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0:00Tell me about yourself.
0:02Tell me about yourself.
0:05Three short words that leave many
0:08people's minds blank.
0:11A seatmate on a plane, a colleague from
0:13another country, a new acquaintance you
0:16met at a bar. Sooner or later, they all
0:19ask this question.
0:22And you want to answer with something
0:24more natural than "I have two brothers
0:27and one sister."
0:29Today, I'll give you 10 ready-made
0:32phrases. Into each one, you insert a
0:36fact about yourself.
0:38And by the end of this video, you will
0:40have a complete story that you can say
0:42from start to finish.
0:44No complicated grammar.
0:47I will explain every phrase, and we will
0:50assemble them into one story—your story
0:52.
0:53My name is Maria Sotskaya. I have been
0:56teaching English for over 25 years.
0:59I taught at MGIMO for 10 years and at a
1:02university in Vienna for over fifteen.
1:05I was born in Dmitrov, a small town near
1:08Moscow. And this line will come in handy
1:11for us today, too.
1:13This video is part of my series "Start
1:16Speaking English."
1:18But you don't need to watch it in order
1:20. Everything you need today is right
1:24here.
1:25In the middle of the video, I'll tell
1:27you how a German football coach
1:29introduced himself to the whole country
1:31at a press conference in England with
1:34just two sentences that are still quoted
1:36today.
1:37And this story is for everyone who is
1:40afraid to talk about themselves simply.
1:42So, the first structure is the business
1:45card phrase.
1:47Let me introduce myself.
1:51Let me introduce myself.
1:55This is how people start introductions
1:57on a plane, at a hotel reception, or at
2:00a first meeting with colleagues from
2:01another country. Polite and calm. And
2:05the listener immediately understands
2:07that a short story about yourself is
2:09coming up. Let's repeat it together a
2:12couple more times.
2:14Let me introduce myself.
2:19Let me introduce myself.
2:24Say this phrase, and the attention of
2:27the listener—or even the whole room—is
2:30yours. But what do you say next? Let's
2:33break it down in order. The second
2:35phrase, and you can't do without it.
2:37My name is Maria.
2:40My name is Maria.
2:43Yes, we all remember this phrase from
2:45school. By the way, in natural speech,
2:48this phrase can be shortened. I'm Maria
2:51.
2:52I'm Maria.
2:54Both phrases are correct. Choose the one
2:56that feels more comfortable to you.
2:58Personally, I prefer the second, shorter
3:00option because it sounds much more
3:02natural. Let's reinforce this. I speak
3:05in Russian, you speak in English. Let me
3:07introduce myself.
3:11Let me introduce myself.
3:14My name is...and then your name.
3:20I'll say my own.
3:22My name is Maria or I'm Maria.
3:28Next, let's talk about where you are
3:30from.
3:30The third phrase. "I am" and then we
3:33name the place you are from.
3:35I say: I am from Russia.
3:40I am from Russia.
3:44Also an extremely simple phrase that you
3:47probably already know from school.
3:50Or you can share more personal
3:52information—not just where I am from,
3:54but where I was born.
3:56There is the phrase: "I was born."
4:01"I was born."
4:03I say about myself: "I was born in
4:05Dmitrov."
4:07I was born in Dmitrov.
4:11You introduce your city.
4:15I was born in Dmitrov.
4:21Here we use the past simple tense, of
4:24course, because it has already happened
4:27.
4:28Once again.
4:29I was born. "I was born." I was born.
4:36The fourth phrase of our story is about
4:39where you live now.
4:41I say: I live in Vienna.
4:45I live in Vienna.
4:47Let’s reinforce it. Imagine you are
4:50flying on vacation, and the person
4:52sitting next to you asks: "Where are you
4:55from?"
4:57Where are you from? Answer him: I am
5:00from. And then your country or city.
5:08I am from Russia.
5:11Now say where you were born.
5:18I was born in Dmitrov.
5:25In Dmitrov.
5:27And where do you live?
5:32I live in Vienna.
5:36I live in Vienna.
5:39Four lines. And we already have a short
5:42story.
5:43And I must repeat, all these phrases are
5:46already very familiar to you.
5:49You are capable of much more in English
5:52than you think. And now we will continue
5:55to see that for ourselves. The fifth
5:57phrase. We talk about ourselves, what we
5:59do for a living. I say: I am a teacher.
6:06I am a teacher.
6:09The pattern is the same as in the "from
6:12" phrase.
