Speaker 1: While I was writing this lesson, I was thinking about
the early days of my teaching career in Sendai, Japan.
While living there, I had the chance to visit a
lot of interesting places. While it was different from my
life back home in New York, living there was quite
an adventure. While while while, let's discuss.
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This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven point fifty two.
Six Ways to use while. While is an interesting word
in English because it can be used as a noun,
a conjunction, and an adverb. While you may think you
know many of these uses, hopefully there is something new
you can find in this Podcast English lesson. First of all,
we use while to mean during the time that something happens.
You can use while followed by a subject and verb,
or while followed by a gerrand. For example, I didn't
hear the phone while I was in the shower, or
I didn't hear the phone while showering. There's no difference
in meaning between these two uses of while. I can
say we don't watch TV while we are eating dinner,
or we don't watch T while eating. Here are some
other examples. Melissa found a wallet while she was walking
in the park. Grandpa fell asleep while watching TV. By
the way, we also use as or when to mean
during the time that something happens. You can say, Melissa
found a wallet as she was walking in the park,
or Melissa found a wallet when she was walking in
the park. We also use while to talk about two
actions that are happening at the same time. We use
while and a progressive verb to introduce the longer action,
which is happening when something else happens. Janice turned on
the TV while she was cooking dinner. The longer action
is cookie dinner, and during that time she turned on
the TV. Here are some other examples. The two women
chatted while waiting for the bus. While I was studying,
I got a text message from my friend Richie. It's
also possible to use while followed by some adjectives or
noun phrases, for example, the baby was smiling while asleep.
This is grammatically possible because the subject and the beaverb
are removed, making for a shortened conversational way of saying
the baby was smiling while he was asleep. Here are
some other examples of this usage of while the boss
continued working while sick. Tom made a few bad decisions
while drunk last night. While in Japan, I managed to
visit a number of world heritage spots, while the company CEO,
Steve Jobs, helped Apple grow. Next, we use wile to
mean although when we contrast two different ideas or actions.
For example, while I enjoy action movies, my sister prefers comedies,
while the restaurant was expensive the food was delicious. Jimmy
likes hiking while his sister Karen prefers staying indoors. And finally,
we use wile as a noun when we refer to
a period of time or a temporary situation. Here are
some examples. Hey, it's been a while since I last
saw you. It took a while for Annie to recover
from the flu. Let's rest here for a while before
continuing our hike. Keep in mind, the best way to
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