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 & TV
and another thing to that is important to realize is that when you learn these
expressions memorize them at 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 bringing
about
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 returns on I mean where when you see the light bulb and you think
about something else
so it's 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
haha 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 that second person might say that reminds me
my boyfriend's birthday is coming up to our 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 a 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 . 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 and worse or worst
both are ok you know 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 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
I also total 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 IELTS 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 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 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 use ring about 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 about 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 am still kind of
unclear
another example i gave you ten dollars last night
ring a bell do you remember mhm
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 it back you can say i give 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 bring a valid 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 you
know so and so and you kind of remember but not quite
that's when you would be using ring about ok so let's look at our third
example does our site
wwe.com 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 re-watch this video to get a better idea
on how these expressions are used so until next time take care