buy store-bought cookies if we were pressed for time but normally we would try to make something ourselves. So thanks Anna for that comment. Yes, definitely there is a sense of fulfillment when you make something yourself. It's kind of fun to make your own things, isn't it? So thanks again for that comment.Hey, I wanted to show you something behind me, we have to walk over here a little bit. You may have thought that there was snow behind me when I was making the first part of this lesson. Oh, my tripod hit the ground. But there is not snow behind me, but these trees have white blossoms all over them. Let's get a little bit closer so you can see. And these are cool, but I also find them kind of annoying.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms FROM SCRATCH and STORE-BOUGHTIn this English lesson, I wanted to teach you the English term from scratch. When you make something from scratch, it means you make it from the basic ingredients. In our house, we have an oven, and the oven broke, and then when we got the oven fixed, my kids started to make cookies again from scratch. That means they got flour, and they got sugar, and they got chocolate chips and all of the ingredients that they needed, eggs and a little bit of water and some baking powder, I think. I don't know exactly how to make cookies, although I did do a video about that once, didn't I? Anyways, they've been starting to make cookies from scratch, and it's been yummy, but it's been bad for my waist size. I think I'm getting bigger again. I need to stop eating all of the cookies that my kids are making from scratch. So again, when you bake something from scratch, you use all of the basic ingredients in order to make it.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/bobthecanadianWhich is completely different than when you have something that is store bought. So we also sometimes have store-bought cookies in our house, and I think you understand what that means. Those are cookies that you buy at the store. Now, I have to say this. I have not enjoyed eating store-bought cookies for quite some time. I think when I was a kid I really enjoyed store-bought cookies. I think the box was full of cookies, and I think the store was getting cookies from a factory that made cookies with really normal ingredients, but I find store-bought cookies now don't taste as good as I remember them tasting when I was a child. I feel like they taste a little bit artificial now. I don't like them near as much, so I don't have a problem with store-bought cookies. I don't eat them uncontrollably, but I certainly have a bit of a problem with cookies that are made from scratch.So to review, when something is baked or made from scratch, we're usually talking about something like a cookie or other baked good, and it's made using all of the basic normal ingredients that you would use when you make something, which is different than something that is store bought, which refers to something that is purchased from a store and usually made in a giant factory somewhere. I'm sure there's cookie factories somewhere in Toronto, and that's where all of the store bought cookies are made.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Linda, and Linda says without realizing, you taught also oldie but a goodie. Nice expression. Loved it, thanks, and my reply was it just kind of slipped out.Yes, in the last video, I think I said something was an oldie but a goodie. Whenever you say something is an oldie but a goodie, you're referring to something that is old but is still really, really cool or awesome or has value. Probably the best example of this would be songs by a band called The Beatles. Whenever a Beatles song comes on the radio, you can certainly say, ah, this is an oldie but a goodie. It's kind of a funny phrase. It sounds funny when I say it out loud, as wellBut anyways, I wanted to walk for a bit and talk. I forgot to do that when I started just ad libbing a little bit there, but what I wanted to show you is a couple of things. One is this is actually a bed of sunflowers, and those will be ready to harvest in about six weeks, I think, but the main thing I wanted to show you is actually way in the distance. So way back here, you can see my field of wheat.Support the show