Advanced English Conversation Lesson #8: Gifts 🎁 🎅 (learn real English w/ subtitles)

We're back with another real English conversation (with subtitles)! In this lesson, we talk about gifts and Christmas 🎄

Notice how many times we use GET in this lesson. Be sure to turn on the subtitles if you find it too difficult and watch it 2-3 times to get the repetition you need!

Here are the key phrases that we used:

- it is almost Thanksgiving
- we have to get our gifts a little early this year
- we’re spending the holidays with your family in the UK
- secret Santa
- you don’t know who is getting your gift
- I feel like I’ve gotten to know her so well
- she’s taken care of the kids
- I got her a pair of cozy slippers
- I just loved being able to really concentrate on one person
- try to budget how much to spend on each of them
- I so badly want to talk about my secret santa for this year
- last year my mum got me this
- she had somebody make that
- I’m a little bit worried that I’m going to forget what people got me
- it’s evident that you like getting gifts
- you get excited about getting gifts
- it was my fault because I should have done that earlier
- I like to leave things to the last minute
- I’m the same way
- if it’s something I’m excited about, I can’t do it fast enough
- You do most of it online now?
- I like shopping in person better
- you can also discretely ask what the person might like
- do you like shopping for other people
- I feel like we’re at an age where…
- last year you could tell him that something was happening…
- he and his friends have been talking a lot about santa clause
- santa clause vs father christmas
- when did you realize that Santa Claus wasn’t real
- It was probably when I was around six
- I had a strong suspicion that he wasn’t real
- I have a real good thing going here
- you know my mother, she is very practical
- our stockings would be filled with pencils and….
- that seems so classic and old-fashioned
- there’s pressure to go way over the top
- this year, santa’s going to get you
- they used to have really good commercials
- it’s not Terry’s, it’s mine
- I’m getting older now
- Don’t ruin it for Patrick
- I have cousins who are older than me
- it was at my parent’s house where my cousin realized Santa wasn’t real
- my parents were so eager to keep that magic alive
- they set everything up perfectly
- he burst into tears
- you use it for leverage
- I remember being in the school playground
- he said that he overheard his parents talking about it
- let’s see if they calm down
- there are all these pictures of kids freaking out
- they have a top notch Santa
- did you prefer a gift or money?
- There was a lot of pressure to save the money
- I preferred the money
- I wouldn’t like any of those things
- I went through a stage of saving money too
- they became collector’s items
- I swear I had that little piggy
- looking back, I just spent it on whatever was popular
- you were into all the trends
- when I was younger, they just started coming out with nail polish
- I sent my dad to get…
- her big brother made fun of me
- it’s almost worse when someone buys it for you
- do you want to get these for my birthday
- can you sense that excitement?
- I used to like wrapping presents
- the supplies dwindled down a lot when we moved
- it just depends on the shape of the present

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[tofluency]

We're so happy to have you here. If you're new, subscribe so that you get notifications when we release new conversations. Did you understand Kate when she started talking quickly? I'd love to know!

If you want to master this conversation, do this:

1. Listen without subtitles
2. Listen with subtitles
3. Listen without
4. Listen at a faster speed
5. Listen once per week

This is will do amazing things for your listening skills 💥

[tofluency]

Oh, darn it! I made a typo - it's mayhem instead of mayem. Sorry about that!

[angeliemyrnaursal]

Thank you, Jack for this topic.. I am so happy that I found this channel, it helps me a lot with my English and builds my confidence to speak the language. Anyway, to answer Kate's question my favorite gift that I received is when a very close friend gifted me a Phone. I've been using for 3 years now and I really treasured it.

And I believed that, No matter what gift we receive it's always thought that counts.

[nagaashura]

hay.
My name is Manish from India in Varanasi in a small village.
I found your video while I was looking in the video for how to speak English and writing. your video is helping me a lot.
keep on putting the video. I from a place where people know very little English. just want to say that thank you for
your fan from India

[juanshot]

watching this video twice this morning, now i know phenomenon about why i am a better writer than speaker in english. coz like what kate said on your last video that in writing i can have more deeply & compkex thoughts. thanks amazing couple.

[TashiphinjoSherpa-jkue]

Thank you very much for both of your conversation i enjoyed a lots ❤❤

[masmansianturi]

Hi Jack and Kate! I do love your videos and I should say that I've learnt a lot from them.The expressions that you both use most of the times are generally easy to understand especially for those who are learning English as a second language. I would appreciate if you both could kindly upload more videos of general interests so that we could even learn a lot more from them. Keep up the good work and Bravo.

[MIRTHA]

Please keep making this type of videos with long conversations. It is very helpful to improve my listening and at the same time you guys are very relatable and learnt a lot with the different phrases you have used. You have a new subscriber. Thanks. Greetings from Spain.

[virginialopez]

Loved it a lot! A favorite topic, christmas, gifts, santa...

[PedroSantiago-zume]

I enjoyed your video. The gift that I enjoyed most to give for someone was a postcard with poems written by me and to receive was my first game boy advance when I was a kid, that was the most desired gift when I was younger.

[federicofederer]

Estos vídeos me ayudan mucho a mejorar mi nivel de Inglés, te agradezco el esfuerzo q pones en cada uno. Continúa así!
Saludos!

[Dr.AmrWady]

Oh, thanks a lot for sharing your experience with us, I understood her very well with the subtitles. ;)

[chrispark]

I am really enjoying listening to your conversation all the times.
Such a beautiful couple!
Both of you are amazing teacher.
Love to watch your video clip& it's really helpful

[kvalcante]

Oh my gosh, I loved you guys, don't stop the channel, it makes me happy! Kisses from Brazil :)

[MalaysiaTamilanVlogs]

I love this lesson very much .. you people really good heart and made this video. I hope you would get success as gift in every single thing you do.

[rayangel]

Hello Jack and Kate from Barcelona. The funniet gift I have had is when my boyfriend gave me a bouquet of roses, but with a chicken among the flowers (the typical one that are sold in the market to be cooked), as you can imagine i didn't know whether to laught or cry, then I saw in the beak It held a ring.

[sebastianalegria]

nice to see you again guys, you're a nice couple, i want to wish you a merry christmas and happy new year, many greetings

[Anonimus]

Hello!, my favorite gift to riceive is Money because can I buy anything what I want, and give money as a gift because i don't know what other thing to give. I really enjoy this Video, Greetings!!

[ingriddelapava]

Patterned paper. Good vocabulary. Tks.

[thazinjff]

You guys are the best!! I hate learning english, bc it's so hard, but now i want to learn english! My english is horrible! !!!