1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: I have to be honest. I do need a vacation. Wait, 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:10,720 what did you notice that I said I do need 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:18,239 a vacation? Do need two verbs? One after another? Do 4 00:00:18,359 --> 00:00:20,600 we need to talk about this? 5 00:00:24,559 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,079 New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael. 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:37,079 Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael 8 00:00:37,119 --> 00:00:41,399 here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. 9 00:00:42,039 --> 00:00:50,640 This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven fifty Emphasis in English. 10 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,560 Before we get started, I'd like to give a big 11 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,600 shout out and thank you to the members of my 12 00:00:56,759 --> 00:01:02,119 English learner's community. This topic cap during our Zoom class 13 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:05,799 this week, and I'm always grateful for the inspiration that 14 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,920 I get from my students. Are you tired of using 15 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:16,959 very and really for emphasis? For today's podcast English lesson, 16 00:01:17,359 --> 00:01:20,359 I'm going to help you take your English up to 17 00:01:20,439 --> 00:01:25,400 the next level by using do and other verb patterns 18 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:31,680 to express emphasis. Let's dive in. I'm sure that you 19 00:01:31,799 --> 00:01:36,000 have learned that you can use really to emphasize a 20 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:41,760 verb like this, Wow, you really like pizza? You ate 21 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:47,519 five slices? Well, instead of really, you can use do 22 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:54,239 to emphasize a verb like this, wow you do like pizza. 23 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:00,519 You ate five slices. Oh, don't worry. Jane does like you. 24 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:05,599 She told me so yesterday. I'm sorry, but I do 25 00:02:05,719 --> 00:02:10,240 need to go home now, it's getting late. Using do 26 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,400 like this happens quite often when the person you are 27 00:02:14,479 --> 00:02:20,439 talking with has a doubt about something like this. Oh, 28 00:02:20,759 --> 00:02:25,719 I didn't know you like reading. Yeah, I do like reading. 29 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:33,680 Oh what are you eating? I thought you don't like celery? Me. Oh, no, 30 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:41,039 I do like celery. Hey, whose dog is that? It's mine? 31 00:02:41,759 --> 00:02:45,840 I thought you like cats, not dogs. No, no, no, 32 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:52,319 I do like dogs. In summary, put do before the 33 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:56,199 verb to give emphasis to that verb, and be sure 34 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:01,479 to stress do when you speak I do like reading. 35 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:09,240 I do like dogs. I do like celery. Another way 36 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,599 that we use do for emphasis in spoken American English 37 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:19,159 is making an emphatic statement. This is a question from 38 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,800 a grammatical point of view, but we use it as 39 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:28,319 a statement with stress on the subject. Here's an example. 40 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,759 The other day I was having lunch with a friend, 41 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,439 and of course we were having pizza. I turned to 42 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:41,400 him and I said, wow, do I like pizza? Listen 43 00:03:41,439 --> 00:03:47,479 to that one again? Do I like pizza? The structure 44 00:03:47,759 --> 00:03:52,719 is a question, but the intonation is an emphatic statement. 45 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:59,639 The stress is on the grammatical subject. Do I like pizza? 46 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:07,159 Not do I like pizza? But do I like pizza? 47 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,840 This kind of statement is spoken a little slower, and 48 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:17,199 that's what gives it the emphasis. Here are some other examples. 49 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,800 I saw Jack for the first time in a long time. Wow, 50 00:04:22,199 --> 00:04:28,560 did he gain weight? Did he gain weight? This means, wow, 51 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,920 he really gained a lot of weight. I just came 52 00:04:32,959 --> 00:04:37,839 back from the amusement park. Boy, did we have fun? 53 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,519 I found an old piece of cheese in the back 54 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:48,000 of the refrigerator. My goodness, did it smell bad. We 55 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,920 use other auxiliary verbs to make emphatic statements as well. 56 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,360 Here are some examples of those. Jack came to the 57 00:04:57,439 --> 00:05:03,600 office late today. Boy, was the boss angry? I saw 58 00:05:03,639 --> 00:05:08,199 the rolling stones at Madison Square Garden. Mick Jagger is 59 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:13,480 eighty one years old. But man, can he sing and dance? 60 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,720 When those kids here that we're taking them to Disneyland? Wow? 61 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:25,600 Will they be excited? Just remember the intonation here. The 62 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:31,360 stress is on the subject. Was the boss angry? Can 63 00:05:31,639 --> 00:05:37,759 he sing and dance? Will they be excited? 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