6:14Here you need to insert your profession
6:17.
6:18I am a teacher.
6:21I am plus a profession.
6:24I am a doctor.
6:27I am an engineer.
6:31Another piece of great news is that you
6:33surely already know hundreds of job
6:35titles.
6:37First of all, about a third of all job
6:40titles are formed by adding a suffix to
6:43a verb.
6:45Write, writer.
6:49Drive, driver.
6:53Cleaner.
6:56According to various estimates, there
6:58are at least 300 professions with such
7:00names.
7:02And I assure you, you already know most
7:05of them.
7:06Another cool piece of news is that,
7:09according to various estimates, at least
7:12500 job titles in English sound similar
7:16to the ones in Russian.
7:19And I won't even translate these titles
7:21because you already know them yourselves
7:23.
7:24Actor, doctor, photographer, sculptor,
7:30and so on. Do you see how it works?
7:34Even if you haven't really studied
7:36English yet, you already know a huge
7:38part of it.
7:40You just need to move this part from, if
7:44you will, the passive to the active. And
7:47for that, you only need practice. That
7:51is exactly why in each of my programs
7:54there is a lot, a lot of speaking
7:56practice from the very first lesson.
7:59That is what we will continue to do with
8:01you right now. The sixth line of our
8:04story.
8:05We talk about our experience.
8:07I have been to Turkey three times.
8:13I've been to Turkey three times.
8:19Have been to.
8:21Have been, visited. It doesn’t matter
8:24when, what matters is that it is your
8:26experience. It happened to you. I call
8:29this a suitcase of experience. All the
8:32places you’ve been are inside, and it’s
8:35always with you.
8:37I have a separate video dedicated to
8:38this construction.
8:40Link in the description. When talking
8:42about yourself, this phrase sounds very
8:45solid. Moreover, you can use it for more
8:48than just talking about trips. I have
8:51been to that concert.
8:54I have been to that concert.
8:59Or, I have been a teacher for five years
9:03.
9:07Let’s reinforce this. Translate the
9:09phrase: "I am a writer." Just a reminder
9:12, "to write" in English is "write."
9:17I am a writer.
9:21I live in Moscow.
9:26I live in Moscow.
9:30I have been to Italy.
9:36I have been to Italy.
9:41We have already discussed six phrases
9:43and passed the halfway point of this
9:46video. It’s time for a short break, and
9:48I’ll tell you the promised story about a
9:51coach.
9:53In October 2015, German football coach
9:56Jürgen Klopp arrives in England and is
9:59introduced as the new manager of
10:01Liverpool FC.
10:03It’s his first press conference, and he
10:06is asked to describe himself.
10:09Eleven years earlier, another famous
10:12coach, José Mourinho, called himself "
10:14The Special One" at his own first press
10:17conference.
10:19And all of England remembered that. And
10:22here are some excerpts from Klopp’s
10:24response to the reporters. I am a normal
10:28guy.
10:30I came from the Black Forest. He also
10:33said that his mom was probably sitting
10:35in front of the TV right now, watching
10:38the press conference and feeling very
10:40proud of him. She is very proud. And he
10:43concluded. Quote: I am the normal one.
10:48The room laughed, and these words became
10:51his nickname.
10:52That is how he was referred to in the
10:54football world from then on: "The Normal
10:56One."
10:57And notice what this story, known to
10:59almost every fan, is built from.
11:02In England: I am a normal guy.
11:04I am from. My mother is proud.
11:09Not a single complex construction.
11:11All phrases from today’s lesson.
11:15Klopp learned English as an adult, of
11:17course; he spoke with a German accent
11:19and made mistakes, and he didn't even
11:21try to hide them.
11:23In one of his interviews, he said that
11:25the TV show "Friends" helped him a lot
11:27with English.
11:29It has simple conversations, and almost
11:31every word is clear.
11:33After four and a half years, in the
11:352019/20 season, his Liverpool became
11:38champions of England for the first time
11:41in 30 years.
11:42To be remembered, you don’t need complex
11:46English. You need confidence, charisma,
11:49and a lack of fear to speak, and a lack
11:52of fear of making mistakes. Let’s return
11:55to our framework. And if you have
11:58watched my previous videos, then the
12:00following phrases are already familiar
12:02to you. However, make sure to repeat
12:05them anyway. Construction seven. What
12:08are you interested in? Let’s talk about
12:11it using the phrase "I am interested."
