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]

Tell me more.

[@gemarodriguezvillegas3095]

I understood her perfectly. Thanks.

[@tatianabolotova3966]

That's ok, don't worry! And Kate didn't speak enormously fast, you know. As we may read it the description - stop it for a moment, listen to one more time, with subtitles or without them. As for me, I just need to get used to it, because she has a special accent. But looking back at the time I've started listening to YOU, Jack, I have to confess that I understood about a half of content. ))))))))))))

[@tofluency]

Thank you! What you're doing is going to help you. Keep doing it!

To Fluency in my personal case i do not have problem with your pronunciation..maybe because i spent several holidays in UK when i was younger...so my brain processes nice the english from England...but sometimes i miss the words when this very lovely lady speaks...but no problem...i will focus on it...very nice video...

[@TashiphinjoSherpa-jk7ue]

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

[@becool2850]

Thank you jack I really enjoy watching your videos . ☺❤

[@bisanalyazuri]

Thanks for the lesson 😊

[@virginialopez5057]

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

[@floresbuendia7006]

You are the best teacher ever

[@federicofederer1777]

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

[@anarasaiipbekova7761]

Dear Jack and Kate ! thanks for useful Videos.

[@SuperCarry74]

I love this kind of videos ! Real English, like all of your lessons ....very useful! Thank you so much! :)

[@masmansianturi6847]

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.

[@ageubruno4547]

Is very nice when I had time to listening your conversation. Hugs!

[@kvalcante10]

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

[@monikawurzel2458]

You both are awesome, thanks for the great lesson

[@MIRTHA96]

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.

[@gemarodriguezvillegas3095]

Thank you.

[@Dr.AmrWady]

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

[@ThanhPham-vf5me]

I love all you... Thank you.

[@rd57f]

This was very useful. Please, make more videos with Kate :) By the way, thanks for adding subtitles!! Even though I understand everything you say, it's nice to listen to the conversation while reading the subtitles ☺☺

[@angeliemyrnaursal7685]

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.

[@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.

[@tofluency]

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

[@gunashzakaryayeva4676]

no matter💖

[@mrowanyousif2425]

Thank you so much

[@sebastianalegria3401]

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

[@chrispark363]

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

[@tofluency]

Thank you so much!

[@ingriddelapava7208]

Patterned paper. Good vocabulary. Tks.

[@tubbabibi]

Thank you so much for both

[@damiro1989]

Guys thats amazing;) keep doing it.I really like the way it goes! In a form of dialogue and when you use and put used phrases...Do morw

[@ingriddelapava7208]

I love to have holodays traditions at home. The wreath with 4 candles which I light every week before christmas eve.

[@TraMaiDIY]

thank you

[@mollietai8946]

All we want for Christmas is TF. How cool!

[@PedroSantiago-zu7me]

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.

[@juanshot549]

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.

[@jaquefeitosa39]

E MUITO AGRADAVEL OUVIR VOCES

[@thazinjff3548]

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! !!!

[@TheFernandojrcoroa]

This channel is very good, I'm learning much with this channel, everyday I watch two or three video, and it`s many useful for me.

[@tofluency]

I’ve just added a new video. Check it out!

[@aslibelek]

Hi Jack and Kate! thank you so much for all videos. i have ever given gift was fabric doll and poetry for my friend. also i have ever recevied gift was toilet seat cover :) it had given by my husband :) also it was my birthday!! he is funny. on the otherhand we have got so many intresting tradional things. i think turkish people are intersting. one of the example is wedding. Groom's mom cracks candy on the top of bride's head. :) there are a lot of interesting things we have. bye see you again!

[@nagaashura2350]

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

[@SuhailkcOfficial]

Thanks for the videos... I like both of you a lot....jack is more cute in small hair

[@rayangel1100]

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.

[@faycalshow3448]

Woooow i love it thank you

[@alisaalisa3546]

May I learn from you？

[@floraboscolo6004]

My fevourit gift is rose flower.

[@faycalshow3448]

I want to be a teacher in youtube like you you are a very good teacher :D

[@customthings3081]

Here in Brazil, we call Secret Santa as "Amigo Oculto", it means something like as " HIDDEN FRIEND ". Sometimes depending on the friend group, that time is very funny, because we give strange gifts!! The more common is give chocolate as gift, or maybe in among men friends, BEAR!!! hehehe, man I love watching your videos!! How can I do to send some gifts for you, of course, Brazilian gifts. Here there is, I think, hundreds of sort of candy!! I wanna send you some of them, for your kids!!

[@KhalidNageb]

wooow, Jack it was amazing to get conversation like that . thank u for all of that I get a lot of useful phrases that I can use it :)

[@tofluency]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Nageb. The fluency phrases and memory cards will be in your account soon!

[@KhalidNageb]

To Fluency, thank you so much 😊

[@nikovald]

The custom in Medellín: Gifts are brought by El papá Noel (Santa Claus) or El Niño Jesús (Little Jesus) and usually children realize at 8 or 9. My niece, 9, realized this year. Great lesson, Thanks.

[@Santino-Montenegro]

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!!

