Stuck in a Rut – Level 3

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hey there
it’s Eli
and today we’re gonna watch a couple of clips from How I Met Your Mother
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we’re gonna learn what it means
“to get stuck in a rut”
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and we’re gonna learn about how reading children’s stories can help you learn English
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but first a short clip from How I Met Your Mother
just to get you warmed up
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we always go to McClaren’s
yeah cuz MacLaren’s is fun
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MacLaren’s is this much fun
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what I’m offering is the chance to have this much fun
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you say that you say it’s gonna be this much fun
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but most of the time
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it ends up being this much fun
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this much fun is good
it’s safe
it’s guaranteed
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this hand gesture thing doesn’t really
work on the phone, does it?
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get in the cab Marshall
…
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Ted Ted Ted
right here
you keep going to the same bar
you’re in a rut
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and I am a rut buster
I’m going to bust your rut
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it’s routine
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let’s pause here for a minute and understand a key word, okay
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the key word is rut
what is a rut?
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well a rut originally is a little track in a road, okay?
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and if for example you are driving a car along a road
and it got stuck in a rut
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this little trench
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if the wheel falls into it
then it can only just keep going in that same direction, right?
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so when you get stuck in a rut
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it means you make a habit out of something
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you do something one way
and it’s hard for you to do it a different way
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so to get stuck in a rut
means to get stuck doing the same thing
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to get stuck in a routine
okay?
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all right, let’s listen to that again:
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Ted Ted Ted right here you keep going to the same bar
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you’re in a rut
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and I am a rut buster
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I’m going to bust your rut
it’s routine– I like it
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what’s the first syllable in “rut-tine”
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[Laughter]
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it’s Eli back again for more learning
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and more fun and of course I’m here with your revolution English learning tip for today
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and it is kids
children
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do you have any?
or do you know someone who has kids?
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because if you do, you have an amazing learning opportunity that’s also going to be really fun for them
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and it’s quite simple:
just read to them
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but read to them in English not your native language
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there are so many great children’s books out there
my first and number one favorite is called
where the wild things are
where the wild things are
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it’s a great story about imagination
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okay and it’s written by a thoughtful author whose name is Maurice Sendak
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okay there it is
you can find it at just about any library or any book store that has children’s books
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