12:15I am interested. For example, I like to
12:18dance. I’m interested in dancing.
12:22I’m interested in dancing.
12:25Repeat after me. I am interested in
12:28dancing.
12:32Now, insert your interest, your hobby. I
12:36am into.
12:41Well, for example, I am into video games
12:44.
12:45That’s surely what my son would say.
12:48I am into video games.
12:52Structure number eight. Used to.
12:56It’s about something that happened often
12:59in the past, but doesn’t anymore.
13:03I used to teach.
13:07I used to teach.
13:13I used to live in Moscow.
13:17I used to live in Moscow.
13:20A very cool, simple, and beautiful
13:23structure. We will definitely memorize
13:25it together. Phrase number nine. And
13:27it’s about what you are going to do.
13:30Let’s use a universal structure. I am
13:34going to.
13:36I am going to. For example, I am going
13:39to record a new video for you. Repeat
13:42after me.
13:44Going to record a new video for you.
13:51We can also use this structure to talk
13:54about our travel plans.
13:56Going to visit the best restaurants in
13:59Paris.
14:01Let’s do it together.
14:03Going to visit the best restaurants in
14:07Paris.
14:09These three phrases really liven up your
14:12personal story. Interests, experience,
14:15and plans for the near future.
14:18That is why in my program, the personal
14:20story is not memorized just once.
14:23It grows from lesson to lesson.
14:26And at the graduation, students tell a
14:29whole beautiful story about themselves.
14:32Let’s reinforce this. I will say the
14:34beginning of the line in English.
14:38You repeat after me and add a fact about
14:40yourself at the end.
14:42I am into.
14:48I used to.
14:55I am going to.
15:01And phrase number ten is the final touch
15:05of our story.
15:07Nice to meet you.
15:09Nice to meet you. It’s nice to meet you
15:12. And this phrase beautifully closes the
15:15introduction. Nice to meet you.
15:19Nice to meet you.
15:22Now let's put it all together. I will
15:25tell you about myself using our
15:28framework. All facts are real. Let me
15:32introduce myself.
15:35Maria.
15:39I was born in...
15:45an English teacher.
15:47I have been to...
15:51into...I used to teach...
15:58going to record a new video for you.
16:02Nice to meet you.
16:0410 lines, less than a minute, and you
16:06have a real person with their own story
16:09in front of you. Now it's your turn.
16:13Pause the video, the framework remains
16:16on the screen, and assemble your story
16:19by inserting facts about yourself.
16:22Be sure to say everything out loud.
16:25This way, structures are memorized much
16:27faster and better. And an important
16:30thought. You don't need to tell
16:32everything about yourself without a
16:34single mistake. Four lines is already an
16:37introduction.
16:39Six is a good conversation, and ten is a
16:42story that will be remembered.
16:46Columbo spoke with an accent and made
16:48mistakes, and that didn't stop a whole
16:50country from loving him from the first
16:52phrase: "A native speaker will never
16:54laugh at you; on the contrary, they will
16:56help and support you."
16:59And your personal story is ready. You
17:02assembled it yourself, using facts about
17:04your own life. And that is your business
17:07card in English.
17:08You can now say it again today without
17:11my help.
17:12Friends, if you like this approach to
17:15English without rote memorization, but
17:17with speaking practice from the very
17:20first lesson, then come join my program
17:22"Cruise into the World of English."
17:25That is exactly how it is designed. My
17:28students start speaking from the first
17:31lesson.
17:33Only the most important grammar topics,
17:35ready-made structures, and a whole lot
17:38of speaking practice, so that you feel
17:40the progress from the very first session
17:43.
17:453 months, 60 lessons, and throughout the
17:47journey you are supported by mentors who
17:50host conversation clubs for you every
17:53week.
17:55Want to learn more about the program and
17:57see if it is the right fit for you?
17:59The links in the description below this
18:01video lead to Telegram or WhatsApp,
18:03where you can reach me directly. Send me
18:05the word "cruise," and I will tell you
18:07all about the program and answer any
18:10questions you may have. And a nice bonus
18:13awaits everyone who messages me. Now for
18:16your task.
18:17Tell us about yourself in the comments
18:20in English, using any three phrases from
18:23today's framework.
18:25I read every comment and will definitely
18:28reply to you.
18:30By the way, we will figure out why it is
18:32sometimes hard to understand speech by
18:34ear and what to do about it in the next
18:37video.
18:39Like and subscribe so you don't miss it
18:41.
18:42See you.

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