Grammar Through Story – Present Perfect Continuous Tense — Transcript

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1. 0:00welcome to story English with Jack today
2. 0:04we learn the present perfect continuous
3. 0:07through
4. 0:08story listen to the story and then let's
5. 0:11learn this grammar tense
6. 0:21together for the past few months I've
7. 0:24been trying to live in a healthier way
8. 0:27this journey started when I realized
9. 0:30I wanted to be stronger have more energy
10. 0:33and feel good about
11. 0:36myself since that time I've been going
12. 0:39to the gym a lot I've been doing
13. 0:43exercises that make my heart work hard
14. 0:46and build my
15. 0:48muscles it has not been easy but I've
16. 0:51been seeing my body get
17. 0:54stronger I've also been looking more
18. 0:56closely at what I eat I've been eating
19. 1:00eating more fruits vegetables and good
20. 1:02proteins and I've been avoiding bad
21. 1:05foods as much as I
22. 1:07can it's been an interesting journey to
23. 1:10find out which foods are the best for
24. 1:13me I've been trying new recipes that are
25. 1:17healthy finding new tastes and foods
26. 1:20that are good for me has been really
27. 1:23enjoyable on top of this I've been
28. 1:26keeping track of how I'm doing every
29. 1:29week I've been writing down my exercise
30. 1:32routines noting how I'm getting better
31. 1:35and feeling happy about small
32. 1:38successes this has been helping me stay
33. 1:41excited about my goals even when it's
34. 1:45hard the positive changes in how I look
35. 1:48and feel is really
36. 1:51rewarding I've been feeling more alive
37. 1:54and my clothes are fitting better which
38. 1:56makes me really
39. 1:58happy of course there have been hard
40. 2:01times some weeks I've been too busy or
41. 2:04too tired to follow my plan
42. 2:07exactly but I've been learning to not be
43. 2:10too hard on myself and to know that
44. 2:13improving takes time I remind myself
45. 2:17that trying my best is the most
46. 2:20important
47. 2:21thing I've been getting support from a
48. 2:24group of people who have the same goals
49. 2:27as me we've been sharing advice
50. 2:30cheering each other on and celebrating
51. 2:33what we achieve
52. 2:35together this support has been very
53. 2:38important it makes me remember I'm not
54. 2:41alone in trying to be
55. 2:44healthier looking back at these months I
56. 2:47see how much working out and caring for
57. 2:50my health has changed my life it has had
58. 2:53its ups and downs but continuing to try
59. 2:56hard has been making me a happier and
60. 2:59healthier
61. 3:06person duration until
62. 3:15now how long have you been
63. 3:19waiting I've been living in London for 3
64. 3:26years repeated actions recently
65. 3:34I've been exercising a lot
66. 3:37recently my friend has been helping me
67. 3:40with my homework
68. 3:46lately actions that have just
69. 3:52finished I've been running so I'm really
70. 3:56hot the pavement is wet because it has
71. 3:59been
72. 4:07raining for the past few months I've
73. 4:10been trying to live in a healthier
74. 4:18way this journey started when I realized
75. 4:22I wanted to be
76. 4:28stronger have more energy and feel good
77. 4:32about
78. 4:37myself since that time I've been going
79. 4:40to the gym a
80. 4:46lot I've been doing exercises that make
81. 4:50my heart work hard and build my
82. 4:58muscles
83. 5:01it has not been easy but I've been
84. 5:04seeing my body get
85. 5:12stronger I've also been looking more
86. 5:14closely at what I
87. 5:21eat I've been eating more fruits
88. 5:24vegetables and good
89. 5:28proteins
90. 5:31and I've been avoiding bad foods as much
91. 5:34as I
92. 5:40can it's been an interesting journey to
93. 5:43find out which foods are the best for
94. 5:51me I've been trying new recipes that are
95. 5:58healthy finding new tastes and foods
96. 6:01that are good for me has been really
97. 6:11enjoyable on top of this I've been
98. 6:14keeping track of how I'm
99. 6:21doing every week I've been writing down
100. 6:24my exercise
101. 6:28routines
102. 6:32noting how I'm getting better and
103. 6:34feeling happy about small
104. 6:43successes this has been helping me stay
105. 6:45excited about my goals even when it's
106. 6:54hard the positive changes in how I look
107. 6:58and feel is really really
108. 7:05rewarding I've been feeling more alive
109. 7:08and my clothes are fitting better which
110. 7:11makes me really
111. 7:19happy of course there have been hard
112. 7:26times some weeks I've been too busy or
113. 7:30too tired to follow my plan
114. 7:39exactly but I've been learning to not be
115. 7:42too hard on myself and to know that
116. 7:45improving takes
117. 7:55time I remind myself that trying my best
118. 7:59is the most important
119. 8:07thing I've been getting support from a
120. 8:09group of people who have the same goals
121. 8:12as
122. 8:19me we've been sharing advice cheering
123. 8:22each other on and celebrating what we
124. 8:25achieve
125. 8:28together
126. 8:36this support has been very
127. 8:42important it makes me remember I'm not
128. 8:45alone in trying to be
129. 8:52healthier looking back at these months I
130. 8:55see how much working
131. 8:58out
132. 9:03and caring for my health has changed my
133. 9:10life it has had its ups and
134. 9:15downs but continuing to try hard has
135. 9:19been making me a happier and healthier
136. 9:28person