hi my name is Emma and today we are
going to be learning some new
conversation expressions so I don't know
if you have seen my last video
conversation expressions where we looked
at as I was saying speaking of and if
you ask me this video is going to be
similar we're going to learn three new
conversation expressions that are not
really used in writing only in
conversation so you will hear these
expressions quite often especially in
movies and TV and another thing too that
is important to realize is that when you
learn these expressions memorize them as
a chunk so what that means is for
example that reminds me this remember it
as a whole chunk of language ok so what
expressions are we going to be learning
today well of course that reminds me the
second one is if worst comes to worst
and the third one is bring a bell so
let's get started ok so that reminds me
when do we use that reminds me so again
this is in a conversation we use it when
somebody says something in the
conversation and it makes me remember
something else so it's kind of like
imagine a comic when that light bulb
clicks or it turns on i mean when you
see the light bulb and you think about
something else so it has to do with your
memory and remembering things so for
example i bought my boyfriend a ps3 for
his birthday maybe somebody tells you
that that would be a very nice thing to
do now the second person in the
conversation so remember this is a
conversation might say aha keyword
birthday and they're reminded their
boyfriend is having a birthday soon so
the conversation might look like this i
bought my boyfriend a ps3 for his
birthday first person says second person
might say that reminds me my boyfriend's
birthday is coming up too or my
boyfriend's birthday is soon I need to
buy him a present as well so again we
use this when what the first person says
reminds you of something and it's used
at the beginning of what you're saying
so let's think of another example person
one in the conversation might say I saw
a great movie on TV last night the
second person suddenly that light bulb
switches on oh that reminds me did you
hear there is a DVD sale at the mall
today so maybe they saw the word movie
they heard the word movie and it
reminded them that that there's a DVD
sale at the mall so again it's when
something brings to mind something else
are you going to the hockey game today
oh yes yes I really want to go to the
hockey game that reminds me we should
buy tickets soon so it's where something
previously said reminds you of a
different point so here we have our
second expression if worst comes to
worst now there are two variations on
this expression some people say worst
other people
say worse so worse or worst both are ok
you will hear both depending on who you
speak to so what does this mean if worse
comes to worst well it means when we use
is we're talking about the future and
we're saying if the worst thing happens
in the future and usually it's followed
by a solution so for example if you have
to take a test maybe the IELTS maybe
TOEFL which a lot of you probably will
have to take maybe you will say
something like I will study hard I will
find a teacher to help me and practice
IELTS or TOEFL questions but if worse
comes to worst meaning if the worst
thing happens which would be failing the
test maybe I can take the test again so
here the worst is failing the aisles the
solution so the future plan if that
outcome happens is taking the test again
so here's another example hopefully this
doesn't happen but if you have a
daughter my daughter is sick but we
planned to go on a trip if worse comes
to worst we'll cancel the trip meaning
if the worst outcome happens and she
doesn't get better she's still sick the
solution is going to be will cancel the
trip so we use this for imagining what's
the worst that can happen and what will
we do if that happens another example is
if you're going for your driver's
license you practice driving before
you're a little nervous about the test
but you could say I'm going to give it
my best I'm going to try to pass this
test but it worse comes to worse maybe
I'll retake the test
so again it's just potential outcomes
what's your solution if the worst thing
happens finally our last expression for
today to ring a bell now when we say
this we don't mean to literally ring a
bell we mean when you're reminded of
something it's different though from the
the first expression we use that reminds
me this is different and I'll explain
how in a second so to ring a bell it
reminds you of something sometimes not
so clearly we often used ring a bell
when we're talking about somebody's name
and trying to remember who they are so
let's look at some examples number one
do you know the actor sam neill maybe
some of you are thinking Oh Sam Neill
that name sounds familiar but you can't
quite place it it's a little unclear
well this is when we would use ring a
bell his name rings a bell but I can't
remember his face meaning I kind of
remember his name I've heard it before
but I I'm still kind of unclear another
example I gave you ten dollars last
night ring a bell do you remember that's
what this one means you can say it to
your friends if you ever loaned the
money and you kind of want to ask for a
back you can say I gave you this money
last night ring a bell meaning do you
remember so again like what I said with
the other expressions these expressions
it's important to memorize them as a
chunk ring a bell so you can use it
stand alone for example here ring a bell
it's like a question ring a bell or you
can use it as a verb his name rings a
bell but I don't remember his face so I
know a lot of you may be like me where
you can't remember names that well and
somebody says oh do you know so-and-so
and you kind of remember but not quite
that's when you would be using ring
out okay so let's look at our third
example does our site wwan vidcom ring a
bell well if it doesn't you're still
unclear I suggest you check out this
website and take our test that reminds
me there are a lot of other good sources
on this website for you to use and if
worse comes to worse you can rewatch
this video to get a better idea on how
these expressions are used so until next
time take care
you