[@Elrudo2games]

This cool she speak like american,. And he englend is very cool to see the different accent

[@user-yi1ko1wo1o]

WOW WOW WOW!! lIKE LIKE LIKE! I love your videos!!

[@brunoazevedo1678]

My favorite gift was a bottle of a red wine. And my family and I have a secret Santa as a tradition every year.

[@floraboscolo6004]

Jack your gift chosing for your wife. I like it. I am not sick.

[@kevinortiz7067]

Great! I really liked this vídeo! Can you please make a vídeo about how to pronounce "the" correctly in British English? I am an english learner and that word has made me feel so confusing please help me

[@ashiskumarsarkar8678]

Hi Jack n Kate! I'm from india. I really love to see your videos..both of you are splendid...so lovely couple..

[@tofluency]

Thank you!

[@rachelg.6656]

Hi Jack and Kate thanks for the video. I have a question for you Jack : I noticed that you didn't pronounce the T in gifts. Would you pronounce it when the word is singular ? Thanks !!!

[@gilneyjunior8285]

Secret Santa is called "Amigo Secreto" (Secret Friend) here in Brazil

[@nyaranogueira1325]

Ah...secret santa = amigo oculto!

[@yulyash_ya1235]

My favorite gifr was a silver bracelet! I wanted it wery mach and suddenly my ant gave my it on my birthday! I was so happy and it was on of the best days in my live!

[@anacristinaguillenperez9301]

Secret Santa is called "amigo invisible" in Spain, it's the same tradition

[@Kheyphos]

And "amigo oculto" in Portuguese - same tradition all the way!

[@yosihabloespanol]

Amigo secreto en Centroamérica 😍

[@faycalshow3448]

I want you to talk about algeria in the next video.. If you can ! *_* i love you so much

[@alexeykhoraskin6569]

My favorite gift I have ever received is a pregnancy test that my wife gave me on New Year's Eve.

[@RishiKumar-mo3vo]

Hi Jack your better half loves you too much....nice

[@carlosrpribeiro3711]

I mean in Christmas time.

[@yosihabloespanol]

Hi Dear teacher, secret Santa in Centroamérica is called "amigo secreto" is something like "hidden friend" . i'm no good translate it but i think is something like that.

[@moviestimewithbolly]

Dolce Dalia hiiii

[@yosihabloespanol]

faisal saifi Hi amigo.

[@ingriddelapava7208]

Secret Santa is the secret friend here in Colombia.

[@mohammedalderran932]

Hi she loves you too much Whole the conversation she looked at you 🌹😎

[@naveendrasingh6383]

Good nright sir,sir i wana speak english like u . both of you have a awesome pronunciation. sir how to speak in British manner.

[@carlosrpribeiro3711]

Secret Santa is called "amigo secreto" in Brazil, and is a common habit specially betwwen job coleagues

[@manuelrivero5375]

Kate ♥️

[@bulat_shams]

Tangerines are an unofficial symbol of Christmas in Russia. It is impossible to imagine the Christmas without the smell of it.

[@LEKLIMCHANNEL]

2021

[@superdad3255]

Hey, Jack! I'm new here, so I've got a couple of questions. Is Kate your wife? Is she american? It occurs to me that she smiles more often than you do in this particular video. I wonder, is it becouse of her origin? No offense. Just a little quiz. Great video, BTW!!

[@user-yi1ko1wo1o]

What presents did you get them? You promised to tell us =)))

[@eddsona7x]

Esse cara parece o dianho kkkkkkkkkk

[@alexanderpadalka5708]

🗽

[@bellawella]

How to do the drawing if you have family members in different cities or countries?

[@tofluency]

There’s a website that does it for you!

[@nagaashura2350]

for your video

[@eminesevvalsahan5422]

Miss and mrs are you working as English teacher?

[@przemekx4182]

living in the USA do you miss european football ? what is your opinion about a level criminality in the USA ? could you please make a video about this questions

[@tofluency]

Football (soccer) is HUGE where I live. It's grown a lot too. They have just started a semi-professional team and 2,500 people watch the games (the population is 80,000). I play on a local league which is very competitive.

[@przemekx4182]

thank you

[@TEP_101]

I can understand each and every thing but I can't speak fluently

[@ingriddelapava7208]

I prefer unwrapping gifts.

[@tabularasa7532]

'mayem' or 'mayhem' ?

[@tofluency]

Mayhem. Mayem was a mistake.

[@tabularasa7532]

I was asking because I couldn't find 'mayem' anywhere. Thank you for clarification :)

[@komkarsu]

A book and tesbih oltu

[@rukistakmaz5462]

hi

[@aaliyankhan9325]

I so badly wanna learn English

[@przemekx4182]

nice , likeable and beautiful wife

[@gopalanjana4717]

Jeck, you will have to consider that Kate is better than you. Her pronunciation could be understand easily.

[@livylivytsang7718]

You guys did not speak English fast. My ex colleague who is an American teacher spoke much faster then you both!

[@wilburwolf1647]

妈呀好帅的老师哈哈哈哈

[@wilburwolf1647]

这个发色好漂亮

[@wilburwolf1647]

真鸡儿帅就是牙齿不好