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Speaker 1: What should I do this weekend? Go see the cherry blossoms,

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or watch a movie, or maybe I should go to

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the museum and look at their collection of modern art.

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There's so much to see, watch, and look at these days,

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isn't there.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight twelve. Should

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we look watch or see, see, watch and look or

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one of those sets of words that can tend to

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drive English learners crazy. All three of these words have

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to do with using our eyes, but the way we

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use them is totally different. Today, let's take a deep

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dive into how you can exactly use sea, watch, and

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look in your everyday English conversations. Let's start with C.

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We use C when something comes into our eyes without

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us trying. It's not active. We're not doing anything. Our

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eyes just notice something. CE is what your eyes do

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naturally when they're open and functioning. Like in the morning,

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when I open the curtains, I can see the mountains.

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What a view that is? And hey, did you see

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that rainbow this morning? It was amazing. My coworker told

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me that he can't see well without his glasses. By

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the way, we also use c when we talk about

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public performances, like when you go to a theater you

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see a movie. You can go to see a concert

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at an arena, and even see a soccer game at

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the stadium, like last weekend we went to see a

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baseball game. We saw the Yankees play Boston. What an

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amazing game. Have you ever seen a Broadway musical? If

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you come to New York, you should go see Hamilton.

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So whether you see the stars at night or see

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a game in the stadium, you don't necessarily need to

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focus too much because the view is wide and it's

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pretty effortless for your eyes and your brain. But sometimes

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your eyes and your brain need to focus, and in

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those cases we use watch. We use watch when we

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look at something that is moving or changing, usually for

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a period of time, like my neighbor was watching her

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kids play in the backyard. She watched them. Watch implies

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that you are focusing your attention on something like when

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we were kids, we watched a lot of TV. You

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watch things that are dynamic. You watch things that change

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your move over time. I like to sit by the

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window and watch the rain. Watching often involves your choice

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and your intention, So you decide to watch something and

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you keep your attention on it for a certain amount

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of time, like my buddy Steve spends his Saturday afternoons

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watching baseball and drinking beer in his living room. And

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in a similar way, we have look. Look is similar

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to watch because look also involves your choice and your intention.

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You decide to look at something and you keep your

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attention on it for a certain amount of time. But

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there is a clear difference between watch and look. You

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watch something that moves or changes, like a YouTube video,

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but you look at something that doesn't move, like a

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photo or art. My friend Lucy likes to go to

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the museum and look at modern art. She likes to

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look at the paintings. She has intention and focus, and

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those paintings aren't moving. And as you may have noticed,

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we use look at look at me. So so in summary,

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you see things that come into your eyes without your intention.

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You also see public performances like musicals and sporting events.

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You watch that movie with your intention, and you look

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at things that don't move. Also with your intention, you

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can see something unintentionally, but you look at or watch

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something intentionally. Like you can see a bird fly by,

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but you watch a bird build its nest. You might

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see a photo on a wall, but you look at

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the details of the photo. You can watch a movie

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on TV, but you can also see a movie in

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a theater. I hope those examples are clear. Keep in

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mind that the best way to remember English like this

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and any other word or phrase in English, is to

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take that word or phrase, write it in a sentence

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that's true for you or true in your world, and

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then memorize your sentences. And did you know You can

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