Hey there! This is TOP episode 252. Learn English with Sabrina Carpenter ‘Please, Please, Please’
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Hello and welcome! Thank you for showing up! We are about to learn some English with music. The song is quite funny. It’s about a woman.
She’s about to go out with her new boyfriend and her friends and generally she makes good choices, she has good taste when it comes to men. Partners. At least SHE thinks that way. Yet, this guy… Well, he’s an actor and he’s a stand-up comedian. His jokes can be embarrassing. So in this song she’s desperate. She begs him please, please, please don’t embarrass me. Don’t be stupid, don’t make silly jokes. Don’t make me look bad. She even offers staying in. He wants to go out and catch some fresh air, meet people, and she suggests keeping this relationship a secret. Embarrassing. Why is she even with him? She’s desperate in my view. She clearly has the ick but decided to ignore it.
Before we start analysing the language from the song by Sabrina Carpenter tell me, have you signed up for my webinar? Why not! I’m going to show you how to USE the present perfect tense in real life conversations! You absolutely need this knowledge in order to finally use the freaking tense automatically and with ease. Sign up now, it’s all free, just head over to teacherola.com/webinar. Webinar means that my course SIOL (Say It Out Loud) is about to be open for enrollment! Yay! I’m so excited to meet a new group of English learners! But! Even if you are NOT willing to join SIOL in this edition, show up at the webinar because you’ll learn a lot and you need this knowledge. Ok, now we’re ready.
Let’s begin with phrase one out of nine.
One. I know I have good judgement
If you have good judgement of a person or of a situation you are confident you make good decisions. For example:
I know I have good judgement when I pick my friends.
I trust her decisions because she has good judgement
Two. I know I have good taste
That means I’m sure I have a good sense of style. I make proper choices, my choices are socially accepted. Here I think she talks about her relationships. Two example sentences:
I know I have good taste in music; everyone loves my playlist.
She always dresses well; she has good taste.
Three. It’s ironic that only I feel that way
It’s funny and strange at the same time that I’m the only one who thinks this. Listen to those examples:
It’s ironic that only I feel that way about the movie; everyone else liked it.
When it comes to spicy food, it’s ironic that only I feel that way; my friends hate it.
It’s ironic that he dislikes sweets, yet he owns a candy store.
Four. Everyone makes mistakes
It’s normal for everyone to mess up sometimes. But notice that with ‘mistakes’ we go for the verb ‘make’ not ‘do’. Everybody makes mistakes. For instance:
Don’t worry; everyone makes mistakes.
Five. Everyone rolls their eyes
It’s common for people to show they’re annoyed or don’t believe something by rolling their eyes. I do this way too much. I have two examples for you:
When the teacher announced the quiz, everyone rolled their eyes.
She couldn’t help but roll her eyes at his silly joke.
Six. Don’t prove I’m right
Don’t do something that shows my bad thoughts about you are true. I want to be wrong but I know I’m right, just don’t prove I’m right in front of my friends. For instance:
I said you’d be late; please don’t prove I’m right.
Seven. Don’t bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice
Don’t make me cry when I spent time making myself look nice. I did my makeup. This time it’s not make but it’s do, you do your makeup, she does her makeup or she never does her makeup. Listen to these:
She rarely does her makeup.
Sad films always bring me to tears.
Eight. I beg you, don’t embarrass me
Please don’t make me feel ashamed or awkward. To beg is to ask somebody for something especially in an anxious way because you want or need it very much.
Before we go, I beg you, don’t embarrass me.
Nine. I know you’re craving some fresh air
I know you really want to go outside. To crave something is to have a very strong desire for something. Example sentences:
I know you’re craving pizza for dinner tonight.
That was the last one! Nine expressions from ‘Please, Please, Please’ by Sabrina Carpenter. But! We’re not here just to learn new phrases, right? We’re all about activating your passive knowledge, so! Let’s speak some English! Listen and repeat the sentences out loud.
I trust her decisions because she has good judgement
She always dresses well; she has good taste.
It’s ironic that he dislikes sweets, yet he owns a candy store.
Don’t worry; everyone makes mistakes.
She couldn’t help but roll her eyes at his silly joke.
I said you’d be late; please don’t prove I’m right.
She rarely does her makeup.
Sad films always bring me to tears.
Before we go, I beg you, don’t embarrass me.
I know you’re craving pizza for dinner tonight.
Listen to the song, check how much you remember and sing along! Have fun!
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I’ll be back next week. Stay fearless, say it out loud and take care! I’m your teacher, Teacher Ola, and you were listening to Teacher Ola Podcast. Bye for now.