the future, the immediate future.
high school teacher here in Canada.
And in about a week or two, maybe three, actually,
it will be summer, and I am excited about summer.
In the summer, I don't have to go to work.
So it's something that I'm really excited about.
So I thought today I should make an English lesson
for you about how to talk about the future.
Sometimes you're excited about the future, sometimes
you're not excited about the future.
And in this English lesson, I'll teach
you about ten English phrases that you
can use to express those feelings.
The first two phrases are, it's just around
the corner or it's right around the corner.
We use this when we're talking about
something that's going to be happening soon,
something that we're usually excited about.
For me, as you can see, I'm wearing a jacket.
It's kind of the end of spring, but
summer is just around the corner.
Summer is right around the corner and I'm pretty
excited about it for reasons I explained earlier.
I don't know why, but it's a lot
cooler than it normally is right now.
But when the sun comes out, it really
feels like summer is just around the corner.
Or summer is right around the corner.
The next phrase is the phrase.
It's so close that I can taste it.
Now, usually we use the word taste when we're talking
about food, but sometimes something that you're going to do
is so close that you can taste it.
Maybe you're going to a concert this coming
weekend and someone on a Tuesday or Wednesday
says, are you excited for the concert?
You can say, oh, it's so close, I can taste it.
So, yeah, you don't actually taste it, right?
Like, it's not like there's a flavor that you
are able to taste when something exciting is coming
up, but it's definitely a phrase that we use.
Hey, are you excited for the concert?
The next phrase is the phrase.
This is a phrase we use when we're about to finish
something that was maybe really hard and took a long time.
You could use this when you're almost done school,
maybe you're almost done high school, or you're almost
done university and it's about a week to go.
You talk about it as if it's a race
maybe you're working on a huge project at work.
Maybe it took months to finish the project.
And you know in a few days you're going to be done.
You could say to your boss, oh,
happiness you feel when you're almost done
something that was really hard and
maybe took a really long time.
The next phrase is the phrase I'm counting the days.
Sometimes there's something really exciting that's going to happen in
a week or two, and you're starting to count how
many days it is before that thing happens.
Maybe you're getting married in ten days and you say
to someone, I'm so excited, I'm counting the days.
So sometimes there's something in the future and you're so
excited you want to know exactly how many days there
are between now and when that event happens.
And you would use the phrase I'm counting the days.
The next two phrases are the phrases I
can't wait or I can hardly wait.
And these are phrases you use when you're
excited about something that's going to happen.
When Jen and I were expecting our first
child, that's what I would say to people.
I would say, I can't wait or I can hardly wait.
I was so excited for the arrival of our
first child that that's how I described it.
So I would say, I can't wait or
I can hardly wait to express that excitement.
So we have a few phrases that we use
when we want to tell people to enjoy today,
even though they're excited about something in the future.
One of those phrases is, it will
Sometimes people talk about retirement, and people who
are already retired, who are sad because they
aren't working anymore, might say, hey, enjoy today.
It will be here before you know it.
Retirement will be here before you know it.
So take the time now to enjoy what you're doing.
when we're excited about the future.
It's more of a phrase we use to
tell people, hey, don't get too anxious or
excited about something that's going to happen soon.
Instead, enjoy what's happening now.
It will be here before you know it.
We'll tell them directly that they should be enjoying
what's happening right now instead of always thinking about
something that's going to happen in the future.
Sometimes you can kind of lose yourself in thinking
about something that's going to happen in the future.
You forget to enjoy the moment.
You forget to enjoy the day you're currently in.
So someone might say something like this to
you, hey, I know you've been thinking about
your graduation, but enjoy the moment right now.
Enjoy time with friends, enjoy your time in class,
because once graduation comes and you get a job,
life might be a little bit harder.
So enjoy the moment right now.
So in English, we like to use the phrase soon enough.
sometimes when we talk about a future event. We might
say something like this, that day will come soon enough.
I keep talking about summer vacation, but
that day will come soon enough.
It's important for me to do my job well right now.
In fact, if I kept talking to Jen
about how excited I am about summer vacation,
she might eventually say that to me.
She might say, hey, that will come
soon enough, let's get this work done.
Or, that will come soon enough. Let's talk
summer vacation a lot right now.
As you can see by watching this video, I
think this is the third time I've mentioned it,
but that day will come soon enough.
focus on finishing this English lesson.
So for this next phrase, I'm going to teach you
the positive and negative versions of the phrase right away.
You can say, I'm looking forward to it,
or I'm not looking forward to it.
We use this to talk about an event
that we're excited about and an event in
the future that we're not excited about.
I'm looking forward to harvesting these sunflowers.
There's a beautiful row of sunflowers here.
They're going to bloom in a few days.
I'm looking forward to harvesting them.
I'm excited about harvesting them.
cleaning out the chicken coop.
The chickens have been living in this chicken tractor.
A chicken tractor is something you
they're kind of the same thing.
I'm not looking forward to cleaning this out
because chicken manure kind of smells, but they've
been in there for about three weeks.
So I'm looking forward to harvesting these sunflowers.
cleaning out the chicken coop.
The next phrase is the phrase,
We use this phrase to talk about
something that we don't want to experience.
Jen and I sometimes talk about the fact that someday
it might be hard for me to make YouTube videos.
Eventually I'm going to be old and it might be hard
for me to think clearly enough to make videos for you.
Jen loves growing flowers, but
it's very physically demanding.
In 20 or 30 years, it might be hard for her
to grow flowers, but I hope that day never comes.
doing the things we like doing forever.
I know that's not possible, but when you talk
about something in the future that you don't want
to have happen, we often use that phrase.
Well, hey, thank you so much for watching this
English lesson where I hope you were able to
learn some phrases you can use to talk about
future events that you're excited about or future events
that you're not excited about.
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