How to Talk about a Long Weekend in English! — Transcript

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1. 0:02Well, hello and welcome to this ultra
2. 0:05casual, super relaxed English lesson.
3. 0:08And if you're wondering why it's
4. 0:10ultra relaxed, super casual, it's
5. 0:12because today is a holiday.
6. 0:15So in this English lesson, I want
7. 0:16to teach you some words and phrases
8. 0:18we use when we're talking
9. 0:19about a holiday or a day off.
10. 0:21The first phrase I want
11. 0:23to teach you is long weekend.
12. 0:25Right now it is a long weekend
13. 0:27in my part of Canada, and it is a long
14. 0:29weekend because instead of
15. 0:31Saturday and Sunday off, I actually
16. 0:33have three days off from work.
17. 0:35Now a long weekend can apply to school
18. 0:37or work, it doesn't matter which.
19. 0:39But it's definitely a long weekend
20. 0:41here in my part of Canada.
21. 0:43So a long weekend, three days instead
22. 0:46of two for the weekend.
23. 0:48But you might be wondering, does
24. 0:49a long weekend include the Friday
25. 0:51off or the Monday off?
26. 0:54When we use the word off after a day, it
27. 0:57means you don't have to go to work and,
28. 0:58and you don't have to go to school.
29. 1:00So this particular long weekend
30. 1:02I had Monday off, I have today off.
31. 1:05By the way, I'm recording
32. 1:06this on Monday.
33. 1:07You're probably watching this
34. 1:08on a Tuesday where,
35. 1:10I'm back at work on Tuesday.
36. 1:11Anyways, so when someone has a long
37. 1:14weekend, you can ask them, do you have
38. 1:16Friday off or do you have Monday off?
39. 1:19And you could even put the in front.
40. 1:21You could say, do you have
41. 1:22the Friday off or the Monday off
42. 1:24for your upcoming long weekend?
43. 1:26So in my case I had the Monday off,
44. 1:28which is today, and it was wonderful.
45. 1:30I spent most of the day relaxing
46. 1:33and half of the day mowing lawn,
47. 1:35which for me is a little bit more
48. 1:37fun than work because I get to
49. 1:39drive my riding mower when I do
50. 1:41it.
51. 1:41So it's a long weekend.
52. 1:42Three days off.
53. 1:43I had Monday off.
54. 1:45There are other weekends, long
55. 1:46weekends where you have Friday off.
56. 1:48And again with a normal weekend,
57. 1:50you just have Saturday or Sunday.
58. 1:52But every once in a while
59. 1:53during the school year or during
60. 1:56the work year, for some people,
61. 1:58there's a really special weekend
62. 1:59called the four day weekend.
63. 2:01And a four day weekend, as you might
64. 2:03have guessed, you get the Friday
65. 2:04off and you get the Monday off.
66. 2:06They are rare.
67. 2:08For me, I think I only get one or two
68. 2:11a year where I have a four day weekend.
69. 2:13And they are wonderful.
70. 2:15Some people might create their own
71. 2:17four day weekend if they know
72. 2:19there's a long weekend coming up.
73. 2:21They might ask for a personal day
74. 2:23or they might ask for a day off
75. 2:25on the Monday or Friday.
76. 2:27So if they get the Friday off,
77. 2:29they might ask the boss if they
78. 2:30can have the Monday off as well.
79. 2:32And they'll make their very
80. 2:33own four day weekend.
81. 2:34So they can ask for a personal day,
82. 2:36which is a day where you can take
83. 2:38off work and do whatever you want.
84. 2:40Or they might just ask
85. 2:41for a day off and if the boss is
86. 2:42nice, they will say yes.
87. 2:45So four day weekends, either
88. 2:46you get one for real or
89. 2:48sometimes you can make your own.
90. 2:50So why am I doing this
91. 2:53short lesson today?
92. 2:54I'm doing this short lesson because
93. 2:55I felt like taking the week off
94. 2:58and not doing a lesson.
95. 2:59But when I looked back over
96. 3:01the year, I realized that I've
97. 3:02taken some time off this year already
98. 3:04and it was a nice day.
99. 3:06I got all my work done
100. 3:07early on my day off.
101. 3:09I had a few extra minutes to spare.
102. 3:11I thought, why don't I
103. 3:11just go sit outside?
104. 3:13I, I just mowed lawn, had a shower.
105. 3:15I'm all cleaned up and relaxed.
106. 3:17It's a beautiful day out here.
107. 3:19I thought I would sit down and make
108. 3:20an English lesson for you.
109. 3:22So a few words and phrases that
110. 3:23you can use to talk about the weekend,
111. 3:25the long weekend, days off,
112. 3:26personal days, asking for a day
113. 3:28off and all of those things.
114. 3:30Anyways, thanks for watching.
115. 3:31You guys are awesome.
116. 3:33Thank you so much for helping make
117. 3:34this channel very successful.
118. 3:35And I will continue to help with
119. 3:38the success of by continuing
120. 3:39to make English lessons for you.
121. 3:41Bye.
122. 3:41Have a good week.
123. 3:42I'll see you Friday with a live lesson.
124. 3:44If you haven't gone to one
125. 3:45of those, you should.
126. 3:46I'll see you Wednesday with a Wednesdays
127. 3:48with Bob if you're a member.
128. 3:49I'll also see you Wednesday
129. 3:51on my other channel if you watch
130. 3:52Bob's Short English lessons,
131. 3:54because there's a video there.
132. 3:56And what else?
133. 3:57I think that's everything.
134. 3:57And then I'll see you next week with
135. 3:59another English lesson like this. Again,
136. 4:01you guys are all awesome.
137. 4:02Have a great week.
138. 4:03Bye.
139. 4:05Sa.