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Speaker 1: Have you ever heard people say things like this really

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get ati here? Seriously? No way. When something surprising happens

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in an English conversation, we have a number of different

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ways we can express our surprise or disbelief. And in English,

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reacting naturally when you feel surprised or disbelief is not

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just about vocabulary. It's about tone, it's about intonation, and

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sometimes it's even about your relationship with the other person.

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And that's what this podcast English Lesson is all about.

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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. Thanks everyone. It's Michael here

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from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode nine to ninety three,

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How to show surprise or disbelief naturally. Today we're going

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to look at four very natural reaction phrases that native

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speakers use all the time, and we're also going to

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practice the pronunciation and intonation that make them sound well real.

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The first one is really really is probably the most

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flexible surprise reaction in English, and the meaning change is

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depending on your tone. So if someone tells you I

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just got a new job, you might say really. That

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rising tone shows genuine surprise and interest. But on the

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other hand, if someone tells you something you don't quite believe,

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you might say really with a flatter, slightly falling tone. Really.

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Like if your friend says I've decided to invest one

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hundred bucks a month play in the lottery, you can

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reply really, which shows doubt with this intonation, or you

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can say the lottery, Oh really, With this intonation it

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has more of a skeptical tone. Listen to the difference

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one more time with these three situations, Uh, did you

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hear Jenny finally got engaged? Really awesome? Yeah, she said

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her boyfriend is a millionaire. Really what does he do?

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Oh he plays the lottery every week. Oh really? The

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intonation and tone gives the word really its meaning. The

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next one is seriously said with a rising intonation. Seriously

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is stronger than really. Like if your friend says I

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decided to quit my job and start my own business,

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you can reply seriously, that's awesome. Saying seriously with rising

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intonation shows stronger surprise and joy than really. But on

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the other hand, if your friend says, oh, I ran

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into my ex at the supermarket and now we're getting

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coffee tomorrow. You might respond seriously again with slow rising intonation.

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Using seriously with this intonation shows disbelief, and you can

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stretch it a bit seriously to show stronger disbelief. Like

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Jenny said her boyfriend is planning to get a Lamborghini. Seriously,

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shouldn't he get a job first? Now let's talk about

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how you can show stronger surprise. The first one is

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no way, and we say it like that, no way.

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Notice the pause between words no way. It's like saying wow.

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Like if your coworker says I just want two tickets

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to Hawaii, you might say no way, and you can

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even stretch it no way. The longer you stretch it,

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the more excited or happy you sound. No Way, but

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here too, change the intonation and the meaning changes. Like

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if a friend who's always complaining that he's broke says

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I think I'm gonna fly business class to New York,

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replying with no way, we'll let him know you have

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some doubts. No way shows your excitement and joy. No

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way shows disbelief. It's the intonation, not the words, that

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tells the story. The last for today is the phrase

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get out of here. Which in this context doesn't mean

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go away. When you pronounce it as get out of here,

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get out of here, you're showing your surprise and excitement.

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The stress is on outa get out of here. Like

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if your friend says I saw up by Jovi at

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the airport, you might react with get out of here.

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Or if another friend says I passed the interview and

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I got a job at YouTube, you can reply, get

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out of here, that's awesome. This intonation get out of here,

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shows excitement for the other person's good fortune. But on

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the other hand, if you doubt that your friend saw

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someone famous, just change the intonation, like uh, saw up

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on Jovi at the airport, you might react with get

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outa here. Stretch the word get pause, and then say

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out of here, get outa here, and that changes the

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meaning from joyful surprise to total disbelief get outa here.

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In all of these cases, the intonation is what gives

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the words their meaning and feeling. We're reacting emotionally, and

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that's why intonation is everything. Really, that's great. Really, are

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you sure? Seriously? That's awesome? Seriously you're joking right, No way,

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I'm so happy for you. No way, I don't believe it.

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Get out a here that's wonderful, Get at it here

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that's not true. The way you speak changes the meaning

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of the words. Why not try one of these phrases

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in your English conversations this week. That's how you sound

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more fluent and more real. And keep in mind, the

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best way to remember English like this and any other

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word or phrase in English, is to take that word

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or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true for

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you or true in your world. Then memorize your sentences. Hey,

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thanks for listening, and remember learning another language is not easy,

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but it's not impossible, and I'm here to help you

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on your journey.

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