Unique English Course Speak real English. Часть 2

I say, “The cow decides on a juice fast.” What it means is that the cow chooses to drink a juice fast after thinking about the possible choices. Yes, it is simply another way to say that she decides to drink or to have a drink. So she decides to drink a juice fast or she decides on a juice fast. You decide what to choose when you want to talk about your choices.

Okay, we also have three words in this lesson which are a protein shake.

The sentence says, “She drinks two or three protein shakes a day not to lose muscles.”

A protein shake is a drink made by mixing protein power with milk or water. A protein power that has a substance that makes your body grow and be strong. It actually means that she decides to make this protein cocktail. She takes a protein power and mixes it with milk and she shakes it well. The drink is ready. You see it is easy, right. The cow drinks the protein shakes, the protein cocktail and she does it two or three times a day not to lose muscles, to stay strong.

Our final phrase for today is to get clear.

I say, “When the cow stops eating sweets, her mind gets clear.” I know that you already understand what it actually means, but I also know that people may forget things if they don’t repeat them. And because I want the best for you, let me explain this phrase to you. “To get clear” means to be freed from something dangerous. So the cow becomes free from the sugary effect. She frees herself from sugar by stopping eating sweet things. Her mind becomes free from sugar and now her brain begins to see everything differently, much better. In our case, the cow remembers things again: her name, her family and her friends. Her mind gets clear.

This is the end of the vocabulary lesson for “A Sweet Tooth”. See you for the mini-story!

Unit 3. The mini-story lesson

Hello, this is Alex. Welcome to the mini-story lesson for “A Sweet Tooth”

Before we start this lesson, I want to remind you of the importance of this lesson. Why are the mini-story lessons that powerful? They are that powerful because with these lessons you are getting better at grammar by answering easy, funny and sometimes silly question. Isn’t that wonderful? Most of the mini-story lessons are in the past tense. Why? Because of the irregular verbs. And you know how difficult they can be, even for native speakers. We need to practice them again and again to become better at them. Okay, let’s run into the mini-story lesson.

Carol was a successful business cow. She ran a huge company and she was rich.

What was Carol? A dog?

No, she wasn’t a dog. She was a cow. Carol was a cow.

Was Carol the cow a successful dentist?

No, she wasn’t a successful dentist. She was a successful business cow. She was in business.

How do you know that?

I know that because Carol the cow ran a huge company.

Was Carol the cow in control of a huge company?

Yes, she was. Carol the cow was in control of a huge company.

Did Carol the cow think about the strategy of the company?

Yes, she did. She thought about the strategy of the company.

Did Carol the cow decide what product the company would bring to the market?

Yes, she did. She decided what product it would be.

So Carol the cow was a boss, right?

Yes, she was. Carol the cow was a big boss. She ran a huge company.

Did Carol the cow run a huge or a small company?

A huge one. Carol the cow ran a huge company.

Did Carol the cow have money?

Yes, sure. Carol the cow had money. She was rich. This is great!

So Carol the cow had money. What else did the cow have?

Carol the cow had a sweet tooth.

A sweet tooth? What do you mean by saying “She had a sweet tooth”?

I mean that Carol the cow loved sweets very much.

Oh, I see. So when someone has a sweet tooth, it means that he or she loves sweets a lot, right?

Yes, that’s right.

You are asking a lot of questions today.

Yes, I am just practicing my English.

That’s good. But let me do my job well. My next question is,

Did Carol the cow make sweets or did she buy them?

She bought them. She didn’t make them. Every day she went to a candy shop and she bought a lot of sweets there.

Who went to a candy shop every day?

Carol the cow did. Every day Carol the cow went to a candy shop.

What did she buy at that candy shop?

She bought sweets, of course. She bought a lot of sweets there. What else can you buy at a candy shop?

You are doing it again. Asking me questions.

Sorry. Yes, I am just practicing my English with you.

Did Carol the cow buy a lot of sweets?

A lot of sweets. She bought and ate ten kilos of chocolate, three dozens of dates and a hundred cream cakes a day.

Okay. And because Carol the cow was a very kind and generous cow, she gave all the sweets to her workers, yes?

No, she didn’t give all the sweets to her works. She was kind, but not generous. She ate them all by herself.