1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,599 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna like this lesson. I assume you've 2 00:00:04,639 --> 00:00:08,519 heard a lot of this vocabulary before, but I reckon 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,960 maybe you haven't used all of it. In that case, 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,640 I guess you may need to grab a notebook. 5 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from 6 00:00:23,839 --> 00:00:27,600 New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael. 7 00:00:28,079 --> 00:00:32,759 Speaker 1: All right, thank you, John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael 8 00:00:32,799 --> 00:00:37,399 here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. 9 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:43,280 And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight thirty five, 10 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:49,399 All the Ways We Can Think. Hello, and welcome. Thanks 11 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:53,560 for joining me for another episode of the Happy English Podcast. 12 00:00:54,079 --> 00:00:57,280 I'm your English teacher, Michael, and I'm so glad you're 13 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,000 here with me today. I want to talk about something 14 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:06,719 that we all do a lot, and that's thinking. But 15 00:01:06,879 --> 00:01:11,480 not just thinking, I mean the different ways we talk 16 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:16,560 about how we think in English. You know, English has 17 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:23,680 a ton of words for expressing thoughts, opinions, guesses, feelings, 18 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:28,719 and assumptions. So today we're going to break those down 19 00:01:29,159 --> 00:01:32,400 in a fun, simple way so you can use them 20 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:37,640 in your own English conversations. Let's kick things off with 21 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,640 the most common one. Think you've probably heard this a 22 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,480 million times. I think it's going to rain. She thinks 23 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:52,560 the movie was boring. When we use think, we're usually 24 00:01:52,599 --> 00:01:57,000 giving our opinion. It's kind of neutral. You've got a 25 00:01:57,079 --> 00:02:01,079 little information, maybe a feeling, and your form an idea, 26 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,400 like I think I'll stay home tonight. Jim thinks we 27 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:11,639 should take Root eight instead of the Highway. You've considered something, 28 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:17,800 and you use think to show where you've landed. Now, 29 00:02:18,159 --> 00:02:22,199 if you want to take it a little deeper, more emotional, 30 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:27,599 more personal, you can use believe. Believe is stronger than think. 31 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,159 It's not just in your head, it's in your heart too, 32 00:02:32,879 --> 00:02:37,000 Like when you get serious in the office, I believe 33 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,159 we should tell Jack the truth about his performance at work. 34 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,560 Or I've done some research and I believe this strategy 35 00:02:46,719 --> 00:02:51,360 will work well. And did you know our friend Dora 36 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:58,639 believes aliens are controlling the government Cocade Dora. Next up, 37 00:02:59,039 --> 00:03:04,120 let's talk about guess. Now. Guess is the total opposite 38 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,800 of belief. When you guess, you don't have much info. 39 00:03:09,479 --> 00:03:12,960 You're kind of like throwing a dart in the dark 40 00:03:13,039 --> 00:03:16,680 and hoping for the best. Like I didn't study for 41 00:03:16,759 --> 00:03:20,520 the test, so I just guessed most of the answers, 42 00:03:21,199 --> 00:03:26,439 or after a job interview, your friend Eddie says, Ah, 43 00:03:26,479 --> 00:03:30,120 the company never called after the interview. I guess I 44 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:33,800 didn't get the job. I think he made a good 45 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:39,960 guess there. How old is Jack? I guess he's around forty, 46 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,960 but I'm not sure. We use guess a lot in 47 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:50,840 casual conversations when we're not so confident. All right, Next, 48 00:03:50,919 --> 00:03:54,879 and in a similar way as guess, we've got assume 49 00:03:55,639 --> 00:03:59,159 This one's a little tricky. When you assume something, you're 50 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:04,680 accepting that thing as true even though you really don't 51 00:04:04,719 --> 00:04:09,199 know for sure. Like when your friend says he struck 52 00:04:09,199 --> 00:04:12,919 out with the woman at his workplace, you can tell 53 00:04:13,039 --> 00:04:18,600 him you shouldn't assume she's not interested. Maybe she's just shy. 54 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,240 When we went out for dinner last week, I assumed 55 00:04:23,319 --> 00:04:27,959 the restaurant was still opened, but it closed early. Be 56 00:04:28,079 --> 00:04:31,439 careful with assume. People don't always like it when you 57 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,560 assume something about them. Like you invited some friends to 58 00:04:35,639 --> 00:04:39,199 go to the park and one of them, Karen, didn't 59 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,199 reply to your invite. But then she showed up and 60 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,839 you say, I assumed you weren't coming, so I'm surprised 61 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,639 to see you, And then she says, didn't you read 62 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:57,240 my reply. Oops. Now there's a more formal cousin of assume, 63 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:02,879 and that's presume. Presume sounds a little more educated, a 64 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,600 little more business like we presume things when we have 65 00:05:07,759 --> 00:05:13,000 some evidence but still not full proof. You'll hear this 66 00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:17,360 one on those TV police or legal dramas, or you'll 67 00:05:17,399 --> 00:05:21,480 see it in formal writing, like I presume you're the 68 00:05:21,519 --> 00:05:25,639 new manager. Or when I asked her if she would 69 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,439 like to make me an offer on my car for sale, 70 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:35,040 she didn't answer, so I presumed she wasn't interested. Okay, 71 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:41,319 switching gears, let's talk about figure. This one's cool because 72 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:46,160 it feels very American. When you figure something, it's like 73 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,639 you ran the idea through your head real quick and 74 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,879 then came to a decision, Like I figure, if we 75 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,560 leave it five point fifteen, we'll get to the airport 76 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:04,160 around six. Joe hasn't called yet, so I figure he 77 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,720 was busy. You thought about it, and now you're figuring 78 00:06:08,759 --> 00:06:15,480 it out. It's super conversational. Now let's take a little 79 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,319 road trip to the southern US and meet The word reckon. 80 00:06:20,079 --> 00:06:23,839 Reckon is kind of old school casual. It means I 81 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:28,120 think or I believe, but it's got a casual country 82 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:33,439 kind of vibe. Like you reckon it'll rain later. Yep, 83 00:06:34,079 --> 00:06:37,720 I reckon it'll rain later, and then later after that. 84 00:06:38,879 --> 00:06:41,959 You know what, the car isn't as bad as I 85 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,720 thought it was. The repair guy reckons he can finish 86 00:06:45,759 --> 00:06:50,040 the job in an hour. What do you think you reckon? 87 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,000 Jack's gonna show up to work on time today. So 88 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,079 if you want to sound a little charming, a little southern, 89 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:02,439 try reckon sometime. So yeah, that's a lot of different 90 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:07,040 ways to think in English. 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